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THE CANADIAN REINETTE APPLE. 



Reinette de Canada. Noisette, Jardin Fruitier, t. 52. Bon 

 Jardinier, 1827, p. 325. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. 868. 



Reinette de Canada blanche, } 



T . ^ i /-, 'Of some (Collections. 



Reinette Grosse de Canada, 3 



Reinette de Canada a cotes. Hort. Cat. 869. 

 Reinette de Caen. Hort. Cat. 867. 

 Portugal Apple. Hort. Cat. 803. 

 Janurea. Hort. Cat. 489. 



This valuable variety is much better known 

 among the French than in this country, as is ob- 

 vious from there not being a single English syno- 

 nym which can be ascribed to it. That of " the 

 Portugal Apple" can scarcely be considered an 

 exception to this remark, as it was merely a tem- 

 porary local name, given because the trees to which 

 it referred had been sent from Portugal. 



It varies very much in figure, in consequence 

 of which several varieties have been formed out of 

 one. The fruit produced by late blossoms is much 

 less angular than that proceeding from early blos- 

 soms, in which the ribs are very distinctly marked ; 

 hence the Reinette de Canada a c6tes. 



The value of this arises from its being a hardy 

 tree, a great bearer, especially on Paradise ; an 

 excellent dessert fruit, and a good keeper. In 

 many respects it resembles the Ribston Pippin, 

 which possibly sprang from its seeds. 



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