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THE WHITE SPANISH REINETTE. 



Reinette Blanche d'Espagne. Mayer's Pomona, vol. Hi. ; 



and of other Continental Writers. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. 



no. 864. 

 Reinette d'Espagne 1 



D'Espagne 



DeRatteau of various Foreign Gardens. 



Concombre ancien . . J 



Fall Pippin "| 



Cobbett's Fall I of the English and Americans. 



Large Fall J 



This extremely valuable variety is little known 

 in this country, but is in high estimation abroad. 

 It is said to be the national Apple of Spain, where 

 it is called Camuesar, and where it has been known 

 from the highest antiquity. In America it appears to 

 be called the Fall Pippin, a name, however, which 

 is applied to more sorts than one. In this country 

 it is known both by the name of the Fall Pippin, 

 by which it has been sold by Mr. Cobbett, and 

 also by the erroneous appellation of the Newtown 

 Pippin, and is, in fact, a very close approach to 

 that rare and highly- prized variety. 



In quality it stands in the first class ; its firm, 

 rich, high-flavoured flesh, its beauty, and its capa- 

 bility of keeping, being scarcely exceeded. Its 

 principal defect is its gigantic size ; specimens have 

 been ripened equal to the coarsest and largest 

 kitchen Apples in cultivation. At the period of 



