veins are noticeable, acid, firm. Eye, large, closed or 

 open in a very large ribbed basin. Stem, usually very 

 short, in a wide, deep cavity. Growth, very vigorous, 

 making a roundish tree. Leaf, rather large, very dark, 

 upfolded, down hanging, sharply serrate. Origin, 

 uncertain, but very probably raised about 1850 in the 

 garden of the Horticultural Society of Angers, France. 



Calville Rouge Precoce : see Reinette Rouge Etoilee. 

 Cambridge Pippin : see Bedfordshire Foundling. 



CAMBUSNETHAN PIPPIN. Culinary or dessert, 

 October to December, medium, 3 by 2, flat, round, 

 regular. Colour, pale yellow with broad, broken red 

 stripes and flush. Flesh, soft, yellowish, fair flavour. 

 Eye, open in a very wide even basin. Stem, of medium 

 length in a fairly deep cavity. Growth, compact ; 

 fertile. Leaf, roundish, upfolded, undulating, regu- 

 larly crenate. Origin, raised by Mr. Paton, gardener 

 at Cambusnethan House, about 1750. It is much 

 appreciated in the North of England, but of no remark- 

 able merit in the South. 



CARDINAL. F., Pierre le Grand. (Peter the 

 Great, Kiarolowski.) Dessert, mid- August-September, 

 medium to large, 3 by 2|, conical, regular. Colour, 

 pale, creamy white, pinkish flush with broad stripes. 

 Flesh, soft, white, juicy, remarkably sweet and aromatic. 

 Eye, closed in an even and shallow basin. Stem, 

 short and thick, in a narrow and deep cavity. Growth, 

 sturdy, upright ; fertile. Leaf, pale, upfolded, down 

 curved, very minutely serrate. Origin, a Russian 

 variety from Riga, called Kiarolkowski introduced to 

 England about 1880. It was also imported under the 

 name of Peter the Great. A most attractive early 

 fruit, worth growing if only for its beauty. 



CARAWAY RUSSET. Her. Pom., p. 21. F., 

 Fenouillet Gris ; G., Grauer Feucher Apfel. [Anis, 

 Fenouillet Anise, Aromatic Russet (of some) Spice 

 Apple, etc., etc.] Dessert, November to March, 



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