APPLES. 



d'Api; nevertheless, when they are stopped in their 

 growth by the frost, they may be placed in the fruit- 

 room, where they ripen very well, and keep till Novem- 

 ber. This is eaten raw ; but if roasted it acquires a 

 delicate and sweet flavour, and it is also very agreeable 

 when stewed. 



Mons. Andre Thouin, from whom the above is taken, 

 has given an interesting account of this singular apple. 

 The original tree, which bears three thousand apples an- 

 nually, is growing on the farm of the Baroness de 

 Micoud, which lies near La Charite sur Loire, in the 

 department of the Nievre. The first flowering takes 

 place in April, the second in June ; the tree then ceases 

 for a time to produce flowers. The third and suc- 

 ceeding flowerings take place in August, September, 

 October, and November, when they are stopped by the 

 severity of the frost. It is necessary to remark, that the 

 last flowerings are much less abundant than the two 

 first, and the fruit which they produce is small, and im- 

 perfectly ripened. The blossoms are produced in corymbs 

 of twelve or fifteen flowers in the first season of blos- 

 soming, but only from five to nine in the succeeding 

 seasons. The colour of the corolla is white, tinged with 

 rose-coloured stains, especially on the edge of the petals. 



Mons. Thouin very justly remarks, " that the dense, 

 dark green, shining foliage during three fourths of the 

 year, enamelled with numerous bunches of delicate rose- 

 coloured blossoms, and scattered over with fruit of 

 diversity of colour, render it a most interesting object of 

 cultivation, especially as an ornament to our lawns and 

 shrubberies, producing an effect not less novel than 

 agreeable." 



19. CHRISTIE'S PIPPIN. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 155. 



Fruit middle-sized, shaped like a flattish Nonesuch, 

 about two inches deep, and two inches aud a half in 

 diameter, quite round, without angles. Eye small, 



