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open, with a short calyx, in a tolerable cavity surrounded 

 with prominent ribs, which pass halfway down the sides 

 to the base. Stalk short, in a wide spreading cavity. 

 >'/r//i rich, greenish yellow, tinged slightly with brown 

 on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, 

 with a high, brisk, sub-acid flavour. An excellent des- 

 sert fruit in December, and keeps well till March. 



Mr. Hooker observes, in the Horticultural Transac- 

 tions, Vol. ii. p. 299. that the Canadian Reinette is fre- 

 quently sold in the shops in London for the Newtown 

 Pippin. It varies very much in figure, in conse- 

 quence of which several varieties have been formed out 

 of one. The fruit from late blossoms, is much less an- 

 gular than those from early ones, in which the ribs are 

 very distinctly marked ; hence the Reinette de Canada 

 a Cotes. 



77- CAROLINE APPLE. G. Lind. in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. iv. p. 66. 



Fruit above the middle size, globular. Eye small, 

 in a rather confined hollow, round which are prominent 

 plaits. Stalk very short, surrounded by a little russet. 

 Skin fine rich yellow, broadly streaked with red. Flesh 

 firm, with a brisk juice and high flavour. 



A most excellent culinary apple from November till 

 February. Its name originated from Caroline, the 

 lady of the late Lord Suffield, of Blickling and Gunton 

 Hall, in Norfolk. 



77-* CONTIN REINETTE. Hort. TVa/w.Vol. vii. p. 339. 



This is a small handsome fruit, of a deep dull yel- 

 low, richly painted with red on the exposed side, and a 

 little marked with russet about the stalk. The flesh is 

 firm, rather yellow, not particularly juicy, yet highly 

 flavoured, with a little agreeable acid. 



In season, in Ross-shire, from the end of November 

 till the end of January. Raised by Sir George Steuart 

 Mackenzie, in his garden at Coul, near Dingwall, an 



