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Mela Carla. Pomona Italiana, Vol. i. p. 1. t. 1. 



Fruit nearly round, inclining to ovate, with a very 

 regular outline, about the size of a Golden Reinette. 

 Eye small, destitute of angles, and rather deeply sunk, 

 with a closed calyx. Stalk an inch long, slender, inserted 

 in a small deep cavity. Skin of a delicate waxen texture, 

 without spots, except a very faint mottling of green 

 appearing through the skin near the eye ; pale clear 

 yellow on the shaded side, and brilliant crimson next 

 the sun, the two colours scarcely melting into each 

 other, but separating rather abruptly. Flesh white, 

 tender, very delicate, sweet, with a delicate perfume, 

 like that of roses, which is sensibly perceived before the 

 fruit is cut open. 



Ripe in September, and will keep till the spring. 

 This description is taken from fruit sent from Turin to 

 the Horticultural Society, and exhibited the 18th of 

 December, 1827. 



The Malcarle is a native of the territory of Finale, 

 in Liguria. It is an important article of trade in the 

 whole Genoese territory, and of exportation to Nice, 

 Marseilles, Barcelona, and Cadiz. The climate of the 

 Italian territory is so entirely different from that of 

 England, that we cannot expect the delicate, Malcarle 

 should succeed here, unless trained against a south or 

 south-east wall, and in a warm and kind soil. Its great 

 beauty in the dessert renders it an interesting object of 

 cultivation. 



100. MARGIL. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 33. Hort. 

 Soc. Cat. 589. Pom. Mag. t. 36. 



Fruit small, ovate, about two inches or two and a half 

 deep, and one inch and a half or two inches in diameter. 

 Eye small, angular, as are also the sides. Stalk short. 

 Skin light bright orange, streaked and mottled with 

 rich red and brown, occasionally a little russetty. Flesh 

 yellow, firm, breaking. Juice sweet, with a high aro- 

 matic flavour. 



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