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to the sun, mixed with a tinge of redish brown. Eye, small and open, 

 set in a round, wide, and rather deep basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, 

 inserted in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, tender, crisp, 

 rich, sugary, and aromatic, partaking much of the flavor of Anise — hence 

 the origin of one of the synonymes. 



An excellent dessert apple, and when well ripened is considered of 

 first-rate quality by those who are partial to its peculiar flavor. It is in 

 season from December to March, and at an advanced period becomes 

 woolly. 



The tree is a small and slender grower ; but an abundant bearer. It 

 requires a rich soil and warm situation, and succeeds well as a dwarf on 

 the paradise stock. 



122. FENOUILLET JAUNE.— Duh. 



Idektification. — Duh. Arb. Fruit, i. 290. Down. Er. Amer. 109. Bon. Jard. 



Synonymes. — Drap d'Or, Knoop Pom. 59. Caraoter Appel, Ibid. t. x. Pomme 

 de Caractfere, Ibid. 130. Eeinette Drap d'Or, Ibid. 130. Embroidered Pippin, 

 Lind Gruide, 46. 



FiGuiiE. — Jard. Fruit, ed. 2, pi. 105. 



Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter broad, and an inch and three 

 quarters high ; roundish, flattened, and broadest at the base ; even and 

 regularly formed. Skin, fine bright yellow, marked with reticulations 

 of pale brown russet. Eye, small and closed, set in a wide and pretty 

 deep basin. Stalk, short and stout, inserted in a deep and funnel-shaped 

 cavity. Flesh, white, firm, sugary, and richly perfumed. 



A delicious little dessert apple ; in use from December to April. 



The tree is a fi:ee grower, quite hardy, and an excellent bearer ; but 

 requires a light and warm soil. 



According to Knoop, this apple is called Pomme de Caractere, from 

 the linear tracings of russet with which it is covered, being so disposed 

 as to give it the appearance of being marked with letters or characters. 



123. FENOUILLET ROUGE.— Duh. 



Identification —Duh. Arb. Fruit, i. 289. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 247. Lind. 



Guide, 47. Down. Fr. Amer. 109. Diel Kernobst. iii. 199. 

 Synonymes.— Courtpendii, Quint. Inst. i. 202. Eeinette Courtpendu, Knoop Pom. 



129. Courtpendu Gris, Ibid. 60. Eeinette de Goslinga, Ibid. 129. Carpendy, 



Gib'!. Fr. Gard. 355. Petit Courtpendu Gris, Inst. Arb. Ft. 154. Bardin, Schab. 



Prat \i 88. Pomme de Bardin, iJtw. cf iWoM?. i»fei/i. 191. Curtipendula Minora, 



Bmh. Hist. i. 23. Eothe Fenchelapfel, Diel Kernobst. iii. 199. Eeinette Grise 



de Champagne, ace. Bret. Ecole. 

 Figure.— Jard. Fruit, ed. 2, pi. 99. Mayer Pom. Franc, tab. xxxiii. Poit. et 



Turp. pi. 67. 



Fruit, small, two inches broad and about the same in height ; round- 

 ish, and a little flattened. Skin, pale greenish-yellow, but so entirely 

 covered with dark grey russet as to leave none of the ground color visible, 

 except that portion exposed to the sun, which is dark redish hrown. 

 Eye, large and closed, set in a wide and rather shallow basin. Stalk, 

 about an inch long, sometimes obliquely inserted, by the side of a fleshy 

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