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tender, juicy and sugary. 



An apple of first-rate quality, suitable for the dessert, but particularly 

 so for all culinary purposes. It is in use from December to April. 



The tree is healthy and vigorous, and an excellent bearer. It requires 

 a dry, warm, and loamy soil. 



292. REINETTE DE CANADA.— Bret. 



Idenhficatioit.— Bret. Ecole, u. 476. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. 868. Bon. Jard. 



Stnonymes.— Reinette du Canada, Cat. Traits, iii. 51. Hort. Soc. Cot. ed. 3, n. 

 640. Grosse Reinette d'Angleterre, Duh. Arb. Fruit, i. 299, t. xii. f. 5. Reinette 

 de Canada Blanche, Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 868. Reinette de Canada k Cotes, 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 1, 869. Reinette de Caen, Ibid. 867. De Canada, Ibid. 139. 

 De Bretagiie, Ibid. 104. Portugal, Ibid. 803. Janurea, Ibid. 489. Reinette 

 Grosse de Canada, ace. Hort. Soc. Cat. St. Helena Russet, Ibid. Wahre 

 Reinette, Ibid. Grosse Englische Reinette, Bid Kernobst. i. 106. Canadian 

 Reinette, Zind. Guide, 40. Pom. Mag. Canada Reinette, Down. Fr. Amer. 129. 

 Grosse d'Angleterre. Mala Janurea, o/ the Ionian Islands. 



FiGDKEs.— Pom. Mag. t. 77. Jard. Fruit, ed. 2. pi. 96. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xi. f. 1. 

 Poit. et Turp. pi. 32. 



Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and three inches deep ; 

 oblato-conical, with prominent ribs originating at the eye, and diminish- 

 ing as they extend downwards towards the stalk. Skin, greenish-yellow, 

 with a tinge of brown on the side next the sun, covered with numerous 

 brown russety dots, and reticulations of russet. Eye, large, partially closed, 

 with short segments, and set in a rather deep and plaited basin. Stalk, 

 about an inch long, slender, inserted in a deep, wide, and generally 

 smooth cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, juicy, brisk, and highly 

 flavored. 



An apple of first-rate quality, either for culinary or dessert use ; it is in 

 season from November to April. 



The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and attains a large size. It 

 is also an excellent bearer ; the finest fruit are produced firom dwarf 

 trees. 



293. REINETTE CARPENTIN.— Hort. 



Identification. — Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 35. 



SrNONTME. — Kleine Graue Reinette, Sickler Obstgdrt. ix. 413. Der Carpentin, 

 Diet Kernobst. i. 1 74. 



FiGiJBE.— Sickler Obstgart. Ix. t. 18. 



Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and two inches high ; 

 roundish or rather oblato-oblong. Skin, yellowish-green on the shaded 

 side ; but striped, and washed with dark glossy red, on the side next the 

 sun, and so much covered with a thick cinnamon-colored russet that the 

 ground colors are sometimes only partially visible. Eye, set in a wide 

 saucer-like basin, which is considerably depressed. Stalk, an inch long, 

 thin, and inserted in a round and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, 

 delicate, tender and juicy, with a brisk, vinous, and peculiar aromatic 

 flavor, slightly resembling anise. 



A first-rate dessert apple ; in use from December to April. 



