372 THE FRUIT GARDEN 



most often grown as a standard, particularly the cooking varieties and the free- 

 bearing ones. In the market garden only tender varieties and those of great 

 value are cultivated upon walls, or trained vase-shaped in the open. 



In the amateur's garden the apple is cultivated in the form most convenient 

 to the garden, often as a horizontal cordon. The remarks upon pruning the 

 pear apply to the apple, except that one may cut in the shoots rather more 

 closely. 



Apples are grown more or less throughout France, sometimes for cider- 

 making, sometimes for the market. They are cultivated especially for these 

 purposes in Normandy, Brittany, Picardy, Artois, La Sarthe, La Mayenne, 

 Le Nord, Le Puy de D6me, La Limagne, Le Limousin, La Seine et Marne, &c. 



In the neighbourhood of Paris the best apples are grown at Montreuil, 

 Rosny, Sannois, Versailles, &c. 



The Best Varieties 



Api-PETIT (Api rose). — Very fertile ; fruit small, spherical, flattened ; stalk short in 

 large cavity ; eye partly closed ; skin straw yellow, carmined in the sun ; flesh greenish 

 white, crisp, juicy, sweet, and of agreeable flavour ; January-May. 



ASTRAKAN Rouge (Transparent Red). — Very productive; fruit medium size, globu- 

 lar, irregular ; stalk medium sized, wiry ; eye small, half-closed ; skin greenish yellow ; 

 crimsoned in the sun ; end of July. 



Batt's Beauty. — Fertile ; yr«zV rather large, rounded, depressed at the eye; stalk 

 medium or rather short in large and deep cavity ; eye rather large, with long sepals 

 in a large but not deep cavity ; skin clear yellow, spotted marbled and tinged with 

 vermilion ; flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, sweet, perfumed ; July-August. 



Belle-Fille. — Very fertile ; fruit medium size, spherical, flattened ; stalk short, 

 rather thick ; eye small ; skin clear yellow, marbled with tawny brown on the sunny 

 side ; flesh whitish, crisp, sweet, perfumed ; November-February. 



Borovitskv. — Moderately fertile ; fruit large, globular ; slalk short, thick ; eye 

 large, half-closed ; skin clear yellow, streaked with carmine ; flesh white, soft, slightly 

 acid ; July- August. 



Calville Blanche. — Very fertile ; fruit very large, variable ; stalk short, slender 

 in variable cavity ; eye large, half-closed ; skin straw yellow, speckled grey, spotted red, 

 soft pink on the sunny side ; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy, very sweet, perfumed ; Decem- 

 ber-May. 



Court Pendu Gri S. — Not very fertile ; fruit medium size, flattened, globular ; stalk 

 short, strong in deep cavity ; eye large ; skin greenish yellow, brown in the sun ; flesh 

 yellowish, firm, sweet and perfumed ; November-March. 



De Chataignier. — Very fertile ; fruit medium size, spherical, rounded oval ; stalk 

 short, swollen ; eye large, half-closed ; skin greenish yellow, tinged with carmine ; flesh 

 white and yellowish, crisp, rather sweet ; December-April ; standard. 



De Jaune (Reinette de Mans). — Very fertile ; fruit rather large, rounded oval ; 

 stalk very short, very strong ; eye large, open ; skin clear yellow and red brown ; January- 

 May. 



De L'Estre (L'Estre, De la Fengtre).— Moderately fertile ; fruit rather large, elon- 

 gated, cylindrical ; stalk variable, large ; eye very open ; skin clear yellow, marked red 

 and pink, carmined in the sun ; December-May. 



De L.\nde. — Productive; fruit medium size, red; flesh firm, good for preserves; 

 February-April. 



De Verit£ — Fruit small, greenish and pink ; April, May. 



Fenouillet Gris. — Moderately fertile ; fruit medium size, globular ; stalk short in 

 large cavity ; eye small ; skin dark yellow, tinged with red grey ; flesh white, rather soft, 

 sweet scented ; December-April. 



