FRUIT CULTURE IN FRANCE 



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Standards 



Belle Fille 

 De Chataignier 



I De Jaune 



I De Lande 



Varieties for Cider Making 

 October 



Blanc Mollet 

 Reine des H4tives 



Amfere de Berthecourt 

 Argite Grise 

 Barbarie 

 De Moran 

 Godard 



St. Laurent 



November 



Martin Fessard 

 Medaille d'Or 

 Passe Reine des Pommes 

 Rouge Bruyfere 

 Rouge de Treves 



End of November and December 



Bedan | De Bouteille 



Binet Blanc | Grise Dieppoise 



Marin Dufray I Hauchecorne 



Rousse Latour Peau de Vache Nouvelle 



Varieties for Standards 



All the cider varieties 

 Astrakan Rouge 

 Gravenstein 

 Fenouillet Gris 

 Linnseus Pipoin 

 Rambour d'Ete 

 Reine des Reinettes 

 Reinette Baumann 



Reinette Doree de Vitry 



de Caux 



de Cuzy 



Blanche du Canada 



Grise de Saintonge 



de Vitry 

 Royale d'Angleterre, &c. 



Varieties for Pyramids 



All except Grand Alexandre, Peasgood's Nonesuch, and M^nagfere. These are 

 best as trained trees on account of the size of their fruits. Calville Blanche requires wall 

 culture. 



THE PLUM 



The plum on account of its early flowering dreads the frosts, and requires, 

 as far as possible, a sheltered situation. It is not difficult to suit as regards soil, 

 always provided that this is neither excessively dry nor wet and moderately 

 deep. This permits of its culture throughout almost the whole of France. 

 The plum tree is propagated by grafting. Some local varieties are propagated 

 by suckers. The seedling St. Julian is the stock generally used ; the variety 

 changing with the locality. The plum is extensively grown both by amateurs 

 and for sale. Amateurs grow the trees in various trained forms. For market 

 gardens standards alone are recommended ; they are planted 5 or 6 metres from 

 each other. The plum is grown throughout France, but especially in the 



