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to inform you of is, viz. : I have a tree which bears both sorts It one apple ; one 

 side of the apple is altogether sweet, the other side sour ; one side bigger than the 

 other ; and when boiled the one side is soft, the other bard, as all sweet and sour 

 apples are." 



Ked Winter CalviUe. See Calville Rouge d'Hiver. 



Reinette d'Allemagne. See Borsdorffer. 



REINETTE DE BREDA.— Fruit, medium sized, two inches and 

 three quarters wide, and two and a quarter high ; roundish and com- 

 pressed. Skin, at first pale yellow, but changing as it ripens to fine 

 deep golden yellow, and covered with numerous russety streaks and 

 dots, and with a tinge of red and fine crimson dots on the side exposed 

 to the sun. Eye, set in a wide and plaited basin. Stalk, half an 

 inch long, inserted in a russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, firm, 

 and crisp, but tender and juicy, with a rich vinous and aromatic 

 flavour. 



A dessert apple of first-rate quality ; in use from December to 

 March. 



This is the Reinette d'Aizerna of the Horticultural Society's Cata^ 

 logue, and may be the Nelguin of Knoop ; but it is certainly not the 

 Reinette d'Aizerna of Knoop. 



REINETTE BLANCHE D'ESPAGNE {Josephine; Belle Jose- 

 phine ; Reinette d'Espagne ; De Rateau ; Ooncombre Ancien ; Fall 

 Pippin ; American Fall Pippin ; Cobbett's Fall Pippin ; Large Fall 

 Pippin; Camuesar ; White Spanish Reinette). — Fruit, very large, three 

 inches and a half wide, and three inches and three quarters high ; 

 oblato-oblong, angular on the sides, and uneven at the crown, where it 

 is nearly as broad as at the base. Skin, smooth and unctuous to the 

 feel, yellowish green in the shade, but orange tinged with brownish 

 red next the sun, and strewed with dark dots. Eye, large and open, 

 set in a deep, angular, and irregular basin. Stalk, half an inch long, 

 inserted in a narrow and even cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, 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. 



REINETTE DE CANADA {Portugal; St. Helena Russet ; Canada 

 Reinette). ^^xuii, large, three inches and a half wide, and three inches 

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

 diminishing 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 flavoured. 



