CLASS I. — PLAT APPLES. — IL IL I. 



479 



Basin abrupt, medium, folded; Eye small, closed. 

 Ciivity wide, deep, irregular, brown ; Stem large, 

 knobby. 



Core irregular, closed, meeting the eye ; Seeds angular, 



Fig. 126. — ^BBACEEN. ^ 



imperfect ; Flesli white, very tender, fine grained ; Flavor 

 mild sub-acid ; Quality good ; Use, table and kitchen ; Sea- 

 son, June, July ; earlier than Early Harvest. 



Canada. Reinette. 



This fine fruit does not appear to be well known to our 

 orchardists, and some of our writers have given the White 

 PHppin among its numerous synonims, and have suggested 

 that they might be the same, which is not so ; they are 

 very distinct. I have omitted the synon'ms, as they can 

 be of little interest to our ])lanlers ; they are not used in 

 this country. The origin of this variety is unceitain, prob- 

 ably European. Downing says that Merlet, a French 

 writer, described the fruit m the 17th century. 



Tree vigorous, robust, tall spreading, productive. 



