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CHAPTER VI. 



OF APPLES. 



Different Sorts of Apples described..., Of Heading Apple trees.,.. 

 Of Espaliers and Dwarfs. ...Grafting Old Apple Trees ; and of 

 the Advantage of using the Composition in that Operation. 



X-rflNN^US has joined the Pear, the Apple, and the Quince 

 together, making them all of the same genus, and has reduced 

 all the varieties of each to one species. They belongto the 

 twelfth clas^, Icosandria Pentagynia. 



The Species are, 



1, The Wild Apple with a very sour fruit, commonly cal- 

 led Crab. 



2* Wild Crab of Virginia, with a sweet-scented flower, 

 3. The Dwarf Apple, which is rather a shrub than a tree ; 

 commonly called Paradise Apple. 



I shall give a List of the best Apples that have been introduced 

 from France. 



1. The Rambour is a large fruit, of a fine red next the 

 sun, and striped with a yellowish green. It ripens about the 

 middle of September. 



2. The Corpendu, or Hanging Body. This is a very large 

 apple, and has a red cast on the side towards the sun, but is 

 pale on the other. It takes its name from always hanging down- 

 wards ; and ripens in September. 



3. The White, or French Rennet, is a lare fruit of a 

 yellowish green colour, with some grey spots. It has a sugary 

 juice, and is good either for eating or baking. 



4. The Rennette-Grise is a middle-sized fruit, of a grey 

 colour next the sun ; It is a very good juicy apple, of a quick 

 flavour, and ripens about the latter end of October, 



5. Pomme d'Api is much valued for its colour, being of 

 a bright red. The tree is a good bearer, and the fruit is not 



