APPLE, 



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origin, though Duhainel calls it Grosse Reinette df^An- 

 gkterre. The fruit is large, round, and flat ; irre- 

 gular in shape towards the eye ; stalk short and 

 thick, closely attached to the branches; colour a 

 deep green, tinged with russet on the exposed side. 

 The pulp is crisp, of a yellowish cast, abounding in 

 a pleasant acid juice; and much more valued in the 

 kitchen than in the dessert, though highly extolled 

 for the latter purpose by some writers. It is a 

 standard of the third class, and very proper for 

 espalier training. 



121. Sehvood's Rdneite. — Comes into use in Ja- 

 nuary, and continues till April. This appk was re- 

 ceived above fifty years ago by the author (thes gar- 

 dener to Sir E.Dering) from Messrs. Hewit and Co, 

 of BromptoB, The fruit is of the middle size, per- 

 fectly round ; colour bright green, dashed with a few 

 streaks of red. The pulp is very firm, and full of 

 fine acid juice, and excellent for culinary purposes. 

 It makes a fine healthy tree, with strong, spreading, 

 brown-coloured shoots ; buds thinly set on the 

 branches, though generally a good bearer. It should 

 have a place in the first class in the orchard ; it be- 

 ing a very profitable family apple, and keeps without 

 shrivelling. This variety was raised by a person, 

 whose name it bears, near Lancaster, 



122. Reinette Grise. — The Pomme Grise, or grey 

 apple of the French authors, is a highly-valued fruit 

 in that country, and long cultivated both in England 

 and Scotland. Of late years it has been newly in- 

 troduced, along with the Favieuse, by a Mr. Barclay, 



