THE CIDER ORCHARD, 



tion of about one-tenth of Pears in the whole 

 mixture ensures a clearer liquid and is a gain 

 in flavour. 



First or Early Season. — Fruits ripening 

 in early autumn and yielding a light Cider 

 for immediate use only. Apples : Blanc-Mol- 

 let, fruits sweetly-bitter and pulpy; Docteur 

 Blanche, bitter; Reine des hatives, sweet, fra- 

 grant, and pulpy, but not juicy; Saint Laurent, 

 like the last but more highly coloured ; Secre- 

 taire Pine/, juicy, bitter, and acid ; Vagnon he- 

 grand, sweetly-bitter, and highly coloured. 

 Pears : De Croixmare, good for Perry and for 

 distilling; De Nave t, sweet and very good. 



Second or Mid-Season. — Fruits ripening 

 in 'November and December and for general 

 purposes the best. Apples: Amer-doux, heavy 

 cropper, bitter and sweet; Amere de Berthecourt, 

 also a good bearer, well coloured; Amere Gau- 

 thier, very bitter, but prolific ; Argilegrise, juicy, 

 sweet, and slightly bitter; Barbarie, bitter, acid, 

 soft and pulpy ; Binet blanc, slightly bitter and 

 acid ; Binet gris, soft and pulpy ; Bramtot,soft, 

 pulpy, slightly bitter, and of high specific gra- 

 vity ; De Boutteville, fragrant, highly coloured, 

 ajid pulpy ; De Cat, sweet and pulpy ; Doux 

 Eveque, sweet, slightly bitter and pulpy; Go- 

 dard, sweet and pulpy, fragrant and slightly 

 bitter ; Jaunet de Gournay, sweet and fragrant ; 

 Martin Fessard, late-blooming, bitter and pul- 

 py; Medaille d'Or, heavy cropper, late bloom- 

 ing, very bitter, and of high specific gravity ; 

 Petit Muscadet, sweet, bitter, and fragrant ; 

 Rouge Bruytre, late bloomer, bitter, fragrant, 

 and well coloured; Vice-President Heron, sweet 

 and acid, well coloured, fragrant, and of high 

 specific gravity. Pears : De Crapaud, sweet, 

 excellent for Perry ; De Huchet, fragrant, good 

 for mixing; De Sour is, fragrant, coloured, and 

 reliable. 



Winter Season. — These include kinds ri- 

 pening from the end of December throughout 

 January. A good mixture from this series yields 

 an excellent Cider, keeping well for years. Ap- 

 ples : Ambrette, sweet, slightly bitter, and fra- 

 grant ; Bedan, in several varieties, sweetly bit- 

 ter, highly coloured, and pulpy ; Binet rouge, 

 sweet and pulpy, slightly bitter ; Constant Le- 

 seur, sweet, bitter, and fragrant ; Doux-Geslin 

 or Reine des pommes, heavy cropper, sweetly 

 bitter; Fr'equin, also in several varieties, high- 

 ly coloured, bitter and sweet; Galopin, sweet, 



coloured, and pulpy ; Grise Dieppois, sweet, 

 pulpy, and of high specific gravity ; Groseiller, 

 sweet and fragrant ; Hauchecorne, late, coloured, 

 fragrant, and sweetly-bitter ; Michelin, late, 

 sweet, fragrant, and well coloured ; Or Mil- 

 cent, juicy, pulpy, and sweet ; Petite amere, 

 small, sweet, and bitter ; Pommate d Avrolles , 

 late blooming, very sour, and slightly acid ; 

 Raile rouge, sweetly bitter ; Rouge Avenal,sweet 

 and pulpy, coloured, and fragrant ; Rousse La- 

 tour, sweet and bitter, of high specific gravity ; 

 Rousse verte, heavy cropper, sweet, coloured, 

 and fragrant. Pears: Cirole, widely cultivated 

 at Brie, sweet but acid ; Gros Carisi, Gros Sanger, 

 heavy bearer, juicy, and acid. 



Late Season. — Apples : Julien le Paul- 

 mier, very late, sweet, bitter, and coloured; 

 Marabot, sweet, coloured, and fragrant ; Marie 

 Legrand, late, sweet, bitter, and coloured ; Mar- 

 in Onfrey, Ameret, or Roquet, late and sweetly 

 bitter ; Peau-de-Vache nouvelle, bitter, sweet, 

 and highly coloured ; Pommea tannin, very late, 

 juicy, very bitter, and of high specific gravity. 

 Pears: Catillac,deLivre,\2iVge fruit, good either 

 cooked orfor Perry. Theselate kinds only ripen 

 during the winter and when stored. 



Roadside Fruits. — For planting along 

 roadsides the following are recommended as 

 being of naturally upright growth. Apples : 

 Galopin; GriseDieppois; Paradis — a pretty fruit, 

 red striped, without much juice, but sweet and 

 pulpy; another kind, distinct though grown 

 under the same name in the Limousin ; Pre- 

 sident des Heberts, bitter, and either mid-season 

 orlate ; Rouge de Treves, bitter and slightly acid, 

 mid-season or late ; Vice-President Heron, al- 

 ready described. Pears : Eisgruber Mostbirne, 

 early or mid-season ; Fraulerb, blooms very late, 

 small sweet fruits,early or mid-season ; Giroui or 

 Daguenelle,hezvy cropper,juicy,acid,and early ; 

 Gros Carisi or Gros Sanger, mid or late season. 



Fruits for Press or Table. — In this cate- 

 gory are included varieties which, though not 

 always of the highest quality for either pur- 

 pose, can be used as required either for Cider 

 or marketed for the table. Every country has a 

 certain number of such kinds, and in Germany 

 and Switzerland they are especially numerous. 

 Apples : Belle des Buits (Pomme Pierre in the 

 Limousin) , heavy cropper, sweet, fragrant, and 

 late ; Borsdorf, common in Germany, sweetly 

 acid, mid-season ; Cardinal rouge, grown in the 



