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LXX VII. An Account of some Specimens of Apples which 

 were imported this Season by the Horticultural Society from 

 Rouen in Normandy. Drawn up by William Hooker, 

 Esq. F. H. S. January 11, 1817. 



Read February 4, 1817. 



Th i s collection of the Norman Apples has come before the 

 Society under the disadvantages of an unfavourable season 

 for ripening fruits, and of very injudicious package, having 

 been inclosed in paper which had become wet, and had 

 imparted an unpleasant flavour to many of the fruit. If we 

 are to consider these as specimens of the best French fruits, 

 their comparison with the production of our own country 

 may afford reason for exultation ; for there is none among 

 them of equal merit with the Margil, the Ribston Pippin, 

 the July Flower, or the Ord Apple ; but allowing for the dis- 

 advantages already stated, many of the varieties possess con- 

 siderable merit, particularly the Reinette grise, the Reinette 

 de Canada, the Vert Anglois, the Pomme Poire, and the Rei- 

 nette blanche. 



The Gros Rambour, which was stated to have been sent, 

 (though not received) is a fruit of great merit for the kitchen. 



The Nonpareille, the Reinette Franche, and the Pigeonnet, 

 (Pigeonnet de Rouen of Poiteau and Turpin's new edi- 

 tion of Duhamel, called in this country the French Pippin, 

 Orleans Pippin, Arabian Pippin, &c. ) though amongst the 



