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XX. An Account of the Calville Rouge de Micoud. A new 

 Variety of Apple. By M. Andre' Thouin, Foreign Mem- 

 ber of the Horticultural Society. 



Read July 15, 1823. 



N ature is much more liberal in new productions than is 

 generally supposed. In proportion to the number of culti- 

 vated vegetables in a country are the varieties of them which 

 she produces ; and notwithstanding the negligent manner in 

 which they are observed, and the little care that gardeners 

 are apt to bestow upon them, some from time to time escape 

 destruction, and contribute to increase our resources and eco- 

 nomical enjoyments. Such a one is the fruit tree which is the 

 subject of this Paper ; a seedling, and deprived of the advan- 

 tages of cultivation, it has, on arriving at maturity, been 

 distinguished for the extraordinary properties it possesses, 

 which not only are sufficient to separate it from all our known 

 varieties, but to render it an object of considerable importance 

 for domestic purposes. 



This Apple tree was raised from seed about forty years 

 ago; when two years old it was transplanted into a light 

 substantial soil, in nearly a southern aspect. On the north 

 it is protected by an adjoining house, and is only about one 

 hundred yards distant from the banks of the Loire. Although 



