An Account of the Calville Rouge de Micoud, 243 



planted in a garden, it has been left entirely to nature, with- 

 out being subjected to the pruning knife. It has received no 

 particular cultivation, but as the ground is turned over to 

 within a short distance of the trunk, it derives advantage from 

 the labour, and especially the manure which the soil receives 

 every year, for the sake of the crops of esculents cultivated 

 near it. Since the tree has arrived at maturity it has never 

 failed to flower and fruit every year. It is situated on the 

 farm of the Baroness de Micoud, which lies near La Charite 

 sur Loire, in the department of the Lievre. 



Its first season of flowering generally takes place in April, 

 at the same time as the greater part of the other varieties of 

 Apples ; the second is in June. The tree then ceases for a 

 time to produce flowers ; the third and succeeding flowerings 

 take place in August, September, October, and November, 

 when they are stopped by the severity of the frost. It is 

 necessary to remark, that the last flowerings are much less 

 abundant than the two first, and the fruit which they pro- 

 duce is small, and imperfectly ripened. 



The leaves are oval, a little pointed at the end, and some- 

 what cordate at the base, their colour is at first bright and 

 delicate, during the summer it becomes deep green, and about 

 the fall of the leaf, it assumes a yellowish tint. They are 

 smooth and shining on their upper surface, and beneath they 

 are whitish, and covered with a slight cottony down. The 

 blossoms are produced in corymbs of twelve or fifteen flowers 

 in the first season of flowering, but only from five to nine in 

 the succeeding seasons. The colour of the corolla is white, 

 tinged with rose-coloured stains, especially on the edge of 

 the petals. 



