262 Of the Mela Carta, Malcarle, or Charles Apple, $c. 



appears to have been applied to it in compliment to King 

 Charles the third of Spain, to whom trees were sent by 

 Count Prasca of Finale, many years ago. Nothing is known 

 of their success in Spain, but they possibly still exist in the 

 orchards of Aranjuez, where they were originally planted. 



