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FETJITS RECENTLY INTEODrCED. 
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and never growing singly. That known as the syricum" 
is so called from its colour, while the melapium'''^^^ has its 
name from its strong resemblance to the pear. The mus- 
teum" was so called from the rapidity with which it ripens ; 
it is the melimelum of the present day, which derives its ap- 
pellation, from its flavour, being like that of honey. The 
''orbiculatum,"^^ again, is so called from its shape, which is 
exactly spherical — the circumstance of the Greeks having called 
it the epiroticum" proves that it came originally from 
Epirus* The orthomastium^^ has that peculiar appellation 
from its resemblance to a teat ; and the " spadonium"^^ of the 
BelgaB is so nicknamed from the total absence of pips. The 
melofolium^^ has one leaf, and occasionally two, shooting from 
the middle of the fruit. That known as the " pannuceum" 
shrivels with the greatest rapidity ; while the pulmoneum"^^ 
has a lumpish, swollen appearance. 
Some apples are just the colour of blood, owing to an original 
graft of the mulberry ; but they are all of them red on the 
side which is turned towards the sun. There axe some small 
wild ®^ apples also, remarkable for their fine flavour and the 
peculiar pungency of their smell. Some, again, are so re- 
markably sour, that they are held in disesteem ; indeed their 
acidity is so extreme, that it will even take the edge from off 
a knife. The worst apples of all are those which from their 
mealiness have received the name of '^farinacea;^^'' they are 
'^'^^ Or " red " apple. The red calville of the French, according to Har- 
douin ; the Pomme suzine, according to Dalechamps. 
The Girandotte of the French ; the appel-heeren of the Dutch. 
^9 The early ripener." Dalechamps identifies it with the pomme 
Saint J ean, the apple of St. John. 
The Pomme rose, or rose apple, according to Dalechamps. 
Or erect teat." The Pomme taponne of the French, according to 
Or eunuch. The Passe pomme, or Pomme grillotte of the French. 
^3 Or " leaf apple.'* Fee remarks that this occasionally happens, but the 
apple does not form a distinct variety. 
8* The Pomme pannete, according to Dalechamps : the Pomme gelee 
of Provence. 
Or lung" apple. The Pomme folane, according to Dalechamps. 
The Pirus mains of Linnaeus, the wild apple, or estranguillon of the 
French. 
It is doubtful whether he does not allude here to a peculiar variety. 
88 Or "mealy" apples. 
