THE APPLE. 
8b 
slightly corrugated basin. Flesh yellowish, coarse, juicy, tender, 
with an exceedingly agreeable, rich, vinous flavour, delightfully 
aromatic. December to March. 
Lady Apple. Coxe. 
Api. 0. Duh. 
Api Petit. Thorny. Rom. 
Pomme Rose. 
Porame d’Api Rouge. Poit 
Petit Api Rouge, ) 
Gros Api Rouge, ) 
Nois. 
An exquisite little dessert fruit, tbe pretty size and beautiful 
colour of which, render it an universal favourite ; as it is a great 
bearer it is also a profitable sort for the orchardist, bringing 
tbe highest price of any fancy apple in the market, kfc is an old 
French variety, and is nearly always known abroad by the name 
of Api ; but the name of Lady Apple has become too universal 
here, to change it now. No amateur’s collection should be 
without it. 
Fruit quite small, but regu- 
larly formed and flat. Skin 
smooth and glossy, with a bril- 
liant deep red cheek, contrast- 
ing with a lively lemon yellow 
ground. Stalk of medium 
length, and deeply inserted. 
Calyx small, sunk in a basin 
with small plaits. Flesh white, 
crisp, tender, and juicy, with a 
pleasant flavour. The tree has Apple. 
straight, almost black shoots, 
with small leaves ; forms a very upright, small head, and bears 
its fruit in bunches. The latter is very hardy, and may be left 
on the tree till severe frosts. The Lady Apple is in use from 
December to May. 
The Api Noir, or Black Lady Apple , differs from the fore- 
going sort only in the colour, which is nearly black. In shape, 
size, season, and flavour, it is nearly the same. It is, from its un- 
usually dark hue, a singular and interesting fruit — poor flavour. 
The true Api Etoile, or Star Lady Apple , figured and de- 
scribed by Poiteau, in the Pomologie francaise, is another very 
distinct variety; the fruit is of the same general character, 
but having five prominent angles, which give it the form of 
a star. This variety is rather scarce, the common Lady Apple 
being frequently sent out for it by French nurserymen. It 
keeps until quite late in the spring, when its flavour becomes 
excellent, though in winter it is rather dry. The growth of the 
tree resembles that of the other Apis. 
