PLATE LXV. 
6 . REINETTE VAN MONS. 
The name of this variety implies its producer, and its foreign origin, but the details of its 
history are wanting. 
Description. —Fruit: rather below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and two and a 
quarter high ; flattened and almost oblate, having five rather obscure ribs, which terminate in distinct 
ridges round the eye. Skin : greenish yellow in the shade, but with a dull, brownish orange tinge 
next the sun ; the whole surface has a thin coating of brown russet. Eye : closed, set in a rather 
deep depression. Stalk : half an inch long. Flesh : yellowish, tender, crisp, juicy, sugary, and 
aromatic. 
A dessert apple of first-rate quality, in season from December to May. 
The tree does not grow robustly, but it is hardy, and bears well. 
