PLATE LXXIV. 
i. PIGEONNET. 
The origin of this pretty French apple is not known. 
Description. — Fruit : Below medium size, oblate-ovate. Skin : pale greenish yellow on the 
shaded side, but entirely covered with red on the side next the sun, being striped and rayed with 
darker red, some of the stripes extending to the shaded side. Eye : small and open, with erect 
segments, set in a slightly depressed basin. Stalk: often short and thick, inserted in a rather 
shallow cavity. Flesh : white and delicate, of an agreeably acidulated and perfumed flavour. 
A very pretty dessert fruit, but not of high quality. It is in season during August and 
September. 
The tree is hardy, and bears well. It is cultivated chiefly for the beauty of its fruit on the 
table. 
