XII. 
APPENDIX TO THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 
Eighteen of the best so-called Norman Apples of Herefordshire were placed together 
on the exhibition tables at Rouen. Your Committee carefully compared them with the three 
thousand plates of Vintage Fruits present: the attention also of the leading exhibitors from 
Normandy and Brittany was specially called to them; but, with one exception, they were 
quite different to all others there, and were unknown to the Norman nurserymen and growers. 
The exception was the “Foley Norman” which local tradition states to have been introduced 
into Herefordshire by Mr. Edward Thomas Foley of Stoke Edith (c. 1810-20). This 
Apple was the same as the Blanc Donx of the Rouen Catalogue, but it is one that has 
not borne well the modern test of exact analysis, and it has therefore lost much of its repute in the 
Norman Orchards. 
Your Committee next proceeded to select a few of the best real Norman varieties 
to be introduced into Herefordshire. They decided that the following characteristics were 
essentially necessary: 1. The fruit must possess the very best quality of juice; 2. The trees 
must be hardy, vigorous and fertile; 3. They must blossom at varying intervals ; 4. The 
fruit must attain maturity in late autumn, or winter ; and 5. They must have obtained the 
highest repute in the Norman orchards. 
With the kind assistance of Monsieur A. Hauchecorne (one of the distinguished authors 
of the great French work “ Le Cidre ”) ; M. Michelin, of Paris (one of the original promoters 
of the Congress appointed by the French Government for the study of Cider Fruits) ; Monsieur 
Heron (President of the Societe Centrale d’Horticulture de la Seine Inferieure) ; 
M, Legrand, Nurseryman at Yvetot; M. Lesueur, of Rouen ; and other Norman growers 
of Cider Fruits ; your Committee have selected eight varieties, which meet all the requirements 
laid down for their guidance. 
Specimens of their several fruits have been procured from Normandy and they have 
been drawn and coloured by Miss Bull on the accompanying plate to illustrate their detailed 
description. 
History and Description of the Normandy Cider Apples Introduced by the 
Woolhope Club into Herefordshire, 1884. 
[N.B.—The numbers refer to the fruits as represented on the Plate; and a Table at the 
end gives the summary of their habits, analysis, and character, as published in the 
Rouen Catalogue.] 
1.—ROUGE BRUYERE. 
An old variety, whose history is not known. Its name is often given to other Apples 
(varieties of Argile or Frdquin, &c.), a fact which proves the general esteem in which it has 
long been held. 
