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Fruit: small and symmetrical, broad at the base, 
becoming slightly angular at the upper third. Skin : almost 
entirely carmine, deeper on the sunny side, and having small 
grey spots scattered over the surface. Eye: small and closed, 
set in a very shallow depression. Stalk : short and woody, 
inserted in a narrow cavity, lined with russet, which also 
spreads over the base of the apple. Flesh : whitish yellow, 
firm, with a sweet juice, a bitter, pleasant taste and an 
excellent aroma. 
This is a very favourite apple throughout the orchards of Normandy. “ It is superior,” 
says M. Hauchecorne, “ to all others bearing its name, and makes excellent cider without 
mixture with other fruits.” Its esteem is only equalled by the Argile grise. The abundance 
of tannin in the juice, renders it very valuable to give good keeping qualities to the cider 
from mixed fruits. The density of the juice is 1.075 to i.oSo. In 1,000 parts it contains 
of alcoholisable sugar 175; tannin 7; mucilage 8; acidity (as compared with monhydrous 
sulphuric acid) 1 ; salts, &c. 9; and water 800. 
2.—BRAMTOT. 
A seedling grown by M. Legrand, of Yvetot, 
Seine Inferieure. It first fruited in 1856, and was named 
after M. Bramtot, a manufacturer of Yvetot. It is 
thought to be a seedling from the old variety, Martin 
Fessard. 
Fruit: of middle size, symmetrical, but sometimes 
with unequal sides, wide and flattened at the base, but 
contracted towards the eye. Skin: clear yellow, with 
a touch of carmine towards the sun, its surface being 
scattered over with numerous grey spots. Eye: small 
and closed, with long reflected sepals, and placed in a 
very narrow cavity with grooved sides. Stalk: short, 
thin, and woody, set in a narrow, deep cavity. Flesh : whitish yellow, and tender, with 
an abundant juice of a sweet and pleasant though ''slightly bitter flavour. 
“ This excellent variety,” says M. Hauchecorne, “ both in tree and fruit, possesses 
