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virtues as an apple for the press, which are rarely united in so high a degree.” The juice 
is of good colour, and has a pleasant aroma. Its density is so high as 1,092, and in good 
seasons it reaches 1,105. A kilogramm contains 226 grammes of sugar, which gives an 
alcoholic strength from 13 to 14 per cent. There are also 6 grammes of tannin and 1,070 
of acidity in each kilogramm of juice. 
3.—M^DAILLE D’OR. 
A seedling raised by M. Goddard, of Boisguillaume, 
Rouen. A Gold Medal was awarded to its fruit in 1873 f° r 
its superior properties by the Societe Central d’Horticulture 
du Departement de la Seine Inferieure. 
Fruit: small, oblate, broad at the base, often irregularly 
spheroidal. Skin : golden yellow, almost completely covered 
with a marble work of thin brown russet, which often concentrates 
in patches, and becomes continuous round the eyes; there is 
often a slight touch of rose colour on the side next the sun. 
Eye: large and closed, sunk in a deep cavity, with slightly 
grooved borders. Stalk : thin and woody, about half an inch long, and inserted in a deep 
depression. Flesh: yellowish and tender. Juice: very sweet, with a strong, rough, astringent 
flavour, and not unpleasant. 
The tree is very fertile and bears its fruit in clusters. In general appearance, and lightness 
of structure, this fruit resembles the old English variety Forest Styre. As a vintage fruit it 
takes the very highest rank. The juice attains the very high density of 1,102 ; and each 
kilogramm contains 238 grammes of sugar, giving 14 to 15 per cent, of alcohol; 5,509 of 
Tannin ; and 1,428 of acid, as compared with monhydrous sulphuric acid. 
4.—BEDAN-DES-PARTS. 
A 
The Bedctn, Bedengzie , Bee d’Ane, with other varieties in name has held a high repute in 
the Norman Orchards from time immemorial. This particular variety is superior to all the 
Bedans in the richness and colour of its juice. It is a seedling grown by M. Legrand, of 
Yvetot, which first bore fruit in 1874. 
