APPENDIX TO THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 
XV. 
4.- B ED an-des-Parts. 
Fruit: small, broad at the base, often larger on one 
side. Skin: pale yellowish green, with a clear red cheek 
on the side next the sun; small grey spots are scattered 
over the surface, and sometimes brown patches. Eye ; small 
and closed, set in a shallow, irregular cavity, with grooves 
and small tubercles between them. Stalk : strong, half an 
inch long, inserted in a shallow, narrow cavity, which is lined 
with russet, which russet extends, more or less, over the base 
of the apple. Flesh: yellowish, tender, and juicy, slightly 
bitter in taste, but with good flavour. Juice : highly coloured. 
“This new variety,” says M. Hauchecorne, “takes a high place among fruits of the 
first quality, from the fertility of the tree, the high colour of its juice, and its richness in sugar, 
tannin, and aroma.” The density of the juice is 1,084. One thousand parts contain of 
alcoholisable sugar 195 ; tannin 5 ; mucilage 10; acidity 1,070; salts, &c. 1,030; and water 776. 
5.—MICHELIN. 
5. —Michelin. 
almost level with the surface, and 
A seedling raised by M. Legrand, Yvetot. It first 
bore fruit in 1872, and was dedicated by him to M. Michelin, 
of Paris, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, Member of the 
SoCIETE CENTRALE d’ HORTICULTURE DE FRANCE, ET DE LA 
Seine Inferieure, and one of the original promoters of the 
Congress appointed by the French Government for the study 
of Cider Fruits, and who attended all its meetings. 
Fruit: of middle size, conical, with obtuse angles, 
becoming more marked as the fruit becomes more narrow 
towards the eye. Skin : green throughout, becoming yellowish 
green as it ripens ; it presents a slight blush of red on the 
sunny side, and numerous small specks over the surface, with 
here and there a streak of russet. Eye: small and closed, 
surrounded by a patch of light grey russet. Stalk : half an 
