APPENDIX TO THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 
XVII. 
7.—DE BOUTTEVILLE. 
A seedling raised at Yvetot, by Monsieur Legrand. 
It first fruited in 1873, and was dedicated to Monsieur 
L. De Boutteville, Honorary President of the Societe 
Centrale d’ Horticulture de la Seine Inferieure, 
and Author, with Monsieur A. Hauchecorne, of the 
celebrated work “ Le Cidre,” published at Rouen, in 
1S75. 
Fruit: of middle size, oblate, smooth and round, 
without angles. Skin : pale yellow, with an orange 
blush on the sunny side, more or less spotted over the 
_ surface, and the spots often become dark and tinned with 
7.—De Boutteville. 1 & 
red under the sun’s influence. Eye : closed, seated in a 
narrow, deep cavity, with folded margins. Stalk : short, placed in a broad and deep cavity, 
lined with a thin russet that radiates over the base of the apple. Flesh : yellowish, with a 
sweet and pleasant flavour, free from bitterness. Juice : of a high colour, sweet, and pleasant. 
“ This apple,” says M. Hauchecorne, “ is one of the best varieties for making a good 
cider that will keep well. The apple is firm in flesh and travels well. Its juice is well 
coloured with excellent perfume and taste.” It has a density of 1,083. One thousand parts 
contain of alcoholisable sugar 193; tannin 6; mucilage 11 ; acidity 2.14; salts, &c. 7.86; 
and water 780. 
set in a narrow cavity with 
8.—frEquin audiEvre. 
A seedling raised by Monsieur Audievre, treasurer of the 
Societe d’Horticulture d’Yvetot, in 1868. It is thought to 
have been a seedling from Petit-Friquin, or Frequin Rouge , with 
greatly improved qualities to either of these varieties. 
Fruit: very small, flattened at the base, but contracting 
rapidly towards the eye. Skin : with a pale yellow ground, 
almost entirely covered with red carmine, and frequently with 
many fine white spots on the surface. Eye : small and closed, 
sulcated borders. Stalk : variable, generally very short, and set 
