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No 165

French Violette

[sketch of apple]

The Violet Apple is among the most admired of
the French Table apples. It is a beautiful fair
fruit with a brilliant and smooth skin, dark red
somewhat streaked with large spots of fawn color.
It is very little smaller towards the eye than the
stalk. The flesh is white, delicate tender &
juicy. It keeps through the winter, sometimes
till May.  Vid. L'ab. [L'abeé] Rozier N.S. [New Series] p 221. The tree is
vigorous & handsome, producing fruit very early,
at the extremities of the branches, in large quantities.
The size of the fruit that of large winter
Pearmains, the stalk is small in size, of a midling
length and is inserted into a deep cavity, so also is
the blossom end or crown.
        