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No 172
W. 3.
L'Abbé Rozier}
vol. 8. p 228   }

This apple was imported from the Garden of St Cloud
in France by Mr DuPont of Wilmington.
It is a long large apple, flat at the ends, diminishing
towards the crown. The skin is of a pale green, becoming [illegible]
& yellow as it arrives towards maturity. The stalk is
short and thick. It has numerous brown spots of a
round, angular, or other shape scattered over the
surface of the skin. The flesh is firm, of a whitish
color assuming a yellow cast when fully ripe.
The juice is sweet and sprightly. In France it
is thought the finest of all apples.  It comes into
Season in Midwinter and keeps till the new
apples come in. ~ The tree is large vigorous and
tall, and of a handsome growth and form.
[sketch of index finger pointing right]
The fruit of these Trees having fallen early or rotted
on the Trees I dug them all up in the fall of 1827
and planted others in their places.

[sketch of apple] 
        