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Rh golden pippin. The former is of tolerably quick growth, may be managed and pruned at pleasure, and generally bears fruit in the second year after having been transplanted: its abundant plums are of great value, both for home consumption and for sale, when in a dried state.—The golden pippin maintains the same rank among apple-trees, as the mirabelle among the plum-kind: its growth is moderate; the fruit plentiful and delicious, containing a sharp aromatic juice, and a tender pulp;—it may be preserved longer than six months.

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I. For plantations of table-fruit only.

1. The Easter, or Pasque Apple, is one of the principal and finest Calvilles: it is large, with high projecting ribs, and of a bees-wax colour; has a white, tender, juicy, pulp; and emits a very grateful odour, similar to that of roses.—The tree bears abundance of fruit, but does not attain a large size.

2. The Sarasin, a valuable winter-pear, which ought to decorate every orchard; as it may be preserved a whole year. In shape and size, it resembles the Bonne Louise, but generally becomes much larger. Its red colour rises on the south side, when it turns yellow in July; acquires a mellow buttery consistence, and is then eatable. This likewise affords an excellent fruit for boiling, drying, and other domestic uses. The tree is tall and vigorous.

3. The White Winter-Calville, a well-known apple, much prized on account of its aromatic flavour, like that of strawberries, and its acidulated vinous juice. Being of the larger sort of apples, it is somewhat depressed, smooth, glossy, pale-yellow, surrounded with strong ridges, and sometimes red on the sun-side: it maturates on the floor from December to March.—The tree is fertile, and of a middle size.

4. The Virgouleuse, a delicious pear of a pyramidal form, with a deep bloom, and short, fleshy stalk. Its peel is whitish-green, and, if ripening on the floor (from December to March), generally acquires a fine yellow tint: its pulp melts in the mouth, yielding a copious aromatic juice.—The tree also grows to a moderate height.

5. The Gravenstein Apple, a species of the Calville (obtained from Italy), is an uncommonly fragrant, large, delicious fruit; and, though its pulp be somewhat coarse, the sap is copious and pleasing to the palate: its colour is a deep yellow, frequently marked with red on the south side. This apple is equally useful for the table and other purposes of economy; as it not only affords excellent cyder, but also, when dry, a very palatable dish: it may be kept fresh during the greater part of the winter.—The tree is of vigorous growth, and bears abundant fruit.

6. The Streaked Rose-Apple, (Pomme Rose panaché), a very early, and beautiful summer-fruit, of a delicious flavour and taste: it is of a middle size, rather oblong than round; of a fine red colour, mixed with yellow on the shaded side; streaked with a deeper red on the southern aspect, but every where marked with deep yellow dots. Its pulp is of a glossy white, tinted with rose-coloured streaks about the core, and beneath the