Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish oblate. Skin, smooth, pale yellow on the shaded side; but yellow, streaked with red, on the side next the sun, and strewed with large russety dots. Eye, closed, set in a wide, rather shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, and slender, inserted more than half its length in a deep, round, and even cavity. Flesh, greenish-white, tender and delicate, with a brisk and pleasant flavor.
An American apple, suitable either for the dessert or for culinary purposes; and esteemed in its native country as a variety of first-rate excellence; but with us of inferior quality, even as a kitchen apple; it is in use from December to January.
283. RAMBOUR FRANC.—Duh.
- Identification.—[Duh. Arb. Fruit.] i. 307, pl. x. [Mill. Dict.] [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 615. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 94.
- Synonymes.—Frank Rambour, [Switz. Fr. Gard.] 135. [Lind. Guide], 15. Rambour Gros, [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 1, 844. Rambour Blanc, [Merlet. Abrégé]. Rambour, [Quint. Inst.] i. 202. Dahur. Traité. 115. Le Rambour, [Bret. Ecole], ii. 470. Rambourg, [Riv. et Moul. Meth.] 190. Rambourge, [Gibs. Fr. Gard.] 353. Pome de Rambures, [Rea Pom.] 210. Rambour d’été, [Poit. et Turp.] Rambour d’été or Summer Rambour, [Coxe View]. Cambour, [Bauh. Hist.] i. 21. Charmant Blanc, Zink Pom. No. 10. t. 2. Pomme de Nôtre Dame, acc. Dahuron. Früher Rambourger, [Mayer Pom. Franc.] No. 18, t. 13. Weisse Sommerrambour, [Sickler Obstgärt.] ix. 25. Lothinger, Saltz. Pom. No. 5. Lothinger Rambour, [Diel Kernobst.] i. 93.
- Figures.—[Jard. Fruit.] ed. 2, pl. 94. [Sickler Obstgärt.] ix. t. 3.
Fruit, very large, four inches broad, and three inches high; roundish and flattened, with five ribs on the sides which extend to the eye, forming prominent ridges round the apex. Skin, yellow, marked with thin pale russet on the shaded side; but streaked and mottled with red on the side next the sun. Eye, closed, and deeply set in an angular basin. Stalk, short, deeply inserted in a round, even, and regular cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellow, firm, and of a leathery texture, brisk and sugary, with a high flavor.
A good culinary apple; in use during September and October.
This is an old French apple which must have been long cultivated in this country; as it is mentioned by Rea so early as 1665. It is supposed to take its name from the village of Rembures, in Picardy, where it is said to have been first discovered.
The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and an abundant bearer.