Fruit, very large, four inches wide, and three inches and a half high; roundish, inclining to oblong, irregularly and prominently ribbed. Skin, pale green at first, but changing to pale yellow, with a faint tinge of red next the sun. Eye, small, and deeply inserted in a narrow and angular basin. Stalk, short and thick, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh, white, firm, somewhat sugary, and pleasantly sub-acid.
An excellent culinary apple of first-rate quality; in use during August and September.
The tree is healthy and vigorous, and a good bearer.
According to Lindley this variety is sometimes called Glory of the West, but that is quite a different apple, see [No. 141.]
104. DUTCH MIGNONNE.—Hort.
- Identification.—[Hort. Trans.] vol. iv., p. 70. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] ed. 3, n. 225. [Lind. Guide], 44. [Down. Fr. Amer.] 107.
- Synonymes.—Christ’s Golden Reinette, [Lipp. Taschenb.] p. 405. Reinette Dorée, [Mayer. Pom. Franc.] t. xxx. but not of Knoop or Duhamel. Grosze oder doppelte Casseler Reinette, [Diel Kernobst.] iv. 140. Paternoster Apfel, [Audibert. Cat.] Pomme de Laak, acc. [Pom. Mag.] Stettin Pippin, acc. [Hort. Soc. Cat.] Dutch Minion, [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] Holländische Goldreinette, acc. [Ditt. Handb.]
- Figure.—[Pom. Mag.] t. 84. [Ron. Pyr. Mal.] t. xxvi. f. 1.
Fruit, medium sized; roundish, even and handsomely shaped, narrowing a little towards the apex, where it is sometimes slightly ribbed. Skin, dull greenish-yellow, marked all over with broken streaks of pale red and crimson, with traces of russet, and numerous russety dots, which are thickest round the eye. Eye, small and closed, with short and pointed segments, placed in a deep and narrow basin. Stalk, an inch long, inserted in a round and deep cavity, which, with a portion of the base, is lined with rough russet. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, rich, sugary, and aromatic.
A very valuable and delicious dessert apple; in use from December to April.
The tree is hardy, a vigorous grower, and a very abundant bearer. It attains about the middle size when fully grown. The shoots are thickly set with fruit spurs. It is well adapted for dwarf or espalier training, and for these purposes succeeds well on the paradise stock.