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broidered Apple now cultivated in this country is
again different from that described by Miller ; and
the Saint Julien, or Pomme de Caractère, is described
by Mayer as being different from the Vrai
Drap d’Or of Duhamel. From a comparison of the
accounts of various continental authors, it appears
that the Pomme de Saint Julien is covered with
various traces, resembling characters or letters, and
allied by its colours to the Drap d’Or, and Embroidered
Apples. The exterior of this Apple might
also justify a similar alliance ; and consequently, it
may have been called by some writers the Saint
Julien, although it does not answer Mayer’s description
of that sort, especially as regards its quality, in
which respect it is certainly superior.
A good bearer, in perfection in December, January,
and February.
S hoots strong, dark chestnut, moderately
downy, set with numerous distinct whitish spots.
L eaves middle-sized, ovate, tapering to the
point.
F lowers rather small. P etals ovate, somewhat
cordate at the base, waved on the margin,
scarcely imbricating each other.
F ruit large, roundish, slightly and obtusely
angular on the sides. E ye in a moderate-sized
cavity, surrounded with slight plaits. S talk slender,
about an inch in length, inserted very shallow.
S kin a little rough, with scars of gray russet,
beneath which it is remarkably, though somewhat
obscurely, striped with yellow and grayish-green.
F lesh firm, yellowish-white, rich, sweet and ex cellent.
R. T.