The tree is healthy and vigorous, and an excellent bearer. It requires a dry, warm, and loamy soil. 292. REINETTE DE CANADA.--Bret. IDENTIFICATION.--Bret. Ecole, ii. 476. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3. 868. Bon. Jard. SYNONYMES.--Reinette du Canada, _Cal. Traité_. iii. 51. _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 3, n. 640. Grosse Reinette d’Angleterre, _Duh. Arb. Fruit_, i. 299, t. xii. f. 5. Reinette de Canada Blanche, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 868. Reinette de Canada à Côtes, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1, 869. Reinette de Caen, _Ibid._ 867. De Canada, _Ibid._ 139. De Bretagne, _Ibid._ 104. Portugal, _Ibid._ 803. Janurea, _Ibid._ 489. Reinette Grosse de Canada, _acc. Hort. Soc. Cat._ St. Helena Russet, _Ibid._ Wahre Reinette, _Ibid._ Grosse Englische Reinette, _Diel Kernobst._ i. 106. Canadian Reinette, _Lind. Guide_, 40. _Pom. Mag._ Canada Reinette, _Down. Fr. Amer._ 129. Grosse d’Angleterre, Mala Janurea, _of the Ionian Islands_. FIGURES.--Pom. Mag. t. 77. Jard. Fruit, ed. 2. pl. 96. Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xi. f. 1. Poit. et Turp. pl. 32. Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and three inches deep; oblato-conical, with prominent ribs originating at the eye, and diminishing as they extend downwards towards the stalk. Skin, greenish-yellow, with a tinge of brown on the side next the sun, covered with numerous brown russety dots, and reticulations of russet. Eye, large, partially closed, with short segments, and set in a rather deep and plaited basin. Stalk, about an inch long, slender, inserted in a deep, wide, and generally smooth cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, juicy, brisk, and highly flavored. An apple of first-rate quality, either for culinary or dessert use; it is in season from November to April. The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and attains a large size. It is also an excellent bearer; the finest fruit are produced from dwarf trees. 293. REINETTE CARPENTIN.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, p. 35. SYNONYME.--Kleine Graue Reinette, _Sickler Obstgärt._ ix. 413. Der Carpentin, _Diel Kernobst._ i. 174. FIGURE.--Sickler Obstgärt. ix. t. 18. Fruit, small, two inches and a quarter wide, and two inches high; roundish or rather oblato-oblong. Skin, yellowish-green on the shaded side; but striped, and washed with dark glossy red, on the side next the sun, and so much covered with a thick cinnamon-colored russet that the ground colors are sometimes only partially visible. Eye, set in a wide saucer-like basin, which is considerably depressed. Stalk, an inch long, thin, and inserted in a round and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, delicate, tender and juicy, with a brisk, vinous, and peculiar aromatic flavor, slightly resembling anise. A first-rate dessert apple; in use from December to April. The tree is a free grower, with long slender shoots, and when a little aged, is a very abundant bearer. 294. REINETTE DIEL.--Van Mons. IDENTIFICATION.--Diel Kernobst. i. B. 78. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 647.