Fruit, large, three inches and a half wide, and three inches and a quarter high; roundish and flattened, with broad uneven and unequal ribs, extending the whole length of the fruit, and terminating at the apex in prominent unequal ridges. Skin, delicate pale yellow tinged with green, becoming bright golden yellow at maturity, washed with deep red on the side next the sun, and strewed with brown dots, and a few markings of greyish white russet. Eye, small and closed with stout and pointed segments, set in a deep, irregular, five-ribbed basin, which is surrounded with knobs. Stalk, three quarters of an inch long, slender, and inserted the whole of its length in a deep and angular cavity, which is lined with russet. Flesh, yellowish white, delicate, and juicy, with a rich, lively, and agreeable aromatic flavor. A valuable winter apple, admirably adapted for all culinary purposes, and excellent also for the dessert. It is in use from January to April. The tree is a strong and vigorous grower, and a good bearer, but does not attain more than the middle size. It is rather liable to canker in damp situations, and is better suited for a dwarf than a standard; if grown on the paradise stock the appearance of the fruit is very much improved. This variety is sometimes called _Pomme Glace_, which is, however, a distinct variety, known by the names of _Rouge des Chartreux_, and _Pomme de Concombre_; it is a variety of Calville Blanche d’Hiver, the fruit is about the size of an egg, but twice as long. 57. CALVILLE MALINGRE.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 114. SYNONYMES.--Pomme de Malengre, _Chart. Cat._ 50. _Cal. Traité_, iii. 40. Calville Normande, _acc. Calvel_. Malengre d’Angleterre, _Merlet Abregé_, 137. Calville Rouge de la Normandie, _acc. Poit et Turp._ Malus Aegra, _Ibid._ Normännische rothe Wintercalville, _Ditt. Handb._ iii. 3. FIGURE.--Poit et Turp, pl. 41. Fruit, very large, elongated, and prominently ribbed like the Calville Blanche d’Hiver, but not so much flattened as that variety. Skin, a little yellow on the shaded side, and of a beautiful deep red next the sun, which is marked with stripes of darker red, strewed all over with minute dots. Eye, small, set in a broad, deep, and angular basin, which is surrounded with prominent knobs. Stalk, slender, deeply inserted in an angular cavity. Flesh, white, delicate, very juicy, and charged with an agreeable acid. A culinary apple of the first quality; in use from January to April, and “keeps well.” According to the Chartreux Catalogue, “est bonne cuite pour les malades.” The tree is a very vigorous grower, much more so than the generality of the Calvilles; it is very hardy and an abundant bearer, and is better adapted for being cultivated as a dwarf than an espalier; but it does not succeed well on the paradise stock.