MARIE.
Illustrations 103a, 103b, 103c.
Illustrations 104a, 104b, 104c.
arie (van der vlies).
Pomme-Marie.
Originated from the pips of a presumably wild apple, picked from a tree by Mr. C. VAN DER VLIES on September 26th 1844 during his trip in The Crimea. The tree was growing on the eastern slopes of the Chatir Dagh, in the midst of the Tauric Mountains. From the seedling from one of these pips, scions were grafted onto a Zure Grauwe Reinet, at the mansion of Oostrust, along the Hoogen Rijndijk near Hazerswoude (province of Zuid-Holland).
On the occasion of our exposition of 1866, Mr. VAN DER VLIES sent us a basket of fruits from his 1865 harvest (illustration 103) as well as one from his 1866 picking (illustration 104). He also made scions of this variety available to our arborists.
SHAPE: very regular.
SIZE: third grade, on older trees fourth grade.
EYE: closed, small; pointed, woolly, green (even on the year-old apples) sepals, in a rather deep and wide, woolly basin, surrounded by little folds, from which arise five angular but rather flat ribs, to continue over the apple as round and less noticeable rises.
STALK: 10 - 25 mms long, green on the fresh apple, on one-year-old fruit brown, woody, woolly, in a shallow, rather wide cavity, with green, thin, ray-shaped russeting.
The COLOUR of the older apples is golden yellow with a red blush at the sun side, whereas the younger apples are a glossy, light greenish yellow; white-green, unevenly spread lenticels. The skin is thin, smooth, not waxy.
The FLESH of the 1865 apple (after 12 months) was tasteless but in good condition; apples from the latest crop were tasted on April 20th 1867: the flesh is white, with green veins around the core, fine, soft, pleasantly sour, no aroma. The core is medium, the cells are small and filled with many, coffee-brown pips.
TIME OF USE: its keeping qualities bring great value to the apple; first grade for the kitchen, also suitable for dessert.
The TREE is a moderate grower, fertile; its way of growing reminds of the Ananas Reinette. The twigs are short and thick, light brown, with oblong, greengrey lenticels, unevenly spread; the buds are broad and flat; the shoots are firm, light brown with green, covered with wool; the leaf stalks are 20 mms long, thick, grooved, woolly; the leaves are heart-shaped, almost round, with a deep and sharp, irregular serrating, dark green,woolly.
Suitable for standard tree and pyramid shape.