For lovers of old fruit varieties :
A historical botanical illustration of an apple cultivar labelled ‘pineapple’, retouched and straightened.
This cultivar probably originates from Mr de Liron d'Airoles (1858) and does not correspond to the cultivar marketed today as ‘Ananas’.
Source: Revue horticole 1861
Paris, Librairie agricole de la maison rustique, 1829-1974
https://archive.org/stream/revuehorticole02frangoog/revuehorticole02frangoog_djvu.txt
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