Quotation from: Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period

Written by: Paul Lacroix


Amongst apples, the _blandureau_ (hard white) of Auvergne, the _rouveau_,
and the _paradis_ of Provence, are of oldest repute. This reminds us of
the couplet by the author of the "Street Cries of Paris," thirteenth
century:--


"Primes ai pommes de rouviau,
Et d'Auvergne le blanc duriau."


("Give me first the russet apple,
And the hard white fruit of Auvergne.")

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