. American horticultural manual .. . Rhoile Island Greening. THE APPLE. 165 surface dark dull green, becominj; greenish yellow wlien ripe, some-times witli faint dull blush, at the s(.)utli somewhat rough and oftenrusseted; dots many, gray, irregular; cavity wide, regular, deei),obtuse; stem medium to long; basin very shallow, small, nearlysmooth, often slightly russeted; calyx small, w(jolly, closed; segmentslong, ]iointed, divergent. Core open; cells, abaxile, ovate, widelyslit, with much white exudate; tube funnel-shaped; stamens medianor basal; seeds few, angular, jjointed, not plurnp; lle
. American horticultural manual .. . Rhoile Island Greening. THE APPLE. 165 surface dark dull green, becominj; greenish yellow wlien ripe, some-times witli faint dull blush, at the s(.)utli somewhat rough and oftenrusseted; dots many, gray, irregular; cavity wide, regular, deei),obtuse; stem medium to long; basin very shallow, small, nearlysmooth, often slightly russeted; calyx small, w(jolly, closed; segmentslong, ]iointed, divergent. Core open; cells, abaxile, ovate, widelyslit, with much white exudate; tube funnel-shaped; stamens medianor basal; seeds few, angular, jjointed, not plurnp; llesh yellow, fine-grained, tender, very juicy, rich, slightly aromatic, rather acid, verygood. Xovemljer to Febr\iary. Ribston (Ribston Pippin).—Origin, Ribston Hall, near Knares-borough, England, probably about KiSS; highly esteemed in Eng-land, but not equal to some other varieties as grown in the EasternStates; tree spreading, productive, an early Fruit medimn to large, roundish, slightly conical; surface rough,greenish, shaded and striped with dull red on sunny side, with o]iennet-work of russet; dots obscure, gray or russet, few; cavity ratherwide rather shallow, somewhat acuminate, often with large stellaterusset patch; stem short; basin abrupt, medium, angular and ribbed, 16R SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY russeted; calyx closed, small. Core small, distant, barely clasping,closed; cells obovate, axile, slit; tube funnel-shaped, or broadlyconical; stamens median or basal; seeds pointed, few, often imper-fect; flesh deep yellow, with yellow veinings, firm, crisp, juicy, rich,aromatic subacid, very good. November to April. Richards Graft.—Originated at Greenport, New York. Downingsaid one of the best apples of its season. Cultivated on theHudson River. Fruit above medium to large, roundish, regular, truncated; surfacesmooth, yellow, nearly covered with splashed, striped, marbled, anddotted rich red, overlaid with whitish; dots many, ob
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