The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . by Hogg as an excellent bearer, and vahiabkfoT market. Fniit large, roundish oblate, obscurely ribbed, greenish yellow, ^\-ithbroken stripes and spots of red, some i-usset dots. Calyx large, closed,Stalk short. Flesh greenish white, tender, juicy, sweet. November toMarch. 342 THE APPLE. Rowes Seedling. An old Uevonsliire sauce Apple, described by Ronalds as:FrTiit large, roundish conical, light green. Flesh gi-eenish white,juicy, pleasant. August, September. EoxBUBY Russet. Reinette Rousse de Boston. Boston Russet. Howes Russet. Putnam Russet. Ma
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . by Hogg as an excellent bearer, and vahiabkfoT market. Fniit large, roundish oblate, obscurely ribbed, greenish yellow, ^\-ithbroken stripes and spots of red, some i-usset dots. Calyx large, closed,Stalk short. Flesh greenish white, tender, juicy, sweet. November toMarch. 342 THE APPLE. Rowes Seedling. An old Uevonsliire sauce Apple, described by Ronalds as:FrTiit large, roundish conical, light green. Flesh gi-eenish white,juicy, pleasant. August, September. EoxBUBY Russet. Reinette Rousse de Boston. Boston Russet. Howes Russet. Putnam Russet. Marietta Russet. Warner Russet. Belpre Russet. Sylvan Russet. This Russet, a native of Massachusetts, is one of the most popularmarket fruits in the country, as it is excellent, a prodigious bearer, andkeeps till late in the spring wherever the soil and climate suit it. Southand West it drops its fruit too early, and is therefore not tree is healthy, moderately vigorous, spreading, with young shootsof a reddish brown, Roxbury Russet. Fruit of medium size, often large, roundish, a little flattened, anilslightly angular. Skin at first dull green, covered with brownish yellowrusset when ripe, with, rarely, a faint blush on one side. Stalk nearlythree-fourths of an inch long, rather slender, not deeply inserted. Calyxclosed, in a round basin of moderate depth. Flesh greenish white,moderately juicy, with a rather rich subacid flavor. Good to very goodRipens in January, and may be brought to market in June. Royal old Apple described by Coxe and Ronalds. It is to be found THE APPLE. 343 in the old orchards of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Thetree a moderately vigorous grower, very productive, the fruit kee{)iugwell. Fruit medium, roundish conical truncated, yellow, mostly overspreadand indistinctly striped with red, warm rough russet at the apex. Stalkslender. Cavity russeted. Calyx with short divided segments. Basinirregulai
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