A view of the cultivation of fruit trees, and the management of orchards and cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of native and foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America: illustrated by cuts of two hundred kinds of fruits of the natural size .. . rmain; the lib APPLES, skin is red, with russet spots resembling tlie RoyalPearmain; the flesh is firm, rich, juicy, and spright-ly : it ripens in September and October. NO. 26. RAMBO, OR ROMANITE. This apple is much cultivated in Delaware, Penn-sylvania, and New-Jersey
A view of the cultivation of fruit trees, and the management of orchards and cider; with accurate descriptions of the most estimable varieties of native and foreign apples, pears, peaches, plums, and cherries, cultivated in the middle states of America: illustrated by cuts of two hundred kinds of fruits of the natural size .. . rmain; the lib APPLES, skin is red, with russet spots resembling tlie RoyalPearmain; the flesh is firm, rich, juicy, and spright-ly : it ripens in September and October. NO. 26. RAMBO, OR ROMANITE. This apple is much cultivated in Delaware, Penn-sylvania, and New-Jersey; taking its name from tliefamilies by whom it was introduced into notice. It re-sembles the Vandervere in its appearance, but is asweeter and more juicy fruit; the form is flat, the sizemiddling, the skin a pale yellow, with faint red streakstowards the sun; the flesh tender and sprightly: it ismuch admired as a cooking apple—it makes tolera-bly good cider, but not of the first quality; and is afine table apple. The tree grows large, the leaves areof a pale yellowish green ; it ripens in the fall, andkeeps for several months—it is known by the name ofSeek no farther in the Philadelphia market, where itis a highly popular fruit, in the fall months; it is insome parts of the country, called the Bread andCheese
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