. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. THE APPLE, -ITS VARIETIES. 173 shallow and slightly plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, very slender, inserted in a round, deep, smooth, and funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white tinged with green, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a sweet and pleasant flavor. A very good, but not first-rate, dessert apple ; it is in use from Novem- ber to February. This does not appear to be the " Rose Apple of China " of Coxe, which he imported from England,
. British pomology; or, The history, description, classification, and synonymes, of the fruits and fruit trees of Great Britain ... Apples. THE APPLE, -ITS VARIETIES. 173 shallow and slightly plaited basin. Stalk, an inch long, very slender, inserted in a round, deep, smooth, and funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white tinged with green, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a sweet and pleasant flavor. A very good, but not first-rate, dessert apple ; it is in use from Novem- ber to February. This does not appear to be the " Rose Apple of China " of Coxe, which he imported from England, and which he says is a large oblong fruit with a short thick stalk. 304. ROSEMARY RUSSET.—Ronalds. Identification and Figure.—Ron. Pyr. Mai. 31, pi. xvi. f. 1. Fruit, below medium size. ovate, broadest at the base and narrowing obtusely towards the apex, a good deal of the shape of a Scarlet Nonpareil. Skin, yel- low, tinged with green on the shaded side; but flushed with faint red on the side exposed to the sun, and covered with thin pale brown russet, particularly round the eye and the stalk. Eye, small and open, with erect seg- ments, set in a narrow, round, and even basin. Stalk, very long, in- serted in a round and wide cavity. Flesh, yellowish, crisp, ten- der, very juicy, brisk, and sugary, and charg- ed with a peculiarly rich and highly aromatic flavor. A most delicious and valuable dessert apple of the very first quality ; it is in use from December till February. 305. ROSS NONPAREIL.—Hort. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 480. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxiv. f. 7. Identification.—Hort. Trans, vol. iii. p. 454 Lind. Guide, 96. Down. Fr. Amer. 95. Figures.—Pom. Mag. t. 90, Fruit, medium sized, two inches high, and two inches and a half broad ; roundish, even, and regularly formed, narrowing a little towards the eye. Skin, entirely covered with thin russet, and faintly tinged with red on the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, set in a shallow and even basin. Stalk, an
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