. The American fruit culturist. rter long, cavity-large ; basin furrowed, regular; flesh tender, breaking, fine-grained, mild, agreeable, sprightly. Ripens through vigorous, productive. Origin, Pomfret, Conn. Progress. Rather large, roundish-conical, often slightly oblate;smooth, yellow, often with a brownish cheek; stalk short, cavityrusseted; calyx large, basin shallow ; flesh crisp, with a pleasantsub-acid flavor. Connecticut. Red Russet. Large, roundish-conical; yellow, shaded with dullred and deep carmine in the sun ; thickly dotted with some roughrusset; stalk short and thick
. The American fruit culturist. rter long, cavity-large ; basin furrowed, regular; flesh tender, breaking, fine-grained, mild, agreeable, sprightly. Ripens through vigorous, productive. Origin, Pomfret, Conn. Progress. Rather large, roundish-conical, often slightly oblate;smooth, yellow, often with a brownish cheek; stalk short, cavityrusseted; calyx large, basin shallow ; flesh crisp, with a pleasantsub-acid flavor. Connecticut. Red Russet. Large, roundish-conical; yellow, shaded with dullred and deep carmine in the sun ; thickly dotted with some roughrusset; stalk short and thick ; calyx with long segments, basin nar-row, uneven; flesh yellow, solid, crisp, tender, with an excellent,rich, sub-acid flavor, somewhat resembling Baldwin. (C. Down-ing.) Said to be a graft hybrid between Baldwin and RoxburyRusset. Red Queen. Medium, irregular conical; greenish yellow, red blushon sunny side; cavity small; stem short, stout; basin small; fleshwhite, green veinings, quite acid. Late winter. Fig. 458. Fig. 47S-—R-I. Greening. FiG. 476.—Ortley. FiG. 477.—Arkansas Black. Rhode Island Greening.* (Greening.) Large, roundish oblate;green, becoming greenish yellow, always fair, a dull brown blushto the sun ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long ; basin rather small,often slightly russeted ; flesh yellow—a rich yellow if much exposedto the sun, and whitish yellow or greenish white if much shaded—tender, juicy, with a rich rather acid flavor. Growth strong, youngtrees crooked or oblique, shoots rather spreading, leaves sharpserrate ; very productive, single trees sometimes yielding fortybushels of fair fruit in favorable years and orchards 500 bushelsper acre. Fine in New England and New York. Fig. 475. Ten-der far West. Susceptible to scab. Rhode Island. Roman Stem. Medium in size, round ovate; whitish yellow, witha faint brownish blush; stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch APPLES. 345 long, with a fleshy protuberance at insertion ; cavity sh
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