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Eusset, an autumn variety of little value ; Darlington Russet, 

 very moderate quality ; Fay's Russet, known in Vermont ; 

 Goble Russet, an autumn variety of no value ; Howe's Russet, 

 closely resembling the Roxbury; Hunt's Russet, another Mas- 

 sachusetts Russet ; Kingsbury Russet, identical with the Chese- 

 borough ; Spice Russet, no account; Sweet Golden Russet, no 

 account ; AYhituey's Russet, a Canada variety ; Winn's Russet, 

 a Maine sort; York Russet, similar to the Pumpkin Russet; 

 the Perry Russet and the Pommcgrise or Gray Russet — not 

 recommended. Downing has an English Golden Russet, infe- 

 rior. Of all these sorts, but three are worth talking about — 

 the Golden, the English, and the Roxbury. If all others were 

 discarded, the pomological world would not know the loss. It 

 cannot be said that this family lacks for a nomenclature, — it 

 has any quantity of it. But hereafter let us be particular and 

 not talk about the English Golden Russet or the American 

 Golden Russet, but let us call the apple we mean, the Golden 

 Russet — its proper name. 



THE EESPECTABLE RUSSETS. 



The Roxbury Russet was a prominent apple before the 

 Baldwin was known in New England. Roxbury, now a part 

 of Boston, was its birthplace, and it is consequently also cor- 

 rectly known as the Boston Russet. President Wilder of 

 Massachusetts savs : '•' It is a singular fact, that the three most 

 popular Eastern apples — the Baldwin, the Roxbury Russet, 

 and the Rhode Island Greening — are the three most popular 

 apples in the West, where they grow so many millions of 

 bushels. At many of the AYestern fruit conventions, votes 

 have been taken as to what were the best varieties, and they 

 have always resulted in favor of the Baldwin, the Roxbury 

 Russet, and the Rhode Island Greening." 



President J. F. C. Hyde of Massachusetts says: "If we 

 were asked to name varieties for market use, we should give 

 the Williams, if a summer variety is desired; the Dutch 

 Codlin, for cooking, the Gravenstein, Hubbardston Nonsuch, 



