THE APPLE. ITS VARIETIES. 



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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 

 oblonji fruit with a short thick stalk. 



304. ROSEMARY RUSSET.— Ronalds. 



Identification and Fiocre. — 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. 



Identification. — Hort. Trans, vol. iii. p. 454. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 480, 

 Lind. Guide, 96. Down. Fr. Amer. 95. 



Figures. — Pom. Mag. t. 90. Ron. Pyr. Mai. pi. xxxiv. f. 7. 



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 inch long, slender, inserted half its length in a round and even 



