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801. ROUND HEAD. 



A medium sized kitchen apple, it is of a roundish shape, green color, 

 and in use from November till January. — H. S. C. n. 724. 



802. ROWE'S SEEDLING. 



A very valuable Devonshire sauce apple ; large, and of rather conical 

 shape, with small prominences round the eye, of a pea-green color ; it 

 has plenty of juice, and a very pleasant flavor; ripe in August and 

 September. Is a great bearer, and the tree grows freely. — Hon. Pyr. 

 Mai. 9, pi. V. f. 3. 



803. ROYAL COSTARD. 



An apple of the largest size, its flesh is not very firm, but being juicy 

 and melting, it is an excellent sauce apple. — Hort. Trans, iii. p. 327. 



804. ROYAL DEVON. 



A small cider apple. It is of a roundish shape ; pale yellow color, 

 striped with red, and with a bitter flavor ; it is in use during November 

 and December. — H. S. C. p. 38. 



805. ROYAL GEORGE. 



Fruit, above the middle size, round and flattened at each end. Stalk, 

 short. Eye, large and prominent. Skin, light yellow, dashed with 

 red. Flesh, firm, and full of a rich juice, of a peculiar flavor, and may 

 be used in the dessert, and in the kitchen. The tree resembles the 

 Ribston Pippin in growth, but of more vigorous habit ; it is in use from 

 November till February. — Roff. Fr. Cult. 56. 



806. ROYAL JERSEY. 



A cider apple, of roundish shape, and striped with red. — H. S. C, 

 p. 38. 



807. ROYAL NONPAREIL. 



A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality. It is of a 

 roundish shape, green on the shaded side, and red next the sun ; in use 

 from November till January. — H. S. C. p. 27. 



808. ROYAL REINETTE. 



A large apple, of second-rate quality, and suitable either for kitchen 

 or dessert use ; but more properly the former. It is of a conical shape, 

 and striped with red ; in use from December till April. The tree is a 

 good bearer. — H. S. C. n. 692. 



