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This variety originated with David Roberts, Salem, Massachusetts, and was first 

 brought to notice by Robert Manning. Fruit of medium size, roundish-cordate, slightly 

 obtuse; suture distinct; stem long, slender, set in a moderate cavity; sldn pale amber over- 

 spread with pale red, mottled with deeper red and pale amber specks; flesh white, tender, 

 juicy, sweet, sprightly; season at the end of July. 

 Rochaline. P. avium, i. Leonard Coates Ca/. lo. 1911. 



Rochaline, a seedling of Napoleon, is no longer propagated, being inferior to its parent. 

 Rock. Species? i. Ray Hist. Plant. 1539. 16S8. 2. Miller CarJ. Did. 1:1754. 



Mentioned as a perfumed cherry. 

 Rockland. Species? i. Mass. {Hatch) Sta. An. Rpt. 1:33. 1889. 



Mentioned as growing at the Massachusetts Station. 

 Rocky Hill Honey Heart. P. aviitni. 1. Mag. Hnrt. 13:424. 1S47. 



A variety originating near Wethersfield, Connecticut, late in the Eighteenth Century. 

 Rocky Mountain. P. besseyi. i. Country Gent. 26:238. 1865. 2. Rural N. Y. 52:138, 

 330, fig. 46. 1893. 3. Cornell Sta. Bui. 70:261, PI. i fig. 2. 1894. 4. Storrs & 

 Harrison Cat. 136 fig. 1896. 5. Wis. Sta. An. Rpt. 13:229, 230. 1896. 



Rocky Mountain, a variety of Primus besseyi, is a native of the mountains of Colorado 

 having been discovered there many years ago. It is chiefly used as a dwarf ornamental, 

 being adapted to a great variety of soils. Tree small, bushy, averaging about four feet 

 high, very hardy and productive; fruit ripens after all other cherries are gone, small, variable 

 in shape, from roinidish to nearly oblong; color almost jet black; flavor sweet with some 

 astringency but edible when fully mature. 

 Roe. P. avium. 1. Better Fruit ^-.l^o. 11: 4g. 1911. 



Roe is a seedling from Yamhill County, Oregon, being introduced by the Oregon Nur- 

 sery Company, Salem, Oregon; it is said to resemble Napoleon but is much firmer and later. 

 Romaine. Species? i. Thomas Guide Prat. 26. 1876. 



A variety of doubtful value; ripens in July. 

 Ronald. Species? i. Bunyard-Thomas Fr. Cartf. 44. 1904. 



According to the reference, this is a valuable late variety. Tree small, compact; 

 fruit very large, bright red, transparent; flesh yellowish, tender, juicy. 

 Roschers Kirsche. P. cerasus. i. ///. Handb. i fig., 2. 1867. 2. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:9, 

 10, fig. 5. 1882. 



A chance seedling found by a peasant, Roschers, near Heidelberg, Baden, Germany. 

 Frtiit medium, oblate-cordate; sides compressed, angular; stem long; cavity wide, deep; 

 skin tough, black; flesh dark red, juicy, vinous; pit small, oval; ripens very early. 

 Rose Channeux. Species? i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1883. 



A Polish variety introduced by Professor J. L. Budd, Ames, Iowa; fruit large, red, 

 delicate, watei-y and mild-flavored. 



Rosenobel. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 280, 678. 18 19. 2. Dochnahl 

 Fiihr. Obstkunde 3:2T. 1858. 



An old German variety fruiting for the first time in 1 8 1 5 . Fruit large, obtuse-cordate, 

 yellow, streaked with red around the cavity; stem long; flesh white, tender, sweet; stone 

 oval; ripens the last of June. 



