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Roberts. 



Roberts Seedling. 



Origin, Muskingum Co., O. 



Fruit medium, i-oundish oblate, pale yellow, with blush cheek in sun. 

 Flesh white, tender,' juicy, pleasant subacid. Very good. November, 

 December. 



ROBEY. 



Robey's Seedling'. 



Raised by H. R. Robey, Fredericksburgh, Ya. Tree vigorous and 

 productive. 



Fruit large, round, tapei'ing to the eye. Color lively red, faintly 

 striped, on a scarcely perceptible yellow ground, thickly covered with 

 creamy spots. Flesh yellow, juicy, pleasant subacid. Good. Novem- 

 bex", December. 



Robin. 



This is a new Apple, originated in the garden of M. Robin, at 

 Corbeil, and described in the Annals of Pomology, 



Fruit medium to large, oblate conic, yellowish, mottled and veined 

 with vermilion red in the sun. Stalk short. Calyx large. Flesh 

 white, firm, juicy, perfumed subacid. April to May. 



Robinson's Pippin. 



An old English Apple of little value. 



Fruit small, roundish oblate, greenish yellow, bronzed in the sun. 

 Flesh greenish, tendei-, juicy, sharp subacid or acid. December, Feb- 

 ruary. 



Robinson's Superb. 



Farrar's Summer. 



An Apple from Virginia. Tree upright, productive. 

 Fruit large. Flesh crisp, juicy. September, October. 



Robinson's Sweet. 



Origin, Vermont. Tree upright, vigorous, productive. 

 Fruit medium, round, light red, striped. Flesh fine-gi'ained, juicy, 

 sweet. Too much of the fruit imperfect to make it desirable. 



Rochelle Reinette. 

 Reinette de la Rochelle. 



Ti'ee vigorous, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish oblong conical, pale yellow, brownish blush 

 in si\n, many large gray and red spots or dots. Flesh whitish, rather 

 coarse, tender, j\iicy, mild subacid. January. (Am. Pom.) 



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