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skin is red, with russet spots resembling the Royal 

 Pearmain; the flesh is firm, rich, juicy, and spright- 

 ly : it ripens in September and October. 



NO. & RAMBO, OR ROMANITE. 



This apple is much cultivated in Delaware, Penn- 

 sylvania, and New-Jersey; taking its name from the 

 families by whom it was introduced into notice. It re- 

 sembles the Yandervere in its appearance, but is a 

 sweeter and more juicy fruit ; the form is flat, the size 

 middling, the skin a pale yellow, with faint red streaks 

 towards the sun ; the flesh tender and sprightly: it is 

 much admired as a cooking apple it makes tolera- 

 bly good cider, but not of the first quality ; and is a 

 fine table apple. The tree grows large, the leaves are 

 of a pale yellowish green ; it ripens in the fall, and 

 keeps for several months it is known by the name of 

 Seek no farther in the Philadelphia market, where it 

 is a highly popular fruit, in the fall months ; it is in 

 some parts of the country, called the Bread and 

 Cheese apple. 



