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Red Warrior. An American variety, somewhat resembling Nickajack, 

 with large roundish oblate fruit. Skin nearly covered with stripes and 

 niarblings of two shades of red. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, and well 

 flavoured. Ripens late, will keep a long time, and is a good dessert or 

 cooking Apple. Tree vigorous and productive. 



Remette du Canada (Portugal, St. Helena Russet}. One of the best 

 known and most useful Apples, which, notwithstanding its name, is of 

 doubtful origin,, but supposed to have been raised in France. Fruit very- 

 large, roundish-conical, angular, and somewhat flattened. Skin greenish- 

 yellow . marked with brown, and sprinkled with patches and dots of russet. 

 Flesh white, firm, juicy, with a rich sub-acid flavour. Ripens late, will 

 keep a very long time ; is a good dessert Apple, and excellent for cooking. 

 It is also one of the best Apples for an export trade. Tree vigorous in 

 habit, hardy, and very productive. 



Reinette Rouge Hatif. A handsome and useful early French variety 

 with medium-size roundish fruit. Skin thickly striped with red and 

 carmine. Fleh firm, juicy, and richly flavoured. Ripens early, and is a 

 very good dessert Apple. Tree moderately robust and generally a good 

 cropper. 



Reinette van Mons. An excellent dessert Apple, whose origin is 

 uncertain. Fruit below medium-size, roundish-ovate, flattened, with five 

 slight ribs. Skin rich-yellow, with an orange-red cheek and a thin, 

 coating of brown russet. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, with an 

 aromatic flavour. Ripens late, can be kept for a long period, and is a 

 first-class dessert Apple Tree strong and bears freely. 



Rhode Island Greening (Burlington Greening, Jersey Greening). An 

 excellent and well known American variety, with, large roundish fruit, a 

 little flattened. Skin greenish-yellow, and sometimes a dull blush near 

 the stalk. Flesh yellow, crisp, very juicy, with a rich sub-acid flavour. 

 Ripens late, will keep for a long time, and is a good culinary and dessert 

 -.\pple. Tree very hardy, robust, and a good bearer. 



Ribston Pippin (Formosa Pippin, Glory of York, Travels Pippin). 

 A well-known old English variety, which in the United Kingdom is 

 considered to be the King of Apples, on account of its rich, peculiar, and 

 distinct flavour, and being a good keeper. In this part of the world, 

 however, it does not maintain its high English character, as there is a 

 great falling off in flavour, and the fruit will not keep for any length of 

 time. Fruit medium-sized or larger, roundish. Skin greenish -yellow, 

 clouded and streaked with dull-red. Flesh, yellow, crisp, juicy, with a 

 rich aromatic flavour when perfect. Ripens soon after mid-season, and 

 will keep for three or four months. Tree not very robust, a good bearer, 

 but rather liable to blight. Better adapted for the colder parts of Aus- 

 tralasia than other districts. 



Rokewood (Bullock's Seedling) A very good variety raised in Victoria, 

 which promises to prove a useful acquisition to the list of cultivated 

 sorts. Fruit roundish-conical and regularly shaped. Skin deep- 

 orange, heavily shaded with crimson and dotted with brown-russet. 

 Flesh yellowish, firm, and juicy, with a rich aromatic flavour. Ripbns 

 late, will keep for a very long time, is an excellent dessert Apple, 



