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CLASS X. RED REINETTES. 



Size small, medium, or large. 



Form variable, sometimes round or oblate, some- 

 times oblong, usually regular. 



Skin shining, generally smooth, only occasionally 

 marked with russet, splashed or striped on 

 greenish yellow, clear yellow, but never 

 golden yellow, ground; the red generally 

 clear and unmixed with russet. 



Flesh fine, firm, mostly rich and aromatic, mild 

 subacid flavor, here and there marked with 

 red under the skin. 



Core variable. 



Baumann's Reinette, Reinette Coulon, and 

 Barcelona Pearmain, described in Downing, 

 are referred to this group. None of them, 

 however, is now known in America. 



CLASS XL RUSSETS. 



Size small, medium, or large. 



Form round or oblate, and mostly very regular. 



Skin rough with russet markings, mostly self- 

 colored, seldom showing any red, the color 

 being grayish green, greenish yellow, or 

 dull yellow; the red, when it appears, mixed 

 with russet. 



Flesh fine, rich, sweet or sweetish, and distinctly 

 aromatic. 



Core regular and closed. 



Such well-known russets as Roxbury and 

 Golden Russet plainly belong here. 



