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RUSSET TABLE PEARMAIN. Fruit, below medium size; oblong- 

 ovate. Skin, very much covered with brown russet, except on the 

 shaded side, where there is a little yellowish green visible, and on the 

 side next the sun, where it is orange, with a flame of deep bright 

 crimson breaking through the russet. Eye, open, with erect, rigid 

 segments, and set in a wide, shallow, saucer-like, and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, slender, and extending beyond the busi-. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, very rich, juicy, and sugary, with a fine aromatic 

 and perfumed flavour. 



A beautiful and handsome little apple of first-rate excellence ; it is 

 in use from November to February. 



Russian Apple. See Court Pendii Plat. 

 Russian Emperor. See Emperor Ah'.r<in<Ier. 



RUSSIAN TRANSPARENT. Fruit, large, three inches and a half 

 wide, and three inches high ; roundish ovate, obtusely and prominently 

 ribbed, with bold ridges round the eye. Skin,' bright grass green, with 

 here and there a few traces of thin grey russet, and dotted with bold 

 russet dots, becoming yellowish as it ripens. Eye, rather small, deeply 

 set in a close ribbed basin, with connivent segments. Stamens, mar- 

 ginal ; tube, conical, square at the base. Stalk, very short, inserted in 

 a deep, irregular, and angular cavity, which is lined with coarse russet. 

 Flesh, crisp, very juicy, and with a fine brisk flavour. Cells, round ; 

 abaxile. 



A very fine culinary apple ; in use from November till January. 



It was introduced from Russia by General Boucherette, the representative of an 

 old Lincolnshire family still existing in the county. During the occupation of 

 Moscow by the invading army of the First Napoleon, General Boucherette noticed 

 this apple growing freely, and, being attracted by its fine appearance, he brought 

 with him a number of scions to Lincolnshire, and by this means the Kussiau 

 Transparent got a position in the county. 



RUSTY COAT. Fruit, below medium size, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide, and two inches high ; somewhat oblate, even and regular 

 in outline. Skin, yellow, with an orange cheek, thickly covered with 

 large, coarse, russet dots and patches of rough russet. Eye, open, with 

 erect convergent segments, reflexed at the tips, set in a deep, round, 

 smooth basin. Stamens, median ; tube, conical. Stalk, very short, 

 inserted in a deep, round, and russety cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, 

 juicy, sweet, and well -flavoured. Cells, round ; axile. 



A Gloucestershire cider apple, and considered one of the best ; ripe 

 during October and November. 



Rutlandshire Foundling. See Golden Noble. 



RYMER (Caldwell; Green Cossings ; Xcwbold's Duke of York). 

 Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three- 

 quarters high ; roundish and flattened, with five obscure ribs on the 



