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146. RIBSTON PIPPIN. Thomp. Lind. Ron. 



Glory of York. 

 Travers'. 

 Formosa Pippin. 



The Ribston Pippin, a Yorkshire apple, stands as high in 

 Great Britain as the Bank of England, and to say that an apple 

 has a Ribston flavour is, there, the highest praise that can be 

 bestowed. But it is scarcely so much esteemed here, and must 

 be content to give place, with us, to the Newtown Pippin, the 

 Swaar, the Spitzemberg, or the Baldwin, and is not superiour to 

 a number of fine American varieties. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish. Skin greenish-yellow, mix- 

 ed with a little russet near the stalk, and clouded with dull red 

 on the sunny side. Stalk short, slender, planted in a rather 

 wide cavity. Calyx small, closed, and set in an angular basin. 

 Flesh deep yellow, firm, crisp, with a sharp, rich, aromatic fla- 

 vour. The tree forms a spreading top. November to February. 



147. ROMAN STEM. Coxe. 



The Roman Stem is not generally known out of New-Jersey. 

 It originated at Burlington, in that state, and is much esteemed 

 in that neighbourhood. In flavour, it belongs to the class of 

 sprightly, pleasant apples, and somewhat resembles the Yellow 

 Belle Fleur. Tree very productive. 



Fruit scarcely of medium size, roundish-oblong or often 

 ovate. Skin whitish-yellow, with a faint brownish blush, 

 sprinkled with patches of small black dots, and, when ripe, 

 having a few reddish specks, unless the fruit is very fair. 

 Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a shallow 

 cavity, under a fleshy protuberance, which the farmers have 

 likened to a Roman nose, whence the name. Calyx set in a 

 rather narrow basin, with a few plaits. Core hollow. Flesh 

 tender, juicy, with a sprightly, agreeable flavour not first rate. 

 November to March. 



148. RUSSET, AMERICAN GOLDEN. 



Golden Russet. Man. Ken. 

 Sheep Nose. ) r 

 Bullock's Pippin. $ c< 



The American Golden Russet is one of the most delicious and 

 tender apples, its flesh resembling more in texture that of a but- 

 tery pear, than that of an ordinary apple. It is widely cultivated 

 at the west, and in New-England as the Golden Russet, and 

 though neither handsome, nor large, is still an universal favour- 

 ite from its great productiveness and admirable flavour. The 



