132 APPLES. 



uncouth name of Coxe, Sheep-nose, is nearly obsolete, except 

 in New-Jersey, and we therefore adopt the present one, to which 

 it is well entitled. The tree is thrifty, with upright drab 

 coloured shoots. 



Fruit below medium size, roundish-ovate. Skin dull yellow, 

 sprinkled with a very thin russet. Stalk rather long and slen- 

 der. Calyx closed, and set in a rather narrow basin. Flesh 

 yellowish, very tender, (almost melting,) juicy, with a mild, rich, 

 spicy flavour. October to January. 



The ENGLISH GOLDEN RUSSET is a sub-acid sort, much infe- 

 riour to the above. Fruit middle sized, ovate. Skin rough 

 and thick, of a dingy, yellow russet, rarely with a red blush. 

 Stalk very short, deeply planted in a narrow cavity. Flesh 

 pale yellow, very firm and crisp, with a brisk, rather aromatic 

 flavour. Trees with many slender, weeping branches. No- 

 vember to March. 



148. RTTSSET, PUTNAM. 



For a knowledge of this celebrated western apple, we are in- 

 debted to that zealous pomologist, our friend, Professor Kirt- 

 land, of Cleveland. It is considered decidedly the most valu- 

 able late keeping apple in the West, not inferiour to the New- 

 town Pippin, and the growth of the tree very luxuriant. It 

 originated at Marietta, Ohio, and is largely grown for the New- 

 Orleans and West India markets. Fruit medium, or large, 

 form rather flat. Skin yellow, blotched with russet, and at 

 times tinged with a dull red cheek. Flesh firm, yet tender, 

 deep yellow, juicy, sub-acid, rich, and very high flavoured. 

 March and April.* 



149. RUSSET, ENGLISH. 



The English Russet is a valuable, long keeping variety, ex- 

 tensively cultivated, and well known by this name on the Hud- 

 son, but which we have not been able to identify with any Eng- 

 lish sort. It is not fit for use until February, and may be kept 

 till July, which, -together with its great productiveness and good 

 flavour, renders it a very valuable market fruit. It is acknow- 

 ledged one of the most profitable orchard apples. 



Fruit of medium size, ovate, or sometimes conical, and very 

 regularly formed. Skin pale greenish yellow, about two-thirds 

 covered with russet, which is thickest near the stalk. Calyx 

 small, closed, and set in an even, round basin, of moderate depth. 

 Stalk rather small, projecting even with the base, and pretty 

 deeply inserted, in a narrow, smooth cavity. Flesh yellowish- 

 white, firm, crisp, with a pleasant, mild, slightly sub-acid flavour. 



* This is since ascertained to be identical with the ROXBURY RUSSET, 

 [7th Ed.] 



