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5. Red Rambo. 



Rambo, ofWestern collections. 



This is another very distinct variety in common cultiva- 

 tion here under the name of " Rambo," with which it has 

 been confounded. Some, indeed, have supposed it to be the 

 same, and attribute the difference to climate or locality : but 

 I have it growing side by side with the other in three orchards 

 situated some miles apart, two of them upon upland, and one 

 in the valley, and it maintains invariably its distinct charac- 

 ter. Being unable, as yet, to identify it with any other kind, 

 I propose to call this the Red Rambo, until its true name, if 

 it have one, be discovered. 



Fig: 5. Red Rambo Apple. 



The fruit is usually of medium size, sometimes a little less : 

 the form, round and regular, plump and fair, now and then a 

 little flattened : color, a beautiful bright red, evenly laid on, 

 and finely softened and shaded to pink or greenish yellow on 

 the side least exposed to the sun ; never striped; russeted in 

 the cavity of the stalk ; speckled with large rough gray dots, 

 and covered with a rich bloom : stem, of medium length, 

 slender, and curved : flesh, very tender, with a pleasant, sub- 

 acid, nearly sweet flavor. In its flavor and season of matu- 



