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Descriptions of Six Varieties of Apples. 



rity, and in the productiveness of the tree and its habit of 

 growth, this very nearly resembles the other Rambo. 



6. ROMANITE. 



Red Romanite, 

 Roman Knight. 



This apple is extensively cultivated upon the Monongahela 

 and Ohio rivers for the New Orleans and West India markets. 

 It is common throughout the whole West. Size, below me- 

 dium, or small : form, round, often plaited about the eye : 

 color, red ; those grown in the shaded parts of the tree striped 

 with red upon a ground green at first, but pale yellow in the 

 spring : skin, smooth and glossy, sometimes with warts upon 

 it : stem, slender, short, in a russeted cavity : calyx, open ; 



Romanite Apple. 



flesh, sweetish, juicy, of an indigestible quality and texture, 

 without being tough : season, January to July. 



This apple does not cook well. It is only fit for the des- 

 sert and for cider, — its chief value being for the latter, and 

 for exportation. It will bear more frost without injury, and 

 keep longer and sounder, than any other apple cultivated at 

 the West. On the Monongahela, they are barrelled and load- 

 ed into flat-boats in the fall, where they remain all winter, 



