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Massachiif-otts Horticultural Society in Boston, and the snhjpct of 

 eross-graitinti hud b(^cn discussed tor the third time, and that ai)ples 

 had been r< (•« ivcd from Mr. Gto. F. Eastman of South Iladley, a 

 variety sai<l to have originated by a cross of the Baldwin and Rox- 

 bury Russet; find we were informed that they were pronounced at 

 the nf)eeting to be the Red Russet." 



'"We immediately wrote to Mr. Eastman for information on the 

 subject, and soon after received the following reply: His father 

 many y» ars pgo planted a i ursery, and budded or grafted it with 

 various kinds of fiuit. Finding a deficiency of Baldwins, he grafted 

 or budded a portion of the Russets to Baldwins. When the trees 

 commenced bearing, one branch of the Baldwin tree bore Russets ; 

 that branch was re moved that the whole tree might be Baldwins. 

 After this branch was removed, another branch which grew out of 

 the tree directly above that which was removed and had previously 

 borne Baldwins, produced what is now called Red Russet, — red and 

 rusty, as one would suppose they would be, being a cross of the two- 

 kinds. They are said to keep as well as the Russet, and bear every 

 odd year. 31 r. P'astman sent us some of the apples which we car- 

 ried to a m< eting of the board of trustees of the Society in June, 

 and they were pronounced the Red Russet." 



It should be known and lemembered that the committee making 

 the above report were seaichirg for information bearing upon the 

 mooted question of the influence of the scion on the stock, and in- 

 cidently only weave in this bit of history of the apple under consid- 

 eration. Without in any way endorsing the claim here, not merely 

 hinted at, but confidently laid down as the result of cross-grafting, 

 we drop this leport of the committee. It is the history of the apple 

 we aie now afi< r. 



In Cole's Fruit Book, published in 1849, is the following descrip- 

 tion of this \ ariety : 



Red Russet, largo, flatfish round ; russet half covered with red ; 

 flesh firm, crispy, juicy; of pleasant, rich flavor; late winter and 

 spring; great grower and bearer; new and promising. It seems to 

 be a CI OSS between the Bddwin arid Roxbur}' Russet. Origin, farm 

 of Mr. Aaron Sanborn, Hampton Falls, N. H. 



Mr Cole wiitingso soon after the introduction of the apple to the 

 attention of the ft uit-growing public may be relied on as giving the 

 origin of tlie apple so far as it was known. Just how it ''seems to 

 be a cross" does not readily appear. 



