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sant flavour; red with spots, and generally has a 

 russet coloured teat on the lower side. The tree 

 grows straight. When used for pies, they need not 

 be pared. The cider from this apple is much ad- 

 mired." (Mease.) 



58. Rambo. From Delaware ; a fine apple, of 

 the size of the vandevere ; same shape, and a high- 

 ly valued fruit. 



59. Roane>s white craft, c. "This apple I procur- 

 ed from colonel John Roane, of Virginia : the ori- 

 ginal tree was discovered a wilding on his estate, 

 in the year 1790. In growth, it resembles the 

 Hewes crab ; the leaves being very delicate, the 

 wood hard, and the size of the tree small : it is an 

 early and great bearer every second year : the ap- 

 ple is very small, not larger than the Hewes crab; 

 the form is round; the stalk thin; the skin yellow, 

 with a small portion of russet about the stem, and 

 spots of red scattered over it : the flesh is rich, dry, 

 and of a musky sweetness; rough to the taste, from 

 its astringent and fibrous properties, and leaving the 

 pomace undissolved, after pressing : the liquor is 

 remarkably strong ; of a sirupy consistence when 

 first made, but becoming singularly bright by pro- 

 per fermentation and racking. It will keep per- 

 fectly sweet, in casks well bunged, and placed in a 

 cool cellar, through our summer months: the fruit 

 ripens in September and October, and may be kept 

 without rotting, for late cider." (Coxe.) 



60. Rhode Island greening. This is a fine large 

 fair fruit ; of a green colour, when first gathered, 

 and turns yellow towards spring. The flesh is rich, 

 juicy, tender and very yellow. It is a most excel- 

 lent apple for the table, in the first part of win- 

 ter, and will keep and retain its flavour till March. 

 The tree grows rapidly, spreading its luxuriant 

 branches very extensively, and inclining towards the 

 earth. It is doubtful whether this is the same, or 

 a different variety from the Jersey greening. 



