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tree is of a very luxuriant growth, with large leaves* 

 and hanging boughs : it is a great and constant bearer : 

 it is known by the name of sweets harvest, in many 

 parts of New-Jersey." (Coxe.) 



54. Rarlton sweeting, c. '"Rich flavour, egg-shap- 

 ed, makes good cider, which keeps well : brought 

 from Rariton, hy Mr. Ogden's father. (Mease.) 



55. Red everlasting. "Ripe in November. Its col- 

 our deep red, it is a small sized fruit, of tolerable fla- 

 vour, and keeps well till June or July, but grows 

 mealy and dry." (Mease.) 



56. Red ling, "Was brought about sixty years since 

 from Pennsylvania to New-Jersey, by the mother of 

 Mr. Jos. Cooper, who thinks it is the best keeping ap- 

 ple now known. The colour is of a light shining red, 

 and of very pleasant smell and taste. They hang on 

 well, being suspended at the end of a twig. It some- 

 what resembles the Priestly apple." (Mease.) 



57. Red streak, c. "Originally from England a 

 winter fruit ; keeps well, but shrinks ; of a pleasant 

 flavour, red with spots, and generally has a russet col- 

 oured 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 admired." (Mease.) 



58. Rambo. From Delaware a fine apple of the 

 size of the vandevere ; same shape, and a highly val- 

 ued fruit. 



59. Roane's white crab, c. "This apple I procured 

 from colonel John Roane, of Virginia : the original 

 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 apple 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 



