THE RHODE-ISLAND GREENING APPLE. 



Khode-Island Greening. Coxe's View of Fruits, &c. 



Jersey Greening, ) 



Burlington Greening, j According to Core. 



Hampshire Greening, according to American Fruit Growers' Guide. 



There are few apples better known than the 

 Rhode-Island Greening, and few, if any, that 

 surpass it, all its qualities considered. It is 

 extensively cultivated, and, with the exception of 

 the Roxbury Russet and Baldwin, is more gen- 

 erally planted than any other variety. Indeed, 

 these three apples are the main orchard fruits of 

 this country, and are not likely soon to be dis- 

 placed by kinds of more recent introduction. As 

 a cooking apple, the Greening is unsurpassed; 

 and as a dessert fruit of its season, has few 

 equals. To some tastes it is rather acid ; but the tenderness of its 

 very juicy flesh, the sprightliness of its abundant juice, and the delicacy 

 of its rich and fine flavor, is not excelled by any of the numerous 

 varieties that we at present possess. In addition to these merits, it 

 ripens up of a fine mellow shade of yellow, and its entire flesh, when 

 well matured, is of the same rich tint. 



Of the origin of this old apple we have no certain information. 

 Coxe, who is the first author who fully describes it, says nothing on this 

 point. In New Jersey it was in his town, and still is in some localities, 

 called the Jersey Greening ; but from its name we presume it originated 

 in Rhode-Island. It seems suited to all soils and localities, and flour- 

 ishes throughout the Middle and Western States. It was one of the 

 apples carried to Ohio, by Gen. Putnam, in 1796 or 97, and from thence 

 distributed over that section of country. In the rich soils of the Ohio 

 valley the most beautiful specimens are produced ; but though so large 

 and fair, they hardly equal in quality the produce of our more sterile 

 soil and varied cHmate. It is a variety that cannot be too extensively 

 cultivated. 



The tree is a vigorous grower, not much inclined to run up, but as- 

 suming a rather low and branching habit, and consequently does not 

 make so tall and round a head as the Baldwin ; its branches spread out 

 more, and, as the tree acquires age, they become somewhat pendent and 

 nearly touch the ground : it is a regular bearer, producing moderately 



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