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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICILTURE 



Rainier. 



Season. — In common storage from Octo- 

 ber to February. In cold storage from 

 October to October. 



Red Astracban 



This is an early summer apple, me- 

 dium size, yellowish red, some parts be- 

 ing a dark red, and causing the apple to 

 present a striped appearance, and is also 

 overspread with a bluish bloom. It is 

 good for culinary purposes before it be- 

 comes fully ripe, so that it is valued for 

 home use. 



The tree is of medium size, a good 

 grower, moderately long liveti. comes into 

 bearing young and produces well. The 

 crop matures unevenly and in order to 

 save the fruit it is important to give sev- 



eral pickings. The fruit is tender and 

 perishable, and for this reason not well 

 adapted to commercial purposes. 



Historical. Hogg states that the Red 

 Astracban was imported into England 

 from Sweden in 1816. It was one of 

 the first Russian apples imported into 

 America, and was received by the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society from Lon- 

 don, England, about 1S35; but this was 

 not the first importation, for the same 

 .year fruit of this variety grown in Mas- 

 sachusetts was exhibited at the meeting 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



Red June 



The Red June is a deep red apple, and 

 derives its name because in North Caro- 



