166 THE APPLE. 



RARITAN SWEET. 



From New Jersey. Tree, productive; valued for baking and stock. 

 Fruit, medium, roundish ovate, dull yellow, tinged with red in sun, irre- 

 gularly scattered brownish red spots; stem, short; cavity, deep, little 

 russeted ; calyx, with bold, stiff segments ; basin, deep, irregular, slightly 

 wrinkled : core, medium ; seeds, ovate pointed ; flesh, white, tender, sweet 

 October, November. 



REBECCA. 



From Delaware. Fruit, above medium, roundish flattened, whitish yel- 

 low, red cheek in sun ; s'tem, short ; cavity, deep ; calyx, open ; basin, 

 deep ; flesh, white, tender, juicy, sub-acid ; " very good.' 7 September. 



RED CATHEAD. 



Southern. Fruit, medium, roundish, yellow, shaded with red, whitish 

 dots ; stem, short ; cavity, deep ; calyx, half open ; flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 juicy, pleasant; ' : very good." October, November. 



REPUBLICAN PIPPIN. 



Red Eepublican. 



From Lycoming Co., Pa. Considerably distributed South and West. 

 A poor bearer, on deep, rich limestone soils. Tree, strong grower, spread- 

 ing habit. Fruit, large, roundish flattened, greenish yellow, mottled and 

 striped with red, few large gray dots; stem, slender; cavity, narrow, 

 calyx, small, nearly closed ; core, small ; seeds, brown ; flesh, yellowish 

 white, tender, sub-acid. September to October. 



RED QUARRENDEN. 



Devonshire Quarrenden, | Sack Apple. 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, roundish flattened, clear, deep red, with specks 

 of russet green ; stem, short ; cavity, deep, russeted at base ; calyx, large, 

 half closed ; basin, shallow, slightly ribbed ; flesh, white, tender, sub-acid ,* 

 " very good." August. 



RED SWEET. 



Grown by D. C. Richmond, Sandusky, 0. Tree, good bearer. Fruit, 

 uniformly fair, regular, heavy specific weight, valuable for dessert or cook 

 ing. Fruit, medium, round flattened, yellow, overspread and striped with 

 lively red; stem short; basin, deep; calyx, with stiff closed segments; 

 core and seeds, small ; flesh, yellowish white, crisp, juicy, tender, sweet. 

 November to February. 



RICHARD'S GRAFT. 



Derrick's Graft, | Wine Strawberry, 

 Ked Spitzenberg. 



An old fruit, supposed from Ulster County, N. Y., but as yet little known. 

 Tree, a free, upright grower, good bearer of an apple, fine for the dessert. 

 Fruit, above medium, roundish flattenened ; yellow, striped with red ; 

 stem, inch long ; cavity, deep, broad ; calyx, closed ; segments reflexed ; 

 basin, deep ; flesh, fine grained, tender, juicy, vinous. September to October. 



RITTER. 



American. From Berks County, Pa. Fruit, medium, roundish oblong, 

 shades of red striped, white dots ; stem, short ; cavity, deep, narrow ; seed, 

 short, plump ; flesh, tender" " very good." October, November. 



