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an agreeable flavor, in which acid predominates. The 

 fruit is at maturity from September to March. This tree 

 is a most abundant bearer every other year, and has been 

 on this account most extensively cultivated in Rhode Island 

 and Massachusetts, and is here preferred for its produc- 

 tiveness to the Green Newtown Pippin. 



99. RIBSTON PIPPIN. 



FORMOSA PIPPIN. Hort. Trans. 



GLORY OF YORK. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



Esteemed by the English a very first-rate fruit. A fine 

 fruit with us, but it bears the reputation of a bad bearer. 

 Middle-sized, globular ; pale yellow, mottled with red next 

 the sun ; thinly russeted at the crown ; flesh firm, pale, 

 saccharine, agreeably acid, rich, aromatic. December to 

 February. 



100. RED SEEK-NO-FURTHER. 



A large, round fruit, contracted towards the summit ; of 

 a fine deep red color ; the flavor sweet and excellent, 

 relieved by a slight acid. It ripens in October, and keeps 

 till March. The tree is a very great bearer. A Rhode 

 Island fruit. 



101. *ROXBURY RUSSETING. 



This fine old variety is a native of Massachusetts. A 

 large fruit, of a globular or flattened form ; of a brownish 

 yellow russet color, with an occasional blush next the sun ; 

 the skin rough ; the flesh white, juicy, rich, subacid, and 

 excellent. An old and famous variety, a great and constant 

 bearer; it seldom fails. Great quantities of this fruit are 

 raised in the neighborhood of Boston, for the market and 

 for exportation, and although the Baldwin, the Hubbards- 

 ton Nonsuch, and perhaps some other winter fruits, far 

 exceed this variety in beauty and excellence of flavor, and 

 at least equal it in productiveness, the Roxbury Russet 

 surpasses them in its property of long keeping. They are 

 fit for use in winter, and keep till June or July. 



102. SCALLOPED GILLYFLOWER. Judge Bud. 

 "Described by good judges as far excelling the Black 



Gillyflower, and much resembling the Cornish variety, as 

 figured in the Pom. Mag." 



103. SWAAR. Judge Buel 



" The Swaar and the Jonathan are esteemed equal, at 

 least, if not superior, to the Newtown Pippins and Spitzen- 



