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being sometimes green russeted, then dull orange russet, 

 without a trace of red, and again deeply red or striped, 

 and sometimes almost black with depth of color. There 

 may be different varieties, but all have richness of flavor, 

 and the form that contains the greatest amount of mate- 

 rial within a given compass, having a very small cavity 

 and basin. A native of Virginia, it does well in the 

 Middle States. Though rather long coming into bearing, 

 may be set down as a Xo. 1 apple. 



Pumpkin liifssct. 

 ]vEMARKS. — Misei'ablc. 



Pumpkin Sweet. 



Remarks. — " Yery large* Good for stock." — Trans. 

 Okie Pom. Society. Fruit Committee of Cincinnati Horti- 

 cultural Society, " Third-rate." 



Pantneyite. 



Remarks. — ^' A Yirginia apple of little value." — Trans. 

 Ohio Pom. Society. 



Putnam Russet. Color, russet; form, round to flat, 

 often one-sided ; size, 1 ; use, cooking, and then rather 

 mealy and coarse; quality, 2; season, December. 



Remarks. — Overrated. Bears well ; thrifty. Falls 

 badly. A very good keeper. Flesh, coarse and tart. 

 Cooks pretty well. It is an old-fashioned apple. A good 

 keeper. Tart, without flavor, and valuable in its bearing 

 qualities. Sometimes large and fair, at other times small 

 and knotty. It is thin skinned. 



QUEEN, see Fall Queen- 



RAMBO, or Seel'-no-/urf/ur of PennayJratiitf. (Jolor, a 



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