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Lucas, the Canada Reinette, not well known 

 in this country, and the famous Rhode Island 

 Greening. 



CLASS VIII. SELF-COLORED REINETTES. 



Size small to large. 



Form round or oblate, regular and smooth. 



Skin sometimes smooth and shining, sometimes 

 marked with russet, in certain varieties be- 

 coming unctuous, without any red coloring, 

 or only with a little on the sunny side. 

 (Note. European apples are as a whole much 

 less highly colored than American apples.) 



Flesh firm or spongy, finely granular, sprightly 

 subacid and sometimes very finely flavored. 



Core generally regular and closed. 



There are no American apples which can 

 be certainly referred to this group. 



CLASS IX. BORSDORF REINETTES. 



Size small, medium at the most. 



Form very regular, round or oblate. 



Skin smooth, shining, somewhat warty and rus- 

 seted, self-colored, splashed or moderately 

 striped. 



Flesh solid, very fine grained, very characterist- 

 ically sweet or wine-sweet flavor. 



Core nearly always regular and closed. 



Borsdorf, the type of this group, has been 

 introduced to America, but has not become 

 popular or widely distributed. 



