Russian Ice Apple : see Astrachan White. 

 Rutlandshire Foundling : see Golden Noble. 

 Ryland Surprise : see Gold Medal. 



RYMER. Ronalds, P. 41. (Caldwell's Keeper, 

 Green Cossings.) Culinary, till March, fairly large, 

 3j by 2f , flattened conical, slightly irregular. Colour, 

 covered with deep crimson red flush and faint stripes. 

 Flesh, tender, yellow, acid. Eye, closed, or a little 

 open, in a deep wide ribbed basin. Stem, extra short, 

 often only three-eights-of-an-inch, in a small, shallow 

 cavity, or often level with the surface, or often raised. 

 Growth, strong ; fertility moderate. Leaf, large, flat, 

 down curved, round oval, doubly shallow serrate. 

 Origin, named after its raiser, Mr. Rymer of Thirsk, 

 Yorkshire, about 1750. Now almost out of cultivation, 

 but a good fruit. This apple has probably the shortest 

 stem of any. 



Sack : see Devonshire Quarrenden. 



SACK AND SUGAR. Ronalds, P. i. Dessert or 

 culinary, September, medium, 2j by 2j, round, tapering 

 to eye, irregular, showing one rib more prominent 

 than the rest. Colour, pale yellowish-green, sprinkled 

 with prominent dark green dots. Flesh, pale yellow, 

 very tender, juicy, with pleasing aromatic flavour. 

 Eye, closed, segments reflexed, in a fairly deep rather 

 uneven basin, which is slightly ribbed. Stem, always 

 very short and stout, not protruding from cavity which 

 is moderately deep, rather narrow, free from russet. 

 Origin, a very old West country apple. 



ST. EDMUNDS PIPPIN. (St. Edmunds Russet.) 

 Dessert, October to November, small, 2j and 2, flattened 

 conical, even. Colour, entirely covered with golden 

 russet. Flesh, pale yellow, very juicy and fine flavoured. 

 Eye, closed, in a small even basis. Stem, slender, 

 in a narrow cavity. Growth, medium, upright spreading, 



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