THE APPLE. 



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Fruit medium, roundish oblate, yellow, stained and striped with 

 dull red. Stalk long. Cavity wide and deep. Basin shallow. Flesh 

 compact, fine-grained, subacid. Good to very good. October to Janu- 

 ary. 



ROMANITE. 

 Broad River. Southern Romanite. 



The origin of this Apple is unknown. It has been sometimes con- 

 founded or placed as identical with Shockley in North Carolina, where 

 it is much grown, but it is quite distinct. It is also distinct from Gil- 



Romanite. 



pin, sometimes known as Romanite. Tree vigorous, spreading, very 

 productive. Branches slender. Wood short-jointed, dull grayish 

 brown. 



Fruit small, roundish conical, truncated, yellow ground, mostly 

 overspread with clear, light, handsome red, indistinct light dots. Stalk 

 slender. Calyx in an abrupt basin. Flesh yellowish, fine-grained, 

 juicy, mild, pleasant subacid. Good to very good. February, April. 

 Valuable as a keeper, and for the evenness of its fruit. ; 



ROMAN STEM. 



Originated at Burlington, in New Jersey, and is much esteemed 

 in that neighborhood. Tree very productive, moderately vigorous, 

 spreading, irregular. 



Fruit scarcely of medium size, roundish, whitish yellow, with a 

 faint brownish blush, sprinkled with patches of dark russet, and, when 

 ripe, having a few reddish specks, unless the fruit is very fair. Stalk 



