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deep, and furrowed. Flesh coarse, tender, juicy, sub-acid. 

 September to December. 



Red Range. 



Fruit medium or below, oblong, angular, slightly conic. Co- 

 lour, fine yellow shaded with red and thickly covered with 

 whitish dots. Stalk short, inserted in a small cavity. Calyx 

 closed, set in a broad, shallow basin. Flesh firm, juicy, rich, 

 with a mild Spitzenburgh flavour. December, February. 



Red Sweet, 



Origin on the farm of D. C. Richmond, Sandusky, Ohio. 

 Tree upright, vigorous and productive. Fruit medium, round- 

 ish, oval. Skin yellowish, striped and shaded with light red, 

 and sprinkled with greenish dots. Stem short and small, in- 

 serted in an acute cavity surrounded by russet. Calyx closed, 

 set in a deep, abrupt basin. Flesh whitish, very tender, juicy, 

 sweet and excellent. November to February. 



Red Cathead. 



Tree vigorous and productive, extensively grown in the eastern 

 and southwestern counties of Virginia. Fruit large, roundish, 

 conic, angular. Skin yellow, partially shaded with dull red and 

 sometimes deeper red in the shade, and thickly sprinkled with 

 whitish dots. Stem short, inserted in a deep ca\Tity. Calyx 

 partially open, set in a large basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, 

 iuicy, with a very brisk, pleasant flavour. October, November. 



Reinette, Golden. Thomp. Ron. Lind. 



Aurore. 



Kirk's Golden Reinette. 



Tellow German Reinette. 



Reinette d'Aix. of various 



Englisli Pippin. European 



Court-pendu Dore. \ collections, 



"Wyker Pippin. ac. to 



Elizabet. Thomp. 



Wjgers. 



Megginch Favourite. 



Dundee. 



The Golden Reinette is a very popular dessert fruit in Eng- 

 land and on the continent, combining beauty and high flavour. 



Fruit below medium size, very regularly formed, roundish, a 

 little flattened. Skin smooth, golden yellow, washed and striped 

 with fine soft red on the sunny side, mingled with scattered, 

 russet dots. Flesh yellow, crisp, with a rich, sugary, or scarcely 

 acid juice. October to January. 



