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rich, aromatic. Quality very best. Use, dessert. Season, Novem- 

 ber and December. — From Warder's "American Pomology." 



Under one of its syuomyms Bullock's Pippin, Elliott, in "West- 

 ern Fruit Book" thus describes tlie American Golden Russet : 



Tree ultimately of only medium size, with a round, regular head, 

 shoots erect, rather slender, admirably suited to rich soils of South- 

 ern Ohio, Indiana, the Southwest, &c. Grown South, the fruit is 

 almost entirely covered with russet ; North, in sandy soils it is a 

 warm, rich yellow, with only marblings of russet. Size, small to 

 medium ; form, roundish ovate, tapering much toward the eye ; color, 

 generally rich golden yellow, overspread with soft russet, and in the 

 sun, a marbling of red ; stem, slender ; cavity, narrow, regular ; 

 calyx, small, closed ; basin, shallow, sometimes four rowed ; flesh, 

 yellowish, tender, juic}', almost buttery, delicate, sprightly ; core, 

 large for size of fruit ; seeds, full, ovate, pyramidal. December to 

 January, South. 



Synonyms — Golden Russet, Sheep Nose, Bullock's Pippin, Little 

 Pearmain. 



The American Golden Russet is one of the most delicious and 

 tender apples, its flesh resembling more in texture that of a butterj' 

 pear than that of an ordinary apple. It is widel}" cultivated at the 

 West and in New England as the Golden Russet, and though 

 neither handsome nor large, is still a universal favorite, from its 

 great productiveness and admirable flavor. The uncouth name of 

 Coxe, Sheep Nose, is nearly obsolete, except in New Jersey-, and 

 we therefore adopt the present one, to which it is well entitled. 

 The tree is thrifty, with upright shoots, dull reddish grayish brown. 

 Fruit below medium size, roundish-ovate, dull yellow, sprinkled 

 with a very thin russet. Stalk rather long and slender, calyx 

 closed, and set in a rather narrow basin. Flesh j-ellowish, very 

 tender, juic}^, with a mild, rich, spicy flavor ; best October to Jan- 

 uary. — From Downing's "Fruits and Fruit Trees of America." 



From these descriptions and the illustration it appears that the 

 American Golden Russet is not grown to any extent in the State. 

 Other varieties of russets have been erroneously called by this 

 name. 



