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RosHDESTRENSKOE. — I Can Only quote Mr. Shroeder's opinion 

 that it is a medium-sized or largish apple of high conic form, 

 much like a Gilliflower ; a dark, dull green with a dark red side. 

 A good table and cooking apple, and a pretty good keeper. The 

 tree is not hardy at Moscow, but does well farther South. 



RoMNENSKOE, named from the town of Romna. — This Mr. 

 Shroeder says is a round, solid, olive green fruit, with dark red 

 side. Not hardy at Moscow, but valuable farther South. It is 

 pretty enough to sell, and is a fair dessert and good cooking 

 apple that keeps till Spring. 



Serinkia {Sierianka.) — This is said to be the Lehmapfel (or 

 grey apple) of Germany, and is a very popular apple in the Baltic 

 provinces, where it has been grown some say for a century or two. 

 In Livonia, Courland and Poland, it has been planted in large 

 (4^antity, and evidently is a favorite fruit. It has been propagated 

 in quantity by the nurseries in F iga. It is a stout, straight and 

 moderately vigorous grower. The fruit is of medium size, yellow 

 with a little red, and is said by everyone to be of excellent quality. 

 Unfortunately we did not see the fruit. In middle Russia, too, at 

 Orel and Voronesh, we hear it spoken of as a good, hardy tree, 

 and an excellent dessert fruit. 



Skruisapfel. — Dr. Regel speaks of this as an excellent table 

 apple that keeps until the following Summer, and says that the 

 tree endures the coldest Winters at St. Petersburg, and has been 

 grown at Moscow, Tula, &c. Mr. Shroeder says it is a medium 

 or small-sized apple, striped (but perhaps this only on one side, 

 I am not sure), a very hardy tree, an apple of really good quality ; 

 good for dessert and cooking, that keeps sometimes till August. 

 The tree has branches like a Scott's Winter, which cannot easily 

 be torn out. The fruit, as we saw it, green, with a little dull red, 

 beginning to appear on one side, and very heavy. Flesh greenish, 

 juicy, rather tender, crude, and but very mildly acid, when ripe 

 lacking acid one would think, otherwise quite good. A good late 



keeper for cold climates. 



Skrute {Beel Skru(e) is a profitable apple on the Upper Volga, 

 A good-sized white apple, with red marblings, showy and very 



