126 THE PBUIT MANUAL. 



A very excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality ; it is in use from 

 December to February. The fruit is produced in clusters of sometimes 

 eight and ten, at the ends of the branches. 



The tree is of small size and slender growth, and not a free bearer. 

 It is well adapted for dwarf and espalier training when grafted on the 

 doucin or paradise stock, in which case it also bears better than on the 

 crab stock. 



According to Mr. Lindley, this variety was grown for many years in the old 

 kitchen garden at Kew ; and Bogers thinks it first originated in the Tarnham 

 Green Nursery, which was during a portion of the l^t century occupied by a 

 person of the name of Kobinaon. 



RoUand. See Belle Bonne. 



RONALDS' GOOSEBERRY PIPPIN (Goomberry Pippin).— Frmi, 

 small, two inches and a quarter wide, and an inch and three quarters 

 high ; roundish and inclining to oblate, somewhat obscurely ribbed. 

 Skin, smooth, of a fine uniform lemon-yeUow colour, but of a deeper 

 colour next the sun, thinly strewed with large russet dots, marked with 

 russet flakes and frequently with a red blush next the sun. Eye, 

 small and open, with small, erect, acute segments, placed in a wide, 

 shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded the whole of 

 its length in a deep cavity, which is lined with pale brown russet and 

 which extends in ramifications over the base. Flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 and fine grained, very juicy, sweet, brisk, and vinous, with a pleasant 

 perfume. 



A very excellent dessert apple ; ripe in November, and continues in 

 use tiU February, when it is quite plump and juicy. The tree is a 

 very handsome grower of the smallest size, and an abundant bearer. 



The name Gooseberry Pippin, by which this is described in Ronalds' Pi/ms 

 Malus Brentfordiensis, is not suiBcient to distinguish it from the Gooseberry Apple, 

 with which it is consequently often confounded ; and I have therefore adopted the 

 specific name of Konalds to avoid so great an inconvenience, for this admirable 

 dessert apple ought not to be mistaken for the culinary one. This is now a very 

 rare fruit, and I doubt much if it is to be had true in an ordinary way. I am in- 

 debted to F. J. Graham, Esq., of Cranford, Middlesex, for grafts and firait, it 

 having been grown extensively for many years in his orchards at Cranford, for 

 Covent Garden Market. 



Rook's Nest. See Aromatic Russet. 



ROSE DE CHINE. — Fruit, medium sized, or rather below medium 

 size ; roundish and flattened, almost oblate, regularly formed, and with- 

 out angles. Skin, smooth and delicate, pale greenish yellow, with a few 

 broken streaks of pale red, intermixed with crimson, on the side exposed 

 to the sun, and strewed with minute dark coloured dots. Eye, 

 partially closed, set in a shallow and slightly plaited basin. Stalk, an 

 inch long, very slender, inserted in a round, deep, smooth, and funnel- 

 shaped cavity. Flesh, yellowish white, tinged with green, firm, crisp, 

 and juicy, with a sweet and pleasant flavour. 



A very good, but not first-rate, dessert apple ; it is in use from 



