130 THE FKUIT MANUAL. 



Roxbury Russet. See Boston Russet. 

 Ruckman's Pearmain. See Golden Pearmain. 

 Russet-coat Nonpareil. See Pitmaston Nonpareil. 

 Russet Golden Pippin. See Golden Pippin. 



RUSSET TABLE PEARMAIN.— Fruit, below medium size; oblong- 

 ovate. Skin, very much covered with brown russet, except on the 

 shaded side, where there is a little yellowish green visible, and on the 

 side next the sun, where it is orange, with a flame of deep bright 

 crimson breaking through the russet. Eye, open, with erect, rigid 

 segments, and set in a wide, shallow, saucer-like, and plaited basin. 

 Stalk, half an inch long, slender, and extending beyond the base. 

 Flesh, yellow, firm, very rich, juicy, and sugary, with a fine aromatic 

 and perfumed flavour. 



A beautiful and handsome little apple of first-rate excellence. It is 

 in use from November to February. 



RUSHOCK PEARMAIN.— Fruit, rather below medium size, two 

 inches and a half wide, and the same in height ; conical, even and 

 handsomely formed. Skin, of a fine deep yellow colour, almost entirely 

 covered with cinnamon-coloured russet, with a brownish tinge on the 

 side next the sun. Eye, large and open, with broad, flat segments, 

 which generally fall off as the fruit ripens. Stalk, a quarter of an inch 

 long, stout, and inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, 

 firm, crisp, and juicy, with a brisk, sub-acid, and sugary flavour. 



An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quaUty ; it is in use from 

 Christmas to April. 



This is frequently met with in the Birmingham markets. This Tariety was, 

 according to Mr. Maund, raised by a blacksmith of the name of Charles Taylor, at 

 Rushock, in Worcestershire, about the year 1821, and is sometimes known by the 

 name of Charles's Pearmain. 



Russian Apple. See Court PendU, Plat. 



Russian Emperor. See Emperor Alexander. 



R,YMER {Caldwell; Green Cossinga ; Newbold's Duke of York).— 

 Fruit, large, three inches and a quarter wide, and two inches and three 

 quarters high ; roundish and flattened, with five obscure ribs on the 

 sides, extending into the basin of the eye. Skin, smooth, thinly 

 strewed with reddish brown dots, and a few faint streaks of pale red on 

 the shaded side, and of a beautiful deep red, covered with yellowish 

 grey dots, on the side next the sun. Eye, open, with broad reflexed 

 segments, set in a round and moderately deep basin. Stalk, short, in- 

 serted in a round and deep cavity, lined with rough russet, which 

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

 pleasantly sub-acid. 



A good culinary apple ; in use from October to Christmas. 



Sack Apple. See Devonshire Qitarrendeii. 



