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REPORT ON THE 



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RIBSTON (Eibstun Pippin). 



A highly esteemed English apple, largely planted in Ontario previous to 1860, but of late 

 not so popular in commercial orchards. 



Ohigin : Ribston Hall, near Knaresborough, England. 



Tree : moderately vigorous ; fairly healthy ; not hardy at the north ; very productive ; 

 an early bearer. 



Fruit : size above medium ; form roundish, slightlj conical ; skin rough ; color russety 

 yellow with stripes of red and often a red shade on sunny side ; stem short set in a wide often 

 .somewhat russeted cavity ; calyx small, closed in a narrow angular, ribbed basin. 



Flesh ; yellow ; texture crisp, firm, granular, juicy ; flavor rich, aromatic, subacid. 



Qu.\LiTV : dessert good ; cooking very good. 



Value : home market first class. 



Se.^son' : November and December ; keeps till January in a cool cellar. 



Ad.^ptation : succeeds in best apple districts, although it is somewhat hardier than 

 Baldwin or Greening. 



One of 



ROXBURY [Boston Russet, Ro.rtjHrij Busset). 



the staple export varieties in many parts of Southern Ontario, because of its long 



keeping qualities. It resists scab 

 well, but is subject to the codling, 

 moth, unless well sprayed, and is 

 inclined to drop earlj- from the trees, 

 resembling the Greening in this 

 respect. 



Origin : Massachusetts. 



Tree : fairly vigorous, spreading 

 like Greening, but flatter in form 

 of top. 



Fruit ; medium to above medium, 

 roundish, oblate, sides not equal ; 

 skin tough, green, nearly covered 

 with russet, and having a brownish 

 red cheek when fully exp)Osed to 

 the sun; stem half to tfiree-quar- 

 ters of an inch long in a medium 

 sized, regular cavity ; calyx closed in 

 a round merUum sized basin. Cuts 

 show fruit less than normal size. 



Flesh : yellowish white ; texture 

 almost coarse grained, moderately 

 juicy; flavor mild, subacid 

 pleasant. 

 KoxBURY Russet. 



QuALiTV : dessert, fair ; cook- 

 ing, good. 



Yatue : home and foreign 

 markets good. 



.Season : .January to June. 



Ad.vptation: long tested in 

 the Niagara district and found 

 to be well adapted to it. As 

 hardy as the Greening, and 

 succeeds in the best apple dis- 

 tricts. 



Section of Ro.vbuky Russet. 



