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deep, and furrowed. Flesh coarse, tender, juicy, sub-acid, 
September to December. 
Rep Rance. 
Fruit medium or below, oblong, angular, slightly conic. Co 
lour, fine yellow shaded with red and thickly covered with 
whitish dots. Stalk short, inserted in a small cavity. Caly+ 
closed, set in a broad, shallow basin. Flesh firm, juicy, rich. 
with a mild Spitzenburgh flavour. December, February. 
Rep Sweet. 
Origin on the farm of D. C. Richmond, Sandusky, Ohio. 
Tree upright, vigorous and productive. Fruit medium, round- 
ish, oval. Skin yellowish, striped and shaded with light red, 
and sprinkled with greenish dots. Stem short and small, in- 
serted in an acute cavity surrounded by russet. Calyx closed, 
set in a deep, abrupt basin. Flesh whitish, very tender, juicy, 
sweet and excellent. November to February. 
Rep CatHEab. 
Tree vigorous and productive, extensively grown in the eastern 
and southwestern counties of Virginia. Fruit large, roundish, 
conic, angular. Skin yellow, partially shaded with dull red and 
sometimes deeper red in the shade, and thickly sprinkled with 
whitish dots. Stem short, inserted in a deep cavity. Calyx 
partially open, set in a large basin. Flesh yellowish, tender, 
saicy, with a very brisk, pleasant flavour. October, November. 
Rerverrz, Gotpen. Thomp. Ron. Lind. 
Aurore. 
Kirk's Golden Reinette. 
Yellow German Reinetie. 
Reinette d’Aix. of various 
English Pippin. European 
Court-pendu Doré. + collections, 
Wyker Pippin. ac. to 
-Elizabet. Thomp. 
Wygers. 
Megginch Favourite. 
Dundee. J 
The Golden Reinette is a very popular dessert fruit in Eng- 
land and on the continent, combining beauty and high flavour, 
Fruit below medium size, very regularly formed, roundish, a 
little flattened. Skin smooth, golden yellow, washed and striped 
with fine soft red on the sunny side, mingled with scattered, 
tusset dots. Flesh yellow, crisp, with a rich, sugary, or scarcely 
acid juice. October to January. 
