Catalogue ef Varieties. 117 
Gand. At least I cannot tell one from the other by the most 
careful examination. 
RosatBa. A cross of the Chili Orange with the Rosy White 
Chili, and resembles the latter, but succeeds in a greater variety 
of soils. 
Rosainp. (Prince). Described as large, conical, bright scarlet, 
showy, fine flavored, and productive. Pistillate. 
*ROSEBERRY. (Syn. Hose Strawberry, Scotch Scarlet, Aber- 
deen, do. Seedling, Prolific Pine.) Medium, elongated, with a 
-neck; clear red; seeds yellow, somewhat prominent; flesh 
somewhat acid, with but little perfume. Sometimes gives a 
second crop. Discoyéred by Robert Davidson, in 1808, in 
Aberdeen, under a-rose bush. Hence the name. Fig. in Pom. 
* Mag. I. 20, Jar. Mus. V. Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc. II. 380. 
RosEBup. Large, ovate, cockscombed, with a neck; bright red; 
‘flesh rich. English. (?) ' 
RosETTE (Dr. Nicaise). Plant strong; fruit abundant, rounded, 
beautiful vermilion; seeds a little sunken; flesh white, sweet,. 
and perfumed. 
Rosina (Prince). .Described as large, round, light scarlet, sweet, 
and good. 
Ross’ PHa@nix (Ross). A seedling from Keens’s Seedling, 
raised in Hudson, N. Y., in 1836. First fruited in 1839, and of 
note only as one of the parents of the Peabody. Large, 
cockscombed or compressed, dark red; flesh firm, of fair flavor. 
Sometimes productive. Fails in clay soils, and burns in lighter 
ones. Originated in Hudson, N. Y. 
RoyaL Hautsors (Rivers). Medium to large, roundish conical, 
regular, rich, dark crimson; seeds yellow; flesh whitish, soft, 
sweet, and extremely rich. A seedling of Belle Bordelaise, but 
later. One of the best of the class. 
* ROYAL PINE. : 
*RoyvaL SCARLET. 
Roya VicToria (Stewart and Neilson). Large, rounded, bright 
glossy red; seeds prominent; flesh white, firm, juicy, sweet, 
and brisk. Hardy, productive, and late. ~ 
RoyaLe pE Normanpiz. An Alpine. — 
Rusis (Dr. Nicaise). New, 1868. Large, round, clear varnished 
red; seeds little imbedded; flesh rosy white, juicy, sweet, brisk. 
Season medium. Vigorous and productive. 
*Rusy (Nicholson). A very large and beautiful fruit; elongated, 
