222 ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
Rainier. 
Season.—In common storage from Octo- 
ber to February. In cold storage from 
October to October. 
Red Astrachan 
This is an early summer apple, me- 
dium size, yellowish red, some parts be- 
ing a dark red, and causing the apple to 
present a striped appearance, and is also 
overspread with a bluish bloom. It is 
good for culinary purposes before it be- 
comes fully ripe, so that it is valued for 
home _ use. 
The tree is of medium size, a good 
grower, moderately long lived, comes into 
bearing young and produces well. The 
crop matures unevenly and in order to 
save the fruit it is important to give sev- 
eral pickings. The fruit is tender and 
perishable, and for this reason not well 
adapted to commercial purposes. 
Historical. Hogg states that the Red 
Astrachan was imported into England 
from Sweden in 1816. It was one of 
the first Russian apples imported into 
America, and was received by the Massa- 
chusetts Horticultural Society from Lon- 
don, England, about 1835; but this was 
not the first importation, for the same 
year fruit of this variety grown in Mas- 
sachusetts was exhibited at the meeting 
of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 
ciety. 
Red June 
The Red June is a deep red apple, and 
derives its name because in North Caro- 
