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THE APPLE. 



Rowe. 



Howe's Seedling. 



An old Devonshire sauce Apple, described by Ronalds as : 

 Emit large, roundish conical, light green. Flesh greenish white, 

 juicy, pleasant. August, September. 



Roxbury Russet. 



Eeinette Rousse de Boston. 

 Howe's Russet. 

 Marietta Russet. 

 Belpre Russet. 



Boston Russet. 

 Putnam Russet. 

 Warner Russet. 

 Sylvan Russet. 



This Russet, a native of Massachusetts, is one of the most popular 

 market fruits in the country, as it is excellent, a prodigious bearer, and 

 keeps till late in the spring wherever the soil and climate suit it. South 

 and West it drops its fruit too early, and is therefore not valuable. 

 The tree is healthy, moderately vigorous, spreading, with young shoots 

 of a reddish brown, downy. 



Roxbury Russet. 



Fruit of medium size, often large, roundish, a little flattened, and 

 slightly angular. Skin at first dull green, covered with brownish yellow 

 russet when ripe, with, rarely, a faint blush on one side. Stalk nearly 

 three-fourths of an inch long, rather slender, not deeply inserted. Calyx 

 closed, set in a round basin of moderate depth. Flesh greenish white, 

 moderately juicy, with a rather rich subacid flavor. Good to very good. 

 Ripens in January, and may be brought to market in June. 



Royal Pearmain. 

 Merritt's Peannain. 

 An old Apple described by Coxe and Ronalds. It is to be found 



