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THE APPLE. 
stripes of red. Flesh white, tender, sweet ; a good fruit for 
baking and stock-feeding ; bears moderate crops annually. Mid- 
dle of August to middle of September. 
Red Pound Sweet. 
Tree vigorous, not very productive. Fruit very large, round- 
ish, conic. Skin yellow, shaded and striped with red. Flesh 
white, juicy, sweet, aromatic ; excellent for culinary use. Sep- 
tember. 
Reinette Triomphante. M. Christ. 
Victorious Reinette. 
A German early winter apple. Fruit large, oblong, regularly 
formed. Skin pale yellow, thickly dotted with white specks, 
and rough, projecting warts. Flesh yellow, firm, juicy, with a 
pleasant aromatic flavour. The tree is of thrifty growth, and is 
said to bear well. 
Ross Nonpareil. Thomp. Lind. Ron. 
An Irish fruit, rather below medium size, roundish, narrowing 
a little to the eye. Skin covered with a thin mellow russet, 
and faintly stained with red on the sunny side. Flesh greenish 
white, tender, with a rich aromatic flavor. A profuse bearer. 
Very subject to rot before ripening. Unprofitable. October. 
Rymer. 
Foreign origin, large, oblate, conic, angular. Skin pale yellow, 
shaded with crimson. Flesh yellowish, rather firm, brisk, sub- 
acid. November, December. 
Sam Young. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 
Irish Russet. 
Origin, Ireland. Fruit small, slightly flattened, and regularly 
formed. Skin bright yellow, a good deal covered with grey 
russet. Flesh greenish, quite juicy and tender, with a rich and 
excellent flavour. November to January. 
Spice Sweet. 
Berry Bough. 
Tree vigorous, productive, medium, oblate, smooth, pale yel- 
low. Flesh rather firm, sweet, highly aromatic; apt to be 
knotty and unfair. August, September. 
