A dictionary of modern gardening - University Library

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Fig. 10.—(P. 49.)
New England Russet. Boston or
Roxbury Russet or Russeting. (Fig.
13.) This is claimed as a native of
Massachusetts, and is held throughout
New England in high repute. It is
usually considered the best of its class
popularly termed "leather-coats." The
size is full medium ; form irregularly
round, flattened at both stem and blossom
end. When fully ripe of a russet
hue, occasionally with indications of
blush. It is in season at mid-winter,
but may be kept till May or June; in-
deed they may be seen sometimes in
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July. This property of long keeping in
connection with its productive habit,
has secured it great popularity.
Yellow Newtown Pippin. (Fig.
14.) " This is in most of its varieties
the finest apple of our country, and
probably of the world. It varies much
in quality, with soil, aspect, cultivation,
climate and age. The form is rather
flat, the size large, the skin a greenish
yellow, with black clouds, and frequently
with red spots or blotches. It
ripens in November, and is often kept
t till May and June. It will produce fine