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THE ROYAL RUSSET APPLE,
Royal Russet. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 997.
Royal Russet, or Leathercoat. Miller’s Dictionary, Sfc.
Reinette de Canada grise, o f the French.
The French synonym of this valuable variety is,
no doubt, accurate; and it is not improbable that
the Passe pomme de Canada of the same nation
is another name. Trees from the French Royal
Gardens have proved s o ; and the only doubt upon
the subject is caused by the name Passe, which
usually designates fruit that passes away sooner
than that with which it is compared.
It is, as is well known, an exceedingly valuable
kitchen fruit, keeping to the latest period at which
good Apples are in use. Formerly it was reckoned
a dessert variety; but it has been, in modern times,
consigned to the kitchen, for which its acidity and
want of sugar render it better adapted.
A valuable, hardy variety, ripening in November,
and keeping till May or June, when, however,
it becomes mealy. An important cottager’s fruit,
and one which ought to be constantly cultivated
for the benefit of that class of persons.
S hoots strong, spreading, rather woolly, beneath
of a reddish chestnut colour, sprinkled with
pale brown spots.
Leaves ovate, acuminate, cordate at the base,
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