We see, therefore, that they were called Joannina, because they ripened about St. John’s Day. We have also among the old French pears Amiré Joannet--the Admired, or Wonderful Little John, which Merlet informs us was so called, because it ripened about St. John’s Day. If then we add to Joannet the termination _ing_, so general among our names of apples, we have _Joanneting_. There can be no doubt that this is the correct derivation, and signification of the name of this apple, and although the orthography may for a time appear singular, it will in the course of usage become as familiar as the other forms in which it as been written. [K] Hist. Plant. ii. 1447. [L] Hortorum, p. 522. [M] Hist. p. 1043. 192. KEEPING RED-STREAK.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 627. Fruit, medium sized; roundish, flattened, angular on the sides. Skin, green at first, changing to greenish-yellow, and striped with red on the shaded side; but entirely covered with dark red on the side next the sun, marked with russet, and numerous grey dots. Eye, open, set in a shallow and undulating basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in a narrow and shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish-yellow, firm, brisk, and pleasantly flavored. A culinary apple; in use from December to April. 193. KEEPING RUSSET.--H. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and five eighths wide, and two inches and a quarter high; roundish. Skin, entirely covered with thin, pale yellowish-brown russet, like the Golden Russet, and occasionally with a bright, varnished, fiery-red cheek on the side next the sun, which is sometimes more distinct than at others. Eye, open, set in a round and plaited basin. Stalk, very short, imbedded in a rather shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, juicy, and sugary, with a particularly rich, mellow flavor, equal to, and even surpassing that of the Ribston Pippin. A delicious dessert apple, of first-rate quality: in use from October to January, and, under favorable circumstances, will even keep till March. This is an apple which is very little known, and does not seem at all to be in general cultivation. I obtained it from the private garden of the late Mr. James Lee, at Hammersmith. It certainly deserves greater publicity. 194. KENTISH FILL-BASKET.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 377. Down. Fr. Amer. 114. SYNONYMES.--Lady de Grey’s, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed. 1. 532. Kentish Pippin, _of same_. FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. ix. f. 1. Fruit, very large, four inches wide, and three inches and a quarter high; roundish, irregular, and slightly ribbed. Skin, smooth, yellowish-green in the shade, and pale yellow with a redish-brown blush, which is streaked with deeper red, on the side next the sun. Eye, large, set in a wide and irregular basin. Flesh, tender and juicy, with a brisk and pleasant flavor. This is an excellent culinary apple, of first-rate quality, in use from November to January.