Fruit, above medium size, three inches wide, and two and three quarters high; roundish, inclining to ovate, slightly ribbed, and narrowing towards the eye. Skin, greenish-yellow in the shade; but covered with dull red next the sun, and strewed all over with minute russety dots. Eye, partially closed, set in a round and rather deep basin. Stalk short, inserted in a deep funnel-shaped cavity, which is lined with ramifications of russet. Flesh, greenish-white, firm, crisp, brisk and pleasantly flavored. A very good culinary apple, grown in the neighbourhood of Lancaster. It is in use during November and December and will keep till March or April. 311. RUSSET TABLE PEARMAIN.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 557. Ron. Pyr. Mal. 41. FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xxi. f. 1. [Illustration] Fruit, below medium size; oblong-ovate. Skin, very much covered with brown russet; except on the shaded side, where there is a little yellowish-green visible, and on the side next the sun, where it is orange, with a flame of deep bright crimson, breaking through the russet. Eye, open, with erect, rigid segments, and set in a wide, shallow, saucer-like, and plaited basin. Stalk, half-an-inch long, slender, and extending beyond the base. Flesh, yellow, firm, very rich, juicy, and sugary, with a fine aromatic, and perfumed flavor. A beautiful and handsome little apple of first-rate excellence. It is in use from November to February. 312. RUSHOCK PEARMAIN.--M. IDENTIFICATION AND FIGURE.--Maund. Fruit, 70 Fruit, rather below medium size, two inches and a half wide, and the same in height; conical, even and handsomely formed. Skin, of a fine deep yellow color, almost entirely covered with cinnamon-colored russet, with a brownish tinge on the side next the sun. Eye, large and open, with broad, flat segments, which generally fall off as the fruit ripens. Stalk, a quarter of an inch long, stout, and inserted in a pretty deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, firm, crisp, and juicy, with a brisk, sub-acid, and sugary flavor. An excellent dessert apple of first-rate quality; it is in use from Christmas to April. It is frequently met with in the Birmingham markets. This variety was, according to Mr. Maund, raised by a blacksmith of the name of Charles Taylor, at Rushock in Worcestershire, about the year 1821, and is sometimes known by the name of _Charles’s Pearmain_. 313. RYMER.--Hort. IDENTIFICATION.--Hort. Trans. vol. iii. p. 329. Hort. Soc. Cat. ed. 3, n. 358. Lind. Guide, 33. SYNONYMES.--Caldwell, _Hort. Soc. Cat._ ed i. 124. Green Cossings, _Ibid._ 411. Newbold’s Duke of York, _Ibid._ 286. Cordwall FIGURE.--Ron. Pyr. Mal. pl. xli. f. 2.