“Surface.—Nearly dull; ruffled by the confluent lineoles; dots hardly discoverable.
“Flavor.—Sweet and delicious.
“Stem.—Slender; half to one inch long, reaching to a considerable distance beyond the verge.
“Eye.—In rather contracted cavity; closed.
“Ripens in the tenth month
“It is one of our best apples, and keeps well through the winter.”
“Whether the Leathercoat and the Glass apple are the same as are now known under those names, it is impossible to determine. Near Poughkeepsie, in the State of New York, the Leathercoat used to be a favorite fruit; and
whether it is the same as the Golden Russet, described above, I am not now able to say; but my recollection of that apple after a lapse of twenty-three years, induces me to think it is no other than the Golden Russet; and, indeed, Trevelyan calls it also the ‘russet appell.’ The Glass apple was described in a former number of ‘The Orchard.’ If the ‘lethercott’ has descended to us under the name of Golden Russet, the fine flavor of this apple would lead us to believe that it had not deteriorated, after a period of more than two centuries and a half.”—West. Farm. and Gard., 1843.
BULLOCK’s PIPPIN, OR SHEEP-NOSE.—(COXE.)
Golden Russet of Cincinnati. Golden Russet of the Eastern nurseries.—(Dr. Kirtland.)