801. ROUND HEAD.
A medium sized kitchen apple, it is of a roundish shape, green color, and in use from November till January.—[H. S. C.] n. 724.
802. ROWE’S SEEDLING.
A very valuable Devonshire sauce apple; large, and of rather conical shape, with small prominences round the eye, of a pea-green color; it has plenty of juice, and a very pleasant flavor; ripe in August and September. Is a great bearer, and the tree grows freely.—[Ron. Pyr. Mal.] 9, pl. v. f. 3.
803. ROYAL COSTARD.
An apple of the largest size, its flesh is not very firm, but being juicy and melting, it is an excellent sauce apple.—[Hort. Trans.] iii. p. 327.
804. ROYAL DEVON.
A small cider apple. It is of a roundish shape; pale yellow color, striped with red, and with a bitter flavor; it is in use during November and December.—[H. S. C.] p. 38.