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Royal Shepherd

Apple

Origin / History Not described in source.

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Form and Size: Above medium; roundish oblate.

Skin: Greenish yellow, dull red in the sun.

Flesh and Flavor: Greenish white; crisp, brisk, pleasant acid.

Season November.

Uses Culinary apple.

Subtypes / Variants Not described in source.

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Royal Shepherd.

A culinary Apple, described in Hogg as :

Fruit above medium, roundish oblate, greenish yellow, dull red in the sun. Flesh greenish white, crisp, brisk, pleasant acid. November.

A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)