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SYSIKMAIIC J'UMULOllY 



Fui. SI. li o m e 

 Hrauly. 



fruit annually, and in hii^Hi winds the apples persist on tlie long 

 stems and llexihle brandies better than those 

 of almost any other variety. Tlie apples are 

 large, smooth, handsome, uniform in size and 

 shape, thick-skinned, and therefore, ship and 

 keep well, but are of only mediocre quality. 

 Rome Beauty originated with II. N. Gillet, 

 Lawrence County, Ohio, who brought it to 

 the attention of fruit-growers in 1848. 



Troe vit,forous, small, at first upri^lit but later spreading and drooping, 

 with slender lateral branches. Fruit large, round, round-conic, or oblong, 

 regular or faintly ribbed; stem slender, often oblique; cavity large, obtuse 

 and smooth, shallow, wide, often gently furrowed, green or red, never 

 russeted; calyx small, closed or open; lobes converging above but separated 

 toward the base; basin small, shallow, narrow, abrupt, furrowed or wrinkled; 

 skin thick, tough, smooth, yellow mottled with bright red which in highly- 

 colored specimens deepens to sohd red on the exposed cheek, striped with 

 bright carmine; dots numerous, white or brown, small; calyx-tube cone- 

 shape, often with fleshy pistil point projecting into the base; stamens 

 marginal; core medium to large, abaxile; cells open; core-lines meeting; 

 carpels round, narrowing toward base and apex, mucronate seeds numerous, 

 plump, acute, light and dark brown; flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained to 

 coarse, crisp, juicy, aromatic, mild subacid; good; November to May. 



397. Windsor (Fig. 82) has recently come to the notice of 

 northern apple-growers as a good variety 

 for rigorous climates. The trees come into 

 bearing early, bear regularly and heavily, 

 and hold their crop well. The apples are 

 somewhat conspicuous by reason of the 

 large areolar dots centered Avith russet, 

 which mingled with flecks of russet, plenti- 

 fully besprinkle the rather dull red skin. 

 The flesh is somewhat coarse, but is juicy, 

 aromatic, and well-flavored. The variety was first described 

 in 1889. 



Fruit above medium, round-conic, broad, flat at the base, often one- 

 sided and faintly ribbed; stem long, slender; cavity large, obtuse to acute, 

 wide, deep or shallow^, russeted and with coarse russet rays; calyx small, 

 closed or partly open ; lobes small, connivent, acute, pubescent ; basin 

 abrupt, wide, furrowed, wrinkled ; skin thick, smooth, waxy, pale yellow 

 or greenish, blushed with thin dull red obscurely striped with dull carmine; 



Fig. 82. Windsor. 



