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times they kept until July. At the present writing (September, 

 1906) I have several sound specimens of last year's friut. 



This year the tree bore a very light crop, but last year it 

 hung full of its beautiful, light golden-colored fruit, the largest 

 of which measured ten and one-fourth to ten and one-half inches 

 in circumference. 



The tree is hardy and suffers but little, if any, from blight. 

 Last year, when all other trees in my orchard blighted, the Keep- 



Mrs. Knowles" seedling apple tree. 



Till- June showed not the slightest injury. It has suffered some 

 from sun-scald, and yet the tree is thifty, showing every sign of 

 a long, useful life. It is thirty-one inches in circumference, 

 trunk measure, and about twenty feet in height, with wide- 

 spreading branches. It has- no chance to do its best, as within 

 twenty-five or thirty feet of it stand three large soft maples. It 

 is also shaded by other rows of trees, both morning and after- 

 noon. 



The fruit cooks quickly, and I consider it a good apple, not 

 only for eating but for pies and sauce, and it makes a beautiful 

 jelly. 



