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A. G. Tuttle: My Charlamoff is not as valuable as many more of the same season, 

 yet I would put it in my list of the best fifty varieties. 



N. E. Hansen: In European nurseries Charlamofsky is a synonym of Duchess. 



J.B.Mitchell: I would put Tuttle's Charlamoff in my list of the best sixteen 

 varieties. 



C.G. Patten: Peterson's Charlamoff I find makes a large, spreading tree, and 

 bears reasonably young. 



S. B. Green: It might avoid confusion to name Peterson's Charlamoff Champagne. 



ROMNA GROUP. 



Romna, 599; Romeaskoe. The large, round, green winter apple as 

 grown by Mr. Tuttle, of Wisconsin, under the name of Romenskoe, 

 will hereafter be known as the true Romna. This settles the matter 

 definitely, as Hibernal has been mixed with Romna as originally 

 sent out from Russia. 



Description: Romna— Size, 6; form, smooth, round conical, very regular; color, 

 dark green with brownish red on sun side, covered with grayish bloom, thickly 

 sprinkled with large grayish dots; cavity, acute, deep, regular: stem, medium and 

 stout, often knobbed; basin, shallow, narrow, wrinkled; calyx, closed; flesh, white, 

 finegraioed; flavor, mild, pleasant acid; season, late winter and spring; tree, spread- 

 ing, irregular, dwarf. 



A. G. Tuttle: Romna is a good apple, but not one of the first dozen varieties that 

 T would plant. It keeps till April or May, but does not get good until April. Tree 

 has an irregular top and is a slow grower. 



C.G Patten: I regard Romna as the most valuable of all the Russians from 

 which to grow seedlings with the hope of getting winter varieties. 



J. Sexton: Romna is a fine apple. The tree is spreading and has the largest leaf 

 of any that we have. 



CROSS GROUP. , 



413 Department. The name Cross was adopted as the official 

 name of the No. 413 of the United States Department, which has 

 also been disseminated under tqe name of Large Anis. It is dis- 

 tinct from Cross 15 M,8M,Skrischapfel and Cross Vor, the synonomy 

 of which was not taken up. 



Description: Cross— (No. 413 Dept.)— Size, 5; form, oblate conical; color, greenish 

 yellow, nearly covered with a light carmine, dotted with green specks, with distinct 

 bloom; cavity, green, broad, deep; stem, medium; basin, well defined, nearly smooth; 

 calyx, large, closed; flesh, light yellow; flavor, slightly sub-acid; season, October to 

 December; origin, Russia; tree very spreading, medium grower; wood, grayish. 



A. G Tuttle: No. 413 Dept. does not blight a particle with me. Chas. Gibb sent 

 me the scions. Mr. Gibb visited me once and looked through my collection. He said 

 I had netrly everything, but should have one or two more, so he sent me Cross and 

 Grandmother. 



CHRISTMAS GROUP. 



No. 310. The variety grown under the number 310 by Mitchell, 

 Peterson, Green and others, was decided to be the true Christmas^ 



Description: Christmas— Size, II; form, round, conical, often oblique and slightly 

 angular; color, yellow with red stripes at base and deep clear red towards the eye; 

 cavity, medium, rather narrow; stem, medium; calyx, closed on a flush wrinkled or 

 narrow ribbed surface; flesh, white, fine grained; flavor, pleasant acid; season, 

 December; origin, Russia. 



ANTONOVKA GROUP. 



Antonovka, 16 M and 236; No. 224; Vargul, 277; German Calville, 

 324 (spurious); Russian Gravenstein, 105; Bergamot, 424. 



Description; Antonovka — Size, 6 to 7; form, roundish, angular, flattened at the 

 ends; color, straw yellow, with dots that give the skin a rough appearance; cavity, 



