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In my optnion this little favorite surpasses Carolina June, Early | 
Harvest, and all the other early apples I know. It is as early as 
any, begins to bear soon after planting, and seldom fails to bear a_ 
good crop, even when most varieties fail. 
The tree has a beautiful round head, the branches are stout but | : 
not heavy, with very distinct gray dots upon the new growth. Itis  ~ 
essentially a family apple, beginning to ripen with the very earliest 
and continuing for about six weeks. It sells well in market, butis 
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more especially a dessert variety. Originated in New Jersey. 
Size, small, 2 to 3 inches; shape, flat to round, regular; surface, 
_very smooth; color, white, with stripes and splashes of the most — 
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delicate tints of carmine; dots, very small; basin, wide, abrupt, and 
rather deep, regular; eye, small and colored; cavity, narrow, regu- 
lar, not russeted; stem, usually quite short; core, large, closed, 
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regular, meeting the eye; seeds, numerous, short, and plump, light ~ 
brown; flesh, white, with rarely a tint of pink next the skin, fine 
grained, tender, crisp, juicy except when overripe; flavor, subacid, 
very pleasant ; quality, as good as the best of the early kinds; season, © 
from June to August, in the central States. 
The illustration on Plate 4 is from a specimen grown on my own 
farm at Geneva, Kans. 
Ozark. 
This variety originated with Mr. Thomas Morchal, jr., of Crowell, 
Benton County, Ark. Inthe spring of 1884 he dug upa sprout from 
the stump where a Ben Davis tree had been broken down, and 
planted it. In the fall of 1887 this tree bore over a bushel of apples, - 
and the specimen from which the drawing and description were made 
was sent me by G. F. Kennan, of Brightwater, in that county, but 
was grown on the original tree. : 
Size, large, 3 to 4 inches; shape round, regular, but sometimes un- 
equal; surface, very smooth, light yellow, covered with suffused 
bright carmine; dots, small, light, on raised basis; basin, deep, wide, — 
abrupt, regular; eye, small, closed or nearly so; cavity, wide and. _ 
deep, russeted but little; stem, short, slender; core, regular, closed: 
seeds, large, long, dark; flesh, white, tender; flavor, subacid; quality, 
good; season, November to December, in northwestern Arkansas. 
Bella. 
This is a new variety brought to my notice by Charles P. Augur, 
of Woodbridge, Conn. The original tree stands near that place on 
a slaty hillside in a pasture belonging to Timothy Fowles. It is 
what might be called an open grower, and carries its fruit mainly 
on the outside branches. lt bears annually and abundantly. Mr. 
Augur has sent cions to various States, and hopes to get favorable 
reports from them in due time. 
Size, medium to large, 24 by 3 inches; shape, round or nearly so, 
slightly conical, irregular but not ribbed or angular, unequal; sur- 
face, smooth, greenish-yellow thinly and partially covered with dull 
mixed red and darker splashes and blotches; dots, scattering, medium 
size, gray, prominent; basin, quite shallow, slightly folded; eye, 
open, shallow; sepals, short; cavity, shallow, narrow, heavily and 
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