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APPLE GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



Some of the finest specimens of this variety that the writer has ever 

 seen came from the Yucaipa section of San Bernardino County. There 

 are several orchards in this section at an elevation of about five thousand 

 feet where Rome Beauties are grown. Mr. Geo. Eowe of Grand Rapids, 

 Michigan, who has been head judge of the California apple show each 

 season since its organization, has seen specimens of the variety from 

 this section and considers them to be extra fine. Coming from an 



Fig. 11. Young Rome Beauty tree with 

 heavy load of fruit; Yucaipa, San 

 Bernardino County. (Original) 



authority on apples such as he is, this information should mean some- 

 thing to the people of the Yucaipa district. 



Figure 11 is of a young Rome Beauty tree on the E. N. Boyd place 

 near Yucaipa, which illustrates the heavy bearing tendency as well as 

 the young age at which they come into bearing. 



No doubt there are other places in the mountain sections, away from 

 the coast especially, where this variety will do well. 



