APPLES 



lina. where it originatetl. it ripened in 

 June. It has a subacid flavor, flesh ten- 

 der. 



The fruit is small to medium, roundish, 

 ovate, rather inclined to be oblong, sides 

 unusually unequal, cavity small, accumi- 

 nate to acute, calyx medium to large, 

 leafy, closed or sometimes a little open. 

 The skin is tender, smooth, and variable 

 in color. In some sections of the East 

 the color is a yellowish or greenish red. 

 in others it is a deep red. In the irri- 

 gated regions of the Northwest, it is al- 

 ways red. 



Rhode Island Greenina: 



The Rhode Island Greening does not 

 do the best in the Pacific Northwest and 

 the Rocky Mountain states, but is at home 

 In New England, New York and Penn- 

 sylvania. In the northeastern and north 

 central states it is probably unsurpassed 

 as an apple for dessert and culinary pur- 

 poses. As its name indicates, the apple 

 is green in color: is generally a deep 

 grass-green in early autumn, but later as 

 it ripens develops a more or less yellow- 

 ish color. In some sections of the coun- 

 try it has a dull blush and occasionally 

 develops a rather bright red cheek, but 

 never striped. Generally it is productive 

 and an annual bearer. The fruit has a 

 recognized standard in both domestic and 

 foreign markets and sells at good prices. 



The tree is long lived and eventually 

 l)ecomes large, although it is not an ex- 

 ceptionally rapid grower. It is hardy, 

 strong, vigorous, and usually pretty 

 healthy, but unless thorough preventive 

 treatment is given, both foliage and fruit 

 are often injured by apple scab fungus. 

 The form of the tree is wide-spreading, 

 somewhat drooping, rather dense. Twigs 

 medium to long, often somewhat crooked, 

 rather stocky, internodes usually short. 

 Bark olive green with reddish brown, 

 thinly covered with lines of gray scarf 

 skin, pubescent. Leaves rather large, 

 broad, foliage rather dense. Fruit is 

 above medium to large or very large, quite 

 uniform in size and shape. Form round- 

 ish, oblate or sometimes inclined to conic, 

 regular or a little inclined to elliptical, 

 somewhat obscurely ribbed, symmetrical 

 or sides slightly unequal. Skin moder- 

 ately thick, tough, smooth, waxy, grass- 

 green varying to rather yellow. 



Originated in Rhode Island, and in the 

 town of Foster, in Rhode Island, is a 

 tree supposed to be nearly 200 years old. 

 (1914.) 



Komc Beauty 



The Rome Beauty originated in Ohio, by 

 H. N. Gillett of Lawrence county, and 

 was first brought to the notice of the pub- 

 lic in the Ohio Fruit Growers' Conven- 

 tion in 1848. It is coming to be widely 



Delaware Red. 



Red Astrachan. 



Ma-xted Photo. 



