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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



lUiode Island Greening 



Black Ben Davis. 



Maxted Photo. 



distributed over the middle and western 

 states, although Stinson says it is not 

 well adapted to Missouri. It is growing 

 into favor in the Pacific Northwest, as 

 one of the most profitable varieties, being 

 considered an early bearer, a good bearer, 

 and perhaps the best baking apple in the 

 markets. It is better adapted to the mid- 

 dle section of the United States than to 

 the northern or southern sections. 



Tree not a very vigorous grower as it 

 appears in the nursery, but in the orchard 

 it attains to greater vigor and good me- 

 dium size. Form at first upright, but 

 later it is roundish to somewhat spread- 

 ing, and drooping with rather slender 

 lateral branches. 



Fruit medium to very large, usually av- 

 eraging about medium. In the Pacific 

 Northwest it is much above medium. Form 

 roundish conic or slightly oblong, regu- 

 lar or faintly ribbed, usually symmetri- 

 cal with sides sometimes unequal. 



Skin thick, tough, smooth, yellow or 

 greenish, more or less iliorttled with bright 

 red, sometimes with a general red color. 



See Red Rome Beauty. 



Flesh white, or nearly white with slight 

 tinge of yellow, firm, moderately fine 



grained, rather crisp, juicy, slightly aro- 

 matic, agreeable mild subacid, commonly 

 good but not high in quality. 



Season from November to April or May. 



Red Rome Beauty 



The 'Red Rome Beauty" was one that 

 I discovered in my orchard a number of 

 years ago. I noticed in one of the rows of 

 Rome Beauties a tree the fruit of which 

 was much redder than on any of the oth- 

 ers. This particular tree has the charac- 

 teristics of a Rome Beauty except in the 

 coloring of the apple. The shape of the 

 tree, the manner of growth, the shape of 

 the twigs and leaves are all of the Rome 

 Beauty. In fact when the fruit is off the 

 trees there is no difference that any one 

 can detect. 



The apple is the same in shape and size 

 as the ordinary Rome Beauty but has a 

 solid red color. This coloring makes it 

 a very desirable apple for early market. 



The trees in which this tree appeared 

 were purchased from Mr. C. L. \Yhitney 

 of Walla Walla, Wash., in 1S9.5. Nine 

 years ago I grafted a number of trees 

 from this tree, and after these came into 

 bearing I found that they were the same 

 as of the parent tree. Three years ago 



