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I took scions from these and grafted other 

 trees with the same result. Last spring 

 I grafted from the third generation and 

 while these have not borne, yet I do not 

 fear but that I shall get the same "Red 

 Rome Beauty." 



J. Howard Wright 

 N.nth Yakima. Wash.. November 26. 1912. 



Red Rome Beauty. 



Maxtcil Phoio. 



Another tree of this same variety, and to all 

 appearances identical, is owned by Mr. Harry 

 Masted near North Yakima. The original stock 

 seems to have come from the same nurser.v and 

 about the same time as that of Mr. Wright's, 

 described above. — Ed. 



Fruit medium size, round, oblate, red 

 with specks of yellow and an occasional 

 light colored spot, as if shaded by a 

 leaf. Skin rather tough, flesh tender, 

 juicy, sweet or a very mild subacid. It 

 keeps well in common storage, and has 

 been kept out of cold storage in an ordi- 

 nary cellar, until May or June. Is a good 

 shipper, good for baking, and good for 

 dessert, for persons who like the sweet 

 varieties. 



It is so much like the Jonathan in ap- 

 pearance that if it were not for i.ts keep- 

 ing qualities and decidedly different fla- 

 vor, it might be easily mistaken for that 

 variety. Matures from November on. 



SpiTZENBi'Rii. See Esopus Hpitzenhiirg. 



Ross Morris 



This apple, which we call the Ross 

 Morris, came from the orchard of Mr. 

 Ross Morris of Zillah, Washington, and 

 seems to be a variation from the Jona- 

 than. It was bought in 1898 with Jona- 

 than stock, from a nursery in Walla 

 Walla, Washington. Tne tree is inclined 

 to dwarf, being only a little more than 

 half as large as the Spitzenburg and Jon- 

 athan of the same age. The top and limbs 

 are very like those of the .Jonathan but 

 a little more slender. Bark yellowish: 

 leaves much like those of the Jonathan, 

 but not quite so broad. Bears at about 

 the age of eight years, or two years later 

 than the Jonathan; but when its bearing 

 period begins it bears heavily, and re- 

 quires thinning. 



Ross Jlorris. 



Seedless .Vpples 



Within the last few years there has 

 been in several places discovered what is 

 called the "seedless apple." In Washing- 

 ton, Oregon, California and Colorado 

 there have been accounts published in 

 the papers of apples without seeds, and 

 without cores. Also word comes from 

 Scotland, Conn., through the Connecticut 

 Experiment station, that a seedless apple 

 has been produced there. 



In some parts of the Pacific coast, per- 

 sons have undertaken the propagation of 

 the seedless apple, claiming for it supe- 

 rior qualities in various ways. Julian A. 

 Dorrance, of Scotland. Conn., claims for 



