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is supposed to be a seedling of Esopus which it 

 greatly resembles in many ways. It is one of 

 those unusual sorts that has been like the 

 prophet — without honor in its own country, for 

 it has been but little planted in New York. 

 Farther south and west it has been one of the 

 standard commercial sorts — an apple of fine 

 quality, with equally good tree characteristics. 

 In recent years, however, the Jonathan has be- 

 come very unpopular with growers because of 

 a disease which attacks the fruit. This malady, 

 the Jonathan fruit spot, causes black sunken 

 blotches to appear on the skin. We do not know 

 the cause of this trouble and of course know 

 of no remedy. One of the curious and exas- 

 perating things about the disease is that it 

 develops on perfect apples that are in storage. 

 One season we packed some of the finest 

 Jonathans that we ever grew. Six weeks later 

 they were covered with black spots and had to 

 be sold for less than they would have brought 

 at picking time. 



King David 



Growers have been hoping for an apple of 

 the Jonathan type that will take its place in the 

 market and that will not be subject to the fruit 

 spot. Some of us think we have it in the King 

 David, a new apple recently introduced, that is, 

 comparatively recently. It has been tested long 

 enough to establish the fact that it is a reliable 



