APPLE VARIETIES 247 



Rambo 



A blind man who knew anything about 

 apples could always identify the Rambo by its 

 aroma. I do not know of any other apple that 

 smells just as it does. Other apples may have 

 a wonderful odor, witness the Ben Davis, but 

 it is never of the peculiar spicy quality that 

 clings to this old sort. Coxe, writing in 1817, 

 mentioned the Rambo as an old favorite. We 

 do not know where it originated, but we do 

 know that it was in nearly every collection of 

 apples in the pioneer days. It is now seldom 

 grown because it is a poor keeper and because 

 the crop is not to be depended upon. We have 

 one old tree that bore five good crops in succes- 

 sion then for three years it loafed on the job. 

 Such bearing habits are not conducive to win- 

 ning favor with the commercial orchardist. 

 Still I am glad that we have the one old tree as 

 the fruit is certainly popular in the family 

 while it lasts. I may even go so far as to take 

 grafts from this tree and top work one of our 

 Ben Davises. A Ben Davis more or less will not 

 matter and it will be worth something to have 

 a few Rambos occasionally if for no other rea- 

 son than just to smell. 



Red June 



Of all our varieties I know none that is 

 more happily named than is the Red June. It 



