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second-rate." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. This is not the 

 valuable Eaules' Janet, or Genneting, of Kentucky. 



GEOEGE APPLE. Color, pale yellow; form, round- 

 ish flattened ; size, 2 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; season, July. 



Kemarks. — " Eesembles Early Harvest, perhaps identi- 

 cal." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



GILPIN, Romanite of the West, or Carihoiise. Color, 

 red and yellow; form, round flattened; size, nearly 3 ; 

 use, table and cider ; quality, 2. 



Eemarks. — Tree very hardy and prolific. Generally 

 escapes frost. Worth double the price of other apples in 

 general, in June. Ycry valuable, therefore, as an orchard 

 market fruit, but of nearl}^ third-rate quality. Mr. Sam'l 

 Carter, two miles back of Newport, Kentucky, considers 

 it his most profitable market fruit in the month of June. 

 It makes good cider, and is rich in giving body to others. 

 Bears bruising remarkably well, may be knocked ofl" with 

 poles, shoveled into a cart, dumped down on the ground, 

 and holed away like turnips, and go to market, next 

 Spring, in sound condition. " Eather small, good keeper, 

 second rate as to quality." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



Gloria Mundiy 3Ionstrous Pippin., American Mammoth, Balti- 

 more Pippin, Pound, etc. Color, lemon yellow, dull white 

 spots ; form, round, rather angular, flattened ; size, 1 ; use, 

 kitchen ; quality, 3 ; season, September to January. 



Eemarks. — Gigantic. Sometimes weighs near a pound 

 and a half. It is pretty good for cooking and drying. The 

 tree is vigorous, and bears well. "Very large, second 

 rate." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. Exhibited often before 

 the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, and monstrous speci- 

 mens. Generally considered '• unworthy," except for 

 curiosity of size and for show. The Talpahocken, or 



