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THE APPLE. 



roundish oblong, whitish yellow, with brownish or red russet, and rateheaol 

 blackish russet, unless well grown ; stem, with a fleshy knob one side; 

 cavity, russeted ; calyx, small, closed: basin, narrow; core, open, Jong 

 ovate : seeds, ovate pointed ; flesh, tender, juicy, sub-acid, sprightly : " very 



November to February. One of the best at the Southwest. 



ROME BEAUTY. 



Koman Beauty, | Gillett's Seedling. 



American. Native of Southern Ohio. Requires, to perfect good fruit, 

 a rich, warm, loamy soil. On poor land, it is undersized, deficient in char 

 acter, and inclined to overbear. 



Fruit, large ; form, roundish ; color, rich light yellow, mostly overspread 

 and striped with shades of clear, bright red; ste-n, slender ; cavity, open, 

 regular ; calyx, nearly closed, segments distinctly separate ; basin, round, 

 open, moderately deep ; flesh, yellow, crisp, mild, sub-acid ; core, medium, 

 B.omewhat hollow ; seeds, long ovate, large and full. October to December. 



Ross NONPAREIL. 



Foreign. Tree, productive. Fruit, below medium roundish, dull red, 

 blotched and striped, over \v hich is a marbling of thin mellow ruA*et ; stem, 

 lender; calyx, medium; fle*k, greenish white, juicy, sub-acid, aromatic; 

 flear>y"bfcit, October to November. 



