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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Flavor rich, sub acid ; Quality best ; Use for the dessert ; 

 Season September and October. 



Downing says : " One of the best dessert apples of its 

 season." 



Rome Beauty. 



GILLETT'S SEEDLING. 



This handsome market fruit was originated in Southern 

 Ohio, by that sterling pioneer pomologist, H. N. Gillett, 

 to whose contributions I acknowledge myself under many 

 obligations. 



Tree thrifty, hardy, round headed, very productive ; 



111. ROME BEAUTY. 



shoots slender, red ; Foliage healthy ; Blossoms open late, 

 and thus it often escapes a late frost ; early productive. 



Fruit large to very large, regular, handsome, fair, said to 

 be scabby on old trees, regular oblate, roundish-oblate, 

 and sometimes rather conical ; Surface smooth, pale yellow, 

 striped and mixed bright red ; Dots minute, indented. 



