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DESCRIPTIONS OF APPLES. 



Western Beauty. 



MUSGBOVE'S COOPER BIG RAMBO OHIO BEAUTY. 



A valuable fall and early winter fruit, the origin of which 

 is not known ; it is considerably grown in Central Ohio, 

 and has attracted attention under its synonyms as given. 

 It was at one time thought to be the Cooper. 



Mr. W. F. English, of Auglaize County, Ohio, carried 

 grafts into that region from Pickaway County, and in a 

 most disinterested manner exerted himself to distribute 



Fig. 116. WESTERN BEAUTY. 



the variety. In a communication to the Western Horti- 

 cultural Review, for February, 1853, he says : " The tree 

 is vigorous, leaves upon young shoots are often three to 

 three and a half inches broad, and four or five, and even 

 six inches long; shoots stout, being often as largo as your 

 little finger at the end of the summer's growth. The form 



