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PLATE VIII. 



Fig. 



8. Old apple tree in the same orchard at Greensborough, planted about 1838. It 

 was re- worked to Rymer in 1891, and Rome Beauty was grafted on to a limb 

 which had been broken with the weight of the fruit in 1912. Rome Beauty 

 was free from Pit, while Rymer was affected. 



