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mixed with a thin grey russet, and tinged with brown on sunny side. 
Flesh firm, crisp, tender, juice plentiful, sweet, with a slight aro- 
matic flavour. Does well on ironstone gravel slopes. Overbears 
when young, unless checked. Affected by “bitter pit” when grown 
on moist, badly-drained soil. Keeping the centre open and spraying 
with Bordeaux mixture reduces this disease. 
Granny SuirH.—A New South ‘Wales seedling and one of the 
apples which does well in almost any district. Subject to black 
spot in wet seasons when it should be thoroughly sprayed; also 
attacked by woolly aphis. One of the best keeping varieties, good 
for dessert, shipping or cooking. Tree: upright, vigorous. Fruit: 
large, roundish, conical, yellowish green, not unlike Cleopatra; few 
markings of russet; flesh white, firm, sub-acid, dries well. Stalk 
long, slender, inserted in a deep abrupt cavity; calyx closed, small, 
pointed, set in a shallow-furrowed basin. Hangs well. Ripens late 
autumn. 
Rome Brauty, W.—Originated in Ohio. Ripens late autumn, 
April or May. Tree a good grower, late bloomer, productive, 
begins setting fruit early. It occasionally needs severe spur thin- 
ning, otherwise the fruit becomes very small. Young wood clear 
reddish brown, slightly downy or grey. Fruit large to very large, 
roundish conical, yellow, shaded and striped with red, sprinkled 
with light dots. Flesh yellowish, juicy, sprightly; core rather 
large. Fruit keeps late; gathered too soon it shrivels, is tasteless 
and lacks the fine colour it attains when allowed to hang on the 
tree and mature; windfalls may be used at once for cooking; can 
be landed in London in May. Subject to woolly aphis while young, 
the pest becoming less troublesome as the tree attains age. Fruit 
does not drop off readily. After bearing heavily a few years it 
sometimes sets and vegetates unless manured liberally. Does 
well on deep, heavy loam. On heavy soil it is well to keep the 
tree, which naturally grows upright, fairly open to permit the fruit 
colouring. Does well almost everywhere, especially on elevated 
ground. 
Dunn’s Sseprrinc, W. (syn. Munroe’s Favourite) —First 
raised by Mr. Conder, of Kew, near Melbourne, who distributed 
scions throughout Australia. Mr. Munroe was the first to propa- 
gate it for sale. Tree upright, spreading naturally, forming a 
compact head. Blooms well, but sometimes fails to set, also drops 
after setting; thus, although an excellent bearer only carries a crop 
every second year. Growing vigorously, it is slow coming into 
bearing. This can be hastened by summer pruning and after four 
or five years leaving the leaders unpruned for a season and then 
cutting it back again the following season as the bunches of fruit 
borne on the tips would bend the limbs over and spoil the shape 
