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DESC141PTI0NS OF APPLES. 



Flavor rich, subacid; Quality best; Use for the dessert ; 

 Season September and October. 



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

 season." 



Rome Ueauty. 



gillett's seedling. 



This handsome market fruit was originated in Soutliern 

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

 to whose contributions I acknowledge myself under many 

 obligations. 



Tree thrifty, hardy, round beaded, very productive ; 



Fig. 111. — JLOME BEAUTT. 



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

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



Fruit largo 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, 

 «triped and mixed bright red ; Dots minute, indented. 



