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second-rate." — Trans. Ohio Fom. Society. This is not the 

 valuable Eawles' Janet, or Gonneting, of Kentucky. 



GEOEGB APPLE. Color, pale yellow ; form, round- 

 ish flattened ; size, 2 ; use, table ; quality, 2 ; season, July. 



Eemabks. — " Eesembles Early Harvest, perhaps identi- 

 cal." — Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. 



GILPIX, Romanite of the West, or Carthouse. Color, 

 red and yellow; form, round flattened; size, nearly 3 ; 

 use, table and cider ; quality, 2. 



Eemarks. — Tree very hardy and prolific. Generally 

 escapes frost. Worth double the price of other apples in 

 general, in June. Very valuable, therefore, as an orchard 

 market fruity but of nearly third-rate qualitj'. Mr. Sam'l 

 Carter, two miles back of Newport, Kentucky, considers 

 it his most profitable market fruit in the month of June. 

 It makes good cider, and'isrich in giving body to others. 

 Bears bruising remarkablj' well, may be knocked ofi' with 

 poles, shoveled into a cart, dumped down on the ground, 

 and holed away like turnips, and go to market, next 

 Spring, in sound condition. " Eather small, good keeper, 

 second rate as to quality," — Trans. Ohio Fom. Society. 



Gloria Mundi, Monstrous Pippin^ American Mammoth, Balti- 

 more Pippin, Pound, etc. Color, lemon j'ellow, dull white 

 spots ; form, round, rather angular, flattened ; size, 1 ; use, 

 kitchen ; quality, 3 ; seasan, September to January. 



Eemarks. — Gigantic ; sometimes weighs nearly a pound 

 and a half. It is pretty good for cooking and drying. The 

 tree is vigorous; moderate bearer. " Yery large, second 

 rate." — -Trans. Ohio Pom. Society. Exhibited often before 

 the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, and monstrous speci- 

 mens. Generally considered "unworthy," except for 

 curiosity of size, and for show. The Tulpehocken, or 



