Rome Beauty. 
"Although this is a well known variety and well dis- 
tributed, it. is rarely found in the regions in question. 
As a rule, wherever it has been planted it is growing under 
some other mame, and only a tree or two of it in a place. 
MY’st of the trees in this region are young, hence the varie- 
ty has not been tested for a sufficiently long period of 
time to definitely determine its merits. It appears, how- 
ever, to be promising for this section, especiali, in the 
Blue Ridge region, and to be worthy of attention by those 
who are planting orchards or even small collections for 
home use. 
Rome Beauty is well recommended for Maryland. 
Winesap. 
"This is one of the four or five great commercial var- 
ieties of the Piedmont section, and as & general-purpose 
winter apple for the Piedmont conditions, it is one of the 
most uniformly successful and satisfactory sorts grown in 
this region. The trees often begin bearing when they are 
theee or four years old and usually produce paying crops 
when six to eight years ¢ld. While not producing heavy crops 
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