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APPENDIX TO APPLES. 



181. CANNON PEARMAIN 



Fruit below the medium size ; unsymmetrical, often 

 subangular, rather globular. Stem long, obliquely 

 inserted, and projecting obliquely from the base. 

 Calyx small ; depression small, ridged. Color yel- 

 low, and half-spread with brick red, interspersed 

 with large dots. Flesh yellowish, crisp, slightly 

 subacid, rich and good. Keeps till April. 

 Transactions of the Ohio Convention of Fruit Grow- 

 ers, 1848, p. 31. 



182. ROME BEAUTY. 



Fig. 71. 



Fruit of the medium size or greater; wider 

 than high ; depressed. Stem slender, 

 and rather long, deeply implanted. 

 Depression deep and wide. Calyx ra- 

 ther large ; depression rather deep. 

 Color carmine, upon a rich yellow 

 ground, the whole surface being nearly 

 all red. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy, 

 subacid ; flavor pleasant. 

 It is suggested that it is a seedling from 

 the Seeknofurther. In eating from No- 

 vember to February. Transactions of the 

 Ohio Convention of Fruit Growers, 1848. 



