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thus giving you a long season over which to 

 harvest the apple. The market is demanding 

 a large red apple at this time of the year and 

 this apple is beautifully ccloied with a bright 

 red running off on the calex end of the apple 

 to a slight yellow streaked with red giving it 

 a veiy attractive appearance, one that at once 

 catches the eyes of the public. The apple is 

 round and inclined to be a little flat from the 



Photograph of original tree of Monmouth Beauty Apple in the orchard 



of Charles Applegate, near Freehold, N. J., showing the fine apples 



on tree with Mr. Applegate holding up a branch heavily loaded with 



fruit. Note the comparative size of the apples. 



stem end to the calex end, being very similar 

 in shape to the Rome Beauty apple. The calex 

 end of the apple is medium shallow and clean 

 in appearance. The skin is very tough on the 

 apple, making it a very good apple for shipping 

 and it will not show bruises by turning dark 

 where the injury is received, like so many ap- 

 ples we now have. We consider the quality one 

 of the best combinations possible to get in an 



apple for this season. The flesh of the apple 

 is white and very fine in texture, being tender 

 and just a little acid, just enough to make it 

 a good cooker and to give it a spicy flavor for 

 eating. Here is an apple that is one of the 

 best to eat and at the same time makes the 

 finest sauce and pies. The apples have plenty 

 of juice for a general purpose apple. 



The season of this apple is just after the 

 Duchess of Oldenburg 

 or ripening in Mon- 

 mouth County, N. J., 

 about August 5th to 

 25th, depending on the 

 season. The apple col- 

 ors early and hangs 

 well on the tree, giving 

 the grower a long sea- 

 son over which to pick 

 the apple. It will keep 

 in common storage un- 

 til October, and can be 

 put in cold storage and 

 brought out in prime 

 condition in February. 



The apple sizes up well 

 the^e being no seconds 

 on the tree hardly, most 

 of the apples gradinff 

 from two and one-h»lf 

 to four inches. We fill- 

 ed a round bushel with 

 64 of these apples this 

 season with the average 

 run of the tree. 



This apple, having 

 its origin in Mon- 

 mouth County, N. J., 

 and in the field nver 

 which our brave soldiers 

 fought the battle of 

 Monmouth in the Revo- 

 lutionary War, we feel 

 that we could give it no 

 more fitting a name 

 than Monmouth Beauty 

 and have so named it — 

 Monmouth Beauty. 



This apple made its 

 first appearance before 

 the public at Trenton 

 Interstate Fair, Sep- 

 tember 28 to October 

 3, 1925, and was pro- 

 nounced to be the most 

 beautiful apple on ex- 

 hibition there during 

 the Fair and has been 

 spoken of with favor 

 by the leading Horticul- 

 turists of the East as 

 well as some of the 

 leading orchardists who have seen it. 



These are the plain facts about the apple 

 as near as we can state them and it is our 

 desire to have this apple planted in every sec- 

 tion of the country and tried to the limit for 

 we feel that it will prove itself worthy and will 

 soon be one of the most profitable apples of the 

 summer or mid-season varieties. 



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