APPLES 
lina, where it originated, it ripened in 
June. It has a subacid flavor, flesh ten- 
der. 
The fruit is small to medium, roundish, 
ovate, rather inclined to be oblong, sides 
unusually unequal, cavity small, accumi- 
nate to acute, calyx medium to_ large, 
leafy, closed or sometimes alittle open. 
The skin is tender, smooth, and. variable 
in color. In some sections of the East 
the color is a yellowish or greenish red, 
in others it is a deep red. In the irri- 
gated regions of the Northwest, it is al- 
ways red. 
Rhode Island Greening 
The Rhode Island Greening does not 
do the best in the Pacific Northwest and 
the Rocky Mountain states, but is at home 
in New England, New York and Penn- 
sylvania. In the northeastern and north 
central states it is probably unsurpassed 
as an apple for dessert and culinary pur- 
poses. As its name indicates, the apple 
is green in color; is generally a deep 
grass-green in early autumn, but later as 
it ripens develops a more or less yellow- 
ish color. In some sections of the coun- 
try it has a dull blush and occasionally 
develops a rather bright red cheek, but 
never striped. Generally it is productive 
and an annual bearer. The fruit has a 
recognized standard in both domestic and 
foreign markets and sells at good prices. 
Delaware Red. 
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The tree is long lived and eventually 
becomes large, although it is not an ex- 
ceptionally rapid grower. It. is hardy, 
strong, vigorous, and _ usually pretty 
healthy, but unless thorough preventive 
treatment is given, both foliage and fruit 
are often injured by apple scab fungus. 
The form of the tree is wide-spreading, 
somewhat drooping, rather dense. Twigs 
medium to long, often somewhat crooked, 
rather stocky, internodes usually short. 
Bark olive green with reddish brown, 
thinly covered with lines of gray scarf 
Skin, pubescent. Leaves rather large, 
broad, foliage rather dense. Fruit is 
above medium to large or very large, quite 
uniform in size and shape. Form round- 
ish, oblate or sometimes inclined to conic, 
regular or a little inclined to elliptical, 
somewhat obscurely ribbed, symmetrical 
or sides slightly unequal. . Skin moder- 
ately thick, tough, smooth, waxy, grass- 
green varying to rather yellow. 
Originated in Rhode Island, and in the 
town of Foster, in Rhode Island, is a 
tree supposed to be nearly 200 years old. 
(1914.) 
Rome Beauty 
The Rome Beauty originated in Ohio, by 
H. N. Gillett of Lawrence county, and 
was first brought to the notice of the pub- 
lic in the Ohio Fruit Growers’. Conven- 
tion in 1848. It is coming to be widely 
Red Astrachan. 
Macxted Photo. 
