APPLES 
I took scions from these and grafted other 
trees with the same result. Last spring 
I grafted from the third generation and 
while these have not borne, yet I do not 
fear but that I shall get the same ‘Red 
Rome Beauty.” 
J. Howard WRIGHT 
North Yakima, Wash., November 26, 1912. 
Red Rome Beauty. 
Maszted Photo. 
Another tree of this same variety, and to all 
appearances identical, is owned by Mr. Harry 
Maxted near North Yakima. The original stock 
seems to have come from the same nursery and 
about the same time as that of Mr. Wright’s, 
described above.—Ed. 
Ross Morris 
This apple, which we call the Ross 
Morris, came from the orchard of Mr. 
Ross Morris of Zillah, Washington, and 
seems to be a variation from the Jona- 
than. lt was bought in 1898 with Jona- 
than stock, from a nursery in Walla 
Walla, Washington. Tne tree is inclined 
to dwarf, being only a little more than 
half as large as the Spitzenburg and Jon- 
athan of the same age. The top and limbs 
are very like those of the Jonathan but 
a little more slender. Bark yellowish; 
leaves much like those of the Jonathan, 
but not quite so broad. Bears at about 
the age of eight years, or two years later 
than the Jonathan; but when its bearing 
period begins it bears heavily, and re- 
quires thinning. 
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Fruit medium size, round, oblate, red 
with specks of yellow and an-occasional 
light colored spot, as if shaded by a 
leaf. Skin rather tough, flesh tender, 
juicy, Sweet or a very mild subacid. It 
keeps well in common storage, and has 
been kept out of cold storage in an ordi- 
nary cellar, until May or June. Is a good 
Shipper, good for baking, and good for 
dessert, for persons who like the sweet 
varieties. 
It is so much like the Jonathan in ap- 
pearance that if it were not for its keep- 
ing qualities and decidedly different fla- 
vor, it might be easily mistaken for that 
variety. Matures from November on. 
SPITZENBURG. See Esopus Spitzenburg. 
Ross Morris. 
Seedless Apples 
Within the last few years there has 
been in several places discovered what is 
called the “seedless apple.” In Washing- 
ton, Oregon, California and Colorado 
there have been accounts published in 
the papers of apples without seeds, and 
without cores. Also word comes from 
Scotland, Conn., through the Connecticut 
Experiment station, that a seedless apple 
has been produced there. 
In some parts of the Pacific coast, per- 
sons have undertaken the propagation of 
the seedless apple, claiming for it supe- 
rior qualities in various ways. Julian A. 
Dorrance, of Scotland, Conn., claims for 
