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from 75 to 100 years of age. The limbs are tough, not being easily broken by heavy 

 crops of fruit or by storms. Under favorable conditions heavy crops may be expected 

 in alternate years, with very light ones in "off" years. While the fruit is not of high 

 dessert quality, it is considered by many growers to be the best "general-purpose'' 

 sort grown in this particular section, and it is prized for cooking, drying, and cider 

 making as well as for dessert purposes. It usually sells well in southern markets, but 

 is less desirable in the North than many other sorts. In certain instances it has proved 

 very profitable. 



In Bedford County, where it has been extensively studied, it is quite sensitive to the 

 influence of the conditions under which it is grown. In general, it requires much 

 the same conditions for its highest development that the Yellow Newtown apple does. 

 These are described in considerable detail under that variety. A few specific facts 

 regarding its adaptability may be mentioned . Porters clay at the higher points at which 

 this soil type occurs gives good results; also Porters black loam at its usual elevations 

 up to the limit of 2,500 feet at least. No observations have been made in the present 

 connection at a higher altitude than this. In the Piedmont portion of this county it 

 is rarely successful on the types of soil commonly found. Under these conditions 

 the fruit rots and drops badly, and that which reaches maturity is usually small and 

 inferior in appearance and flavor. Occasionally fairly good results are obtained from 

 trees on Cecil clay and Cecil sandy loam, but such results are exceptional. Certain 

 claims are made by some growers relative to the influence of soil upon the texture and 

 color of the fruit, as, for instance, the development of a tougher flesh on the red clay 

 soils than on other types. These claims, however, have not been verified. 

 Disharoon. 



The distribution of this variety is very limited, even though it has been in culti- 

 ,vation for many years. The only specimens which have been found in connection 

 with these investigations were grown in Habersham County, Ga. , the county in which 

 it originated. The fruit is only small to medium in size and not particularly attractive 

 in appearance, but is of high dessert quality. It is therefore of value primarily for 

 home use. In porous friable soils of the section mentioned, at an elevation of 1,200 

 to 1,500 feet, it does well. 

 Doinine. 



This variety is occasionally found in the older Piedmont orchards of Virginia, but 

 it has not been planted in recent years. It does fairly well on all of the types of soil 

 in the Piedmont region, but produces the most of its fruit in alternate years. In a 

 high state of cultivation it would probably bear considerable fruit every year. In 

 one orchard on Cecil sandy loam, at an elevation of about 900 feet, it is said never to 

 fail to produce a partial crop. In this case it is receiving no special care. Its season 

 of ripening is late fall and early winter. 

 Dula. Sjiionym: Dula's Beauty. 



This variety is doubtless a seedling of the Limbertwig, as it originated from a col- 

 lection of seeds of this variety which were planted for stocks. The general charac- 

 teristics of the tree give additional evidence of such an origin. The tree, however, is 

 more thrifty and vigorous than the Limbertwig. It originated at Lenoir, Caldwell 

 County, N. C, from seed planted by Mr. J. A. Dula, who knows the variety as Dula's 

 Beauty, but under the rules of the American Pomological Society this should be 

 reduced to Dula. It has not yet been widely disseminated. It is a large, dark red, 

 more or less striped apple of good dessert quality, keeps fairly well, and is a prolific 

 bearer in the vicinity of its origin. It is considered an apple of much value as a long- 

 keeping variety both for home use and for market, and is said to do well either on 

 bottom land which is a sandy alluvial soil or on hills and ridges where the type 

 approaches Cecil clay. The elevation where it is most grown is 1,000 to 1,200 feet. 

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