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OUR PEDIGREED FRUIT TREES 
The flesh is of a whitish tinge, sometimes bearing a small trace of red, rather 
fine, tender, crisp and juicy with a brisk sub-acid flavor. 
We would recommend the planting of this apple as a commercial variety, 
wherever planters have access to good local markets, and also for culinary 
purposes, wherever the soil and climate is adapted to the growing of any other 
variety of apple. Its period of ripening makes it one of the most valuable of 
early apples for commercial purposes, and is most highly esteemed by house¬ 
wives in general. Ripens in July and when placed in a dark cellar can be kept 
until September. 
Red June The Red June, originated in South Carolina, is another of the 
early summer varieties. Although it has the reputation of being 
a very good apple it has not been planted to any great extent commercially. 
The tree is a moderate grower, of spreading habit and as it attains age it 
usually is a reliable bearer. 
The fruit is rather small, roundish and uniform, having a tender, smooth 
glossy skin, of pale yellow or greenish overspread with a deep red, sometimes 
very dark on the exposed cheek. Some specimens are entirely red with rather 
numerous dots, which are very small and light. The flesh is white, tender, 
juicy and of a rich sub-acid flavor. 
It is particularly adapted to the interior valleys and foothill sections, al¬ 
though, for home use, it is approved in most all localities. Used principally 
as a dessert fruit. Ripens in July. 
Rome Beauty Arkansas Black 
Rome Beauty 
known to apple growers as a very 
tree, being of upright habit, a late 
attains medium size and while 
This variety is well 
hardy and vigorous 
bloomer and nearly always a sure cropper. It 
upright at first, becomes spreading with age. 
,f be fruit averages above medium size and is quite uniform both in size and 
shape winch is roundish to slightly oblong. The skin is thick, tough, and 
r;f-T7 ^ f r keS 14 l ver n Vall ! ab ! e a PP‘ e for shipping and storage pur- 
poses It is of a greenish yellow shade, mottled with bright red, sometimes 
almost solid red on the exposed cheek, often striped with a darker red and 
covered with numerous whitish or brown dots. The flesh is nearly white, with 
a slight tinge of yellow, moderately fine grained, very juicy and aromatic with 
an agreeable mild sub-acid flavor. 
Rome Beauty is particularly noted for its fine keeping qualities which ren¬ 
der it a very profitable apple, both as a commercial and family orchard 
variety. It ranks favorably with the well known Baldwin for its dessert and 
culinary purposes but comes into bearing at a much earlier age, which makes 
it a great favorite among planters. We highly recommend the planting of 
this apple in all parts of California. Ripens in November and under proper 
conditions can be kept until the latter part of March. 
Stark Is regarded as a very good commercial variety as the tree is a thrifty 
grower and usually a reliable cropper. On account of the thick, 
tough nature of the skin the apple handles well and is a favorite for fruit 
stands as well as for the making of evaporated apples and for its culinary uses. 
