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Second sheet, Variety Mann's Choice

Storage notes: 1926 Crop. Out of storage 2/25/27.
Exam 2/28/27.  In good condition
no shriveling. Perhaps a little past prime
but still in pretty good condition. Flesh tender
mild subacid, pleasant, fairly good,
"If this really is Robun [which apparently
it was not] it is a better apple at this 
date than has been suggested by previously
recorded examinations of earlier dates.

Vigor of Tree: Exceptionally (strong) average weak.  Size:
Exceptionally large (average) small.

Foliage: Very abundant normal scanty.  Leaves: Very large
medium small; Color: Light dark normal. 75%

Habit of Growth:  Very (upright roundish) broad flat spreading.
Central leader: Partially retained (disappeared.)

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Branching:
Main limbs: Very (medium) long short;  Very (medium slender)
stout; Medium (straight) crooked.
Secondary limbs: Numerous (medium) few; Medium (slender) stout;
Drooping.
Twigs: Many medium (few); Medium (slender) stout; Long (medium)
short; (Straight) branched twiggy; Medium (open)
dense; Willowy.
Spurs: Very many medium (few);  Very (medium) slender stout;
½ - (1 - 2) - 3 inch; Mostly branched unbranched;
Spur twigs: Few medium many; Terminal bearing mostly
considerable slight none

General aspect of tree: Medium (slender open) dense stocky
grower; Top (round) much broader narrower than tall.
See below

Illustrations:
Tree photographed

Fruit painted  None                Fruit modeled

Fruit described None

<s>Disease notes by J. W. Roberts:</s>
Very few spurs and no spur twigs to speak of.
May be a terminal bearer. Bark on the 
main limbs is characteristic - clean,
light colored, and many longitudinal
check marks in outside bark.
        