. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 256 FARMER S HAND-BOOK. flavor. A fine fruit for dessert, cooking, or cider; ripe in September and October. Fig. 126. Rarnbo. — Sometimes called Gilpin, Romanite, Bread and Cheese, and Seck-no-further. Popular in Middle States. Does well on a light sandy soil. Size not large ; flat; skin smooth ; color variegated . flesh greenish- white, tender, rich, slightly acid. Productive, ripening last of October to late in the season. Fig. 127. Yellow Bellflower. — A much-admired fruit, rather preferring a sandy soil. Fruit large, oblong ; skin smooth ;
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 256 FARMER S HAND-BOOK. flavor. A fine fruit for dessert, cooking, or cider; ripe in September and October. Fig. 126. Rarnbo. — Sometimes called Gilpin, Romanite, Bread and Cheese, and Seck-no-further. Popular in Middle States. Does well on a light sandy soil. Size not large ; flat; skin smooth ; color variegated . flesh greenish- white, tender, rich, slightly acid. Productive, ripening last of October to late in the season. Fig. 127. Yellow Bellflower. — A much-admired fruit, rather preferring a sandy soil. Fruit large, oblong ; skin smooth ; color pale yellow, with a blush flosh juicy, tender, sub-acid. A good bearer, ripening in Remarks. — The five preceding varieties are among the choicest/^rf? apples. There are others of nearly equal value, such as the Golden Sweet; Richardson; Summer Bellflower, of New York ; Bars, of Rhode Island ; Lyman's Large Summer, of Connecticut; Winthrop Greening, of Maine; Early Joe, of New York ; Mexico, of Connecticut; Superb Sweet, of Mas- sachusetts ; Fairbanks; Sassafras, or Haskell Sweet; Fall Wine; Lowell; Moses Wood; Jersey Sweeting; Lelaj^i Pippin; Potnme Royal, of Ohio;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original O'Neill, F. W. , ed; Williams, H. L. , ed. New York, R. Worthington
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