[Illustration: _From a Photo. by R. W. Fisk, Rickmansworth._]
The photograph here reproduced shows a very unique freak of Nature.
It represents an apple tree that was growing on October 12th last in
Mr. Blake's garden, the Metropolitan Station-master at Rickmansworth
(Herts), and its point of interest lies in the fact that although the
tree is still in full blossom there are several ripe apples upon it
at the same time. There were several dozen other similar trees of the
same age in the garden, but this is the only one that bore blossom and
fruit at the same time. The photograph was sent in by Mr. R. W. Fisk,
of Rickmansworth.