ORCHARD NOTES. 



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take the Alexander. As will be seen, the variety is described as 

 a large, striped apple of roundish-conical form and moderately 

 good quality in season during the autumn. It is of Russian 

 origin and is worthy of general planting. 



CATALOGUE OF THE HARDIEST APPLES. 



Abbreviations used:— Size— 1, large; m, medium; s, small. Form— c, conical ; ob, 

 oblate; r, roundish. Color— g, green; r, red; g y, greenish-yellow; y r, yellow and 

 red; r s, red striped; rus, russetted. Flavor— a, acid; s a, sub-acid; s, sweet. 

 Flesh— b, breaking; d, dry; j, juicy; c, crisp; t, tougb. Season— E A, early 

 autumn; L A, late autumn; W, winter. 



Variety. 



Description. 



S 



u 

 O 

 6* 



a 

 o 

 « 



GO 



SO 



Remarks. 



Alexander 



Anisim (18m) 



A port (252) 



Arabka (257) 



Arctic 



Arthur 



Bethel 



Borsdorf (356). ... 



Cross (413) 



Daisy 



Duchess No. S 



Dudley. 



Early Scarlet 



Early Sweet 



Excelsior 



Gideon 



Gideon No. 6 



Golden Reinette .. 



Green Crimean 



(390) 

 Harry Kaump 



Hayford Sweet 

 Hibernal (378) — 



A 

 A 



A 

 \V 



W 



w 



w 

 w 



A 

 LA 

 LA 



EW 



EA 



EA 



A 



A 



A 



A 

 W 



W 

 A 



Rus 

 Rus 



Rus 

 Rus 



N. Y 

 N. Y. 



Vt. 

 Rus. 



Rus. 



Rus. 



Minn. 



Me. 



Can. 



Rus. 

 Minn. 

 Minn. 

 Minn. 



Rus. 



Rus. 

 Eu. 



Me. 

 Rus. 



1 1 



** 



t 

 t 



** 



** 



t 

 t 



A popular market 

 sort. 



Of the Jonathan 

 type, very pro- 

 ductive. 



Of Alexander type. 



Dry, insipid, but 

 very handsome, 

 resembling Blue 

 Pearmain. 



"A hardy Bald- 

 win." 



Very hard}-, prom- 

 ising north. 



Promising for the 

 north. 



Small but hardy, 

 productive, and 

 keeps well. 



Good for cooking. 



Handsome, promis- 

 ing. 



f Promising seed- 

 ling of Olden- 

 burg. 



*i Widely planted in 

 northern Maine. 



t Good. Of Astra- 

 chan type. 



Scabs badly. 

 Rots at core. 



A large, handsome 

 crab; seedling of 

 Gideon. 



Promising. 



Good for cooking, 

 fj Small, hardy, good 



keeper. 

 .. "The best sweet 

 apple for the 

 north." 

 •"Good for cooking. 



