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SECTION I.-APPLES.-CoNTiNUED. 



Remarks. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, productive. Fruit of very 



delicate texture. Popular wherever known. 

 Tardy, irregular bearer. Fruit often imperfect. Valued 



mainly for its earliness. Fails on old trees. 

 For the garden. With high culture the fruit is beautiful 



and excellent. 

 Tree strong, spreading, productive; liable to scab. In 



central district lacks productiveness. 

 Fruit scabby and imperfect on old trees. Best on new, 



rich eoile. Profitable where it succeeds. 

 Hardy, vigorous. Shoots slender. Brings a high price in 



late spring, if wintered in close packages. 

 A fine culinary fruit. Tree a tine grower and hardy; 



lacks productiveness. Bears better at the north. 

 Tree vigorous, productive. Desirable. More than one 



variety grown under this name. 

 Should be in every orchard. A very good market variety. 



Of the highest quality. 

 Prolific. One of the richest early sweet apples. Tree 



tender in central district. 

 Good bearer alternate years. Fruit small, very beautiful, 



and good. Popular. 

 Spreading, vigorous, prolific. The most popular autumn 



market apple. Rather acid for dessert. 

 Vigorous, stocky; leaves large. Buds prominent. May 



be an old variety. 

 Strong, upright, hardy. Tardy bearer. Requires good 



culture and careful handling. 

 Popular in Oakland coimty. Less disseminated else- 

 where. 

 Hardy, vigorous, very productive. Of little value except 



for cooking and market. Sells well. 

 Habit of tree like R. I. Greening, but less vigorous. De- 

 servedly popular. Fruit beautiful and excellent. 

 One of the best dessert apples. Subject to water core 



and other defects. Ripens in succession. 

 Strong grower; early bearer; hardy. Fruit beautiful; 



showy; profitable: too sour for dessert. 

 Very popular for market. Tree not vigorous. Should be 



top grafted in all cases. Best on strong soils. 

 Tree spreading, vigorous; productive on strong soils, 



best at lake shore. One of the old favorites. 

 Tree strong, spreading, productive, tender. Not profit- 

 able on light soils. 

 Tree hardy, vigorous, upright, spreading, productive. 



Like Fameuse, but superior to it. 

 Tree vigorous, hardy, productive. Fruit good enough to 



sell. Valued as a market fruit. 

 Tree a little tender, and lacks productiveness. The most 



popular early sweet apple. 

 Best winter baking apple. The most popular and 



profitable sweet market apple. 

 Apt to blow down, A good early winter dessert fruit. 



Improves at the north. 

 Fruit sometimes imperfect in Lenawee county. Very 



profitable for market. 

 Early bearer; ruining the tree unless thinned and highly 



cultivated. Fine dessert apple. Sells well. 

 Popular old variety for home use. Somewhat lacking in 



productiveness, and hence unprofitable. 

 Needs dry, warm soils. High, rich flavor. Often unpro- 

 ductive. Not .successf id. at the north. 

 Tree very hardy, vigorous. Will take the place of Early 



Harvest, especially at the north. 



to cover the season would contain Red Astrachan, Primate, Keswick, Shia- 

 wassee, Red Canada, Baldwin, Talman, and Northern Spy. 



For a large commercial orchard, the choice seems to be Northern Sj)y, 

 Red Canada, Baldwin, R. I, Greening, Ben Davis, and Jonathan, although 



