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CATALOG OF APPLES. 



This catalog contains 804 apples. The majority of these, 698 

 in all, were described in the Apples of New York 1 and in Bul- 

 letin 275 2 from this Station. Nearly all of the varieties found 

 in the three publications are, or have been, grown in the Station 

 orchard. Some changes have been made in the discussion of the 

 old varieties and the Station records of new varieties have been 

 supplemented by information from originators and introducers. 

 To enable fruit-growers to dig a little below the surface in using 

 the catalog a few explanatory notes are necessary. 



Place of origin. — The first column in the catalog gives the place 

 of origin of the varieties. The origin of a fruit is well worth 

 knowing for its practical value, as it often helps very materially 

 in determining whether a variety should be planted in a region. 

 Thus, it may be assumed that the Russian sorts grown in America 

 are particularly well suited to northern regions; that those from 

 south of the Mason and Dixon line are true southerners as those 

 from the north are northerners ; it may even be assumed that an 

 apple originating in New York will succeed there better than in 

 any adjoining State, as it must have been well fitted to its habitat 

 to have succeeded well enough to get out of the limbo of unnamed 

 seedlings. To this statement there are several notable exceptions, 

 some sorts thriving within the State that according to theory 

 ought to fail forthwith. 



Bearing age. — The second column tells the number of years it 

 took varieties to come into bearing in the Station orchard. The 

 ages of bearing are not very trustworthy; for in most cases there 

 have been but two trees and the varieties were not planted the same 

 year. And, again, a decade or more ago when trees were headed 

 high and pruned much, it took them longer to come into bearing 

 than nowadays when we head low and prune little. Yet the ages 

 given are suggestive and seem to the authors worth printing. 



IN. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. "Apples of New York." 

 2N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 275. 



