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aud bears regularly and abundantly. The apples sell well in any 

 market on account of their attractive appearance and their good 

 baking qualities. 



Bummer Ramho is one of the most profitable fall apples that can 

 be grown for the home market in Pennsylvania. Its large size, at- 

 tractive appearance and excellent quality', either eating or cooking, 

 commend it to every housekeeper, and the man who has them for 

 sale need have no other kind ripening at the same time, as there 

 is nothing in its season that can compare with it. It succeeds well 

 on either high or low land, if the latter is well drained. 



Smohehouse follow s immediately after Summer Kambo, and is the 

 only fall apple that can take its place. The tree is a rather crooked, 

 scrubby grower in the nursery, but when planted in the orchard and 

 carefully pruned, it grows vigorously, and bears abundantly. It 

 thrives and does well on rich, valley farms, on clay, shale, gravel and 

 loam. In fact it seems to do well on any rich, well drained soil, and 

 it sells at top prices in any market. As its season is about the same 

 as King, there seems to be no reason whj^ it should not be grown in 

 the northern tier of counties for export. It is certainly worthy of 

 trial. 



White Doctor. — A native of Pennsylvania, is a very large, green, 

 baking and eating apple, of excellent quality; ripens about the 1st 

 of October. Good for local market. 



Tompkins King. — While generally classed as a winter apple, it is a 

 fall apple in most counties of Pennsylvania, but owing to its fine 

 appearance and excellent quality, it sells well at any time. The 

 tree grows vigorousl}^ and bears well for a few years, but usually is 

 very short lived. It has been suggested by Prof. Bailey, that this 

 variety should be top worked on some stronger, hardier stock, like 

 Northern Spy, and a number of trees have been treated in this way 

 during the past few years. If the experiment proves successful this 

 will be a very profitable variety to grow either for home market or 

 for export. 



WINTER APPLES. 



Baldwin stands at the head of the list in popularity. It has been 

 reported as one of the five best varieties by every grower who an- 

 swered my circular of inquiry. The objection to it in southern 

 Pennsylvania is, that it ripens too soon, and is apt to drop before 

 picking time. This premature dropping, however, is generally 

 caused by leaf blight, which attacks the leaves, and they are unable 

 to perform their functions during the latter part of the season. It 

 has been found, if the trees are thoroughly sprayed three or four 

 times during the season with Bordeaux mixture, that the leaves will 



