FRUIT CATALOGUE. 



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FRUIT CATALOGUE FOR 1894 AND 1895. 



ABBBEVIATIONS APPLICABLE THKOUGHOUT THE CATALOGUE. 



Season. Origin. 



The Dsual 

 abbreviations 

 for months. 



b. beginning, 

 e. end. 

 m. middle. 



The nsual 

 abbreviations 

 for countries. 



h. hybrid. 

 ?. donbtfnl. 



SECTION I.— APPLES. 



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 11 



12 

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18 

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20 

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24 



25 

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28 

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30 



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b. brown. 



c. carmine. 

 or. crimson. 



d. dark. 

 g. green. 



Color. 



o. orange. 

 p. purplish, 

 r. red. 

 rn. russet, 

 s. scarlet. 



V. Vermillion, 

 w. whitish, 

 y. yellow. 



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Locality. 



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Bemarks. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, productive; very beautiful. For cooking, superior. 

 Better farther south. Tree upright. Fruit often scabby and worthless. 

 Hardy, vigorous, spreading. Excellent, but not productive enough for the 



market. 

 One of the best dessert sweet apples of the season. 

 For vigor, productiveness, size, beauty and quality combined, this has few if 



any superiors. 

 Tree lacks hardiness. Fruit drops badly. Bitter rot in large specimens. 



Stands first on light soils in southern Michigan. 

 Fruit often defective in this climate. Best for home markets. Suits the 



popular taste. 

 Vigorous, hardy, prolific. Fruit beautiful and handles well, but very poor m 



quality. Sells well in the market. 

 Tree upright, vigorous, very productive. Fruit too small on old trees. 

 Very mild flavor. Soon gets dry and mealy. Prized by a very few persons. 

 In vigor and productiveness, also character of fruit, this is very desirable for 



market and cooking. 

 Beautiful; but lacks both productiveness and quality. 

 Tree a little tender. A favorite early sweet apple. 



Vigorous, hardy, spreading, irregular, productive- A desirable sweet apple. 

 Little grown here. More popular farther south. 



A desirable dessert apple. Not as generally known as it deserves to be. _ 

 Tree vigorous; tender; thin bearer ; drops badly. Poor quality. Subject to 



bitter rot. 

 An old and often excellent apple ; but now little called for. 

 Tree vigorous, spreading, productive. Fruit of very delicate texture. Popular 



wherever known. 

 Tree vigorous, upright, very productive. A desirable market apple. 

 The tree and fruit are both satisfactory, whether for the home or market. 

 Upright, spreading, productive. A desirable family fruit with a quince aroma. 

 Tree vigorous, hardy, prolific. Fruit large, showy, but not of high quality. 



Popular with the masses. Sells well in market. 

 Tree very vigorous, upright, spreading. Fruit even sized, very attractive. 

 Hardy, vigorous, upright, productive. Profitable. 

 Vigorous, productive. A desirable fruit for general purposes. 

 Tree a good grower, productive. Fruit much like the Maiden's Blush. Even 



more beautiful. Worthless at the extreme north. 

 Strong grower and very productive. Deserves more attention. 

 Tree has long, stout, spreading branches, which are very liable to be broken 



by the heavy crops of fruit. Scabs on old trees. 

 One of the very finest dessert apple. A poor grower. Unprofitable as a market 



fruit. 



