CATALOGUE OF 1879. 



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SECTION I.— APPLES-CONTINUKD. 



REMARKS. 



Moderately vigorous, spreading, iiroductive; desirable in its season. 



Strong, upright. May be valuable for its earliness. 



Strong, reddish brown shoots. Very productive. Sometimes scabby. 



Not esteemed valuable. 

 Small tree; productive. A very beautiful dessert fruit. 



A fme culinary ai^ple. Cooks well when half grown. 



Moderate grower. Upright roundish. Best dessert apple of its season. 



Vigorous, upright, spreading. Very promising. 



Strong, vigorous. The showy fruit is the chief attraction. 



A good cider apple, and passable for the table. 



Vigorous; not productive. Size its only attraction. Worthless every- 

 where. 



Hardy, vigorous. Shoots slender. Very productive. Brings a high 

 price in late spring. 



A hardy, spreading, prolific tree. Very popular in its season. Tree 

 tender at the extreme north. 



A fine culinary fruit. Tree a fine grower and hardy; lacks productive- 

 ness. Bears" better at the north. 



A weak, slender grower. Fails generally at the west. Unprofitable. 



Vigorous, productive. Has good qualities for market. 



Tree vigorous, productive. Desirable. More than one variety grown 

 under this name. The genuine is of course intended. 



Tree spreading, vigorous, hardy, prolific. Fruit beautiiul. Flavor fine, 

 peculiar. 



A hardy, upright, slender grower. A beautiful little fruit for the table. 



Moderate grower, hardy, productive. A good baking sweet apple. 

 Tree overbears and fruit becomes small. Tender flesh, acid. Unworthy. 

 Vigorous, productive. One of the finest of sweet apples. 



Annual bearer. Fruit beautiful and good, but soon decays. A dessert 



fruit. A better keeper north. 

 Tree vigorous, spreading. Productive alternate j-ears. A beautiful 



culinary market fruit. 

 Tree vigorous. Fruit excellent in flavor, but generally imperfect. Very 



unprofitable. 

 Tree upright, vigorous. Veiy productive. Fruit very beautiful and 



good. 

 Vigorous, prolific. Desirable, but very little known. Beautiful. 



Like Fall Pippin, except in quality and season. Very little known. 



Little planted. This season has other and worthier varieties. 



Should give place to others of better quality for this climate. 



Little known; and may very properly be laid aside. 



Should be in every orchard. A very good market variety. Of the high- 

 est quality. 

 Distinct fi-om Golden Russet of N. Y. and the west. Xot as valuable. 



Very productive. Fruit fair, but not very attractive. Little dissem- 



mated. 

 Both tree and fruit adapted for market. Very little known. 



Highly prized in Monroe Co. Not widely disseminated. 



A very productive and desirable dessert fruit for early autumn. 



