FRUIT CATALOGUE. 



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FRUIT CATALOGUE FOE 1896 AND 1897. 



ABBREVIATIONS APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE CATALOGUE. 



Season. Origin. 



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b. beginning. 

 e. end. 

 m. middle. 



The usual h. hybrid, 



abbreviations ?. doubtful, 



for countries. 



SECTION I.— APPLES. 



b. brown. 



c. carmine, 

 cr. crimson. 



d. darli. 

 g. green. 



Color. 



o, orange, 

 p. purplish. 

 r. red. 

 ru. russet. 

 8. scarlet. 



V. Vermillion, 

 w. whitish, 

 y. yellow. 





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Remarks. 



Tree vigorous, spreading, productive; very beautiful. For cooking su perior . 

 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 



in 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. 

 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, 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 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, uprlglit, 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. 

 Tardy, irregular bearer. Fruit often imperfect. Valued mamly for ita 



earliness. Fails on old trees. 

 For the garden. With light culture the fruit is beautiful and excellent. 

 One of the most attractive dessert apples of its season. Ripens in succes- 

 sion. By some considered profitable. 



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