328 STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



Maiden Blush : — A very attractive, regular, oblate apple, colored with 

 clear yellow and blushed with a brilliant red cheek. The tree is hardy 

 and thrifty. A reliable cropper. The flavor is sprightly. Very good 

 for market and culinary purposes. Also good for evaporating. Ripens 

 early October. 



Mason Orange: — A seedling of Yellow Bellflower. YelloAV, with a 

 faint, broM'nish-red cheek. Quality very good. The tree is moderately 

 thrifty and vigorous. Fairly productive. Somewhat tender for market 

 purposes. Suitable for home use. Season November to January. 



Mcintosh: — Of Fameuse type, but larger and of higher color. Form 

 roundish-oblate, regular. Color mostly dark red, covered v.'ith a bluish 

 bloom. Flesh white, sometimes stained with red. Skin rather tender 

 and subject to scab. Quality very good. The tree is a moderately 

 strong grower, hardy and productive. Very desirable for dessert and 

 culinary purposes; also as a high-class market apple. Brings highest 

 prices. Ripens early in October. 



Mother: — A roundish-conical, striped, red apple of very good quality. 

 The tree is a moderate grower and fairly productive. Only fairly 

 vigorous. Texture is tender. Ripens September 20th. Desirable for 

 dessert purposes. Too mild for culinary purposes and too tender for 

 market purposes. 



McMahon (White) : — A large, yellow, roundish apple, ripening about 

 the first of October. Its texture is somewhat tender lessening its value 

 for market. The quality is very good but rather strong for eating 

 although very good for culinary purposes. The tree is vigorous and 

 productive. Comes into bearing early and quite productive. Good for 

 home use and for market to some extent. 



Northern Spy: — This variety, one of the very best winter varieties, 

 is being set aside for other varieties principally on account of its slow- 

 ness in coming into bearing and susceptibility to scab. The trees are 

 very hardy and if worked ui)on bearing trees it will not be long before 

 a crop can be secured. Under poor conditions it does not bear until 

 it is sixteen to eighteen years old. Sometimes the fruit lacks color, 

 generally when the tree is making fast growth and is slow in coming 

 into bearing. It can be grown to advantage in a rather stony or gravelly 

 soil that is not over rich in nitrogen and has plenty of potash and 

 phosphoric acid. It should be more extensively grown as there will 

 always be a popular demand for it and it is especially adapted to the 

 conditions of the state. 



Oakland: — A medium-sized apple of dark red color on a yellow ground. 

 Oblate in shape. Quality very good, desirable for dessert. The tree 

 is a rather slow grower, having a slender growth and spreading habit. 

 Reliably productive. Flesh is white and somewhat resembles Fameuse 

 in flavor. Good for dessert and market. Season November to March. 



Oldenburg (Duchess) : — Probably the most popular early apple due 

 to the earliness in which it comes into bearing, its good size and ap- 

 pearance, and the thriftiness and hardiness of the tree. Deficient in 

 quality. Very good for market and culinary purposes. The best of 

 the Russian kinds. Ripens early in August. 



Ontario: — A cross between Wagener and Northern Spy. In appear- 

 ance much like Spy except that it has the oblntenoss of Wagener. Like 

 Spy it often lacks color. In product iveness, hardiness and tliriftiuess, 



