FRUIT CATALOGUE 

 SECTION I.— APPLES.— Continued. 



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Locality. 



Remarks. 



For the Karden. 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 profital)le. 

 Strong, upright, very productive, tender. Fruit very even sized, often 



small. Keeps easily a year. Poor quality. 

 Tree lacks vigor. Fruit much called for in the market, but rarely offered. 



Best on rich, warm soils. 

 Grows and produces well. Too poor in quality. Size its chief recommen- 

 dation. Always sells well. 

 Tree vigorous, spreading, productive. Its season and color detract from 



its value. 

 The apple grown in this State under this name proves to be the one known 



as " Newell" in Hillsdale county. 

 Tree strong, spreading, productive; liable to scab. Often keeps till spring. 



In central district lacks productiveness. 

 Grows and bears well. Fruit often scabby. Not extensively grown. 

 Fruit scabby and imperfect on old trees. Best on new, ricn soils. Good 



at the north. Profitable where it succeeds. 

 Strong, reddish brown shoots. Very productive. Sometimes scabby. Not 



este(imed valuable, except perhaps at the north. 

 A peedling of Ben Davis; darker in color and better in quality. Promising 



for market. 

 Moderate grower. Upright, roundish. Best desert apple of its season. 

 Vigorous, upright, spreading. Very promising. 

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

 Promising for the north on account of its hardiness. 

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



in late spring, if wintered in close packages, 

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



at the extreme north. Often fed to stock. 

 An old sort; superior to many better known. 

 A promising Russian sort. 

 A tine culinary fruit. Tree a fine grower and hardy; lacks productiveness. 



Bears better at ihe north. 

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



under this name. 

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



peculiar. 

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

 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 years. A beautiful culin- 

 ary market fruit. 

 Tree upright, vigorous. Very productive. Fruit very beautiful and good. 

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



quality. 

 A very productive and desirable dessert fruit for early autumn. 

 Prolific. One of the richest early sweetapples. Tree tender in cen. districts. 

 Good bearer alternate years. Fruitsmall, very beautiful and good. Popular. 

 Cooks well, even when but half grown. Very early bearer. Very hardy 



and prolific. 

 A beautiful little fancy apple. Brings large price in market in eastern 



cities. Little known west. Sometimes scabs. 

 A fair baking apple. Desirable as a long keeper. Retains its juice and flavor. 

 Regular, early bearer. Chenango is often grown under this name. 

 Popular west and south as a long keeper. Distinct from Willow Twig. 

 A very handsome variety for either dessert or cookiag. 

 Promising for dessert and market. 



strong grower, bears heavily in alternate years. Popular. Profitable. 

 Generally fair. Tree vigorous, upright, spreading. Not largely planted. 

 Spreading, vigorous, prolific. The most popular early autumn market 



apple. Rather acid for dessert. 

 Hardy, upright, annual bearer. Not much disseminated. A long keeper. 

 Vigorous, productive. Fruit excellent. Worthy of increased attention. 

 Thrifty, upright, productive. An excellent variety for home and market. 



Bears alternate years. 

 Tree hardy. Fruit handsome, valuable. 

 One of the very best oessert apples. Tree hardy, with short, wiry, shoots. 



Very produciive alternate years. 

 Model ate grower, hardy, productive. One of the finest of dessert apples. 



