FRUIT CATALOGUE 

 SECTION I.— APPLES.— Continued. 



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Locality. 



Remarks. 



Vigorous, productive. A promising fruit for market and genera) purposes. 

 Moderately vigorous, very productive. Not widely disseminattd. 

 Vigorous, upright, productive. Is a good market variety. 



Vigorons, stocky; leaves large. Bads prominent. May ba an old variety. 



Also known in Fulton coui.ty, 'Jhio. 

 Productive. An excellent dessert apple. Deserves more attention. 

 Tree spreading, vigorous, prolific. Fruit very perfect, even sized, and 



beautiful. 

 Strong, upright, hardy. Tardy bearer. Fruit sometimes uneven and 



imperfect. Requires good culture and careful handling. 

 Popular in Oakland county. Less disseminated elsewhtsre. 

 A vigorous, hardy, southern apple. Dots well in ej- stern Michigan. 

 Very vigorous, productive. One of the most valuable late autumn apples. 

 Hardy, vigorous, very productive. Of little value except for cooking and 



market. Sells well, but soon decays. 

 Hardy, moderate grower, regular bearer. Must have suitable soil and 



good culture. 

 Tree vigorous, spreading, productive. A beautiful, desirable sweet apple. 

 Habit of tree like R. I. Ureening, but less vigorous. Generally and deserv- 

 edly popular. Fruit beautiful and excellent. 

 Distinct from Golden Russet. An early, abundant bearer. More than one 



variety is probably grown under this name. 

 Hardy and productive. 

 Moderate, upright grower. Good early bearer. An excellent fine dessert 



apple. Less successful on light soils. 

 Usually very fair. Valuable for market as well as dessert. 

 One of the best dessert apples. Subject to water core and other defects. 



Ripens in succession. 

 Tree strong, upright, spreading. Fruit often water cored. Culinary. 

 A vigorous but tender tree. Overbears and pi oduces small fruit, .a very 



common farmers' apple. 

 Hardy, vigorous, spreading. Better farther south. Blossoms late. 

 Very vigorous and productive. Best sweet apple of its season for cooking 



and market. 

 Strong grower; early bearer; hardy. Fruit beautiful; showy; profitable; 



too sour for dessert. 

 Very popular for market where fully proved. Tree not vigorous. Should 



he top-grafted in all cases. Best on stroog soils. 

 Often small, scabby and imperfect. Quality excellent. Ripens in succes- 

 sion. Better farther south. 

 Tree much like Baldwin. The same is true of fruit except the russet, and 



higher flavor. 

 Tree spreading, vigorous; generally productive on strong soils; best at lake 



shore. One of the old favorites 

 Tree a good grower, productive. High, sharp flavor. Succeeds at the north. 

 Moderate giower, productive. Inclined to overbear on old trees. 

 Very liable to attacks of the codling moth. Tree strong, spreading, pro- 

 ductive, tender. Not profitable on light soils. 

 Tree hardy, vigorous, upright, spreading, productive. Like Fameuse, bat 



superior to it. 

 Very productive, vigorous, straggling. Valued for market purposes. 

 Vigorous, spreading, productive. Culinary, market. 



Tree vigorous, upright, productive. Widely disseminated, but not valuabl . 

 Ti Be vigorous, hardy, productiVd. Fruit good enough to sell. Valued as 



a market fruit. 

 Tree very vigoious, productive. Highly and justly valued. Sometimes 



cracks and scabs 

 Tree spreading, drooping, moderate regular bearer. Very desirable 



among sweet apples. 

 Slow grower, hardy. Fiuit, when perfect, mild, rich, excellent. Very 



beautiful. 

 Liable to scab. One of the best cooking apples. Popular. 

 Tree moderately vigorous, productive. Oue of the fintst dessert fruits of 



its season. 

 Promising for home use and market. 

 Can only be recommended as an amateur fruit. Tree lacks hardiness. 



Fruit often imp-rfect. Requires rich, warm, dry soil. 

 Of little valie, except where great hardiness is required. 

 Tree vigorous, upright, productive. A fine, long keeping table fruit. 

 One of the best early Russian sorts. 



