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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



SECTION II.— APPLES— CRABS. 



ABBREVIATIOKS FOR THIS SECTION. 



Form. 



a. angular. 



c. conical. 



f. flattened. 



1. kipsided or oblique. 



o. oblong, 



ob. oblate or obtuse, 



ov. oval or ovate, 



r. roundish. 



In selecting varieties of apples for home use it is always well to in- 

 clude such varieties as will provide for a succession throughout the 

 season, — using a greater number of the winter kinds. While productive- 

 ness, size and color are desirable, quality should be considered, especially 

 in the kinds intended for dessert purposes and home use, even more 

 than in the case of those designed for the market. As will be seen from 

 the preceding fruit list, the following are among the best in their 

 respective season in nearly all parts of the State: Summer — Early Straw- 

 berry, Yellow Transparent, Golden Sweet, Bed Astrachan and Sweet 

 Bough; fall — Oldenburgh, Gravenstein, Chenango, Keswick, Washington 

 Strawberry, Maiden Blush, Bailey Sweet and Shiawassee; winter — Jona- 

 than, King, Grimes Golden, Hubbardston, Wagener, Rhode Island Green- 

 ing. Baldwin, Sutton Beautt/, Red Canada, Tolman Sweet, Northern Spy 

 and Stark. While any of these will be desirable for market in sections 



