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Indian is a fickle title, which seems to apply equally to several varieties. 

 The one fruited here comes from Missouri, and is a medium sized Septem- 

 ber apple of scarcely medium quality. 



Jefferis has no superior as a beautiful and excellent dessert apple for 

 September. 



Jersey Sweet, as a dessert and culinary sweet apple, has few if any 

 superiors during its season. 



Jonathan, as an early and midwinter apple is too widely and favorably 

 known to require description. Here, as elsewhere, to give thorough satis- 

 faction, it should have rich soil and good culture. 



Louise, Princess Louise, is a comparatively recent Ontario seedling, with 

 many characteristics of the Fameuse family of apples. Promising for 

 both dessert and market. 



Lowell is an early and profuse bearer — a fair market variety for Sep- 

 tember. 



Mctatosh is another apple of the Fameuse type, of Canadian origin; 

 apparently possessing desirable qualities for both dessert and market, 

 especially at the North. 



Minkler is perhaps an old variety, unidentified and renamed. It is more 

 popular farther west. 



Munson is a desirable and very beautiful sweet apple; well worth a place, 

 where a sweet apple of that season is desired. 



Oakland, Oakland County Serknofurther, is a popular variety in Oakland 

 County, Mich., and quite possibly may be an unrecognized and renamed 

 old apple. Here the tree is an unusually slender, spreading grower, and an 

 early bearer. Fruit beautifully blushed, with a mild, rich flavor. 



Ontario, originating in the province of that name, is said to be the result 

 of a cross, between Northern Spy and Wagener, by the late Charles Arnold. 

 The tree proves to be an early and profuse bearer, and the large, fine, fruit 

 keeps well till spring. 



Primate has no superior as an August dessert apple; with the drawback, 

 however, that overgrown specimens are likely to become watercored. Its 

 delicate texture, together with its habit of ripening in succession, to some 

 extent, unfit it for the market. 



Quince (of Cole) is an old, very highly flavored apple, especially fine for 

 culinary purposes. 



Eamsdell Sweet, English Sweet, of Downing, is excellent as a late autumn 

 and early winter sweet apple. 



Red Astrachan is so well and widely known as scarcely to require men- 

 tion. For market, it somewhat lacks productiveness. 



Red Canada, so long the most popular market winter apple in Detroit 

 and Chicago markets, under the pseudonym — Steel's Red Winter, is no 

 longer successful in the eastern Michigan region where it was once so 

 extensively grown, largely, no doubt, owing to the increased depredations 

 of insects and fungi, and perhaps even more largely to the depletion of 

 soils from continual -cropping, without adequate fertilizing. The variety 

 is said to be inclined to scab and crack on some light soils; still it may 

 reasonably be hoped that careful, thorough fertilizing and spraying may 

 largely overcome these difficulties, and, possibly, to some extent, restore its 

 lost prestige. The variety is now fruiting at this station, and even on 

 very light soil, is showing perfect fruit. 



Red June is highly valued as an early apple of fine flavor and great 

 beauty. In Michigan it is inclined to scab, crack and overbear. 



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