FRUIT CATALOGUE. 



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SECTION I.— APPLES— Continued. 



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Remarks. 



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



esteemed valuable, except perhaps at the north. 

 Moderately vigorous, spreading, productive; desirable in its season. 



Strong, upright. May bo valuable for its earliness. 



A fine culinary apple. Cooks well when half grown. 



Moderate grower. Upright roundish. Best dessert apple of its season. 



Vigorous, upright, spreading. Very promising. 



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



A good cider appfb, and passable for the table. 



Vigorous ; not productive. Size its only attraction. Worthless every- 

 where. 



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. 



A fine culinary fruit. Tree a fine grower and hardy; lacks productive- 

 ness. Bears bf tter at the north. 



A weak, slender grower. Fails generally at the west. Unprofitable. Best 

 on " opening " soils. 



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. 



Tree overbears and fruit becomes small. Flesh tender, acid. Unworthy. 

 Vigorous, productive. One of the finest of sweet apples. 



Annual bearer. Fruit beautiful and good, but soon decays. A dessert 

 Iruit. A better keeper north. 



Tree vigorous, spreading. Productive alternate years. A beautiful cul- 

 inary market fruit. 



Tree vigorous. Fruit excellent in flavor, but generally imperfect. Very 

 unprofitable. 



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



Vigorous, prolific. Desirable, but very little known. Beautiful. 



Like fall Pippin, except in quality and season ; but not as good. Very lit- 

 tle known. 

 Little planted. There are otlier and worthier varieties of the same season. 



Should give place to others of better quality for this climate. 



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



quality. 

 Distinct from Golden Russett of N. Y., and the west. Not as valuable. 



Very productive. Fruit fair, but not very attractive. Little dissemi- 

 nated. 

 Both tree and fruit adapted for market. Very little known. 



Highly prized in Monroe county. Not widely disseminated. 



A very productive and desirable dessert fruit for early autumn. 



Vigorous, hardy, prolific. Is but little known. 



Prolific. One of the richest early sweet applcb. Tree tender in central 



district. 

 Tree spreading. Does not keep long enough for profit. Little known. 



Moderate grower. Downing says— requires high culture. Little known. 



