FRUIT CATALOGUE FOR 1SS2. 

 SECTION I.-APPLES— Continued. 



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REMARKS. 



Tree vitrovous, sprearling, productive. Fruit of very delicate te.xture. 



Popular wherever known. 

 Negative in quality; will keep two years; moderate annual bearer. 



Tree vigorous, upright, very productive. A desirable market apple. 



The tree and fruit are both satisfactory, whether for the home or market. 



Upright, spreading, productive. A desirable family fruit with a quince 

 aroma. 



Tree vigorous, hardy, prolific. Fruit large, showy, but not of high qual- 

 ity. Popular with the masses. Sells well in market. 



Tree very vigorous, upright, spreading. Fruit even sized, very attract- 

 ive. 



Hardy, vigorous, upright, productive. Profitable. 



Vigorous, productive. A desirable fruit for general purposes. 

 Strong grower, upright, productive. Of possible value for market. 



Tree a good grower, prod\ictive. Fruit much like the Maiden's Blush. 



Even more beautiful. Worthless at the extreme north. 

 Ti ee a good grower and great bearer. Its color and season are against 



it for the market. 

 Very peculiar in growth of tree, as well as color and flavor of fruit. Is 



better than it looks. 

 Strong grower and very productive; deserves more attention. 



Unproductive, showy, valueless. This is probably the Detroit Red of 



Downing. 

 There are probably several varieties grown under this name. None of 



them valuable. 

 Tree spreading, productive. Flavor fine, but fruit often imperfect or 



scabby; beautiful. 

 Tree has long, stout, spreading branches, which are very liable to be 



broken by the heavy crops of fruit, .scabs on old trees. 

 Tree straggling, moderate grower, unproductive. Very little known. 



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



andniarket. Sells "well; but soon decays. 

 One of the very finest dessert apples. A poor grower. Unprofitable as 



a market fruit. 

 Tardy, irreguhir bearer. Fruit often imperfect. Valued mainly for its 



earliness. Fails on old trees. 

 For the garden. With high culture the fruit is beautiful and excellent. 



Little grown. Of little value with so many more attractive fruits in 



season. 

 One of the most attractive dessert apples of its season. Ripens in sue 



cession. By some considered prolitable. 

 strong, upright, very proiluctive, tender. Fruit very even sized, often 



small. Keeps easily a year. Poor quality. 

 Very vigorous, and procluctive. Best sweet apple of its season for 



cooking and market. 

 Tree seems to lack vigor. Fruit much called for in the market, but 



rarelv ofl'ered. Beston rich, warm soils. 

 Much like Uambo iu tree and fruit. Very little disseminated. 



Grows and produces well. Too poor in qualitj-. Size its chief recom- 

 mendation. Always sells well. 



Tree vigorous; spreading, productive. Its season and color detracts 

 from its value. 



The ai)ple grown in this State under this name proves to be the one 

 grown as "Newell," in Hillsdale county. 



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

 spring. Ill central district lacks productiveness. 

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



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



at the north. Prolitable where it succeeds, 

 strong, reddish biown shoots. Very productive. Sometimes scabby. 



Not esteemed valual)le. 



