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varieties might be added to this list of summer apples, but the above 

 list, while mostly old-fashoned, will be found reliable and should 

 satisfy the most of people. 



For early fall we plant about as follows : For eating and for apple 

 butter but few, if any, can excel the old-fashioned Rambo — a tried and 

 true one for the last forty years or more. Then, for general family 

 use and an all purpose apple, the "Milam" is as good as any ever pro- 

 pagated. It succeeds everywhere, and is good from September to 

 April. The handsomest apple grown and the most exquisite for table 

 purposes is "Chenango Strawberry." In rich, well cultivated soil, 

 Chenango grows remarkably fine, but I will not reccommend planting 

 it extensively. Jonathan and Grimes' Golden Pippin are both the 

 very paragon of excellence in the apple family, and for any purpose 

 you may wish to use an apple. I regard Grimes' Golden Pippin as 

 being the most desirable and elegant table apple in existence, and the 

 fruit-grower of the future may safely plant largely of it if he wishes a 

 good and profitable apple. 'Tulpehocken" cannot be omitted from the 

 list of late fall or early winter apples without missing a great treat. In 

 this locality the trees grow to perfection and are heavy annual crop- 

 pers. The apple is extra large, of fine quality and a good keeper. 



Of the very long list of winter apples (late keepers) I do not be- 

 lieve there are any other two varieties which have been thoroughly 

 tested that are any better adapted to the family orchard than "Minkler" 

 and the good, old-fashioned long-tested "Jeniting." In the Jeniting 

 we have about all the desirable qualities needed in a good family apple, 

 a cider apple, a good cooking apple, a splendid eating apple and a long- 

 keeping apple. Some persons may wish to substitute the Winesapfor 

 Jeniting. Winesap is a very desirable apple, but has more faults, I 

 think, than Jeniting. Were I to name a substitute for Jeniting I 

 would name "Ingraham." However, I have no personal knowledge of 

 the Ingraham, but it comes so well recommended from such high 

 authority that I would not hesitate to plant it. Minkler, like the Jenet, 

 has been recommending its own qualities of tree and fruit for so long 

 a time that it only needs to be mentioned to be appreciated. In the 

 line of sweet apples, which every family orchard should contain, I 

 know of none more suitable for family use than Paradise Sweet and 

 Tallman Sweet, or Broadwell Sweet. Paradise and Tallman are both 

 especially good for preserving. 



Just here allow me to say that Maiden Blush should not be omitted 

 from the list of fall apples, for it is undoubtedly one of the best all- 

 purpose apples in the whole catalogue. I will only add one or two 

 more long-keeping varieties to carry us through the entire season, and 



