SEEDLING WINTER APPLES. 



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SEEDLING WINTER APPLES. 



J. S, HARRIS, SEEDLING COMMITTEE. 



The greatest want in apples at the present time for this state is a 

 few hardy varieties of good quality that will keep well in the ordin- 

 ary way through the winter and spring months. Whenever a good 

 long keeper is found, it should as soon as possible be put on trial 

 to ascertain its hardiness and adaptation. In order to get such on 

 record I herewith report three varieties. 



Jansen's Seedling. — Re- 

 ceived from George W. 

 Prescott, Albert Lea, May 

 13th, 1897. Size small, med- 

 ium (21^); form roundish; 

 color greenish yellow with 

 a deep blush cheek; stalk 

 slender and medium long, 

 set in a broad medium cav- 

 ity; calj'^x closed in a me- 

 dium, considerably wrink- 

 led basin; flesh pale yellow, 

 fine grained; flavor sweet 

 and good. The specimen 

 was in fine condition and 

 said to have been kept in a 

 common cellar tor storing 

 vegetables. Tree, eight J. Jansen's Seedling. 



3'^ears old, has never shown any signs of blighting and appears 

 to be all right. By the usual methods of propagation, the fruit 

 will doubtless increase in size. 



TurnbulVs Seedling No. 

 1. — Size medium; form 

 round; color a yellowish 

 ground, mostly covered 

 with a purplish red in 

 stripes and showing dots 

 and spatters of brownish 

 russet on the stem, most 

 numerous on the sun side; 

 stalk medium, slender; cav- 

 ity regular, narrow and 

 medium deep, russetted; 

 calyx closed, set in a broad, 

 shallow, wrinkled basin; 

 core medium and closed; 

 flesh fine grained, tender, 

 pale yellow; flavor mild 

 TurnbuU's Seedling No. 1. sub-acid; season, late win 



ter and spring. Specimen received from John Turnbull, La 



Crescent, Minn., May li7th, 1897. 



