21 8 DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 



any of the latter importations in trie habit of tree. It 

 is a very slow grower, and remarkably stocky. At 

 three years old it is hardly taller than a large year- 

 ling, but heavy in trunk and limbs, which grow 

 very upright, and makes a downward growth of 

 roots, not exceeded by any other variety ; hardiness, 

 i. Fruit medium or below, yellow and slightly 

 blushed, aromatic, acid and hardly good. Ripens 

 among the earliest. 



Early Harvest.-^r^^ vigorous, and healthy, up- 

 right when young, bu f spreading when in orchard. 

 Trunks and larger limbs light colored, but brown 

 strong shoots, frequently produced in doubles. 

 Makes perfect forks and never splits down. Hardi- 

 ness 6. Fruit medium to large, flat, is oblate as 

 grown in the Missouri valley, but nearly round on 

 the Mississippi slope. Yellowish green when grown 

 in the sun and occasionally a very faint blush, but 

 grown in the shade is green. Quality best, both 

 for cooking and dessert, very aromatic. Ripens 

 latter part of August. Pleasant acid. 



Summer Queen. Tree vigorous and spreading, 

 a shy bearer in the black soils, but grown in the 

 bluffy lands of the west is very productive. Hardi- 

 ness 4. Fruit is medium, conical, smooth; yel- 

 low striped and splashed red and scarlet; aromatic 

 and spicy, mildly acid, and when taken fresh from 

 the tree it is one of the most satisfying of the 

 summer apples. Is grown largely in the north- 

 east central districts of Nebraska. 



Red June, or Carolina Red June. Tree upright 



