DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 237 



dered, and as hardy in orchard as Duchess. Fruit 

 medium size to large, and uniform ; color, light to 

 dark green, sometimes shaded with red; flesh white, 

 good eating and a superb cooking apple. Season, 

 January." 



Walbridge. Upright, spreading, symmetrical 

 grower, and equals, or nearly equals, the Ben Davis 

 as a nursery tree. Is a stronger grower, with 

 heavy, blunt, light olive-colored shoots, with fre- 

 quently heavy pubescence at their ends, where they 

 will be larger than at points lower down. Buds 

 small and very close on the shoots. Hardiness, 3 

 or better; fruit medium size, ovate conic, light 

 green, with narrow, broken stripes of light and 

 dull red; quality fair to good; flesh greenish white, 

 fine grained, not juicy, acid and lacks flavor; use, 

 market; season, midwinter. A late bearer. 



Suttorfs Beauty. --Tree symmetrical, upright 

 grower, with brownish, cinnamon-colored shoots; 

 hardiness, 5; fruit, large, handsome, round, regular; 

 surface, smooth, yellow, mottled and splashed car- 

 mine; quality, good to very good; flesh, white, 

 tender and breaking, melting when fully ripe, and 

 very juicy; flavor, sub-acid to acid, pleasant, aro- 

 matic; use, kitchen, market and table; season, late 

 winter. 



Salome. Originated in Illinois, where it is very 

 popular. This tree has been condemned by the 

 Iowa Horticultural Society as too tender for gen- 

 eral planting in the state. This is rather too sweep- 

 ing a condemnation, as it may be and doubtless is 



