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cent; leaves, large, dark green above and downy 

 beneath; hardiness, 4; fruit, large, variable in 

 form, mostly round and fair; color, pale yellow; 

 quality, very good; flesh, yellowish white, coarse 

 grained, juicy; flavor, sub-acid to acid; use, cook- 

 ing and market; season, early winter. This apple 

 is much grown in central Illinois, where it is 

 hardy, and it is believed that if introduced* it 

 would prove hardy in north Nebraska and southern 

 South Dakota. 



Cayuga Red Streak (Twenty-Ounce not Twenty- 

 Ounce Pippin]. Tree vigorous, early and prolific, 

 annual bearer, twiggy, like Northern Spy; shoots, 

 slender, highly colored, with large, healthy foliage; 

 fruit, very large, nearly round, surface covered 

 with light red on greenish ground; quality, good; 

 only for kitchen and drying; season, early 

 winter. 



Talman Sweet. Tree vigorous, spreading; in 

 orchard it has the appearance of having been 

 pruned out, as the limbs and twigs are few, though 

 regular and symmetrical; early bearer and moder- 

 ately productive; hardiness, 3; fruit, medium or 

 above, round, green in fall, turning to fine yellow 

 in spring; quality, very good; flesh, firm, white, 

 very sweet; use, baking and cider. Not good for 

 dessert where a sweet apple is desired, as the flesh 

 is tough and never melting, even when over-ripe. 

 Has the fault of dropping its fruit prematurely. 



Pewaukee. Origin Wisconsin. Tree strong, 

 upright grower in nursery, and maintaining the 



