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about Stark's Delicious, which Burbank has 

 pronounced the best of all apples (modestly for- 

 getting his own Winterstein, Goldbridge, Crim- 

 son, improved Newtown Pippin) and the won- 

 derfully flavored Stayman Winesap. These are 

 recent additions to the list, which Mr. Powell 

 could not have known of when he wrote that 

 book. 



In my opinion, the Stayman Winesap is the 

 most flavorful and, in texture also, the most 

 agreeable to eat of all winter apples, as the Red 

 Astrachan is the finest summer apple and the 

 Gravenstein the most deliciously fragrant and 

 appetizing of fall apples. These three are de 

 rigueur in every amateur's orchard. The 

 Gravenstein is, especially when raised on the 

 Pacific coast, so fragrant that a basket of it 

 will perfume a whole house. Burbank's Winter- 

 stein is an improved descendant of the Gra- 

 venstein; it ripens later and thus prolongs its 

 season most agreeably. 



Concerning the Stayman Winesap, Stark 

 Brothers' (Louisiana, Missouri) catalogue says, 

 "The quality is indescribable; the flesh is juicy 

 and crisp, with a mild and pleasing acidity and 

 a flavor that has made it, in just a few years, 

 one of the most-sought-for apples, and a general 

 favorite on all the markets." Some of the Stay- 

 mans weigh over a pound and measure fourteen 

 inches in circumference, and a single tree has 

 yielded twenty-two barrels in one crop all of 



