APPLE GROWING IN CALIFORNIA. 



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WINTER PEARMAIN. 



(Fig. 13.) 



Among the list of green colored varieties there are few of better 

 quality than the Winter Pearmain. This variety has been quite ex- 

 tensively planted in the past in California and there are few of the 

 older orchards where it can not be found. It is a good keeper and during 

 the holiday season is in its prime, though it keeps well for a long time 

 afterward. On some of the lighter soils quite a little color is produced, 



Fig. 14. The Winesap. (Original) 



thus adding to its attractiveness and selling qualities. This apple, if it 

 had a red skin, would be much more popular. 



The trees are exceedingly productive in this state, in some places 

 bearing crops almost annually. If the soil is at all suitable good growth 

 takes place, and if pruning and thinning are practiced consistently good 

 fruit of uniform size and quality can be expected. 



There are few places where the writer has been that this variety has 

 not been found doing well. In the mountainous sections of Madera, San 

 Bernardino and San Diego counties some excellent specimens have been 

 seen, and in the Pajaro and Santa Clara valleys it has been grown, not 

 extensively, but always with uniformly good results. Consequently it is 

 recommended for use ir practically all the apple growing sections. 



