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young, and attains at full age only moderate size, not nearly 

 as large as the Rhode Island Greening. It comes into bear- 

 ing reasonably early, from six to seven years, bears good 

 crops biennially, but has very little fruit in the off year. The 

 fruit is greenish in color, or yellowish when fully ripe, and 

 usually has a distinct blush on the sunny side, making it a 

 decidedly attractive apple to any one who is not wedded to a 

 red variety. There is an indication of quality to a good 

 Palmer Greening that is very attractive, particularly to one 

 who has ever eaten it. It is especially valuable as a dessert 

 apple, as its quality ranks from good to best. Professor 

 Dickens of Kansas wrote recently of some Palmer Greenings 

 which had been sent him for his class in pomology : " Two out 

 of eight in my senior class pronounced it the best apple they 

 had ever eaten, and they know Grimes Golden and Jonathan 

 pretty well." It will keep till December, or even till March, 

 in good storage, and its medium size and very uniform shape 

 and size make it an ideal box apple. In my opinion, it ought 

 to be grown more extensively in Massachusetts. 



Palmer Greening. 



Good points : — 



1. Extra quality. 



2. Attractive appearance. 



3. Size and shape. 



4. Fairly early bearer. 



Bad points : — 



1. Not well known. 



2. Biennial bearer. 



3. Rather a poor tree. 



{10) Sutton {Beauty). — The Sutton is supposed to be a 

 seedling of the Hubbardston, and originated in Sutton, Mass. 

 The tree is vigorous and healthy, but very upright in growth, 

 making, in the writer's opinion, a very poor tree. One who 

 had become familiar with the Sutton tree would always be 

 able to pick it out. It has a marked tendency to bear bien- 

 nially, which is an objection. While as yet not at all well 

 kno^vn as a market variety, I believe it is worthy of trial. 

 Beach says of it : " In color, texture, quality and season the 

 Sutton is intermediate between the Baldwin and the Hub- 

 bardston." It is very uniform in both size and shape, being 



