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be used as a filler. Red Astrachan A valuable early sort for home 

 use and market. Slow in coming into bearing. Oldenburg 

 (Duchess of Oldenburg) A valuable summer variety suited to 

 all sections. Beautifully striped, red over a greenish yellow ground. 

 Quite acid; better for culinary use than for dessert. Useful as a 

 filler. Sweet Bough The best early sweet apple for all sections. 

 Benoni A late summer variety of excellent quality. A fine little 

 dessert apple. Too small and too nearly sweet for a successful 

 market and culinary variety. Munson's Sweet A choice autumn 

 sweet sort and reliable bearer. Maiden Blush A valuable fall 

 variety in all sections, for home use or market. Is subject to the 

 apple scab and is greatly benefited by applications of fungicides. 

 Wealthy Bears young and abundantly. Good for culinary pur- 

 poses. A fall variety in northern Ohio. Keeps well in cold storage. 

 Huntsman Not so well known as it should be. Yellow with dull 

 red blush. Rich, spicy and excellent in quality. Late fall and 

 early winter. Grimes' Golden A valuable early winter variety for 

 market or home use in all parts of the state, although it becomes a 

 fall apple in the extreme southern portion. Its chief merit is high 

 quality. Not subject to apple scab, but is liable to be damaged by 

 late spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Delicious Not fully tested 

 in this state but seems to be worthy of trial, both for home use and 

 market. R. I. Greening Excellent for early winter use in 

 Northern Ohio. Jonathan A choice winter variety for home use, 

 also for market. Tree a slender grower, but attains vigor with age, 

 on good soil. An excellent and deservedly popular variety. Begins 

 to bear at an early age. Bailey's Sweet A choice winter dessert 

 variety. Sometimes affected by bitter rot in the central and south- 

 ern parts of the state. Northern Spy A fall apple in most parts 

 of the state, but in a few localities in Northern Ohio is a profitable 

 winter variety. Very subject to apple scab and the apple worm, 

 hence is greatly benefited by spraying. Highly colored and of good 

 quality. Baldwin One of the best winter varieties for the northern 

 part of the state, but is a fall apple in the southern counties. Very 

 prolific ; bears every other year ; not seriously affected by apple scab. 

 York Imperial A good market, winter variety for central and 

 southern Ohio. An excellent keeper in ordinary cellar storage, but 

 often scalds badly in cold storage. Rome Beauty The best winter, 

 market variety for southern Ohio, and does well in the central part 

 of the state. It is greatly benefited by application of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture. Gano Much like Ben Davis in quality, but more highly 

 colored. Preferable to Ben Davis, where it is desired to use either. 

 Begins to bear when very young. White Pippin A good keeper 

 and excellent for culinary purposes. Slow to come into fruiting. 

 Stark A little dull in color but one of our most dependable winter 

 sorts. Good quality and keeps well in cellar or cold storage. Stay- 

 man Winesap Promises to be an excellent late keeping apple for 

 central and southern Ohio. Good quality. Tree strong and vigor- 

 ous in growth. It does not always color well in the northern part 

 of the state. 



