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which is fortunate for the consumer, because 

 they endear this apple to the commercial grower 

 and the dealer. The originator of this finest 

 branch of the great Winesap family, Dr. J. 

 Stayman, declared a quarter of a century ago, 

 * 'There will come a time when all will want it." 

 His prediction has come true. If you have been 

 buying ordinary Winesaps by the dozen, you 

 will buy Staymans by the box. 



An attempt has been made to discredit the 

 Red Astrachan as being a tardy and shy bearer, 

 and inferior to another Russian summer apple, 

 the Liveland Raspberry. I don't know that 

 apple, but I doubt if it can have a flavor so 

 unique and alluring as the Red Astrachan. In 

 my experience this has been always the earliest 

 first-class apple, and its flavor is such that a 

 number of other red apples are smuggled into 

 the market under its name; which makes it the 

 direct opposite of the odious Ben Davis. 



