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Cortland Fruit attractive, good quality, very susceptible to storage scald, 

 excellent for salads as flesh does not discolor. Tree hardy, pro- 

 ductive, annual, good pollinizer. 



Delicious Leading dessert apple. Fruit excellent quality, keeps well in 

 storage, tree medium vigor, may become biennial, often requires 

 thinning. Good pollinizer. Richared or an equally good red strain 

 is preferred. 



Golden Fruit excellent quality, ye) low, attractive when well grown, subject 

 Delicious to russeting, shrivels. Tree medium vigor, biennial, requires 

 thinning. 



Idared Attractive bright red winter apple. Good quality and size. Dessert 

 and cooking. Tree productive, annual, worthy of extensive trial. 



Melrose Promising new winter appl'i introduced from Ohio. Fruit medium size, 

 well colored, good quality, makes excellent pie and sauce, should 

 keep well. Tree productive, good structure, annual. 



Spencer Fruit attractive bright red, quality excellent. Tree hardy, pro- 

 ductive, annual. Fruit may be subject to storage disorders if held 

 too long in storage. 



Ruby 



An attractive Rome type apple. Fruit lias good size and color, 

 quality average. Tree has poor branch structure. Ruby is reported 

 to have a long storage season. 



-W. D. Weeks 



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VARIETY NOTES ON APPLE VARIETIES 



Bancroft Introduced from Ottawa as a late winter apple. A Forest x Mcintosh 

 cross. Fruit has poor color, dull red, unattractive. Fruit quality 

 poor, very acid. Bancroft does not appear to show much promise as a 

 commercial variety. 



Crandall A Rome Beauty x Jonathan introduction from Illinois. Fruit size and 

 color quite variable in 1961. Fruit only average in attractiveness. 

 Fruit flesh fine grained, juicy, good quality. 



Delcon A Conrad x Delicious introduction from Missouri. Fruit well colored, 

 fairly attractive, resembles Delicious. Fruit quality about average. 

 Delcon does not appear to have good storage qualities. Of doubtful 

 value. 



Jonadel A Jonathan x Delicious cross from Iowa. Jonadel is similar to 



Jonathan in flavor and appearance. Somewhat more color than Jonathan 

 and is not susceptible to Jonathan spot. Fruit quality average to 

 good. 



