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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Central TVasliiiifffon Dates 



The dates between which the leading 

 apples of North Central Washington are 

 in prime condition in common storage are 

 as follows: 



Rome Beauty, January 1 to March 1. 



Jonathan, December 15 to February 1. 



Yellow Newtown, March 1 to May 1. 



Spitzenburg, Janary 1.5 to March 15. 



Delicious, December 1 to February 15. 



Winesap, February 15 to June 1. 



Palouse, November 1 to January 1. 



Y'ellow Bellflower, December 1 to Mar. 1. 



W. W. Permain, February 1 to Mar. 25. 



Winter Banana. December 15 to Feb. 15. 

 Eli.\s Nelson 



DESCRIPTIONS OF VARIETIES 



The following descriptions of varieties 

 are some of them from the personal 

 observations of the writer; but mainly 

 they are taken from the descriptions 

 given by S. A. Beach in the "Apples of 

 New York." The conditions in New York 

 and the Pacific Northwest are so different 

 that it often makes a great difference in 

 the form, size, color and flavor of apples. 

 Where we have known this to be true we 

 have modified the descriptions of fruits 

 given by Beach. With the information 

 accessible to him at the time, his work 

 is most accurate and most complete. Due 

 credit is given him in this connection. 

 ■ Gr.\nvii.le Lowtheu 



Alexander 



The Alexander originated in Russia; 

 was introduced into England in 1S17; but 

 the exact date of its introduction into the 

 United States we are not able to deter- 

 mine. 



The fruit is very large, attractive, red 

 or striped, coarse in texture, rather good 

 in qualit.v, better for culinary purposes 

 than for dessert. It is large, uniform in 

 size and shape, roundish, slightl.v conical, 

 symmetrical. Skin moderately thick, 

 tough, smooth, glossy, somewhat waxy, 

 greenish or pale yellow deepening to or- 

 ange in the sun. In the arid regions of 

 bright sunshine, it is often of a deep red 

 color. 



The tree is hardy, vigorous, moderately 

 productive, but is more subject to blight 

 than some other varieties. It has long 

 branches, upright, spreading to roundish 

 top, twigs stout with large terminal buds; 

 bark brown mingled with olive green. 



For market the fruit is in good de- 

 mand from September to the first of No- 

 vember, although it inclines to crack at 

 the stem and calyx, and there is consid- 

 erable loss by premature dropping. 



.Vrkansas Black 



The Arkansas Black has sometimes been 

 called the Arkansas, but the two varieties 

 are unlike, and should not be identified 

 with each other. The Arkansas belongs 

 to the Winesap family. Both originated 



Arkansas Black. 



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