APPLES 



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Buel of Albany in 1826. in an article the 

 "Utility of a Descriptive Catalogue of Or- 

 chard Fruits." He listed the Jonathan 

 as "Esopus Spitzenburg. New." with the 

 synonym "Ulster Seedling." It origin- 

 ated on the farm of Mr. Philip Rick of 

 Woodstock. Ulster county. New York. 

 The name .Jonathan was assigned to it by 

 Judge Buel in honor of Jonathan Has- 

 brouck, by whom his attention w-as first 

 called to the variety. 



Loiigtield 



The fruit of the Longfield is below the 

 medium in size, but is decidedly attrac- 

 tive in appearance for a yellow apple, be- 

 ing clear waxen yellow, lightly blushed 

 with bright red. Its flesh is crisp, white, 

 fine, very tender and of pleasant quality. 

 It is classed among the fancy dessert ap- 

 ples and is good for cooking. In marketing 

 this fruit it is necessary to handle it with 

 more than ordinary care, because its tex- 

 ture is so tender, and its color so delicate, 

 that it shows bruises very readily. Its 

 season is September and October; but in 

 cold storage it is sometimes held until 

 winter, especially if grown in the North. 



The tree is a moderate grower, very 

 hardy and very productive, and requires 

 much care in thinning, in order that the 

 fruit may not be deficient in size. Form 

 roundish or spreading, dense, rather low. 

 Twigs medium to stout, large terminal 

 buds, internodes short. Bark dark brown, 

 lightly streaked with scarf skin; pubes- 

 cent. 



Historical. The Longfield was imported 

 from Russia by the United States depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in 1870. Later it 

 was imported from various European 

 sources for the Iowa Agricultural Col- 

 lege. It is now frequently listed by 

 nurserymen, and is being planted to a 

 limited extent in most of the Northern 

 States. 



Maiden Blnsli 



The Maiden Blush is one of the very 

 best apples for use in September and 

 October. It is pale yellow, with crimson 

 cheeks, flesh white, sprightly and good 

 in flavor when fully ripe. It is a good 

 market variety, especially good for cook- 

 ing, and usually sells above the average 



of apples in its season. It does not ma- 

 ture uniformly, and requires several pick- 

 ings to get the best results. 



The tree is moderately vigorous, 

 form spreading, twigs long and curved, in- 

 ternodes short, bark brown or reddish 

 brown, lightly mottled with scarf skin. 



Fruit medium or above in size, form 

 oblate, inclined to conic, regular and 

 symmetrical. Stem short, medium, 



rather slender. Cavity large, acute to 

 obtuse, medium to wide, moderately deep 

 to shallow. Calyx medium sized, closed. 



Historical. Coxe described this variety 

 in 1817 as very popular in the Philadel- 

 phia market, and the best variety of its 

 season for evaporating. In the American 

 Pomological Society's Catalogue of Fruits 

 it is reported as either wholly success- 

 ful or successful in nearly all the im- 

 portant apple growing districts of the 

 United States. 



Mcintosh Red 



This fruit is a bright red color and 

 very attractive in appearance. It belongs 

 to the Fameuse group, but is adapted to 

 a wider range of localities than the other 

 varieties of this group. The fiesh is very 

 tender, perfumed and delicious. Skin 

 smooth, readily separating from the 

 fiesh, clear whitish yellow or greenish 

 washed and deeply blushed ^with bright 

 red and striped with carmine. In the 

 Rocky Mountains States and in the Pa- 

 cific Northwest it becomes in many cases 

 a deep, dark red, overspread with a thin 

 lilac bloom. Form roundish to some- 

 what oblate, regular or faintly ribbed, 

 obscurely angular. Stem short, moder- 

 ately slender. Cavity large acuminate or 

 somewhat acute. Calyx small, closed or 

 partly open. This variety originated on 

 the Mcintosh homestead, Matilda town- 

 ship, Dundas county, Ontario, where 

 Allen Mcintosh began its propagation in 

 the nursery about 1870. It originated as 

 a seedling, and is now widely distributed 

 throughout the northern half of the 

 United States. It is very good for dessert, 

 sells well in the markets, and brings 

 good profits. 



Season, October to December or. when 

 grown on high altitudes, may be market- 

 ed until January. 



