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Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



Bulletin No. 274 April, 1931 



The Identification of Apple Varieties 

 From Non-Bearing Trees 



By J. K. Shaw and A. P. French 



Much of the disappointment and financial loss caused by planting mis- 

 nemed trees could be avoided if varieties were known as young trees in 

 the nursery, or even if misnamed trees were detected soon after planting 

 in the orchard. Varieties of apples can be recognized by tree and leaf 

 characters as easily and surely as by the characters of the fruit. This 

 bulletin discusses and illustrates some of these characters. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COliLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



