APPLE VARIETIES 239 



to exhibit its fruit to the world. For several 

 years Mr. Hiatt propagated the variety and it 

 was grown locally under the name of Hawkeye. 

 In 1895 Stark Brothers introduced the variety 

 and gave it the name it now bears. It has been 

 widely planted in all sections of the country. 



Some growers have felt that the planting of 

 Delicious was being overdone, that there would 

 come a time when the variety would be pro- 

 duced in such large quantities that the market 

 would not be able to care for all of them. Such 

 a thing is possible of course, particularly with 

 a variety of this sort that is not so good a 

 keeper as are some of the other kinds. How- 

 ever, we are still planting this variety, but 

 at the same time we are not overlooking the 

 late keeping sorts. 



A new yellow apple has just recently been 

 introduced by Stark Brothers which they call 

 the Golden Delicious. It resembles the old 

 Delicious in shape, when grown in the West, 

 but its flavor is quite distinct. It is a beautiful 

 clear yellow color, of fine flavor and keeps bet- 

 ter than Grimes which will be its nearest com- 

 petitor. It is still too new for us to have any 

 very definite information on its orchard per- 

 formance, but appears to be the most promis- 

 ing introduction of many years. 



