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ately vigorous and very productive. A valuable dessert 

 fruit. 



Washington Royal (Palmer Greening) An early 

 winter apple of a light green color, often shaded with 

 bright red on the exposed side, changing to a golden 

 yellow when ripe, and is sure to sell when well grown. 

 The tree is of rather slow growth, but under good 

 conditions makes a good size, and is very productive. 

 Time of ripening, from January to March. 



Button Beauty This apple is much like the Bald- 

 win in form and color, but a little smaller in size. In 

 quality it is better than the latter and is free from the 

 brown spots under the skin when ripening, so common 

 to the Baldwin. The tree is vigorous, upright and 

 compact in growth, and very productive. It is being 

 largely planted in place of the Baldwin, especially in 

 New England, where it originated. 



Rhode Island Greening Everywhere known as a 

 very good early winter apple, succeeding almost every- 

 where; excellent both for cooking and for the table. 

 Tree rather spreading in form, vigorous and productive. 



King (Tompkins Co. King) A very large, 

 striped apple of good quality, showy, but coarse and 

 often imperfect. Profitable in New York State and 

 some Western sections, but not in New England. 



Roxbury Russet An acid, round, russet apple, 

 valued especially for its late keeping qualities. Tree 

 vigorous, productive, but requires a rich soil. 



Spy (Northern Spy) In quality one of the best, 

 but succeeds only in certain sections. The tree is vigor- 

 ous, upright in habit, but conies late into bearing. It 

 makes a very valuable stock upon which to top-graft 

 slow growing kinds. 



York Imperial An apple that is attracting atten- 

 tion for shipping, and in English and other European 

 markets it brings the highest prices. In form it is 



