The Canadian Horticulturist. 



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RED BIETINGHEIMER. 



IT is with much satisfaction that I am able, after seven or eight years' 

 test, to pronounce this apple iron-clad in Northern New England. It has 

 gone through all the winters unharmed in a single bud, and two, at least, 

 of them were among the severest on record. While the Oldenburgh is pro- 

 ductive, handsome and salable, there is decidedly a call for a better dessert 

 fruit among our September apples. The St. Lawrence is a large, handsome 

 and good fruit, but is a shy bearer. The Zolotorefif, among the Russians, is 







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Fig. 58. — Red Bietingheimer. 



better than Oldenburgh and quite as handsome, but its ribbed form is against 

 it. The Titus, mentioned last month, is very acceptable, but I am inclined 

 to believe that we shall find the Bietingheimer superior to any of these 

 showy fall apples for market. There is no mistake about the value of large, 

 handsome apples at this season. There is a great call for them at the street 

 stands, on the cars and in the markets. President Barry has strongly 

 championed the merits of this new German candidate for our American suf- 

 frages, and withal has treated its Russian rivals rather too scornfully. But 

 we cannot have too many good things, and I take pleasure in hailing this 

 apple as one likely to prove very profitable as a market fruit. — Dr. Hoskins 

 in Orchard and Garden. 



