480 THE APPLE 



Varieties for drying. For drying, the variety should be a 

 hard-fleshed, firm apple — fall apples or soft, mushy fruit are 

 not desirable. Baldwins, Rhode Island Greenings, and all that 

 are listed above under " Varieties for storage " are satisfactory for 

 this purpose. 



Strongly colored varieties. The following are among the sorts 

 most distinctly and solidly colored : 



Most popular red apples : Some good combinations of colors : 



Early : Red Astrachan Early : Red Astrachan 



Midseason : Mcintosh Midseason : Fall Pippin 



Late : Baldwin Late : Yellow Newtown 



Most popular green apples : Earl y : Yellow Transparent 



Midseason : Mcintosh 

 Early : Bough Late . Rhode Is , and Greening 



Midseason : Fall Pippin 



Late: Rhode Island Greening Earl y : Bou S h 



Midseason : Grimes 



Most popular yellow apples : Late: Baldwin 



Early : Yellow Transparent 



Midseason : Grimes 



Late: Yellow Newtown 



Older varieties. Many old varieties are of great value to the 

 home growers and probably to the local trade. Wherever these 

 older varieties are growing, it is highly important that they be 

 tested out for desirability. 



Newer varieties. Experiment stations and the government, as 

 well as some private individuals, are working to secure new vari- 

 eties of merit. Probably the Geneva Experiment Station has pro- 

 duced as many new varieties as any other source. A new variety 

 should possess some special merit before being considered worth 

 cultivating. It should be especially desirable because of size, shape, 

 color, quality, or some other characteristic, or a combination of these. 



