Varieties of Apples 417 



varying greatly in this respect according to tiic regions 

 where grown. The fruit from western New York keeps 

 better apparently than that from the Hudson Valley. The 

 crop should usually be thinned since there is a tendency for 

 a considerable portion of the fruit to be undersized and 

 poorly colored. The Hubbardston soon loses its flavor in 

 common storage. Few authorities now recommend it for 

 commercial planting, although where well adapted it would 

 seem valuable for planting as a filler. 



Tolman Sweet. 



The Tolman Sweet is probably the best known sweet 

 apple grown for commercial purposes, and one which 

 deserves even more attention than is at present given to it. 

 It has long been grown throughout New England, New 

 York, Michigan and more northern states, although its 

 origin is unknown. The Tolman Sweet is best known 

 commercially in the New England states. 



The tree is vigorous, upright, open, with long branches 

 and a form adapted to bearing an abundance of fruit. It 

 is exceptionally productive, long lived, and very hardy, in 

 fact one of the hardiest of all varieties. It comes into 

 bearing at an early age and the fruit hangs well on the 

 tree, is very uniform in grade and suffers little in loss 

 from culls or drops. The fruit, although medium or below 

 medium in size, is attractive for a yellow apple and is 

 highly esteemed for certain culinary purposes, especially 

 pickling, boiling, and baking. It is recommended as a 

 good commercial variety, although as yet the market for it 

 is rather undeveloped. Like the Eusset it is highly 

 prized for cider and its other good qualities are worthy of 

 attention. 



