Il8 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I907. 



includes most of the commercial varieties, like Rhode Island, Baldwin, 

 Roxbury, Hubbardston, etc. " Best " includes the choicest dessert 

 apples, like Dyer, Grimes, Jonathan, and Mother. Fruits in this class 

 may not be valuable commercially, and still may be well worthy of a 

 place in the home fruit garden. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF MAINE SEEDLING APPLES. 



Aroostook. — Origin, farm of Silas S. Stiles, Mapleton, Aroostook 

 county, Me., about 1870, from seeds of a " Greening " apple brought 

 from Cumberland county, Me. 



Tree vigorous, hardy, productive, even in Northern Aroostook. 



Fruit small, roundish conical, light golden russet ; fine grained, sweet. 

 Good. _ " Keeps till July 1 in Aroostook county." 



First brought to public notice by the Maine Experiment Station in 

 1902.* 



August Greening. — Originated in the garden of General Nowell, near 

 Kenduskeag bridge, Bangor, Me., about 1850. 



Tree hardy, spreading, productive. 



Fruit large, roundish conical, dark green with reddish blotches ; flesh 

 rich, tender, juicy,- sprightly acid. Good. August to September. 



Said to be specially valuable for pies, being ready for this purpose, as 

 early as July 20. The apple has been exhibited at State and local fairs 

 by F. E. Nowell of Fairfield for more than 30 years. Mr. Nowell claims 

 to have sold $25 to $30 worth of fruit from a single tree in one year. 



Bailey Golden. (Bailey's Golden Sweet, Bailey's Golden Winter). — 

 Origin, orchard of Paul Bailey, Sidney, Maine, before 1850. 



As described by Cole, the fruit is very large, oblate, yellow with. russet 

 spots ; cavity medium, broad ; basin broad and shallow ; flesh white, 

 rather coarse but of excellent sweet flavor. Season " November and 

 nearly through winter." 



Bailey Golden as described by Downing, is said to be of oblong form, 

 though flattened at the base and crown, and to be sub-acid in flavor ; in 

 season January to March ; and in the Transactions of the Maine Pomo 7 

 logical Society, f Cole is said to be in error, as to flavor. 



The writer has never seen this variety on exhibition in Maine. 



Black Oxford. — Originated in Paris, Oxford county, Maine, about 

 120 years ago. The tree is hardy, an abundant annual bearer, and is 

 specially adapted to rather moist locations. 



Fruit medium, roundish-oblate, or slightly conical, yellow, nearly cov- 

 ered with shades of deepest crimson, and numerous small light colored 

 dots. Flesh whitish, compact, rather dry, mild sub-acid. Good. Feb- 

 ruary to May. 



This variety was found as a seedling by Nathaniel Haskell, on the 

 Valentine farm, now owned by John Swett.t A portion of the original 



* An. Rept. Maine Agr. Expt. Sta. 1902, p. 91. 



t Trans. Me. Pom. Soc'y, in Agr. of Maine, 1853, p. 404. 



I Personal letter, J. G. Swett, March 4, 1907. 



