ORCHARD NOTES. 



85 



CATALOGUE OF THE HARDIEST APPLES— CONCLUDED. 



Variety. 



Description. 



Value. 

















a 











fe 



CO 



Remarks. 



Striped Winter 



Switzer 



Table Apple — 



Tetofsky 



Thompson 26 ... 

 Thompson 29 .. 

 Thompson 43 ... 

 Thompson 24 . . . 

 Tiesenhausen . 



Titovka 



Titus 



Vargulek (12M) 

 38 Voronesch . . . 



Wealthy 



Wolf River 



r ob 



ob c 

 ob c 



ob c 

 ob c 



A 



A 



EA 



W 



A 

 A 

 A 



EA 

 EW 



LA 



Rus, 



Rus. 



Rus, 



Rus, 

 Minn, 

 Minn, 

 Minn, 

 Minn. 



Rus. 



Rus. 



Rus. 



Rus. 



Rus. 

 Minn. 

 Minn. 



Coarse, poor In 

 quality; drops 

 badly. 



Poor quality. 



Too soft and poor 

 in quality. 



Hardy seedlings 

 from Jewell 

 Nursery Co., 

 Lake City, 

 Minn. 

 J 



Small, worthless. 



Showy but coarse. 



Showy but coarse; 



drops badly. 

 Drops badly. 



Similar to Duchess. 



A little earlier. 

 A good general 



purpose sort. 

 Coarse, showy. 



Attention is again called to the fact that the varieties here 

 named do not constitute a complete list of the hardy apples of 

 Maine but, as stated, only the newer and a few of the well known 

 ironclad sorts are considered. Of the list, those of greatest value 

 are described below. 



MOST VALUABLE RUSSIANS. 



Of the fifty or more varieties of Russian apples which have 

 been planted in the Station orchard, very few are worthy of 

 general recommendation for planting in Maine. Most of them, 

 as grown in this section of the State, are autumn varieties which, 

 though exceedingly productive and perfectly hardy, are of 

 inferior quality, keep poorly and drop badly before maturity. 

 Of the list but three — Alexander, Longfield and Yellow Trans- 

 parent — can be recommended for general culture in competition 

 with apples of American and West European origin, and the 

 number to be advised for the colder sections of the State is not 



