FRUIT AND FOREST TREES. 243 



Day Apple. — Introduced into Northern Nebraska from Maine ; tree 

 very hardy; apple medium to large, yellowish green, quality good. 

 Recommended for trial throughout the state. 



Maiden Blush. — Medium size, flat, quite smooth and fair, pale yel- 

 low, with beautiful red cheek ; tender, sprightly, pleasant acid flavor ; 

 vigorous grower and good bearer. August and September. 



APPLES— WINTER. 



Ben Davis. — Tree one of the very best, not strictly hardy in the 

 North, good bearer, best for market ; fruit large, highly colored, 

 and tempting, quality scarcely the best ; probably the most profitable 

 apple for Middle and Southern Nebraska. 



Jonathan. — Beautiful tree, good grower ; fruit full medium, fair 

 producer, color dark red, shaded to almost black in the sun, fruit 

 ■drops in a dry season ; November and December, but can be kept until 

 April. 



Geneton, or Rawle's Janet. — Old and favorably known variety ; tree 

 fairly vigorous, bears young, and if not allowed to overbear, fruit me- 

 dium to small ; quality not the best, but good keeper ; blooms very late, 

 thus never killed in bloom by late frosts. 



Missouri Pippin. — Tree resembling a seedling, good grower, foliage 

 dense, fruit early, very productive ; fruit medium, surface smooth, 

 shaded, mixed striped red ; flavor sub-acid, very good ; season De- 

 cember to March. Worthy general cultivation. 



Winter Wine. — Tree very large and handsome, spreading head ; fruit 

 large, surface smooth, yellow, covered with splashes of crimson, flesh 

 yellow, firm, and juicy, quality good; season November to January. 



Otoe. — A native of Nebraska ; tree of rather the wild order, im- 

 proves by age, productive, and early bearer, fruit medium; color, car- 

 mine, splashed with darker lines of red, quality good ; been a success 

 wherever planted; season December to March. 



Iowa Blush. — Tree upright, hardy, and very productive ; fruit small 

 to medium, waxy yellow with blush of carmine in the sun, quality 

 good, fruit rather small for market; season December to April. Rec- 

 commended to general planting. 



Walbridge. — Tree very hardy, and one of the finest; fruit medium 

 to large, r yellow with lines and splashes of carmine, quality fair, acid, 



