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is of medium size, round and dark red, quite juicy, sub-acid and of high 

 quality. Valuable for eating or cooking. Recommended for family use. 



Summer Pippin — The trees are good, strong growers, of good form, 

 the fruit is large and somewhat irregular in shape. Skin yellow, with a 

 ■crimson blush; flesh tender and white, with a sprightly sub-acid flavor. 

 Productive and valuable for market purposes. 



SUMMER VARIETIES— For Home Use. 



From the preceding list the Red Astrachan. Yellow Transparent, 

 Early Harvest and Sops of Wine are the best for the private garden. 



AUTUMN VARIETIES— For Commercial Purposes. 



Alexander. — Large, beautiful red, medium quality; tree a vigorous 

 grower, very hardy. Fruit very handsome. Ripens late autumn. Fruit 

 sells well in market. Season October to December. Good for market. 



Fall Pippin. — Very large, yellow, tender, and best quality. A regular 

 and prolific bearer; one of the best for market purposes and for the 

 home use. A splendid dessert apple. Season from September 1st to 

 October 15th. 



Gravenstein — Large, bright yellow, roundish, splashed with red and 

 orange, high flavor, prolific bearer, perhaps the most profitable of the 

 autumn varieties. Should be in every collection, whether for market or 

 home use. Season September 5th to October 15th. 



Maiden's Blush — Medium to large, roundish; clear yellow with pink 

 cheek, beautiful; excellent for home use. 



Fameuse (or Snow). — Vigorous grow^th; medium, deep crimson; 

 tender, sub-acid, melting, delicious, very good. Ripens in late autumn. 

 A handsome, beautiful apple of medium size; one of the best dessert ap- 

 ples. Season, November to January. Desirable for family use. 



Red Beitigheimer. — Very large, beautiful, superior quality, light yel- 

 low covered with red purplish crimson when exposed to the sun. Trees 

 are vigorous, healthy growers, regular and productive bearers. Valuable 

 for market. Season, mid-autumn. 



Duchess of Oldenburgh. — Medium to large, Russian origin, yellow, 

 striped with red, excellent flavor. Valuable for market. Season Sept. 

 10th to Oct. 10th. Trees productive. 



Bismarck. — (Late Fall and Winter Apple). A variety from New- 

 Zealand. Has been thoroughly tested in the United States and Europe, 

 and found to be productive; fruit large and quality good. The trees are 

 of dwarf habit of growth and begin bearing the second year after being 

 planted. The Bismarck is grown larg-ely in large pots both for its fine 

 fruit and for ornamental purposes. Not valuable for market. 



Twenty Ounce. — The trees are rapid, irregular growers, straggling 

 in their habit. They are productive of very large, round fruit; color, 

 striped, rich yellowish red; a very attractive market fruit, of fair qual- 

 ity, especially valuable for market purposes, where it commands the 

 highest prices. It ripens from October 1st until Dec. 1st. 



Porter. — Rather large, regular, oblong, tapering to the eye; skin 

 bright yellow, sometimes a dull blush in the sun; flesh tender, rich, sub- 

 acid; flavor fine; fair and productive. Season Nov. 10th to Dec. 15th. 

 Of the first quality, desirable for home use. 



Autumn Sweet Bough. — Trees strong, healthy growers, and prolific. 



