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flavor, a good bearer and a very valuable apple. For home consumption. 

 Season, November to February. 



Stark. — Esteemed as a long keeper and valuable market fruit. 

 Large, roundish; skin greenish yellow, much shaded with light and dark 

 red, and sprinkled with brown dots; flesh yellowish, juicy and mild sub- 

 acid. Planted quite extensively for large orchards. Season, December 

 to May. 



WINTER VARIETIES— For Home Use. 



From the preceding list of twenty-six Winter Varieties we select 

 the sorts hereafter named as the most desirable for the home use. Bald- 

 win, Grimes' Golden, Newtown Pippin, Winesap, Spitzenberg (Esopus), 

 King, Mann, Missouri Pippin, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Rhode Island 

 Greening, Wealthy, Fallowater, Yellow Bell Flower, Hubbardston, None- 

 such, Dominie. 



DWARF APPLES. 



These should be planted in the same way as the Standard Varieties, 

 except that they can be planted eight or ten feet apart, then they can be 

 set in any odd corner of the garden. Thej^ are of course more or less of 

 a plaything and are not recommended, except, where one is cramped for 

 room and desirous of growing some choice specimens of fruit. They 

 don't require as much pruning as the Standards, yet it is desirable for best 

 results to keep the heads of the trees open, and all top growth well head- 

 ed back each year. Six to seven feet should be the maximum height 

 of the tree. In the beginning when these trees are planted the branches 

 should be left on within one foot of the surface of the ground. 



CRAB APPLES. 



These should be pruned, planted and cared for in the same way as 

 the standard apples, however, as they are not near as strong and vigorous. 

 Twenty-five feet is far enough to set them apart. They are often grown 

 profitably for commercial purposes. Their principal use is tor Jellies. 

 We follow with a small selected list of varieties for home use and mar- 

 Itet purposes. 



Hyslop. — Large, roundish, deep red with blue bloom, very pretty, 

 flesh yellowish, excellent for cider and jelly. Popular. November, 

 keeping late into winter. 



Lady Elgin. — Similar to the Lady Apple in size and appearance, 

 tender, juicy and good; an upright, vigorous grower early and prolific 

 bearer. Season, September and October. 



Excelsior — Raised from seed of Wealthy in Minnesota. Very 

 hardy, productive, and one of the best flavored varieties. Ripens in Sep- 

 tember. Nearly as large as Red Astrachan, more beautiful in appearance. 

 Very valuable. 



Transcendent. — Tree remarkably vigorous, growing to a good size, 

 and immensely productive. Comes into bearing a little the second year 

 from planting, bearing every year after, and producing good crops by the 

 fourth year. Fruit very large, from one and one-half to two inches in 

 diameter. Excellent for sauce and pies, both green and dried. The best 

 of its class for cider, being juicy and crisp, and is also, by many, consid- 

 ered a good eating apple .Skin yellow, striped with red. Season, Sep- 

 tember and October. 



Gen. Grant. — Large, round; yellow, striped with dark, almost black. 



