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good to very good in dessert quality. Its season in West Virginia is Decem- 

 ber to June. 



It is liked by all who grow it because of its attractive color, long-keeping char- 

 acter, and high dessert quality. It may be of value for the fancy fruit trade. 



Its faults are that it tends to send out extremely long branches, and the fruit 

 is not always uniform in size, though usually so. Because it is of only medium 

 size the yield in barrels does not equal that of the larger varieties, and in some 

 places it is said to be late in coming into bearing. It is a promising winter 

 variety for home use but hardly so for the general market in the Virginia 

 Valley and Ridge region and in the Allegheny Plateau region of West Vir- 

 ginia. 

 Anderson. .Synonyms: Andersons Seedling, Paducah. 



The Anderson variety was originated by H. Anderson, of Kevil. Ky. Mr. 

 Anderson planted seed of the Home Beauty, Summer Pearmain. Ben Davis. 



Fig. 18. — Akin apple tree, 10 years old, at Gerrardstown. W. Va. 



and Winesap apples in his garden about 1S90. Only two seeds of the Rome 

 Beauty grew and one of these died later. Of the Summer Pearmain 1 seed- 

 ling was saved. 2 of the Ben Davis, and 16 of the Winesap. Of the Winesap 

 seedlings 7 bore sweet apples. None of the seedlings except the one of Rome 

 Beauty proved to be worth saving, and this was named Anderson. It is 

 grown by a few orchardists in the Gulf Coastal Plains region. 



The original tree of this variety has borne regularly every year since it 

 was 6 years old. In 1910 it bore 294 bushels, in 1911 about 20 bushels, and 

 in 1912 about 20 bushels. Ficrure 19 is from a photograph of this tree. Young 

 trees of this variety on Mr. Anderson's place when years old have averaged 

 more than 1 bushel each and have continued to bear heavily each year since. 



The tree is more vigorous and somewhat more upright than the Rome 

 Beauty, but resembles it otherwise. Its foliage is slightly darker. The fruit 

 is more oblate than the Rome Beauty and is handsomely striped with crimson 



