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SUMMER APPLES IN THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES. 



The tree is noticeably susceptible to serious injury from the San Jose scale, even 

 when most other varieties are damaged but slightly. 

 Summer King. 



The place of origin of this variety is in doubt, but it is generally supposed to be 

 North Carolina. It is not grown in any section extensively and is comparatively 

 unknown. This applies also to this region, as it has been located in only two or 

 three orchards. 



The tree is upright in growth, vigorous, and fairly productive. The fruit is medium 

 to large; yellowish green, striped with crimson and red; mild subacid; very good in 

 dessert quality. The season of ripening is comparatively long, extending through 

 August in the Chesapeake peninsula section or even longer in some cases. In the 



Fig. G.— A Summer Hagloe apple tree in New Jersey, 48 years old. 



North Carolina section the fruit is ripe about the middle of July. It is highly rec- 

 ommended by some for this region, especially in the central and northern sections, 

 for dessert and also for market. The fruit reaches a good size early, so that it could 

 be shipped over a long season, as is Starr, Wealthy, and some others. It is not widely 

 enough tested, however, to warrant making heavy plantings of it. 

 Summer Rose. Synonyms: Lippincott, Woolman's Harvest. 



This variety originated in New Jersey. It is an old variety, being referred to in 

 the earliest American literature (Domestic Encyclopedia, 1804) relating to pomology. 

 Though quite widely grown in this region it is not produced in large quantities. 



The tree is a good grower, somewhat spreading, productive, bearing nearly annual 

 crops. The fruit is small; roundish oblate; whitish, striped and blotched with red; 

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