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SMOKE HOUSE— Comes into bearing moder- 

 ately young. It has a thin skin of yellow 

 striped with rather a dull red, and is very 

 attractive. October to February or March. 



SUMMER RAMBO-Large, flat, streaked red 

 and yellow; very tender, juicy and fine fla- 

 vored. Tree an upright grower, hardy and 

 productive. September to October. 



MAIDEN'S BLUSH— Of uniformly large size, 

 smooth, round, beautifully flushed with 

 red on creamy yellow ground; flesh tender, of 

 pleasant but not high flavor. A good mar- 

 ket sort because of its attractiveness and the 

 tree's heavy crops. Ripens in September. 



Mcintosh 

 Red 



WINTER VARIETIES OF APPLES 

 BALDWIN— What the Bartlett pear is to pears 

 the Baldwin is to apples for the Eastern and 

 Middle States. No variety yields larger 

 crops or bears shipment better, or is more 

 attractive in color, size and shape than the 

 Baldwin. It is esteemed as an eating apple, 

 and for cooking. For a commercial orchard 

 it can be relied upon. Large, bright red, 

 crisp, juicy and rich; tree vigorous, upright 

 and productive. In New England, New York. 

 Ontario and Michigan, this is one of the 

 most popular and profitable sorts for table 

 or market. Keeps until April. 

 BEN DAVIS — Fruit is medium to large, of a 

 bright, deep red color, or red striped over 

 clear yellow. Has a thin, tough skin. The 

 flesh is whitish, firm, juicy and sub-acid. 

 CORTLAND — (New variety developed by New 

 York State Experimental Station). A fine 

 apple resulting from the cross pollinization 

 of Mcintosh and Ben Davis. Inheriting only 

 the good qualities of each, the new apple 

 has found additional good qualities of its 

 own which are rapidly making a strong com- 

 petitor of the Baldwin in popularity. The 

 Cortland is a beautiful red apple, larger than 

 the Mcintosh, and matures a month later. 

 Keeps late in Winter and can be handled and 

 shipped like the hardiest of other market va- 

 rieties. 



GANO — This variety is supposed to be a cross 

 between Ben Davis and Jonathan. It re- 

 sembles Ben Davis very closely both in tree 

 and fruit except the color in which the red 

 is evenly overspread and shows no inclina- 

 tion to be striped. 

 GRIMES' GOLDEN— An apple of the highest 

 quality. It is one of the fancy dessert ap- 

 ples and ranks with Delicious and Jonathan 

 on the markets. Medium to large; bright 

 yellow with pink cheek; flesh fine grained, 

 juicy, with a very pleasing spicy flavor. 

 Like Jonathan it is equally adapted to al- 

 most all culinary uses as well as for eating 

 out of the hand. For pies, marmalade, 

 sauce and dumplings, it is one of the best. 

 It has hardly enough acid for the best jelly 

 apple. The tree is hardy, grows upright 

 and is quite disease and insect re- 

 sistant. Season of fruit Novem- 

 ber to January. 

 MAMMOTH BLACK TWIG— Ex- 

 cels Winesap in nearly every im- 

 portant point; a better grower, 

 hardier and the fruit much larg- 

 er; color even a darker red; flesh 

 firmer; flavor milder, but fully 

 equal. A long keeper. 



McINTOSH RED— Season, October 

 and January. A choice variety 

 of the Fameuse type. Tree vig- 

 orous with spreading head; a 

 good annual bearer. Fruit above 

 medium to large, highly per- 

 fumed; almost covered with bril- 

 liant crimson, a beautiful fruit; 

 iesh snow white, crisp, very tender, slightly 

 aromatic, sub-acid, very good quality. 



NORTHERN SPY— Large, roundish-conical, 

 often flattened, slightly ribbed; handsomely 

 striped with red; flavor rich, aromatic, mild 

 sub-acid. fine. Keeps through winter and 

 late into spring. To afford fine fruit, tree 

 must receive good cultivation and attention. 

 A market fruit of highest quality. 



NORTHWESTERN GREENING— Season, De 



cember to March. Tree a splendid vigorous 

 grower, quite hardy. Fruit large to very 

 large; green, becoming yellowish-green 

 when ripe; flesh yellow, fine grained and 

 firm; flavor a good sub-acid; very smooth 

 and attractive; should be given plenty of 

 room in the orchard to secure large, even 

 fruit. 



RHODE ISLAND GREENING— Season, De- 

 cember to March. Fruit large and hand- 

 some, smooth, dark green overspread with 

 yellow. Flesh tender, rich, rather acid, but 

 highly flavored and excellent. Has lon«>- 

 been popular in the Eastern states as a des- 

 sert apple and also for cooking; tree vig- 

 orous, spreading; a heavy and constant bear- 

 er after reaching maturity. 



WINESAP — Medium size, dark red, juicy, 

 mild. A favorite late winter apple and a 

 leading commercial variety on all markets, 

 as well as a very popular home apple in the 

 West. Is a high class dessert apple; also 

 very good for sauce, pies, jelly and marma- 

 lade. December to April. 



