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   INTRODUCTION 
  

  

  The 
  // 
  

  

  RED 
  

  

  YORK 
  

  

  COLORA" 
  

  

  Patent 
  applied 
  for. 
  

   SEE 
  FRONT 
  COVER 
  FOR 
  COLOR 
  ILLUSTRATION 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  planting 
  season 
  of 
  1908 
  Mr. 
  Lloyd 
  Balderston 
  Ill's 
  father 
  made 
  a 
  planting 
  of 
  several 
  

   hundred 
  York 
  Imperial 
  trees 
  on 
  his 
  farm 
  at 
  Colora, 
  Cecil 
  County, 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  When 
  these 
  trees 
  came 
  into 
  fruiting 
  Mr. 
  Balderston 
  found 
  among 
  them 
  one 
  tree 
  which 
  seemed 
  to 
  

   produce 
  fruit 
  which 
  was 
  equally 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  fruit 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  orchard 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  

   typical 
  York 
  Imperial 
  in 
  every 
  respect 
  except 
  that 
  it 
  started 
  coloring 
  earlier 
  and 
  at 
  maturity 
  every 
  ap- 
  

   ple 
  on 
  the 
  tree 
  was 
  very 
  high 
  colored 
  fruit. 
  He 
  continued 
  to 
  observe 
  this 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years, 
  the 
  

   tree 
  never 
  failing 
  in 
  producing 
  this 
  type 
  of 
  fruit 
  according 
  to 
  his 
  observation. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  Richared 
  and 
  Blaxtayman, 
  we 
  had 
  had 
  a 
  continuous 
  call 
  from 
  the 
  

   growers 
  of 
  the 
  York 
  Imperial 
  variety 
  for 
  an 
  improved 
  type 
  of 
  York 
  Imperial 
  which 
  would 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  

   growers 
  a 
  higher 
  percentage 
  of 
  color 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  York 
  Imperial. 
  

  

  Our 
  attention 
  was 
  called 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  type 
  of 
  Red 
  York 
  Imperial 
  in 
  South 
  Western 
  Pennsylvania 
  

   during 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1932 
  but 
  upon 
  close 
  investigation 
  we 
  found 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  what 
  we 
  considered 
  the 
  

   type 
  of 
  Red 
  York 
  which 
  would 
  prove 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  commercial 
  planters. 
  

  

  We 
  continued 
  our 
  search 
  for 
  a 
  better 
  type 
  of 
  Red 
  York 
  Imperial. 
  During 
  a 
  conversation 
  with 
  Mr. 
  

   Lloyd 
  Balderston 
  III 
  at 
  the 
  winter 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  Horticultural 
  Society 
  held 
  in 
  College 
  Park, 
  

   Maryland, 
  during 
  January 
  1933, 
  he 
  told 
  us 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Red 
  York 
  Imperial 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  on 
  his 
  

   place 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  description 
  which 
  he 
  gave 
  to 
  us 
  we 
  believed 
  this 
  was 
  nearer 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Red 
  York 
  

   Imperial 
  that 
  we 
  were 
  looking 
  for 
  and 
  which 
  would 
  fulfill 
  the 
  desires 
  of 
  the 
  growers 
  of 
  the 
  York 
  Im- 
  

   perial 
  type 
  apple. 
  We 
  immediately 
  entered 
  into 
  an 
  arrangement 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Balderston 
  for 
  the 
  production 
  

   of 
  this 
  variety 
  to 
  see 
  if 
  it 
  would 
  reproduce 
  true 
  to 
  type 
  when 
  grafted 
  from 
  the 
  original 
  tree. 
  We 
  were 
  

   more 
  than 
  pleased 
  with 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  this 
  apple 
  as 
  it 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  original 
  trees 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  

   of 
  1933 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  1934 
  and 
  1935. 
  

  

  As 
  soon 
  as 
  we 
  knew 
  definitely 
  where 
  this 
  original 
  tree 
  was, 
  grafts 
  were 
  set 
  from 
  the 
  orginal 
  tree 
  to 
  

   try 
  and 
  reproduce 
  the 
  fruit 
  to 
  know 
  whether 
  it 
  would 
  come 
  through 
  true 
  to 
  type. 
  We 
  are 
  proud 
  to 
  

   say 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  Summer 
  of 
  1935 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  grafts 
  bloomed 
  and 
  set 
  fruit 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  exceptional- 
  

   ly 
  pleasing 
  to 
  us 
  as 
  the 
  season 
  drew 
  on 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  early 
  coloring 
  characteristics 
  on 
  these 
  grafts 
  and 
  

   at 
  maturity 
  it 
  had 
  the 
  same 
  high 
  color 
  that 
  was 
  shown 
  on 
  the 
  original 
  tree. 
  

  

  This 
  year 
  the 
  "COLORA" 
  Red 
  York 
  started 
  to 
  color 
  around 
  August 
  1st, 
  whereas 
  the 
  regular 
  York 
  

   Imperial 
  began 
  to 
  color 
  around 
  August 
  12th. 
  On 
  September 
  2nd 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  the 
  "COLORA" 
  Red 
  

   York 
  Imperial 
  was 
  sufficiently 
  colored 
  throughout 
  the 
  tree 
  to 
  pass 
  U. 
  S. 
  No. 
  1 
  grade 
  on 
  color, 
  whereas 
  

   you 
  could 
  hardly 
  find 
  any 
  fruit 
  on 
  the 
  regular 
  York 
  Imperial 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  orchard, 
  regardless 
  of 
  its 
  

   favorable 
  location, 
  that 
  would 
  pass 
  U. 
  S. 
  No. 
  1. 
  We 
  picked 
  all 
  of 
  this 
  fruit 
  from 
  the 
  "COLORA" 
  Red 
  

   York 
  Imperial 
  tree 
  on 
  October 
  7th. 
  A 
  large 
  portion 
  of 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  gone 
  into 
  the 
  extra 
  fancy 
  and 
  

   fancy 
  grades 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  graded 
  a 
  high 
  grade 
  of 
  U. 
  S. 
  No. 
  1. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  time, 
  Mr. 
  

   Balderston 
  had 
  just 
  begun 
  to 
  pick 
  the 
  regular 
  York 
  Imperial 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  spot 
  pick 
  the 
  trees 
  

  

  