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FRUIT DEPARTJMETVT 



ARE YOU PLANTING THE BEST 



New and Improved Apples 



OF RECENT 

 INTRODUCTION 



• The Planters' Dream Has 

 Come True. • Here Is A 

 Highly Colored, Depend- 

 able Staymans Type Apple. 



APPLE 



It's Record in 1937 Will Establish the BLAXTAYMAN Generally as One of 

 America's Foremost Commercial Apples. 



"THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CROP OF STAYMANS TYPE APPLE I HAVE EVER SEEN, 

 THIS SHOULD BE THE GROWERS' ANSWER TO THEIR DEMANDS FOR A BETTER STAY^ 

 MANS APPLE*\ An apple buyer made these remarks when looking at a 7-year old Blaxtayman orchard 

 near Bridgeville, Delaware. 



The story of a Z-ycar old Blaxtayman Orchard 

 near Bridge ville, Del., in 1937. 



The season of 1937 proved a great year for the Blax- 

 tayman. Apple growers in all sections of the Eastern 

 fruit belt have been waiting patiently for their young 

 plantings of Blaxtayman to fruit for them and their 

 fondest wishes for a definite improved Staymans type 

 apple were realized. They watched their young trees 

 zealously as the fruit began to color early in the season 

 and continued to color until it reached a beautiful, full 

 bright, red color, without a trace of stripe and best of 

 all 100% of the apples attained good color regardless of 

 location on the tree. What more could a grower 

 desire? One orchardist near Bridgeville, Dela., picked 

 his Blaxtayman more than two weeks before he picked 

 his regular Staymans and while we were in this or- 

 chard taking some photographs of the trees on Sep- 

 tember 20th, an apple buyer came through the orchard 

 and stated: "This is the most beautiful crop of Stay- 

 mans type apple I have ever seen ; this should be the 

 growers' answer to their demands for a better Stay- 

 mans apple." We were taking motion pictures of these 

 trees in actual colors and they were a beautiful sight. 

 These trees which were 7 years old averaged about 8 

 bushels to the tree. In order to get more definite in- 

 formation on this we bought the product of two of these 

 trees and let them remain on the trees until October 

 9th when we picked every apple from the trees and 

 again took colored photographs of the fruit on the trees 

 and after picking, and instead of the apple turning too 

 dark it continued to attain even a brighter, more at- 

 tractive red and then truly it was all a grower could 

 desire in a Staymans type apple. We shall be glad to 

 show these motion pictures of this orchard, taken in 

 colors, at our various exhibits and give you the oppor- 

 tunity to see for yourself what this Great Apple will do. 



Today more than ever before the consumer is de- 

 manding better color and finer quality in the fruit they 

 buy, therefore it is absolutely necessary that the grower 

 plant trees of and produce the best strains of fruit 

 available so as to command the highest prices obtain- 

 able for his fruit in the future. We have watched close- 

 ly other strains of the improved of Staj'mans being off- 



ered and from observation we say unhesitatingly that the 

 Blaxtayman leads in the field improved types of Stay- 

 mans being offered at the present time. It was cer- 

 tainly gratifying to us as Ave traveled among the or- 

 chardists in the Staymans producing sections of the 

 East this past season and saw the satisfaction the 

 Blaxtayman was giving. Many orchardists are starting 

 to replace their old Stayman orchards by interplanting 

 while others are planning to make new plantings of the 

 Blaxtayman so as to keep pace with the times and grow 

 the best for the future markets. These are simple facts 

 every Fruit grower must realize and face and you 

 should consider them carefully when planning your 

 plantings this year. 



ORIGIN— Original tree planted in the State of Wash- 

 ington, in 1906. Its ability to produce large, brilliantly 

 colored, solid red apples with texture and quality and 

 shape of the Staymans Winesap, was brought to our at- 

 tention in 1925. Second and third generation grafts bore 

 in 1929, producing the same type of fruit. Introduced to 

 the Eastern Fruit Grower, Spring 1930. For many years 

 the fruit growers realized the Aveakness of the Staymans 

 variety was the fact that it failed to get an attractive 

 color. In the Blaxtayman, we have every characteristic 

 of the Staymans Winesap with the exception that the 

 fruit colors a beautiful solid red, making it an extreme- 

 ly attractive apple. 



First offered by the Bountiful Ridge Nurseries in the 

 Spring of 1930, we consider it one of the most val- 

 uable apples of recent introduction to the Eastern fruit 

 grower. See back cover for color illustration. 



The fruit is equally as large or larger than the reg- 

 ular Staymans. The tree is equally as thrifty as the old 

 Staymans. The apple has a slightly tougher skin, which 

 tends to make it keep better in storage and carry better 

 to the markets. The apple will not scald in storage as 

 readily because of its clear bright red color without any 

 stripe. The apple has the same shape as the old type of 

 Staymans Winesap. Because of its solid red color you 

 can pick the apple earlier if desired and seek the ex- 

 port markets with one of the best quality apples now 

 in cultivation. Because of its solid red color you can 

 harvest almost 100% extra fancy grade and fancy grade 

 apples. 



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