IOWA 
For Home Use 
Lowland (Lieviand Raspberry), Olden- 
burg (Duchess), Charlamoff, Patten (Pat- 
ten Greening), Wealthy, Eastman, Long- 
field, Northwestern, Delicious (Trial), Sa- 
lome, Black Annette (Trial), Windsor, 
Tolman Sweet, Allen Choice, Colorado 
Orange. 
Apples Recommended for Commercial 
Planting in Southern Iowa 
Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Delicious 
(Trial), Stayman (Stayman Winesap), 
Gano, Black Ben Davis and Ben Davis, 
York Imperial (Trial). 
For Home Use 
Red June, Oldenburg (Duchess), Beno- 
ni, Chenango, Dyer, Wealthy, Fameuse 
(Snow), Roman Stem, Bailey Sweet, 
Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Salome, Deli- 
cious, Tolman Sweet, Stayman (Stayman 
Winesap), Winesap, Ralls (Genet), Gano, 
Black Ben Davis, Ben Davis, York Im- 
perial. 
The following fruits are suggested as 
standard varieties for Iowa: 
Apples 
Duchess of Oldenburg, Wealthy for 
northern drift, Jonathan for southern 
loess. 
Crabs 
Hyslop, Florence, Martha, Virginia. 
Plums 
De Soto, Wyant, Miner. 
Cherries 
Early Richmond, Montmorency. 
Grapes 
Moore’s Early, Worden, Concord. 
Raspberries 
Older, Kansas. 
Blackberries 
Snyder, Ancient Briton. 
Currants 
Victoria, Red Dutch, White Grape. 
Gooseberries 
Downing. 
Strawberries 
Dunlap, Warfield. 
While none of the varieties mentioned 
are perfect, they have proven the most 
satisfactory out of all the varieties tested 
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and can be safely used as a standard for 
comparing other varieties. 
Apples 
For NortHern Drirt: Patten’s Green- 
ing, Longfield, Charlamoff, Salome, Ma- 
linda, Northwestern Greening. Sweet ap- 
ples—Tolman. 
For SoutHerN Loess: Benoni, Maiden’s 
Blush, Fameuse, Grimes Golden, Winesap, 
Stayman, Genet, Roman Stem, Gano. 
Sweet apples—Sweet June, Ramsdell’s 
sweet, Paradise Winter Sweet. For des- 
sert use—HEarly Joe, Fall Wine, Chenan- 
go, Dyer, Rambo. 
Pears 
Kieffer, Seckel, Flemish Beauty, Bart- 
lett. 
Peaches 
For SOUTHERN Logss: 
by, Elberta, Triumph. 
Champion, Cros- 
Grapes 
For Soururren Lorss: 
agara, Agawam, Brighton. 
Raspberries 
For SoutHern Loess: Cuthbert, Turn- 
er, Cumberland, Columbian. 
Diamond, Ni- 
Dewhberries 
Lucretia. 
The above lists are suggested by the 
Iowa State Horticultural Society. 
The state society does not recommend 
a list of fruits for planting in any dis- 
trict; it recognizes the fact that each 
grower can select varieties better adapted 
to his locality than anyone else. The list 
given is to assist those who have not 
given much study to varieties. Where no 
locality is mentioned the varieties named 
are for general planting on all soils. The 
northern part of the state is mostly cov- 
ered with drift and the southern part 
with loess. The soil, rainfall and eleva- 
tion changes the temperature so that the 
thermal zones do not correspond with de- 
grees of latitude. As an example: Budd- 
ed peaches seldom prove profitable when 
planted north of the line showing a mean 
annual temperature of 49 degrees, though 
they may be grown much farther north. 
For additional information on orchard 
sites and soils, see Selection of Site un- 
der Apple Orchard. 
