24 HARRISONS’ NURSERIES 

Stayman Winesap 
Winter. Dark red skin, tinged with yellow. Flesh yellow. 
Medium to large 
It really doesn’t seem necessary to describe this variety, as the 
Winesap is known favorably wherever apples are sold. You can find 
people in every locality who will buy nothing else. Stayman Winesap 
is larger than the original Winesap and somewhat later. It is also 
more prolific. 
One of the most desirable points about this tree is that it does not 
require rich soil; in fact, it seems to do best on land that is dry and 
hard. Many apples will do well on ordinarily good soil, but there are 
only a few varieties of winter apples which show 
A REAL PREFERENCE FOR POOR SOIL 
If you have a patch of land which does not produce according to 
your expectations, and if your land suffers from dry spells which do 
not permit grain and vegetables to mature, try an acre of Stayman 
Winesaps. They will convince you that your land has a decided value 
—pbut it must be planted to the right crop. 
EASTERN GROWERS PLANT IT LARGELY 
in the new orchards, and they are men who know what true value is. 
They realize that this apple will produce as good results as many 
others, and do it on poorer ground. Naturally, not so much capital 
is required for the investment. 
With the old Winesap, the fruit tends to decrease in size as the tree 
ages; with the Stayman it is generally as large and attractive as ever. 
It is a strong grower, comes into bearing early, and is reasonably 
certain to produce good crops every year. 
STAYMAN WINESAP IS ALWAYS DEPENDABLE 
Many varieties of apple trees have a good year and an “‘off year;”’ 
that is, they will give a large crop one year and next season produce 
very little. While conduct of this sort cannot always be blamed upon 
the variety, since climate, temperature, and other causes enter into 
the question, yet Stayman Winesap seems to ripen a more uniform 
cropthan many of the others, and letters from our customers inform us 
that the regularity of crop isremarkable. This is naturally a valuable 
qualification, and, in part, accounts for the choice of many eastern 
orchardists. The taste and appearance tell the rest of the story. 
