WINESAP 



Sometimes called Old Winesap and 

 Virginia Winesap; medium size, oblong, 

 smooth, and a fine dark red — one of the 

 best red colored apples grown; flesh yel- 

 low, crisp, tender, very juicy, aromatic, 

 firm and excellent flavor. 

 Very long keeper and con- 

 sidered the best cold stor- 

 age variety, keeping until 

 July. A strong grower; 

 comes into bearing early 

 and is remarkable for its 

 •regular and abundant 

 crops. Grimes should be 

 planted with Winesap for 

 proper pollenization. Wine- 

 sap has the reputation, 

 being a leader for many 

 years; the name is familiar 

 to everyone. Best box apple 

 grown, which has made it 

 famous in . Oregon and 

 Washington; also a wonderful bushel 

 and barrel apple, being extensively grown 

 in Virginia for export and domestic 

 trade. Supply of Winesap is always 



Winesap — Best known international variety. 

 Always a gold profit maker. 



limited, with heavy demand from the 

 fancy markets, causing Winesap to be 

 one of the highest average priced apples 

 commercially grown. 



OTHER WINTER VARIETIES 



Albemarle Pippin. 



scription. 



See Yellow Newtown for de- 



BALDWIN. Large, round, bright red, crisp, juicy 

 and rich; good late keeper, esteemed as an eat- 

 ing apple and for cooking. Quick and large 

 grower; yields big crops. A wonderful shipper, 

 standing long distances very successfully. The 

 best northern apple for packing in barrels, fine 

 cold storage apple, strong demand for carload 

 shipments of Baldwins to European and South 

 American markets. Brings high prices on foreign 

 markets; also popular on the New England and 

 Northern States markets. Grows to perfection in 

 New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Michi- 

 gan and Canada, but should not be planted south 

 of the Mason-Dixon line. Baldwin is the leading 

 commercial variety in the Northern States. 

 (Small 1 year trees only.) 



Ben Davis. Fine looking, large, round; yellow with 

 red stripes; flesh white, juicy, sub-acid, coarse. 

 Good for cooking, but on account of poor flavor 

 not desirable for fresh eating. Finest keeper 

 known. Can be kept in cold storage until July. 

 Excellent shipper, usually packed in barrels. 

 Best known export apple, always in good demand 

 by European, South American and Asiatic buy- 

 ers; highest prices. Grow Ben Davis on a com- 

 mercial scale for export trade. Tree is a rapid 

 grower, healthy, vigorous, bears at an early age, 

 heavy cropper and a sure bearer. 



Cortland. A promising new variety resulting 

 from cross pollenization of Mcintosh Red and 

 Ben Davis, and inheriting the good qualities of 

 each parent. Beautiful red apple, approximately 

 the same size and fine flavor of the Mcintosh, 

 but ripens about three weeks or a month later. 

 Good keeper. Our buds were cut direct from the 



bearing Cortland in a prominent orchard at Kin- 

 derhook, New York. (Small 1 year trees only.) 



Ensee. Dull red, suggesting its Rome Beauty strain 

 in size and shape; crisp, tender, yellow flesh and 

 good flavor. 



DELICIOUS. Of peculiar and distinctive shape; 

 brilliant dark red, flesh fine grained, juicy, crisp 

 and melting, flavor sweet, with a slight acid 

 taste, with a delightful aroma, very highest qual- 

 ity. Excellent for eating, and the most popular 

 fruit stand apple. Packs well in boxes and bush- 

 els, always bringing high prices on the leading 

 markets, and in strong demand by the best trade. 

 Being a good shipper, along with its high red 

 color and fine flavor, has placed the Delicious 

 among the topnotchers. Tree is hard, vigorous 

 grower and a good, dependable cropper when 

 properly pollenized. Suggest planting Grimes 

 Golden and Jonathans as pollenizers with De- 

 licious. 



Gallia Beauty. A Rome Beauty type of apple iden- 

 tical in every respect, except its earlier coloring 

 qualities, recommended for commercial planting. 

 (1 year trees iiiily.) 



GANO (Black Ben). A handsome, large apple of 

 perfect shape, with a smooth, glossy, brilliant 

 deep red skin; flesh is white, slightly tinged with 

 yellow, firm, rather coarse, crisp, mild, sub-acid, 

 fair flavor. Gano is one of the most popular 

 export apples, being bought by South American 

 trade at a premium in prices to others. Excel- 

 lent keeper, standing long shipments as well as 

 any other variety, usually packed in barrels. 

 Tree is a strong, vigorous grower, with somewhat 

 drooping branches, and comes into bearing 

 young, producing regular and abundant crops. 

 A sure money-maker for the export trade. 



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