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York Imperial S24 « Great Jeverite 
For prices of all Apples see page 14. 
Medium to large size, round irregular, 
greenish yellow overlaid with bright red; 
flesh tender, firm, crisp, and high flavor; 
wonderful keeper. Can be kept in cold stor- 
age until June. Tree is a vigorous grower, 
strong and healthy; an unusually heavy 
bearer. Other varieties may fail to set fruit 
and suffer from off years, but York Imperial! 
with proper culture methods, will bear con- 
sistently from year to year. York Imperial 
is a popular winter variety for cooking; also 
good for eating. A wonderful apple for 
packing in bushels for the domestic trade. 
York Imperial is one of the leading commer- 
cia! Appies for Southern Pennsylvania, 
Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. 
YORK IMPERIAL 
Other Good Winter Apples 
ROXBURY RUSSET. Large, firm, moderately tender, 
juicy, sub-acid, good flavor. Skin almost smooth, 
but covered with greenish to yellowish brown russet; 
long keeper. Most popular russet apple, tree hardy, 
strong grower, and a prolific bearer. 
RHODE ISLAND GREENING. Large, greenish yellow, 
flesh crisp, juicy, quite acid, firm, fine grained, ten- 
der, and of very fine flavor and quality. An excel- 
lent keeper, a popular barrel apple; brings good 
prices. Generally planted in New England, New 
York, Michigan, and Canada, but not advisable to 
plant south of the Mason-Dixon line. 
STARK. Long keeper and a reliable commercial sort. 
Fruit large, round, greenish yellow, with red stripes; 
flesh yellow, crisp and mildly acid; valuable as a 
keeper. Excellent baking apple and always sought 
by the larger baking concerns and hotels. A good 
variety for the commercial orchard because the tree 
is hardy, thrifty, healthy, one of the strongest grow- 
ers, a regular bearer; very productive. Desirable 
trees to top work other sorts on. 
TURLEY. A seedling of the Winesap which it some- 
what resembles. Fruit rounded conical in shape, 
much larger than the Winesap, smoother skinned 
and deeper and richer in color; juicy and rich fla- 
vor. Tree very hardy and comes into bearing early. 
WINESAP. Sometimes called Old Winesap and Vir- 
ginia Winesap; medium size, oblong, smooth, and a 
fine dark red—one of the best red colored apples 
grown; flesh yellow, crisp, tender, very juicy, aro- 
matic, firm and excellent flavor. Very long keeper 
and considered the best cold storage variety, keep- 
ing until July. A strong grower; comes into bearing 
early and is remarkable for its regular and abundant 
crops. 
TWENTY OUNCE. Very large, yellow striped with 
red; fine quality; good keeper. 
WOLF RIVER. Exceedingly large, handsome, bright 
yellow, skin mottled and blushed with deep red and 
broad stripes of bright carmine, fair quality, long 
keeper and excellent for cooking. (Small 1-year 
trees only). 
WINTER RAMBO. Medium size, greenish yellow col- 
or; thick skin. 
WAGENER. A superior large apple of beautiful bright 
red; fine texture, high flavor and excellent quality. 
Tree bears early, and is a reliable cropper. 
WINTER BANANA. Extra large, golden yellow, and 
beautifully shaded with bright crimson red; firm, 
fine grained, rich, sub-acid. The name suggests 
the high flavor. Tree thrives nearly everywhere. 
Should be packed in bushels or boxes and sold soon 
after picking. 
YELLOW BELLFLOWER. Large, yellow, good flavor. 
Crab Apples 
Fine for Jelly 
HYSLOP. Deep crimson, large size, sub-acid and of 
good quality. Fine for all kinds of preserving, can- 
ning, etc., and good to eat fresh. Tree handsome. 
TRANSCENDENT. Yellow striped with red; good for 
eating fresh and fine for preserving. Best of all 
crab apples. Tree large; quick grower. 
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