E. W. TOWNSEND SONS • SALISBURY • MARYLAND 



Winter VARIETIES 



APPLE 



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TREES 



Head Propagating Foreman and our Mr. 



L. S. Townsend inspecting a bearing age 



apple tree for bud selection 



Varieties Listed in Order of Ripening 



• JOAN. A sensational apple of large size, beautiful, 

 solid red color. Fruits annually and very productive. A 

 good storage apple, keeps longer than Jonathan, its 

 parent. Agricultural Colleges are recommending this 

 variety for trial plantings. 



• SHARON. This variety is being well received by the 

 fruit grower in sections of the country where it has been 

 fruited. Fruit is well colored and of excellent dessert 

 quality. 



• SECOR. An apple of exceptionally high quality. It's 

 a seedling of Salome and Jonathan. Very productive fruit, 

 m°dium red in color, extra good keeper. Storage analysis 

 shows that it will keep two weeks longer than Jonathan 

 and be free from spots. 



• ROMS BEAUTY. A profitable money-maker year in 

 and year out. The fruit is fairly large size and uniform, 

 also excellent keeper. The color is red with stripes, and 

 flavor is well above the average. 



• GALLIA BEAUTY (Red Rome). A solid red apple 

 of the Rome Beauty family. It is a wonderful apple for 

 those who want a high color on their Rome Beauties. 

 Has the same characteristics as the Rome, but being a 

 solid red can be picked ten days to two weeks earlier. It's 

 an excellent keeper and quality of the very best. Produces 

 fruit and sizes up well into top grade. Our trees are 

 propagated from one of the finest strains of Gallia Beauty 

 to be found anywhere in the country. Order trees from 

 this preferred stock. You will be delighted with the re- 

 sults. 



• ORZiXiANS. This is a new Delicious type apple, ripen- 

 ing about the same time as Delicious, but keeps longer. 

 Very attractive. Trees bear young and annually. Recom- 

 mend for trial. 



• MEDINA. A Delicious type apple, large and attrac- 

 tive red, ripening later than the Delicious and an ex- 

 cellent variety to prolong the season. 



• IiOWRY. New popular commercial variety, being 

 grown successfully in Virginia. Fruit has a beautiful 

 rich-red color. In shape it's round to oval, mild sub- 

 acid flavor. White flesh slightly tinged to yellow. A good 

 keeper, excellent shipper. Has been bringing top of the 

 market. 



• RED SAUCE. A beautiful red apple of the highest 

 flavor. We recommend this new variety for trial and 

 home market. 



• SWEET DELICIOUS. Trees of this variety fruit at 

 an early age. A wonderful apple for the home or small 

 commercial orchard. A highly colored apple with excel- 

 lent qualities. 



• SMOKEHOUSE. Fine flavored apple when fully ripe. 

 Mellow and delicious, lacking in acidity. Trees are vigor- 

 ous growers and come into bearing at an early age. 

 Planted quite extensively in Pennsylvania. The color of 

 fruit is neither distinctly yellow nor red. 



• NERO. A grand variety that has not been widely 

 planted commercially. Its coloring is of deep bright red, 

 size medium to large, an excellent flavor, and one of the 

 longest keepers in storage. 



• MACOUN. A Mcintosh type of apple, ripening about 

 four weeks later than Mcintosh. Hangs well on the trees 

 A heavy producer of rich red apples of the finest quality 

 Fruits annually. A variety we recommend to prolong the 

 Mcintosh season. 



• YORK IMPERIAL (Xtra-Red strain). Our strain of 

 York was secured from one of the finest all re.1 trees in the 

 country. Growers who are looking for a York apple, solid red 

 with same quality, size and shape of the Regular York Variety 

 should order this strain. It is ready for market three weeks 

 ahead of the regular York Variety. We sold 11.000 trees in the 

 York Planting section last year. It's a real money maker. 



• TURLEY. Originated by the Indiana Horti. Society 

 and is of the Winesap family. It is more highly colored 

 than the Stayman Winesap, somewhat larger, and about 

 the same shape. It is a good keeper and of excellent 

 quality, also vigorous grower and consistent yielder. We 

 advise planting this variety wherever Winesaps are 

 grown. 



• PARAGON (Black Twigg). Large in size, smooth 

 skin, yellowish covered with deep red, sub-acid and of 

 excellent flavor. It is an important commercial variety. 

 We advise planting Red Delicious as pollenizer. 



• GANO (Ben Davis). Is an old favorite in the com- 

 mercial orchards. The tree is medium size, grows rapidly, 

 skin tough, waxy bright smooth, usually glossy greenish 

 or yellow colored with bright red splashed with dark 

 carmine. It is a good cooking apple. 



• WINESAP (Old Fashioned). One of the oldest and 



most popular apples in the United States. It is widely 

 grown, but has lost ground to the newer varieties. It is 

 a good storage apple, color glossy, bright red, very firm, 

 rather coarse, juicy, and sub-acid. 



CRAB APPLES 



• DOLGO. Bears very early, is a distinctive and 

 splended ornamental fruit tree of great value, extremely 

 hardy even in full blossom, has survived frost and 

 freezes. Fruit juicy, has a sprightly sweet flavor and 

 makes a very fine, bright, clear red jelly of excellent 

 fiavor. Heavy yielder: "45 glasses of jelly and 8 pints 

 of jam from one single peck." (No advance in price for 

 this grand new variety.) 



• YOUNG AMERICA. A new variety that is proving 

 very popular wherever grown. It is hardy, a reliable 

 cropper and its color is bright red. 



• rlXOLVjr, An old reliable variety that has proven 

 itself satisfactory, size large, bright dark red, and very 

 hardy. 



• WHITNEY. One of the most popular of the large 

 crab apples for the West and North. The skin is light 

 yellow striped with red. It is sub-acid, nearly sweet, 

 and has a good flavor. 



• TRANSCENDENT. One of the most popular va- 

 rieties in the East. 



XTRA-RED YORK 



