CA TALOG UE OF FR UITS. 1 1 



Hubbard ston (Hubbardston Nonsuch)— Large; striped yellow and red; tender, 

 juicy and fine; a free grower and great bearer. Native of Massachusetts. 

 November to January. 



"*fJonatliaii — Medium size; red and yellow; flesh tender, juicy and rich; 2i mod- 

 erate grower; shoots light colored, slender and spreading; very productive. 

 One of the best varieties either for table or market. November to March. 50 

 cents each. 



^Lady Apple (Pomme d'Api) — A beautiful little dessert fruit; flat, pale yellow, 

 with a brilliant red cheek; flesh crisp, juicy and pleasant. The tree is a moder- 

 ate grower, forms a dense, erect head, and bears large crops of fruit in clusters; 

 the fruit sells for the highest price in New York and Philadelphia. November 

 to May. [There are four or five varieties of these described by authors, but 

 this is the best.] 50 cents each. 



■^Lady's Sweet — Large, roundish; green and red, nearly quite red in the sun; 

 sweet, sprightly and perfumed; shoots slender but erect; immoderate grower and 

 good bearer, originated in Newburgh, N. Y. One of the best winter sweet apples. 

 Keeps well. November to May. 50 cents each. 



Ijyinan's Pumpkin Sweet (Pound Sweet)— A very large, round, greenish 

 apple, excellent for baking. Tree a free grower and productive. October to 

 December. 



Monmoutli Pippin (Red Cheek Pippin)— Large, greenish yellow, with a fine red 

 cheek; juicy, tender and good. Tree a free grower and productive. Keeps 

 well till March or April. 



Mother — Large; red- flesh very tender, rich and aromatic. Tree a m,oderate grower 

 and good bearer. Succeeds well in the North; supposed to have originated in 

 Worcester county, Mass. One of the best dessert apples. November to January. 



^Newtow^n Pii>pin — One of the most celebrated of American apples, on account 

 of its long keeping and excellent qualities, and the high price it commands 

 abroad; but its success is confined to certain districts and soils. It attains its 

 greatest perfection on Long Island and the Hudson. In Western New York 

 and New England it rarely succeeds well. It requires rich and high culture, 

 and it makes such a slow, feeble growth, that it has to be top grafted upon a 

 strong growing variety. November to June. 50 cents each. 



INTew York Pippin— See Ben Davis. 



^Northern Spy — Large; striped, and quite covered on the sunny side with dark 

 crimson, and delicately coated with bloom. Flesh juicy, rich, highly aromatic, 

 retaining its freshness of flavor and appearance till July. The tree is a remark- 

 ably rapid, erect grower, and a great bearer. Like all trees of the same habit, 

 it requires good culture and an occasional thinning out of the branches, to 

 admit the sun and air fully to the fruit. Both leaf and blossom buds open a 

 week later than other varieties. One of the finest late keeping apples. 



^Peck's Pleasant — Large; pale yellow, with brown cheek; very smooth and fair; 



flesh firm and rich, approaching the flavor of a Newtown Pippin. Keeps well. 



Tree a moderate, erect grower and good bearer. November to April. 50 cents 



each. 

 -f-Pewaukee — Origin Pewaukee, Wis. Raised from the seed of Oldenburg. Fruit 



medium to large, roundish, oblate; skin bright yellow, striped and splashed 



with dark red; flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. Esteemed especially for cold 



climates, on account of its hardiness. Tree vigorous. January to May. 30 



cents each. 

 Pomme Grise — Small, grayish russet; very rich and highly flavored. Tree a 



moderate grower and good bearer; very valuable in the North; is frequently 



shipped from Canada to England. November to April. 



^ambo — Medium size; streaked and mottled yellow and red; tender, juicy, mild 

 flavored. Tree a vigorous grower and good bearer. A widely cultivated and 

 esteemed old variety. Autumn in the South; October to January in the North. 



Kawle's Genet (Rawle's Janet, Never Fail, etc.) — Medium to large size; yellow, 

 striped with red; crisp, juicy, rich; s. free grower; prolific bearer. One of the 

 most popular winter apples in the South and Southwest. 



