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TORE IMPERIAL— >j Size. 



YORK inPERIAL— The best of ail the list— Medium size, oval, angular, skin greenish, 

 yellow, nearly covered -with bright red. flesh crisp, tender and juicy, aromatic: an enormous 

 bearer and hangs well on the tree; it is also a good keeper. retalning"lts flavor to the last. AVe 

 cannot say too much in favor of this apple AW things considered, it is scarcely second to any 

 now grovxn as a profitable orchard variety. Be sure to include this in every collection. De- 

 cember to April. 



WINESAP— We can hardly find words sufficiently strong to express the high opinion we 

 have of tbis fruit, possessing as it does, a combination ot so many excellent qualities. For 

 cider it has but fcAv equals: for table it stands among the best: for keeping it is .iustly es- 

 teemed, and for bearing it scarcely has a rival. Considering all this we must earnestly recom- 

 mend it to the consideration of all orchardists. Fruit medium size, i-ather oblong, skin 

 smooth ot a finr dark red, Avith a few streaks and a little yellow ground appearing on the 

 shady side; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, wjth a rich, high flavor. December to April. 



'GANO— A seedling: of the Ben Davis, but is much superior to that variety, having all of 

 its good qualities in a higher degree. It is more brilliantly colored, more regular in size and 

 ;a very long keeper, tree having stood 3:2 degrees below zero without injury. Fruit large. 

 finelv^colored. even in size an d goo d qu ality. February to Mav. 



WOLF RIVER— A handsome apple, origi- 



t Pa.. Xov. 4th, 1901. 



t Gentlemen :- The trees shipped to me 

 t came to hand ir. good condition. Stock 

 t perfectly clean and much better than I 

 ^ expected. Expect to give you my future 

 t; orders. Yours trulv, 



:: N. G. Hess. 



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green wnen picked, with a brownish blush: flesh white, fine grained, juicy, sweet.spright- 

 ly and good, productne; an excellent apple and well woi'thy of a place in the orchard. 



nated near Wolf Hiver. AVisconsin. Fruit 

 large, greenish yellow, shaded with red or 

 crimson; flesh white, half tender, juicy, pleas- 

 ant, mild, sub-acid, with a peculiar spicy, 

 flavor. Tree strong, stout and a great bearer. 

 January and Febriuiry. 



PARADISE WINTER SWEET- Large regu- 

 larly formed, roundish: skm fair and smooth, 



iright- 

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 vember to February. 



S.MITH'S CIDER— Rather large, greenish white, striped with red: flesh tender, juicy.with 

 a mild sub-acid fla\()r, a prodigious bearer and a profitable market variety, Dec. to Feb. 



NORTHERN SPY— Large, striped, flesh white, mild and tender and slightly sut>-acid, 

 Tvith a rich delicious flavor. Tree is a good grower, but we cannot advise its planting south 

 of Pennsylvania, except in mountainous regions. November to February. 



BALDWIN— One of the best and most popular apples in cultivation on account of its 

 flavor and good shipping qualities. Fruit is large roundish, narrowing a little to the eye. the 

 skm deep led. while the flesh is white, rich, crisp, juicy, highly favored but somewhat sub- 

 acid, and is a handsome fruit. Tree is a vir- us grower and bears abundantly. Succeeds 

 well in western Maryland and the mountaiur^oi Virginia, but drops its fruit a little too early 

 in and near the tidewater section. October to February. ,.,... 



HAnnOTH BLACK TWIG-Onginated in Arkansas. Seedling of the AA mesap which it 

 resembles, but It is superior in many ways. Large, deep red. sub-acid, early and abundant 

 bearer and a good keeper. Tree is a strong grower and roots well. This "valuable winter 

 apple has but fev." equals. , ^ , 4. 



WEALTHY-A most valuable apple of fine size, appearance and quality: a good market 

 apple of its season: whitish yellow ground, shaded with deep rich crimson in the sun. ob- 

 scure, broken stripes and mottlings in shade, sometimes entirely covered with crimson; flesh 

 white, finegrained, tender, juicy, vinous and sub-acid. Tree is healthy,haidy and productive. 



