HARRISONS' NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND 



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Varieties Recommended for Different Purposes and Places 



Variety 



Sections best adapted 



Baldwin 



Ben Davis 



Delicious 



Duchess 



Gravenstein 



Jonathan 



Grimes' Golden 



Mammoth Black Twig 



Mcintosh Red 



Nero 



Northern Spy 



Northwestern Greening 



Rhode Island Greening 



Rome Beauty 



Starr 



Stark 



Stajnnan's Winesap 



Wagener 



Williams' Early Red 



Winesap 



Winter Banana 



Yellow Transparent 



York Imperial 



Yellow Newtown 



New Brunswick to Penna. 



Virginia and south. 



New Brunswick to Virginia 



New Brunswick to North Carolina 



New York to Virginia 



New York to North Carolina 



New Brunswick to Georgia 



Maryland to Georgia 



New Brunswick to Maryland 



New Jersey to Virginia 



New Brunswick to Penna. 



Maine to West Virginia 



Maine to Pennsylvania 



Maine to West Virginia 



New York to Virginia 



New York to West Virginia 



Maine to Georgia 



Maine to Pennsylvania 



New York to "Virginia 



Marv'land to Georgia 



Maine to Georgia 



New Brunswick to Georgia 



Pennsylvania to North Carolina 



New York to Virginia 



Ripening 

 period 



Nov.-Mar. 

 Dec-May 

 Nov.-May 

 Aug. 



Aug.. Sept. 

 Oct.-Mar. 

 • Aug.-Oct. 

 Nov.-Mar. 

 Sept.-Jan. 

 Nov.-Jan. 

 Nov. -Apr. 

 Nov.— Apr. 

 Nov.-Mar. 

 Nov.-May 

 Aug.-Sept. 

 Nov.-Jan. 

 Oct.-May 

 Oct. -Apr. 

 Jtily. Aug. 

 Nov.-June 

 Nov.— Apr. 

 July, Aug. 

 Oct.-Jan. 

 Nov.-Aug. 



Com- 

 mercial 



Home 



Fine 



Fine 



Fair 



Poor 



Fine 



Fine 



Fine 



Fair 



Good 



Fine 



Fine 



Fine 



Fine 



Fine 



Good 



Good 



Fine 



Fine 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Good ! 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Good 



Fine 



Fair 



Fine 



Fair 



Fair 



Fair 



Best 



Best 



Fine 



Fine 



Fine 



Fau- 



Fine 



Fine 



Good 



Fair 



Fine 



Fine 



Good 



Poor 



Fair 



Fine 



Color 



Dark red 



Red-yellow 



Dark red 



Yellow-red 



Yellow-red 



Red 



Yellow 



Red 



Red 



Red 



Red-yellow 



Yellow 



Yellow 



Yellow-red 



Yellow 



Yellow 



Red 



Yellow-red 



Red, dark 



Red, dark 



Yellow 



Yellow 



Yellow-red 



YeUow 



Of equal importance with the adaptabihty of a variety is the use or purposes for which you expect to 



grow the fruit. No one should plant an orchard without having some idea of how to dispose of the fruit. 



The principal market channels for Apples are barrel seUing, regular boxed selling, extra-fancy Apples 



for steamer baskets and paper cartons, Apples for baking. Apples for selling direct to consumers by express 



or mail, and Apples for home markets without much packing at all. 



For packing in barrels you want a hard, fibrous Apple, — Ben Davis probably packs better this way than 

 in any other. Spy, Baldwin, York Imperial, Rome Beauty, the Greenings, etc., seem to give satisfaction 

 in barrels. For boxes you may select any variety that brings a good price. Winesap, Stayman, Dehcious 

 and many other high-quahty Apples in our hst are suited to this style of market package. Box-packing 

 costs more than barrel-packing, and low-priced Apples should be packed the cheapest possible w^ay. 



Extra-fancy Apples for steamer 

 baskets, "take-home" baskets and 

 boxes holding a peck or a half- 

 bushel, as Winter Banana, Starr, 

 Winesap, Dehcious, Stayman, Yel- 

 low Newtown and other high-grade 

 varieties. For baking, York Im- 

 perial heads the hst, with Ben Davis 

 and Rome Beauty close behind. 

 For selling direct to consumers by 

 mail or express you must pack 

 in boxes and in smaller cartons 

 or baskets. You should grow 

 Apples of the highest quahty, but 

 -which, at the same time, will 

 stand considerable handhng; 

 Stayman, Winesap, Delicious, 

 Wagener, Jonathan and Spy are 

 good sorts for this purpose. For 

 home markets you can grow 

 almost anything, but you should 

 aim to produce a variety of 

 kinds, and have them ripen 

 from earhest to latest. 



Other classifications might be 

 made. You may find that in your 

 section the best market is for very 

 early summer Apples, or for Sep- 

 tember Apples, or for the longest 

 possible keepers. Or you maj" not 

 have time to give an orchard in- 

 tensive cultivation, and you w^ant to 

 plant varieties that demand the least 

 care. In a short article we have no 

 space to discuss these problems. 

 Write us for personal comments on 

 your situation; w^e shall be glad to 

 Jonathan Apple is a good son ior the nuddle section. See page 18 help yOU select the right varieties. 



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