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SUGGESTIONS TO PLANTERS-CoiUwMCfL 



Tlie ground in younj; orchanls slioiiM be kept uiiltivateil, and tlie most ])ractieal mode of doing this is to raise 

 potatoes, cabbage, strawberries, raspberries, or some other hoed crop, tliat tlie trees may be well worked until they 

 come into beariiij;. If corn is raised, do not plant within five or six feet of the trees. Many different views are 

 expressed as to the mode of treating orchards after they come into hearing. 



A coat ol' manure, bono dust or wood ashes should be applied every two years. In applying fertilizers, 

 do not simply pile them around the stem of the tree, but spread them around as far from the trunk as the limbs 

 extend. 



To jirotect from the ravages of mice or rabbits, wrap the trees with roofing felt, or smear thent with tar. Search 

 should be made every autumn or early spring for borer worms, at or beneath the surface. of the ground, cutting them 

 out and destroying them wherever found. 



It is a good practice to allow sheep or swine to frequent orchards up to the time of ripening, that they may destroy 

 the insects always found in fruit which drops prematurely. 



Gravenstein. Large; yellow, striped with red; juicy, 

 and high flavored. 



Jeffries. Medium; yellow, striped with red; mild sub- 

 acid flavor. 



Nyack Pippin. Very large; conical; yellow, with red 

 cheek. 



Orange Pippin. Large ; yellow, with red cheek. 



Porter. Large; bright yellow ; fine sub-acid flavor. 



Rambo. Medium; yellow, striped with red; pleasant 

 flavor. 



WINTER. 



American Golden Russet [Sheepnose). Small; yel- 

 lowish russet. 

 Baldwin. Large ; deep red ; sub-acid aud high flavored. 

 Ben Davis {New York Pippin). Large; bright red, 



juicy, rich sub-acid. 

 Bellefleur {Bell Flower). Large; bright golden yel- 

 low. 

 Dominie. Medium ; greenish yellow, striped with red. 

 Fallowater. Very large ; greenish yellow, with dark 



blush cheek ;• sub-acid. 

 Fameuse {Snotv Apple). Medium ; deep crimson ; flesh 



white. 

 Grimes' Golden Pippin. Medium; bright yellow; 



rich and spicy. 

 Hubbardson's Nonesuch. Large; yellow, striped 



with red; sweet. 

 King of Tompkins County. Large; yellowish red; 



rich ; sub-acid. 

 Monmouth Pippin {Red Cheek Pippin). Large; 



greenish yellow, with red cheek. 

 Nero. Medium ; dark red ; sub-acid. 

 Rawle's Janet. Medium; yellow, striped crimson; 



sub-acid. 

 Red Carver. Medium size; tender and juicy. 

 Ridge Pippin. Large; yellow; blush cheek. 

 Roman Stem. Medium ; yellow, juicy ; rich, acid 



flavor. 

 Smith's Cider. Large ; red, marbled yellow ; pleasant; 



sub-acid. 

 Smokehouse. Medium ; yellow, shaded with red ; firm, 



juicy. 

 Talman's Sweet. Medium; light yellow, with pale 



blush. 

 Tewkesbury Winter Blush. Small; yellow, with 



red cheek ; firm, juicy. 

 Wine Sap. Medium; dark red ; flesh yellow, rich and 



high flavored. 



NEWER VARIETIES. 



Price, 75 cts. each ; $7.50 per doz. 

 Pewaukee. Medium round ; bright yellow, striped 



with dark red ; tender and juicy, sub-acid ; good 



quality ; a good winter variety. 

 Red Bietigheimer. Kipening in early fall, large size ; 



light yellow, nearly covered with red. 

 Wealthy. Medium ; yellow, shaded with crimson ; 



tender, juicy, sub-acid ; a hardy and vigorous winter 



variety. 

 White Carver. Medium to large; bright yellow; 



agreeable sub-acid flavor; good and regular bearer; 



a valuable summer variety. 

 YelloAV Transparent. A new Russian variety ; clear 



white skin, changing to a beautiful yellow when fully 



ripe; of good quality, and for an early apple a good 



keeper ; ripens from ten days to two weeks before the 



Early Harvest. 



APPLES. 



The following are given as being the varieties best 

 adapted to general cultivation in this latitude, in addition 

 to which are many varieties not here described which 

 have only a local reputation, or which succeed only in 

 certain localities. The trees have made a thrifty, vigorous 

 growth during the past season, and are furnished with a 

 quantity of fibrous roots. 



Size, 5i to 7 feet. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. Selected 

 specimens. 



EARLY. 

 £arly Harvest. Medium ; straw color; flavor rich. 

 Early Red Streak. Medium ; yellow, with red streaks ; 



sub-acid. 

 Early Strawberry. Small; dark crimson; sub-acid. 

 Sweet Bough. Large; pale yellow; very sweet. 

 Red Astrachan. Large ; bright crimson ; rich, acid 



flavor. 



SUMMER. 



American Summer Pearmain. Medium; red, 

 streaked with yellow. 



Maiden's Blush. Large; pale yellow, with a beauti- 

 ful blush cheek. 



Primate, or Belle Rose. Medium size; white, with 

 red cheek ; good flavor. 



Tetofsky. Medium; yellow, striped with red; firm, 

 juicy. 



Townsend. Large; yellow and red. 



AUTUMN. 



Duchess of Oldenburg. Medium; yellow, striped 



with red; rich and juicy. 

 Fall Pippin. Very large; rich yellow; sub-acid. 



Cardigan Bridge, Canada. 



• " We received the box of plants last week, for which I cannot thank you enough." 



Mrs. D. C. Morson. 



