HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



♦Bailey's Sweet— Fruit large, round, mottled and 

 striped deep red: flesh yellow and tender, with a. mild, 

 rich, sweet flavor; slow. September. 



Duchess (Oldenberg)— A Russian variety of re- 

 markable beaaty, and one of the most hardy produc- 

 tive varieties under cultivation. Does especially well 

 in sections that are too cold for ordinary varieties. 

 Tree is a vigorous grower, and it requires little or no 

 pruning, producing an abundance of fruit very even 

 in size. Smooth skin, finely washed and streaked 

 with red on a golden ground. Flessh juicy and sub- 

 acid. September. 



Red Bietigheimer — A rare German variety re- 

 cently introduced. Fruit large to very large; skin 

 pale green, mostly covered with purplish crimson; 

 flesh white, firm sub-acid, with a brisk, pleasant 

 flavor. Tree a fine gsower and abundant bearer. 

 This is one of the largest and handsomest of Apples, 

 and promises to be extensively cultivated. September 

 and October. 



Twenty Ounce Pippin — Very large, nearly round; 

 yellow striped with red; quality good ; vigorous and 

 good bearer; popular as a market variety . November. 



Porter— truit rather large ; rich yellow ; tree good 

 grower Produces good crops of rich yellow apples. 

 Flesh fine grained, full of juice, sprightly, agreeable, 

 sub-acid. Continues long in ui-e. Those that have the 

 true Porter always praise it. September and October. 

 Widely and extensively grown, especially in Indiana. 

 Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. 



Plumb's Cider — An early bearer and productive; 

 fruit medium, roundish, slightly conical; skin green- 

 ish yellow, shaded and rather obscurely striped and 

 splashed with dull red; flesh whitish, tender, juicy 

 and mild, sub- acid; vigorous. September. 



Utter 's Red — Large, round, whitish and striped^ 

 very beautiful and excellent, sub-acid; tree vigorous, 

 hardy, productive, requires dry soil; of great value 

 north. September and October. 



Vandevere Pippin — Large to very large, roundish 

 flattened at both ends, and very deep cavity ; greenish 

 yellow , covered with stripes and blotches of dull red, 

 good flavor, juicy and rich. Treeformsa round head: 

 vigorous and productive. October and November. 



Wagener — Medium to large, deep red in the sun,. 

 flesh firm, sub-acid and excellent, very productive, 

 bears very young. October to December. 



WINTER APPLES, 



BEN DAVIS. 



Ben Davis — Fruit medium to large; roundish, skin yellowish, splashed and striped and 

 almost covered with red ; flesh white, tender, juicy and sub-acid, of good quality; a popular 

 kind and a good keeping variety and should be in every orchard. The tree is very hardy, a 

 free grower, comes into bearing early, and very productive. It blooms late in the sprine, 

 thereby often escaping the late spring frosts. Very popular in the West and Southwest. 

 Mid- winter. 



