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juicy, sprightly, sub-acid ; quality good ; season last of 

 July and August. Tree very hardy, vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. This is a good apple, but ripens too soon here 

 to be valuable, but north it will prove valuable ; origi- 

 nated with Peter M. Gideon, Minn. 



Gideon's No. 9. — Fruit large for a crab ; form ob- 

 late, slightly conic ; color deep rich yellow, mostly cov- 

 ered, mixed and faintly splashed with deep bright rosy 

 red, with a bl.iom ; dots large, distinct, numerous, some 

 aureole, yello-v or russet ; stem long, slender ; cavity 

 wide, rather shallow, russet, regular ; calyx small, 

 closed ; segments short, erect ; basin wide, very shallow, 

 some furrowed ; core large, wide, closed ; carpels small, 

 closed; seeds large, ovate, dark brown; flesh yellow, 

 firm, juicy, sprightly, pleasant, sub-acid, no astrin- 

 gency ; quality good ; season August. Tree hardy, vig- 

 orous and productive ; originated by Peter M. Gideon, 

 Minn. 



Louis {Louis'' Favorite.^ — Fruit medium, form round- 

 ish, ovate, regular ; color light straw yellow, nearly en- 

 tirely covered, mixed, splashed, and striped with light 

 and deep crimson red and carmine, very handsome ; 

 dots very small, scattered, indistinct, light ; stem long, 

 very slender ; cavity narrow, rather deep, acute, regu- 

 lar, green, or slightly russet ; calyx small, closed ; seg- 

 ments long, rellexed ; basin narrow, very shallow, fur- 

 rowed ; core 1 irge, heart-shaped, open ; carpels large, 

 long, hollow ; seeds small, numerous, plump, ovate, 

 dark brown ; fl 'sh yellowish white, stained, very tender, 

 juicy, pleasant, sprightly, sub-acid ; quality very good 

 to best ; season August, September. Tree very hardy, 

 vigorous and I'roductive. This seedling originated by 

 Peter M. Gideon, Minn., from the seed of Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, fertilized by a crab apple ; bore when eight 

 years old. This is a very handsome apple, not exactly 

 a crab, but we place it here, as it takes that place for all 

 purposes the crab does. A very valuable seedling. 



Van Wyck. — Fruit large for a crab ; form roundish, 

 slightly conic, regular ; color whitish, shaded and mixed 

 with light red ; dots small, if any ; stem very long, slen- 

 der ; cavity narrow, rather deep, smooth, russeted ; 

 calyx small, closed ; segments short, erect ; basin me- 

 dium, shallow, slightly furrowed; core small, round. 



closed ; carpels large, hollow ; seeds medium, ovate, 

 very dark brown ; flesh yellowish, firm, moderately 

 juicy, fine, rather rich, honey sweet ; quality very good ; 

 used for table, kitchen, and cider ; season August, Sep- 

 tember ; origin, chance seedling on the farm of Miss 

 Caroline Van Wyck, Fishkill, N Y. This crab apple ap- 

 pears to be identical with Brier Sweet in cut, core, 

 seeds, quality and description. Tree vigorous, upright, 

 productive. 



GiBB. — Fruit very large ; form oblate, very regular ; 

 color bright shiny rich orange yellow, with a deep 

 orange blush, handsome ; dots small, numerous, in- 

 distinct, light ; stem rather short, thick ; cavity wide, 

 deep, regular, yellow ; calyx medium, open ; segments 

 rather short, recurved ; basin very wide, rather shallow, 

 ribbed ; core large, wide closed ; carpels small, nearly 

 closed ; seeds small, angular, ovate, pointed, dark 

 brown ; flesh deep rich yellow, firm, brittle, juicy, 

 sprightly, fragrant, pleasant sub-acid ; quality very best 

 for a crab. A good eating, as well as a fine cooking and 

 canning apple ; season August, September. Tree vig- 

 orous, hardy and very productive ; originated by G. P. 

 Peffer, Pewaukee, Wis. This is the richest and finest 

 canning apple we have seen. 



Gideon. — (See cut.) Fruit large ; form roundish ob- 

 late, slightly conic ; color light yellow ; dots medium, 

 numerous, not distinct, light ; stem long, slender ; cavity 

 rather narrow, deep, irregular, greenish yellow : calyx 

 medium, closed ; segments long, recurved ; basin nar- 

 row, shallow, furrowed ; core large, heart-shaped, slightly 

 open ; carpels large, hollow ; seeds rather small, ovate, 

 chestnut brown ; flesh yellowish white, very tender, 

 juicy, very mild, pleasant sub-acid ; quality very good ; 

 season October, November, in Minnesota until De- 

 cember. Originated with Peter M. Gideon. Excelsior, 

 Minn., from the seed of the crab apple. Tree very 

 hardy, vigorous and productive. This has neither the 

 taste nor appearance of a crab apple, and shows clearly 

 the possibility of producing a new fine hardy race from 

 the crab apple, much better than any Russian apple we 

 have yet seen. It has an unusual number of good qual- 

 ities, and is very valuable. 



Kansas. J. Stayman. 



DO APPLES PAY ? 



TWENTY EXPERT OPINIONS. 



I HAVE made a study of orchard management in 

 Maine for 25 years, during several years of 

 which I have owned one of the largest and most 



productive orchards in Kennebec county, the 

 leading apple producing county in the state, and I know 

 that apples pay. The orchard must be taken care of, 

 the growing of the trees must be made a business, the 

 fruit must be honestly packed, and marketed in the best 

 condition. No. i fruit must be No. i, and the barrels 



must be new and clean. One hundred barrels to the 

 acre, at so exceptionally low a price as $1.50 per barrel, 

 pays better than any other kind of farming. Fruit 

 growers — orchardists — are the most forehanded class of 

 farmers in Maine. Once in every four years in this 

 state the price of apples at the orchard is not below 

 $2.75 to I3 per barrel. If it pays to grow apples at 

 $1.50 per barrel, as it does, growing them at I3 per bar- 

 rel is a bonanza. — Samuel L. Boardman, Maine. 



