FRUITS 



View in our test orchard. "With clean cultivation, pruning, spraying and thinning, as fine fruit can be grown as anywhere, 

 and the best in flavor, because ripened on the tree. 



Vegetables may be grown between the trees for eight to ten years. 



APPLES 



SUMMER APPLES 



Yellow Transparent. Ripens July 20. The earliest 

 Apple. It is like the Harvest Apple, but ten days earlier. 

 A small tree bearing the first year or two after planting. 



Harvest. Apple of medium size, pale yellow, and ten- 

 der; juicy, pleasantly acid. Late July and early August. 



Red Astrachan. If you can have but one early Apple, 

 perhaps this is the best. It ripens in the first half of August. 

 Fruit is large, deep crimson, excellent as a dessert Apple 

 and for cooking. 



Sweet Bough. Large; yellow; sweet; excellent for 

 baking. 



Oldenburg (Duchess of Oldenburg). One of the most 

 popular Apples. Yellow, with streaks of crimson; tender, 

 juicy, acid. Middle of August. 



View in the 



orchard of 



Mrs. Martha Tabor Willets, Roslyn, Long Island 



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AUTUMN APPLES 



Gravenstein. If you can have but one Apple tree, and 

 want it to cover the longest season, plant Gravenstein. It 

 will supply Apple pies from the middle of August to the 

 last of September. It is high-flavored, yellow, covered 

 with broad streaks of crimson. 



Wealthy. Medium size; skin oily, dark red; flesh white, 

 fine grained; juicy, subacid. Tree a free grower and early 

 bearer. Resembles the Fameuse. October and November. 



Fall Pippin. Very large; round; rich, mellow; flesh 

 yellow, firm, tender, creamy and excellent flavor for des- 

 sert or cooking. Tree vigorous and productive. An old 

 and well-known variety. 



Mcintosh Red. The handsomest Apple in the orchard. 

 Brilliant red, taking high polish; flesh white, very tender, 

 juicy and sprightly in flavor, closely resembling the Fa- 

 meuse; fruit is very large and ripens in late September, 



WINTER APPLES 



Many people having room for but a half- 

 dozen Apple trees, order winter varieties only, 

 even when they are not at their country places 

 in the winter. We recommend summer and 

 autumn varieties, advising that they buy winter 

 Apples on the market, and grow for home use the 

 summer and autumn varieties which cannot be 

 bought of as good quality as can the winter Apples. 



Fameuse (Snow Apple). Delicious dessert 

 Apple. Deep crimson; flesh white with crimson 

 streaks; ripens here in November, but in Canada 

 it is the favorite winter Apple. 



Huhhardston (Hubbardston's Nonsuch). 

 Very large ; as valuable for dessert and culinary 

 uses as the Fall Pippin. Yellow skin with russet 

 and red streaks. This Apple should not be 

 omitted for use in December. 



Smokehouse. Large; flat; red and yellow; 

 flesh yellow, firm, juicy, crisp and aromatic. An 

 early and prolific bearer. Widely grown and 

 popular. October to January. 



Rhode Island Greening. Large; round; 

 green or greenish yellow; flesh yellow and fine 

 grained, tender, with a rich subacid flavor. A 

 favorite for cooking. November to February. 



