FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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Hurlbut. — Tree is very .vigorous and a great bearer. Fruit medium to large, conic 
angular. Skin yellow, shaded and splashed with dark red. Flesh white, crisp, juicy, 
sprightly sub-acid. In season from October to December. 
Rambo. — Fruit medium size, flat; skin yellowish -white, streaked and mottled with 
red, and sprinkled with rough dots; flesh whitish, very tender, sprightly, and fine flavored. 
Succeeds well at the West and South. October to December. 
Smoke House — Large, yellow, richly shaded with bright red; firm, juicy, crisp and 
rich ; tree a very crooked grower. October and November. 
Twenty-Ounce. — Vary large, roundish; greenish yellow, beautifully striped and 
marked with red ; flesh rather coarse grained, but brisk ; of excellent quality for the table, 
and one of the finest for cooking. October and November. 
Wealthy. — Fruit medium to large; light color, striped with red; pleasant sub-acid; 
flesh white. Tree a good grower, thrifty, a great and early bearer. This new apple is 
obtaining a high reputation throughout the country. Tree as hardy as Duchess of Olden- 
burg. November and December. 
Baldwin. — Large, roundish ; bright red, with a little russet about the stalk; flesh 
yellowish, crisp, juicy, sub-acid. Tree very vigorous, upright and wonderfully productive 
of fair aud handsome fruit. Not reliable West and South, and not hardy enough for the 
extreme North. 
Ben Davis. — Originated in Kentucky; tree remarkably healthy, vigorous and an 
abundant bearer ; fruit large, handsome, striped; flesh whitish, tender, juicy, sub-aeid ; a 
very profitable market variety. Keeps till midwinter or later. 
Cooper's Market. — A popular New Jersey apple. Medium size, fair quality: val- 
uable on account of its great productiveness, long keeping qualities and handsome appear- 
ance. Tree a slim grower in the nursery. January to April. 
V Cranberry Pippin. — A strikingly beautiful and popular market apple ; medium, 
roundish oblate, very smooth; light yellow with a bright scarlet cheek; moderately juicy, 
brisk sub-acid. November to February. 
Dickinson. — Large, ovate inclined to conical; yellow almost covered with streaks 
of deep red; mild sub-acid, very juicy, and agreeable. A prolific and annual bearer. 
Originated in Chester Co., Pa., from seed of the Yellow Bellflower. Promises to be one of 
the most valuable 'winter apples for the Middle and Southern States. Keeps until March. 
Fallawater. — Large, roundish, slightly conical, smooth; skin yellowish green, with 
a dull, red cheek; flesh greenish white, with a mild, slightly sub-acid flavor; tree a strong 
grower and good bearer. November to January. 
Gideon. — Tree as hardy as a crab, vigorous, and an early and prolific bearer. Fruit 
medium to large ; color a rich golden yellow with a clear and handsome blush on the sunny 
side; flesh fine, juicy, sub-acid. In form and general appearance resembles somewhat the 
Yellow Bellflower. November to January. 
Golden Russet. — Medium size; yellowish, nearly covered with russet, with some- 
times a little red on the sunny side; flesh firm, sometimes a little tough, but with a very 
pleasant, scarcely acid flavor. January to June. 
WINTER VARIETIES. 
