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yellow, shaded with crimson; flesh white, juicy, tender, with a peculiar, pleasant, mild 
sub-acid flavor. Tree a strong, stout grower, and a great hearer. January and February. 
V Walnridge. (Edgar Red Streak). — Medium size, handsome, striped with red; quality 
good. Tree a vigorous grower and productive; hardy. March to May. 
Winter Queen. — Large, slightly conical; greenish yellow, striped with crimson; flesh 
yellowish, juicy, sub-acid. Tree comes into bearing very early, and is very productive. 
November to February. 
Yellow Bellflower. — Fruit large, oblong, irregular; skin pale lemon-yellow, some- 
times with a blush; flesh tender, juicy, with a sprightly, rather acid flavor. Tree vigorous, 
with drooping branches. November to March. 
" York Imperial. — (Johnson's Fine Winter). — A native of York County, Pa., where 
it is justly esteemed for the productiveness of the tree and the fine quality of its late keep- 
ing fruit; medium to large; white, heavily shaded with dark crimson; flesh firm, crisp, 
juicy and sub- acid. We regard this as one of our most valuable apples for Pennsylvania 
and Maryland, where its season of ripening is from December to February. 
Special List, No. i. 
Extra Hardy Apples. — In the Northern portions of the United States and adjoining 
provinces of Canada, the feeling has prevailed until recently that nothing in the shape of 
apples could be grown except crabs. While this is true as regards many of the old varie- 
ties, a few Russian apples and Northern Seedlings have been introduced, which though 
they may require better care than that under which the crabs will thrive, have proved 
themselves equally as hardy. In proof of this, we would point to the Duchess of Olden- 
burg, growing on the highlands'of Oneida and Lewis Counties, N. Y., and in Northern New 
Hampshire and Maine. The following list we rate as hardy as Duchess of Oldenburg, 
and consider the fruit of many of them of better quality than the Baldwin. Against each 
variety we give the season of ripening in Northern New England : 
Yellow Transparent . July and Aug. 
Tetofsky August: 
Duchess of Oldenburg September. 
Stump Sept. to Oct. 
Gideon Nov. to Jan. 
Wealthy Nov. to Jan. 
Mcintosh Red Nov. to Jan- 
Wolf River Jan. to Feb. 
Longfield Jan. to March. 
Pewaukee Jan. to April. 
Walbridge March to June. 
Salome March to June. 
Special List, No. 2. 
Hardy Apples. — The following list of varieties we rate as hardy, in comparison with 
the Baldwin. They will grow in sections like that along the St. Lawrence River and Cen- 
