FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
APPLES. 
Our principal stock of Apples consists of the following varieties, which have been 
well tested, and can be recommended as the hest now in cultivation. 
The list may appear short, but we believe it comprises about all of the kinds that 
are really worth planting. It is a great mistake to plant too many varieties. 
The period of ripening given, unless otherwise noted, is the time they mature in 
Western New York, and will be found to vary North and South. Following the des- 
criptions we give lists of those most valuable for particular sections. 
SUMMER VARIETIES. 
Early Harvest. Medium size, roundish ; skin light yellow ; flesh white, tender, 
juicy ; pleasant sub-acid. Tree slow and upright grower and good bearer, but in some 
localities the fruit is liable to spot and crack. July and August. 
Golden Sweet. Large, round, light straw color ; medium quality ; tree in the 
nursery a crooked grower. August and September. 
Keswick Codlln. Large size, conical, tender, juicy, with a sub-acid flavor: 
excellent for cooking. September. 
Primate. Medium size, pale greenish yellow, with a slight crimson blush when 
tully exposed to the sun. Ripens through August. 
Bed Astrachan. Large, roundish ; nearly covered with deep crimson, with 
a pale white bloom ; very beautiful ; flesh white, crisp, moderately juicy, with an acid 
flavor ; good for cooking ; tree vigorous, hardy, and a good bearer. August. 
Sweet Bough. Large, oblong ; skin pale yellow ; flesh white, tender, and 
crisp when fully ripe, with a rich, sweet, and .sprightly flavor. August and September. 
Yellow Transparent. A Russian variety, imported in 1870 by the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, Washington. "The earliest ripening variety known " Tree a 
good grower, hardy, and an unusually early bearer. Fruit pale yellow, roundi.sh ovate 
good size and good quality ; skin clear white at first, becoming a beautiful pale yellow 
when fully matured. Ripens irom ten days to two weeks before Eariy Harvest.' 
AUTUMN VARIETIES. 
Alexander. Large size, deep red or crimson; flesh yellowish white, with a 
pleasant flavor. Valuable on account of its hardine.<!.s. October. 
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