FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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Spitzenburg (Esopus). Medium size, deep red, covered with gray dots ; flesh 
yellow, ratlier firm, crisp and juicy, with a delicious flavor. The tree is a poor grower 
ill the nursery. December to March. 
Smith's Cider. Medium to large ; greenish white, striped with red ; tender, 
crisp, with a mild and pleasant flavor. Bears abundant crops. A very popular apple 
in Pennsylvania. Grows slowly in the nursery. ^November to February. 
Stark. Originated in Ohio, and valued as a long keeper and profitable market 
fruit. Fruit large, roundish, inclined to conic, sometimes a little elongated ; skin 
greenish yellow, shaded, sprinkled, and striped with light and dark red nearly over the 
whole surface, and thinly sprinkled with light and brown dots. Flesh yellowish, 
moderately juicy, mild sub-acid. An early and abundant bearer. January to May. 
Sutton Beauty. Origin Worcester, Mass. Fruit large, roundish ; skin waxen 
yellow, striped with crim.son ; flesh tender, sub-acid, good. Tree a free grower and 
productive ; a valuable new apple. December to January. 
Talman's Sweet. Medium size, pale whitish yellow with a soft blush on one 
side and generally a line running from stem to calyx ; flesh quite white, rather firm, 
fine grained, with a rich, sweet flavor. A very popular and profitable orchard sort 
from the hardiness of the tree and its great productiveness. December to April. 
Winter Citron. A valuable, late-keeping winter apple, recently introduced 
from Silesia. The tree is a good grower, hardy, comes into bearing young and is very 
productive; fruit large, round, often a little oblong, yellow, striped and splaahed with 
red ; fine grained, juicy; rich, sub-acid ; keeps through the winter. 
Winesap. A valuable Southern apjile. Fruit medium size, rather oblong ; skin 
smooth, of a fine dark red, with a few streaks, and a little yellow ground appearing 
on the shady side ; flesh yellow, firm, crisiJ. December to April. 
Wagener. Fruit medium to large size, flattened ; skin light yellow, shaded 
with red ; flesh firm, sub-acid, with an excellent flavor. Tree thrifty, very upright, and 
an early bearer. Fruit improved by thinning. December to March. 
Wolf River. A new and beautiful fruit of the very largest size. Skin greenish 
yellow, shaded with crimson ; flesh white, juicy, tender, with a peculiar pleasant, mild, 
sub-acid flavor. Tree a strong, stout grower, a great bearer and very hardy. Januai-y 
to February. 
Walbridge (Edgar Red Streak). Medium size, li^ndsome, 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 very productive. November to February. 
Yellow Bellflower. Fruit large, oblong, irregular ; skin pale lemon-yellow, 
sometimes with a blush ; flesh tender, juicy, with a sprightly acid flavor. November 
to February, 
York Imperial (Johnson's Fine Winter). A native of York County, Pa., 
where it is justl}^ esteemed for the productiveness of the tree and the fine quality of 
its late-keepiug fruit ; medium to large ; white, heavily shaded w ith dark crimson ; 
flesh firm, crisji, juicy, and sub-acid. December to February. 
