FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
APPLES. 
Our principal stock of apples consists of the following varieties, which have been 
well tested, and can be recommended as the best 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. 
Early Strawberry. Medium, striped with deep red ; tender, sub-acid, and excel- 
lent ; erect grower and productive ; good for both garden and orchard. August. 
Golden Sweet. Large, round, light straw color ; medium quality ; tree in the nur- 
sery a crooked grower. August and September. 
Primate. Medium size, pale greenish yellow, with a slight crimson blush when fully 
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. 
"Wentworth's Early. A valuable variety from Germany. Tree a free grower, 
hardy, and an early and abundant bearer. Fruit medium to large ; color a most 
attractive red ; flavor brisk, sub-acid ; quality best. Ripens as early as any 
known apple. 
Yellow Transparent. Tree a good grower, hardy, and an unusually early bearer. 
Fruit pale yellow, roundish ovate, good size and good quality ; skin clear white at 
first, becoming a beautiful pale yellow when fully matured. Ripens a few days 
before Early Harvest. 
Yellow Sweet. Earlier than Yellow Transparent. Tree a fine grower and very 
hardy. Fruit yellow with reddish bronze on the sunny side. Flesh firm and 
agreeably sweet ; good for dessert cooking. Keeps well for so early an apple. 
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