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THE CHASE NURSERIES. 
Special List, No. i. 
EXTRA HARDY APPLES. In the northern ijortion of the United States 
it is necessary to plant e.\tra hardy varieties of apples in order to make their cultiva- 
tion a success. Years ago there were but one or two sorts which could be grown in 
the extreme North with any degree of satisfaction to the planter. Now, however, we 
have quite a list of Russian varieties and Northern seedlings, which will thrive and 
bear abundantly in any section where we send agents. They are as hardy as the 
Duchess of Oldenburg or Wealthy, while we consider the fruit of many of them of 
better quality than the Baldwin. Against each variety we note the season of ripening 
in Northern New England, Northern New York, Wisconsin, and Minnesota : — 
Yellow Transparent, . . July and August 
Duchess of Oldenburg, . . . September 
Wealthy, Nov. and Dec. 
Gideon, Nov. to Jan. 
Mcintosh Red, Nov. to Jan. 
Wolf River, Jan. and Feb. 
Longfield, Jan. to March. 
Pewaukee, Jan. to April. 
Special List, No. 2. 
HARDY APPLES. The following list of varieties we rate as hardy, in com- 
parison with the Baldwin. They will grow in sections like that along the St. Lawrence 
River and Central Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, where the Baldwin either 
winter kills outright or leads a very precarious existence. We include in the list the 
" Extra Hardy " varieties which are equally valuable for all sections : — 
Wentworth's Early, July. 
Yellow Sweet, July. 
Yellow Transparent Last of July. 
Red Astrachan, August. 
Grolden Sweet, .... August and Sept. 
Duchess of Oldenburg, . . . September. 
Fameuse, Nov. and Dec. 
Gideon Nov. to Jan. 
Mcintosh Red, Nov. to Jan. 
Sutton Beauty, Dec. and Jan. 
Grimes' Golden, Dec. to Feb. 
Pewaukee, Dec. to March . 
Talman Sweet Dec. to April. 
Wolf River, Jan. and Feb. 
Longfield, Jan. to March. 
Northern Spy, Jan. to May. 
Golden Russet, Jan. to June. 
Mann, March to June. 
St^rk, Jan. to May. 
Boiken, May to July. 
SOUTHERN WINTER APPLES. 
The selection of varieties is a matter of paramount importance, particularly so 
with Southern planters, in making up their list of winter apples. Great disappoint- 
ment has resulted from planting varieties of Northern origin, like Baldwin, King, and 
Greening, which in their warmer climate and longer seasons have proved to be fall 
apples. The result is an impression in the public mind that the cause of these sorts 
ripening in the fall is in consequence of the trees having been grown in Northern nur- 
series, and herein lies the great and vital importance of selecting the proper varieties. 
