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The Chase Nurseries. Geneha, Nelv York 
SPECIAL LIST NO. 2 
Hardy Apples. The Baldwin variety has long been regarded as the typical hardy Apple, and 
we have adopted it as the standard of comparison in this class. There are many sections, for instance 
the territory along the St. Lawrence river, central Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, where the 
Baldwin winter-kills outright or grows .so uncertainly as to make it of very doubtful value. The fol- 
lowing varieties of Apples will give satisfaction in these localities. It will be noted that we include 
in this list the extra-hardy varieties which are equally valuable for all sections. 
Yellow Transparent. Last of July. Peerless. December to March. 
Red Astrachan. August. Pewaukee. December to March. 
Golden Sweet. August and September. Tolman Sweet. December to April. 
Duchess of Oldenburg. September. Wolf River. January and Febmary. 
Fameuse. November and December. Longfield. January to March. 
Mcintosh Red. November to January. Northern Spy. January to May. 
Grimes' Golden. December to February. Golden Russet. January to June. 
Gano. December to March. Stark. January to May. 
Ben Davis. December to March. 
SPECIAL LIST NO. 3 
Southern Winter Apples. Southern planters find that in making up their list of winter Apples 
the selection of varieties is of supreme importance. A great disappointment will invariably result 
from planting kinds of northern origin, as Baldwin, Greening and King. In the warmer climate 
and longer seasons these have proved to be fall Apples. As a result, there is an erroneous impression 
that the ripening of these sorts in the fall is due to the trees having been grown in northern nurseries. 
The particular spot where an Apple tree was propagated has nothing to do with the season of ripening 
its fruit. The place of the origin of the variety has everything to do with such season, however, and 
this point is of great and vital importance in selecting Apples for southern culture. A tree of the 
King Apple from a nursery in Georgia and another from a nursery in New England, planted side by 
side in Delaware, both will produce Apples ripening in October. Plant the same trees in western 
New York, and the product will be a good winter Apple. 
Southern planters should select varieties of winter Apples that have had their origin in the South. 
The southern states have produced a few valuable winter kinds, and growers in that section are no 
longer dependent on the varieties which have signally failed there. Below is the list of varieties which 
have proved late keepers in the South, where most of them originated. The season of ripening given 
is when these kinds mature in southern Pennsylvania and Maryland. 
America. November to February. Winter Banana. December to March. 
Smith's Cider. November to February. Arkansas Red. January to March. 
Grimes' Golden. December. Mann. January to April. 
York Imperial. December to Februar)'. Stark. January to May. 
Ben Davis. December to March. Winesap. January to April. 
Gano. December to l\Lirch. Paragon. March and April. 
Peerless. December to March. Stayman's Winesap. March and April. 
CRAB APPLES 
Excelsior. A new variety, raised from seed Transcendent. .A. beautiful variety of the 
of Wealthy; perfectly hardy, vigorous and pro- Siberian Crab; red and yellow; fruit very large; 
ductive. Ripens in September aild October. excellent for sauce and pies and the best of its 
Martha. Raised from seed of Duchess of class for cider. Flavor is unusually agreeable. 
Oldenburg; bright glo.ssy yellow, shaded with Skin yellow, striped with red. Tree remark- 
light red; flavor mild, clear tart; fruit showy and ably vigorous, growing to a good size and im- 
beautiful; below medium in size. Oct. and Nov. mensely productive. September. 
