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R. G. CHASE & CO., GENEVA, N. Y. 
SOUTHERN AXD WESTERN WINTER APPLES. 
The selectioa of varieties is a matter of paramouut importance, particularly so with 
Southern planters, in making up their list of Winter apples. Great disappointment 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 was consequent to the trees having been grown in Northern nurseries, and herein 
lies the danger of the great and vital importance of the selection of proper varieties 
being again overlooked. 
The particular spot where the tree may happen to have been propagated has nothing 
to do with its season of ripening, but the place of origin of the variety has everything 
to do with it. For example, take a tree of the King apple from a nursery in Georgia, 
»nd another from a nursery in New England, plant the two trees, side by side, in Dela- 
ware, and both will produce apples ripening in October. Plant the same trees in 
Western New York and the product will be a good Winter apple. Hence the import- 
ance and necessity of Southern planters selecting for their Winter apples varieties of 
Southern origin. The South has already produced a few valuable Winter apples, and 
is no longer dependent on the varieties that have so signally failed there. 
The following varieties are those that have proved themselves late keepers in the 
South, most of them having originated there. The season of ripening given is when 
they mature in the South : 
Winter Queen Nov. to Dec. 
Fallawater Nov. to Feb. 
Smith's Cider Nov. to Feb. 
York Imperial Dec. to March. 
Haas December. 
Ben Davis Dec. to March, 
Nickajack Jan. to April. 
Grimes' Golden December. 
Stark Jan. to May. 
Cooper's Market Jan. to May. 
Winesap .Tan. to May. 
Rawle's Janet Jan. to May. 
Lankford Seedling Jan. to May. 
Albermarle Pippin Feb. to May. 
Tewksbury Winter Blush. .Feb. to July. 
Nansemond Beauty Jan. to April. 
VALUABLE EARLY APPLES. 
The following sorts we recommend for early apples for the Baltimore, Philadelphia 
and New York markets. The season of ripening given here is when the fruit matures 
near Philadelphia : 
Yellow Transparent First of July. 
Duchess of Oldenburgli August. 
Red Bietigiieimer August and September. 
