Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Etc. 
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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. 
Peerless. December to March. 
Pewaukee. December to March. 
Yellow Transparent. Last of July. 
Red Astrachan. August. 
Golden Sweet. August and September. 
Duchess of Oldenburg. September. 
Fameuse. November and December. 
Mcintosh Red. November to January. 
Grimes' Golden. December to February. 
Gano. December to March. 
Ben Davis. 
Tolman Sweet. December to April. 
Wolf River. January and Febmary. 
Longfield. January to March. 
Northern Spy. January to May. 
Golden Russet. January to June. 
Stark. January to May. 
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 gi\en 
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. Januar)' to April. 
York Imperial. December to February. Stark. January to May. 
Ben Davis. December to March. Winesap. January to April. 
' Gano. December to March. Paragon. Marcli and April. 
Peerless. December to March. Stayman's Winesap. March and April. 
CRAB APPLES 
Excelsior. A new variety, raised from seed 
of Wealthy; perfectly hardy, vigorous and pro- 
ductive. Ripens in September and October. 
Martha. Raised from seed of Duchess of 
Oldenburg; bright glossy yellow, shaded with 
light red; flavor mild, clear tart; fruit showy and 
beautiful; below medium in sizQ. Oct- ?ind Nov, 
Transcendent. A beautiful variety of tht 
Siberian Crab; red and yellow; fruit very large; 
excellent for sauce and pies and the best of its 
class for cider. Flavor is unusually agreeable. 
Skin yellow, striped with red. Tree remark- 
ably vigorous, growing to a good size and im- 
mensely productive. September. 
