A delie:ht to .both eye and pahitv. Every farm home 
should have a few Apple Trees. 
Jonathan — Perfectly hardy and is productive in all soils. 
Fruit of medium size, very regularly formed. Skin thin and 
smooth ; yellow ground almost covered with lively red stripes 
deepening into dark red in the sun. A splendid market variety 
of dessert quality. 
King — A fine apple, of largest size and best quality ; red, 
showy. November to .lanuary. 
Newtown Pippin— Of medium size, greenish yellow ; of fin« 
quality and a sood keeper. 
Northern Spy Large, striped red, juicy, rich. Tree a rapid 
erower and a good bearer. 
Rhode Island Greening- -Large, greenish yellow, tender, juicy 
and rich, with rather an acid flavor. 
Roxbury Russet — Popular on account of productiveness and 
long keeping. 
Rome Beauty -Large, yellow, bright red, handsome, first qual- 
ity, moderate grower, early bearer. 
Stark — This is an early and abundant bearer of fruit medium 
to large in size, color greenish yellow nearly covered with red. 
Stayman Winesap - Tree is vigorous, comes into bearing young, 
and is an annual cropper ; fruit medium to large in aize, 
yellow, nearly covered with red. 
Sutton Beauty -Fruit is fair size, uniform in shape, very 
handsome in appearance, splendid in quality, but the trees are 
tardy in coming into bearing and then are irregular bearers. 
Valuable only for home use or fancy market. 
Talman Sweet— A medium size, yellow sweet apple, in season 
from November to February ; tree very hardy and a heavy 
bearer. 
Wagner— Medium to large, light red and of good quality. 
Tree is a good grower when young, but is of dwarf habit and 
becomes weak with age. Used a great deal as fillers for orchards 
as it bears very young. 
Winter Banana— Clear yellow with a delicate blush. Has a 
suggestive banana flavor. The planting of this variety is on 
the increase, and it pays. It bruises easily, however, and re- 
quires careful handling. A good grower, hardy ; bears young 
and blooms late. 
York Imperial— Medium in size, oval, angular, skin greenish 
yellow, nearly covered with bright red, flesh crisp, tender and 
juicy, aromatic ; an enormous bearer and hangs well on the 
tree, also a good keeper. 
CRAB APPLES 
Transcendant -Medium to large, roundish, oblong. sMghtly 
ribhed, golden yellow with red cheek, with thin while bloom ; 
flesh yellow, crisp, sub-acid, pleasant. Early fall. Best of its 
class. 
Hyalop - Large, dark red, flesh yellow, sub-acid; productive, 
hardy and i>opular. October. 
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