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AUTUMN APPLES— continued 
Gravenstein — Large in size, striped with 
red. One of the best in quality of any of 
the summer apples and is considered in New 
England a valuable market variety, particu- 
larly about Boston. 
Hurlbut — Fruit large, yellow, nearly cov- 
ered with brownish red stripes; flesh juicy, 
crisp with a spicy flavor; tree a strong 
grower. 
Maiden's Blush — Large, flat; pale yellow 
with a red cheek; beautiful; tender and pleas- 
ant, but not high flavored. Tree an erect 
grower, and a good bearer. A valuable mar- 
ket apple. 
Mcintosh Bed — This is one of the best in 
quality of any of the fall varieties and is 
particularly suitable for dessert purposes. It 
requires more care and skill to grow it suc- 
cessfully than many other varieties, but those 
who succeed with it were always amply re- 
warded with a ready market at good prices. 
Skin dark waxy red, flesh white, crisp and 
with a spicy flavor. 
Opalescent — "We know of no Apple that 
can be grown in New York better endowed 
with characters fitting it to compete with the 
showy fruit from the west than Opalescent, 
one of the most attractive Apples known. It 
is large, shapely, nearly or quite covered with 
brilliant red on a yellow background, a veri- 
table feast to the eye. In quality, too, it is 
excellent, but its season is rather short for 
a commercial variety, as it ends in January, 
yet it should prove a profitable Apple for the 
fall and early winter. The young trees on 
cur grounds are hardy, vigorous and produc- 
tive — all characters thus marking it as a 
promising variety for New York fruit-grow- 
ers." (Extract from Bulletin of N. Y. Exp. 
Sta.) 
Pound Sweet — A very large, round, yellow 
apple, very sweet and rich. Tree a vigorous, 
rapid, upright grower; valuable. 
Wealthy— Medium size, skin light red cov- 
ered with dark red stripes, flesh of good qual- 
ity. Tree a good grower when young but 
after it commences to fruit it grows slowly 
and may be planted in orchard much closer 
than many varieties. It is particularly val- 
uable to use as a filler. 
Wolf Eiver— There is a big demand at 
lunch rooms for a large red apple for baking 
purposes and this is valuable to supply this 
demand. It is a seedling of Alexander, large 
in size and much the same in appearance and 
quality as that variety. Tree is very hardy 
and productive. 
Rambo — Medium to large with greenish 
yellow skin mottled and striped with red. 
Flesh has a tinge of yellow and of very good 
quality. Season late fall or early winter. 
Summer Bambo — A large, handsome Apple, 
yellowish green, striped and splashed with 
red; flesh crisp, tender, very good. Tree vig- 
orous and a heavy bearer. Ripens in early 
September. 
Twenty Ounce — Tree is a fine bearer. Ap- 
ples very large, showy, nearly round, yellow 
striped with red. Cannot be excelled for 
household use. Of pleasant flavor though not 
rich. September. 
Walter Pease — Large size; deep red, with 
some yellow stripes; rich, juicy, slightly sub- 
acid. Its large size and high color give it a 
ready market. Ripens about .September 1st, 
and may be kept until early winter. This 
variety originated at Enfield, Ct. 
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