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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
RAMBO. Medium to large in size, greenish yellow, mottled and striped with red ;: 
season fall and early winter. 
WEALTHY. Large, red, streaked with white; excellent quality. Tree is healthy, 
hardy and productive. 
WOLF RIVER. Large, handsome red; flesh white and fine quality, sub-acid. Tree very 
hardy and productive. . 
WINTER APPLES 
BALDWIN. Too well known and popular to need description. 
BELLFLOWER. Large, yellow, with pale blush, very tender and juicy. An old favorite 
which has always been popular; good keeper. November to April. 
BEN DAVIS. Fruit medium to large; roundish, skin striped and almost covered with 
red. This variety is being planted more and more each year by those that have fruited 
and know it, on account of its being such a young and regular bearer of handsome, late- 
keepinc fruit that is remarkably free from fungii, and sells for as much or more than vari- 
eties of better quality. 
BISMARCK. Tree short, stocky growth, with thick, healthy foliage, hardy and pro- 
ductive; is doing well in nearly all places. Fruit large, handsorne, yellow shaded and 
covered'with rea; tender, sub-acid, good for both dessert and cooking. Its most remark- 
able characteristic is its early fruiting habit ; two-year trees seldom fail to produce fruit. 
Late fall and early winter. — Originator's Description. 
FALLAWATER. Very large, handsome, yellow with 
red cheek, mild, sub-acid. Tree a strong grower, young 
and abundant bearer. 
GANG. An Apple with a very great future. A fine 
commercial sort. Very hardy. A half-brother to Ben 
Davis, though of better quality. Very richly colored, 
uniform in size; keeps until March; rapid grower, fruit 
very handsome, flesh pale yellow, mild, sub-acid, good. 
Large, good m^irketing and keeping. 
GOLDEN RUSSET. Medium dull russet, juicy and 
high flavored. Hardy and good bearer and a fine 
keeper. 
GRIMES' GOLDEN. An Apple of the highest quality, 
medium to large size. Rich golden yellow. Hardy, 
vigorous and a very productive and profitable variety, 
bearing young. 
HUBBARDSTON NONSUCH. Large, striped yellow 
and red. Good grower and bearer. 
JACOB'S SWEET. A large, handsome, roundish 
apple ; yellow with red cheek ; strong grower and heavy 
bearer. One of the best sweet apples. 
JONATHAN. Perfectly hardy and is productive in 
all soils, which makes it one of the most desirable 
apples. Fruit of medium size, very regularly formed. 
Skin thin and smooth; yellow ground almost covered 
with lively red stripes deei)ening into dark red in the 
sun. Flesh white, very tender and juicy, with a 
vinous flavor. Very valuable for home use or market. 
October to January. 
KING. A fine New York apple, of largest size and 
best quality ; red, showy ; tree vigorous and hardy ; bear 
early. Many apples of poor quality are sold at high 
BALDWIN prices to uninformed buyers ]ust because they are 
marked "Kings." November to January. 
MAIDEN BLUSH. A beautiful, good sized yellow apple with crimson cheek; September 
to November; tree a fine grower, a young and heavy cropper. 
NEWTOWN PIPPIN. Of medium size, greenish yellow; of fine quality and a good keeper. 
December to May. 
NORTHERN SPY. Large, .striped red, juicy, rich. Tree a rapid grower and a great bearer. 
OPALESCENT. Color light, shading to very dark crimson with many yellow dots; 
skin smooth, susceptible of a very high polish, reflecting objects like a mirror, flesh yellowish, 
tender juicy and good. The original tree has never failed to produce from a moderate 
RHODE ISLAND GREENING 
