THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
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GENERAL LIST OF APPLES 
SUMMER APPLES 
EARLY HARVEST. Large, pale yellow, fine flavor. Good bearer. 
GOLDEN SWEET. A large yellow Apple, very sweet and good. A strong grower and 
good bearer. 
RED ASTRACHAN. Large, crimson, rather acid, juicy, fine for cooking. Tree hardy 
free grower and good bearer. Highly esteemed for its fine appearance, earliness and 
hardmess. 
SWEET BOUGH. Large, pale yellow, sweet and juicy. An abundant bearer. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. Medium, pale yellow, tender, juicy, sub-acid. Bears very- 
young, often the third or fourth year. 
GRAVENSTEIN 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT 
Tree a 
AUTUMN APPLES 
DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Large, streaked red and yellow, juicv, sub-acid, 
vigorous grower and a young and abundant bearer. 
FALL PIPPIN. Large, yellow, tender, one of the most valuable. Excellent for cooking. 
Succeeds in nearly all sections. 
FAMEUSE OR SNOW. Medium size, deep crimson, flesh snowy white, tender, high- 
flavored. Very hardy, productive and popular. 
GRAVENSTEIN. Large, striped red. A popular variety. 
MCINTOSH RED. Large, dark red, of Fameuse type. A handsome Apple of fine quality. 
Tree vigorous and hardy. 
POUND SWEET. Large, yellow, sweet and rich; valuable. 
WEALTHY. Large, red, streaked with white, excellent quality 
hardy and productive. 
WOLF RIVER. Large, handsome red, flesh white and fine quahty, sub-acid 
Jiardy and productive. 
Tree' is healthy, 
Tree very 
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. 1 his 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- 
keeping 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 oro- 
ductive; IS doing well m nearly all places. Fruit large, handsome, yellow shaded and 
covered with red; tender, sub-acid, good for both dessert and cooking. Its most remark- 
able characteristic is its eariy fruiting habit; two-year trees seldom fail to produce fruit 
Late fall and early winter. — Onginator's Description. 
