APPLES 
Neosho Nurseries Co. 
MELON A late summer apple which resembles 
(Midsummer) Wealthy, but succeeds farther south, and a 
heavier bearer; medium to large; striped 
with red and yellow; flesh is juicy, quality almost the best. 
Use for dessert, kitchen, and market. Tree is a good grower, 
vigorous, very hardy, and will bear enormous loads of fruit. 
Bears the fifth year. 
NORTHERN SPY Attractive.red-striped winter apple;large, 
(Winter) roundish, and plump, tapering slightly to- 
ward the blossom end. Flesh is firm, 
fine-grained, crisp, rich, sub-acid, very fine quality. It ap- 
peals to those who like a brisk, spicy apple that is not 
actually sour. Tree is a vigorous and unusually healthy 
grower. Bears tenth to twelfth year. An old-time favorite. 
PARAGON WINESAP Paragon has the large size and very 
(Winter) good quality of the Stayman com- 
bined with the dark red color of 
the old Winesap. The true Paragon was introduced and 
named by Dr. W. L. Moores, of Lincoln County, Tennessee, 
and has been largely planted under name of Mammoth Black 
Twig, giving the latter an undesen'ed reputation. Tree is 
equal in every respect to Winesap; a more vigorous, open 
grower. Bears 
sixth tb seventh 
year, and thrives 
wherever Winesap 
can be grown. 
RHODE ISLAND 
GREENING 
(Winter) 
A large, roundish, 
green winter ap^le, 
yellow when fully 
ripe. Tender and 
full of sparkling 
juice, with rich 
flavor surpassed by 
few apples. One 
of the best dessert 
apples and an ex- 
cellent cooker. 
Tree is a large, vig- 
orous grower, with 
wide spreading 
branches, drooping 
and dense; bears 
after fifth year. 
Delicious, at Misso ari State Experimental Sta 
tlon, Mountain GroTe, Mo. A heavy bearer. 
RED ASTRACHAN Red Astrachan is the best general- 
(Midsummer) purpose late stimmer apple for home 
use and market. Nearly covered with 
light and dark red stripes, overspread with bloom like a plum ; 
large, roundish; white flesh tinged with red; flavor aromatic, 
brisk, sub-acid, very good. Good for eating fresh out of 
hand when fully ripe; an ideal cooker. Tree is hardy^ of 
the Russian type, moderately vigorous, upright, spreading; 
adapted to every State where apples grow . Bears f ourt h year. 
Mcintosh Apple. 
ROME BEAUTY 
(Winter) 
Large, roundish, 
oblong apple, hand- 
somely colored and 
striped with 
bright red; one of 
the most beautiful 
and profitable late 
winter apples. 
Flesh is firm, crisp, 
juicy, and of good 
quality. Splendid 
storage apple. 
Tree is a vigorous, , 
upright spreading 
grower ; hardy, 
except along the 
Canadian border. 
Very profitable in 
the central United/ 
States, Rocky 
Mountain country, 
and some Southern 
States; a splendid 
bearer; bio o m s 
late. Bears fourth 
to fifth year. 
SPITZENBURG Large, handsomely colored, bright pur- 
(Winter) plish-red, shaded with yellow and stripfed 
with darker red; flesh firm, tinged with 
yellow; moderately juicy, spiicy, very best quality. Tree is 
moderately vigorous, sj^reading. Thrives in favored locali- 
ties. Should be planted in deep, fertile, well-drained soil. 
Bears about the seventh year. 
STAYMAN WINESAP The largest of the Winesap family. 
(Winter) Striped and splashed with dark 
crimson, resembling Winesap, ex- 
cept that the color is not quite so brilliant; flesh tinged with 
yellow, firm, crisp, spright.y pleasant, with a rich sub-acidity 
that appeals to everyone. Very good quality. Tree has a 
dark, heavy foliage, closely resembling its parent, the Wine- 
sap; thrives on thin dry soil where Winesap would fail. Re- 
liable annual cropper; bears the fourth to filth jear. "This 
is a variety no fruit-grower can afford to omit trom the list, 
whether for family use or commercially. It possesses more 
valuable points than any one apple with which 1 am ac- 
quainted. It adapts itself, as far as tried, to all climates, all 
altitudes, all soils, and is par excellence everywhere."— Dk. 
J. H. Funk, Bulletin No. 152, Department of Agriculture, 
IPennsylvania. 
WAGENER Bright red apple, strongly contrasting yeUow 
(Early Winter) background color; medium to large; whitish 
flesh, tinged light yellow, firm, fine-grained, 
juicy, very good quality. Tree is straight, vigorous, upright 
grower; enormously productive, usually bears third to fourth 
year. 
Stayman Winesap. 
Home Beauty. 
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Paragon Winesap. 
