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Appl 
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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 
(Winter) 
Paragon has the large size and very 
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 undeserved reputation. Tree is 
equal m every respect to Winesap; a more vigorous, open 
grower. Bears 
sixth to seventh 
year, and thrives 
wherever Winesap 
can be grown. 
RHODE ISLAND 
GREENING 
(Winter) 
A large, roundish, 
green winter apple, 
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, 
j Tree is a large, vig- 
I orous grower, with 
wide spreading 
branches, drooping 
D«Uci0UB,»tMU8ouri StateExperimental Sta- *?£/fif^f l^p^^*"^^ 
tlon, Mountain arove, Mo. A heavy bearer, alter mtn year. 
RED ASTRACHAN Red Astrachan is the best general- 
(Midsununer) purpose iate summer 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 8ub-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 fourth year. 
Mcintosh Apple, 
Neosho, Mo, 
ROME BEAUTY 
(Winter) 
Large, roundish, 
oblong apple, hand- 
somely colored and 
striped with a 
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 sp/reading 
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 oms 
late. Bears fourth 
to fiifth year. 
SPITZENBURG Large, handsomely colored, bright pur- 
(Winter) plish-red, shaded with yeDow and striped 
with darker red; flesh firm, tinged with 
yeUow; moderately juicy, spScy, very best quality. Tree ia 
moderately vigorous, spreading. 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 gdod 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 fifth year. "This 
is a variety no fruit-grower can afford to omit from the list, 
whether for family use or commercially. It possesses more 
valuable points than any one apple with which I am ac- 
quainted. It adapts itself, aa far as tried, to all climates, all 
altitudes, all soils, and is par excellence everywhere."— Dk. 
J. H. Fdnk, Bulletin No. 152, Departmenl; of Agriculture, 
Pennsylvania. 
WAGENER Bright red apple, strongly contrasting yellow 
(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— Largest and best 
quality of all the Wlnesaps 
Rome Beauty— a proQt maker East 
and West 
For prices, see page 32. 
Jonathan— Best quality commercial 
apple of its season 
