FRUIT DEPARTMENT— APPLES 
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FRUIT DEPARTMENT 
APPLES 
The apple is the first in importance of all fruits. It will thrive on nearly any well drained 
soil. Its period of ripening, unlike other fruits, extends nearly through the whole year. By mak- 
ing careful selection, a constant succession can be obtained. For family use there is no fruit 
that is more indispensable. No fruit is so healthful and many physicians say that if a person 
would eat an apple a day they could dispense with doctor bills. Besides this, and just as im- 
portant, is the fact that the average price on the market is steadily increasing and the immense 
demand for home consumption, foreign shipping, canning and evaporating assures high prices. The 
apple if given the same care and attention as other farm crops, will yield greater returns per acre. 
The following list we consider to be the best and the varieties starred we recommend as the best 
for general planting. 
Summer Apples 
Benoni — Medium in size, roundish, remotely 
conical, ovate; flesh white, very tender, with 
an excellent sweet flavor. Ripens from the 
middle to the end of summer. A moderate 
and regular bearer. Growth vigorous, some- 
what irregular, ascending; tree round-headed. 
succeeds well 
Duchess of Oldenburg 
'Duchess (Duchess of Oldenburg) — Origin, Rus- 
sia. Season, July and August. Tree upright, 
vigorous and extremely hardy. An early and 
annual bearer of uniformly large crops. Fruit 
large, greenish-yellow with red stripes. Flesh 
light yellow, medium fine grained, firm; fla- 
vor a pleasant acid; a great cooking favorite 
and prime market sort. A good shipper for 
an early apple and commands good prices. 
Should be planted in every orchard. The most 
profitable early apple for commercial pur- 
poses. 
•Early Harvest — Size medium, roundish, usually 
more or less oblate, smooth, bright straw 
color when ripe; flesh nearly white, flavor 
rather acid, fine. Season July. Productive. 
Needs rich cultivation to be fine. Good 
throughout the Northern States and South- 
west. 
Golden Sweet — Medium or rather large, round- 
ish, slightly flattened; greenish, becoming 
pale yellow; flesh very sweet, good, of mod- 
erate quality. The fruit is always fair, the 
tree a free grower, and very productive. Late 
summer. Tender for West; 
Southwest. 
Jefferls — Medium or rather large, round, ob- 
late; yellow, red and deep red, striped; stalk 
very short, slender; cavity and basin deep; 
flesh yellowish white, remarkably tender and 
juicy, flavor very pleasant. 
Ripens first of August. 
Liveland (Lowland Raspberry) — 
Color orange-yellow, striped, 
splashed and shaded with red, 
showing gray dots through the 
color; flesh light yellow, often 
stained with red, fine, tender, 
juicy; core medium open; fla- 
vor sub-acid, good; season, 
August. There is no apple 
East or West of better qual- 
ity than Liveland. The tree 
is perfect and a good bearer; 
the fruit is handsomely colored. 
•Red Astrachan — Origin, Russia. 
Season, July. First imported 
into England with the White 
Astrachan from Sweden in 
1816. Tree upright, spreading, 
vigorous growth; an early and 
abundant bearer. Fruit above 
medium, greenish-yellow, al- 
most covered with mottled and 
striped crimson; flesh white, 
crisp, juicy, brisk acid; good. 
Size medium, oblong, very red; 
flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid, with a 
sprightly agreeable flavor; quite early and 
continues to ripen for four weeks, and will 
keep long after ripe for a summer apple; 
profitable for market. The tree is a fine, erect 
grower, very hardy, bears young and abund- 
antly. A valuable early apple. 
Sops of Wine — Medium size, round-ovate, dark 
red; flesh white, often stained red, moderately 
juicy, sub-acid, of good flavor. Valuable for 
its free growth and fair fruit. Late summer. 
•Svireet June — Rather small, roundish, regular; 
skin smooth, light yellow; flesh yellowish, 
very sweet, rich; tree upright, vigorous, pro- 
ductive. A valuable summer sweet apple. 
Sweet Bough — Large, roundish, remotely coni- 
cal-ovate. Flesh, white, very tender, with an 
excellent sweet flavor. Ripens from the mid- 
dle to the end of summer. A moderate and 
regular bearer. Somewhat irregular, ascend- 
ing. Tree round-headed. 
Tetofsky — ^Origin, Russia. Season, July to Au- 
gust. One of the earliest apples to ripen in 
•Red June- 
