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Yellow Transparent 
the Northern states, very popular on that ac- 
count. Fruit small to medium; light yellow, 
striped and splashed with red; flesh white, 
tender, juicy; flavor sprightly sub-acid, aro- 
matic, extra good quality. Tree stout and 
upright in growth, but it is .ipt to blight. 
•Yellow Transparent f White Transparent. Tha- 
ler, etc.) — Origin, Russia. Sea.=on. July. Im- 
ported from St. Petersburg by United States 
Department of Agriculture. One of the most 
valuable early apples. Fruit medium, smooth, 
transparent skin; clear white, becoming pale 
yellow when fully ripe; flesh white, tender, 
fine grained, of splendid quality. Tree is mod- 
erately vigorous and a good annual bearer. 
Autumn Apples 
Anisim — Origin, Russia. Season. October 
to December. Tree spreading and a 
prodigious bearer; usually free from 
blight and about equal with Wealthy in 
hardine.ss. Fruit medium to small, 
roundish; color greenish, nearly covered 
with dark red, over which is a bluish 
bloom; flesh white, juicy, fine grained, 
pleasant sub-acid. Beautiful when well 
ripened. 
♦Autumn Strawberry — Medium size, round, 
oval; flesh white, striped and .splashed 
with red; tender, juicy, and pleasant; 
bears young and abundantly. One of 
the best parly autumn apples. 
Chenango Strawberry — Rather large, ob- 
long-conic, angular; striped and splash- 
ed with light crimson on whitish-yellow 
ground; cavit.v, narrow and deep; basin 
narrow; flesh white, very tender, with a 
plea.sant, mild, sub-acid flavor. Septem- 
ber and October. 
Fall Orange — Large, roundish-ovate, or 
oval; light greenish yellow, becoming 
pale yellow, rarely a brown cheek; sub- 
acid, tender, good, best when fresh from 
tree. Tree very hardy, bears while 
very young, fruit 
always fair. Sea- 
son, November. 
•Fall Pippin— Very 
large, roundish, 
oblong, yellow; 
flesh tender and 
delicious. Tree a 
free grower and 
a fine bearer; one 
of the most valu- 
able varieties for 
table or market. 
Grown in West- 
ern New York as 
Holland Pippin. 
October to De- 
cember. 
*Fameuse (Snow 
Apple) — Origin, 
Canada. Season, 
October and No- 
vember. An old 
and well - known 
variety. Tree a 
moderate grower, 
productive. Fruit 
medium in size; 
color pale greenish-yellow, mixed with stripes 
of red. with splashes of same on shady side; 
flesh white, tender and juicy, slightly perfum- 
ed; flavor sub-acid, extra good. 
•Gravenstein — Rather large, roundish, slightly 
oblate, oV)lusely and obscurely ribbed, surface 
a little wavy; striped and splashed with 
bright i-ed on a yellow ground; flesh tender, 
juicy, ver.v rich, sub-acid or rather acid, high 
flavored. Mid-autumn, productive, handsome 
and excellent. Fine in all localities. 
Haas — Origin. Missouri. Season, October to 
November. Tree an exceptionally strong and 
upright grower in nursery and orchard; pro- 
ductive, hardy. Fruit, medium, roundish; 
skin thick, tough; surface yellow, nearly cov- 
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