FRUIT DEPARTMENT— APPLiES 
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ered with crimson stripes and splashes; si 
handsome fruit when well colored; flesh, 
snowy white, juicy, with a jjeculiar quince- 
like texture; quality poor. Lseiai io/ lU.i.i- 
ary purposes. 
Jonathdn (See page 13) 
•Iowa Beauty — Originated by C. G. Patten, 
Charles City. Towa. Tree, vigorous and pro- 
ductive. Fruit large, roundish truncated, ir- 
regular, angular; surface golden yellow, strip- 
ed, splashed and mixed dark red; a handsome 
fruit; dots white, minute, obscure. Flesh rich 
yellow, firm, juicy, acid, good. Fall. A seed- 
ling of Golden Russett. Follows the 
Duchess in season. 
Kaump — Origin-, Wisconsin. Season, 
September to December. Of about 
same hardiness as Longfield; bears 
well, like Ijongfield. and a better 
keeper. Fruit, small to medium; 
color green with blush of dark red; 
flesh nearly white; flavor a fine sub- 
acid. Very useful for the home 
orchard. 
•Longfield — Origin, Russia. Tree hardy, 
vigorous, spreading, pendulous 
growth; an early annual bearer. 
Fruit medium, roundish, conical, un- 
equaled; surface smooth, polished, 
clear waxen yellow, with lively red 
blush; dots distinct, few, large, yel- 
lowish. Flesh very white, very ten- 
der .and Juicy, pleasant, brisk sub- 
acid; good. October and November. 
•Maiden Blush — ^ Of uniformly good 
size, smooth, round, beautifully 
flushed with red on cre.amy yellow 
ground; flesh tender, of pleasant but 
not high flavor. A good market sort 
because of Its attractiveness and the 
tree's heavy crops. September and 
October. 
McMahan (McMahan's White) — Origin, Wiscon- 
sin. Season, October to December. Fruit 
large to very larg^; color, greenish pale yel- 
low to nearly white, often with suffused pale 
blush on sunny side; flesh, pale yellow with 
good acid flavor; skin very tender and 
does not stand tight packing; crisp and 
a good table apple in season; splendid 
cooker, as it has the proper firmness. 
Tree a good grower, and moderately 
productive. 
Okabena — Origin. Minnesota. Season, 
August to October. Vigorous, absolute- 
ly hardy, and an ideal orchard tree in 
every respect. Bears very young, and a 
good crop may be depended upon. Fruit 
medium to large; yellow, striped and 
splashed with carmine, which is heavy 
on sun-side; flesh yellowish-white, fine 
grained, crisp and juicy; flavor spright- 
ly sub-acid; quality excellent. Ripens 
after Duchess and valuable in market 
on that account. A seedling of the 
Duchess and an excellent dessert apple. 
Peerless — Origin, Minnesota. Season, Sep- 
tember to October. Fruit medium to 
large; yellowish-green with stripes and 
splashes of carmine; flesh yellowish- 
white; fine grained; flavor agreeable 
sub-acid, but not rich. Tree a vigorous, 
upright grower. 
Price's Sweet — Of very strongi upright 
growth in nursery and orchard. Pop- 
ular in parts of the West. Fruit me- 
dium, regular, oblong, conical, often un- 
equal; surface yellowish-green, mostly thinly 
covered with mixed and marbled dull red. 
obscurely splashed and striped; dots, large 
distinct, numerous, russet, rough; flesh yel- 
lowish-white, moderately juicy, very sweet, 
good. October to November. 
Northwestern .QPeenirIg (See page 14) 
