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WINTER APPLES, continued 
Rawle's Janet. Medium, roundish, 
ovate; greenish yellow, striped with red; 
crisp, rich and juic}'. One of the best and 
longest keepers in the South and South- 
west. 
Roman Stem. A moderate-growing tree 
and one of the hardiest winter Apples of 
first quality that can be grown in this 
section. Fruit of medium size, whitish 
yellow, sprinkled with russet; flesh 
tender, juicy, rich; a very fine dessert 
Apple. Season, January to May. 
Rome Beauty. Fruit of good size, uni- 
form, fair, smooth and handsome; color 
yellow, striped and splashed with red. 
Stands handling remarkably well and is a 
good keeper. Has an established reputa- 
tion in market and sells at good prices. 
Tree is a good orchard grower, attaining 
a good size. Flesh nearly white, firm, 
rather crisp, juicy and slightly aromatic. 
Season, November to May. 
Salome. A vigorous, upright grower in 
the nursery; in the orchard it becomes 
large. Fruit uniform in size and shape. 
Flesh firm, crisp, tender and juicy. Season, 
November to March. 
Scott's Winter. A tree of Vermont 
origin. A strong, upright grower and an 
annual bearer. This tree is considered 
promising at the North. Fruit rather 
small, oblate, yellow, mottled with red 
and russet; flesh yellow, fine-grained, 
juicy, crisp and pleasant; sprightly acid. 
Season, late winter. 
Spitzenburg. Tree rather a slow grower. 
Fruit tinged with yellow; firm, moderately 
fine, crisp, rather tender, juicy and 
aromatic. Season, November to February. 
Sta3rman's Winesap. The best variety 
of Winesap for general cultivation. The 
tree comes into bearing young and is a 
reliable annual cropper. Very attractive 
in appearance, being of a reddish cast 
with splotches of yellow. Fruit large and 
shapely. Flesh very juic)', pleasant sub- 
acid. Season, December to May. 
Tallman Sweet. One of the hardiest 
sweet Apples; a good bearer. Fruit of 
medium size, light green and very sweet. 
An excellent baking Apple. Season, De- 
cember to March. 
University. Originated in 1881, a seed- 
ling of Perry Russett and as large as 
Patten's Greening. A rich golden yellow 
when ripe. Has been highly recommended 
by leading horticulturists in Minnesota. 
Absolutely hardy; a young, constant and 
prolific bearer. Tree a beautiful spreading 
grower; one of the most magnificent of 
the Apple trees. October to January. 
Wagener. Tree not a vigorous grower, 
but a fair bearer. An apple of superior 
excellence. Color a beautiful bright red 
with some contrasting pale yellow. Espec- 
ially fine for dessert. Fruit rather large, 
roundish oblate in form. Flesh fine- 
grained, tender and juicy. Season October 
to spring. 
Walbridge. The worst fault with this 
tree is that it is a tardy bearer. When it 
arrives at bearing age it bears well and 
the fruit is highly prized, as it keeps late 
in the spring. Fruit medium size, sub- 
acid, striped with red and yellow. Sea- 
son, March to May. 
Wealthy. Originated near St. Paul, 
Minnesota. A vigorous-growing tree, 
very hardy and an abundant bearer. 
Fruit large, nearly red, subacid and of 
first quality. G. W. Wheaton, one of the 
oldest fruit-growers in northern Iowa, 
said of this tree that if he were to plant a 
market orchard of 1,000 trees, he would 
plant 999 Wealthy, and when asked what 
the other would be, he said he would 
plant that Wealthy also. All things 
considered, it is a hard tree to beat. Sea- 
son, early winter. 
Winesap. An old variety, supposed to 
have originated in New Jersey. Tree 
moderately vigorous, with rather open 
spreading habit, very productive and an 
early bearer. Fruit rather above the 
medium size, conical in form, rich yellow 
color, mostly covered with fine lively 
dark red, sometimes slightly striped; 
flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, rich sub- 
acid. This variety is very popular 
throughout the South and West, but is not 
hardy enough for this latitude, except in 
sheltered situations, where it is protected 
from extremes of weather. Season, 
December to May'. 
Winter Banana. Tree medium in size; 
vigorous. Fruit large to very large, not 
very uniform in size or shape. Very fine 
for dessert. Flesh whitish tinged with 
pale yellow; tender, juicy and very good. 
Season, November to April. 
NEW WINTER APPLES 
ANISIM. This, without doubt, is the most valuable of Russian Apples. Tree 
bears very young and regularly enormous crops of beautiful fruit; is hardy, free from 
blight, of good quality. Fruit roundish, medium size, color greenish yellow, covered 
almost wholly with a heavy dark crimson bloom, thickly dotted with minute white 
specks; flesh greenish white, with green veins; flavor subacid, pleasant. Season, early 
