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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
PETER APPLE, continued 
son, keeping from four to six weeks longer. It is what, after tasting, Col. John H. 
Stevens pronounced 'the best Apple ever introduced since Adam and Eve left the 
Garden of Eden.' The fruit adheres well to the tree, which is a little hardier than 
the Duchess and Wealthy. At the Iowa State Fair the Peter Apple was pronounced 
by the judges to be superior to the Wealthy in every respect. It appears to be one of 
the hardiest trees on our place." This variety, like all others of value in this section, 
originated in the Northwest. It has not been largely planted, for the reason that the 
fruit so closely resembles the Wealthy that many growers had considered it iden- 
tical with it. The tree is more vigorous than the Wealthy, and while the fruit closely 
resembles it, still we consider it a better Apple. Mr. Gideon considered it superior to 
the Wealthy, and we beheve that his estimate of it will prove true in the Northwest. 
We consider that there can not be too much good said of this variety. 
CRAB APPLES 
Briar Sweet. Fruit large, pale yellow, 
with carmine cheek, very sweet, good for 
preserving and best of all for sweet 
pickles. Tree vigorous and productive. 
September. 
Florence. A seedling of the Duchess of 
Oldenburg. Tree rather slow, spreading 
grower; bears very young and profusely; 
when in full fruit, very ornamental; very 
hardy. Color light yellow, thickly splashed 
with bright red. .^bout the same size and 
season as Transcendent. 
Hyslop. A very late-keeping, dark red 
Crab of large size; tree an abundant 
bearer, vigorous grower and perfectly 
hardy. Season, November to April. 
Minnesota. A very bushy growing tree, 
but free from blight and perfectly hardy. 
Fruit nearly as large as Fameuse, light 
yellowish green, with tinge of red on 
sunny side. Season, Nov. and Dec. 
Soulard. This is a hybrid with our 
native wild Crab, Pyrus Coronaria, or 
Hyslop Crab Apples 
possibly a sprout from the wild Crab. It 
is about the size of Fameuse or Snow 
Apple. Light yellowish green in color and 
keeps until spring. Its chief value is for 
preserves, and it is valued by many as 
highly as the quince for this purpose. The 
tree is a strong, vigorous grower, and very 
hardy. Bears well. 
Strawberry. Fruit medium, highly 
colored, exceedingly tender, mild acid, 
fine eating or cooking; tree hardy, fine 
grower. Two weeks earlier than Whitney 
No. 20. 
Sweet Russet. Very large hybrid; ex- 
tremely hardy. Fruit oblong, conical, 
light russet, very rich and sweet. One 
of the best either for eating or cooking. 
August and September. 
Transcendent. A vigorous grower and 
abundant bearer, but blights badly. Fruit 
medium size. Season, early August. 
Virginia. Size of Transcendent; a month 
later; light red, sprightly, juicy, crisp. 
Great bearer; fine market sort. 
Valuable tree on which to top- 
work large Apples. 
Whitney No. 20. A beautiful 
growing tree, and one which 
bears young and abundantly. 
Fruit of good size, conical in 
shape, red and yellow striped; 
flesh crisp, subacid, and very fine 
eating; no Crab taste whatever. 
It is really a small Apple and 
should be classed as such. 
Season, September. 
Yellow Siberian. Tree a vig- 
orous grower. Fruit small, coni- 
cal-shaped, yellow. Ripens in 
September. 
A Few Facts with Regard to Orchard Returns. What These Men Have 
Done, You Can Do 
Mr. C. W. Levens, of Albert Lea, Minn., says that from an orchard of less than half an 
acre he sold a car-load of Apples in i8g2, for which he received $300. He says the same 
trees produced over S200 worth of Apples this last season. 
The ten-acre orchard of Mr. Holly's, of Winnebago City, Minn., all of Wealthy Apple 
trees, and situated on the high, open prairie, he says produced 900 bushels of Apples in 1893, 
