Apples 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Charlimauft. A tree of German origin. 
Fruit large and strongly resembling the 
Duchess of Oldenburg, but more conical 
and of better flavor. Tree very hardy. 
Fruit ripens in August and September. 
Duchess of Oldenburg. A large, beauti- 
ful Apple; roundish, streaked red and 
yellow; tender, ,iuicy and pleasant. A 
kitchen Apple of best quality, and es- 
teemed by many for dessert. Tree very 
hardy, a fair grower, and a young and 
abundant bearer. Season, August and 
September. 
Tetofsky. A slow, upright grower, with 
few branches. Tree one of the very 
hardiest; leaf very large and glossy; 
fruit yellow, somewhat splashed with red 
and covered with a white bloom, juicy, 
sprightly acid and ripens early in August. 
Yellow Transparent. Tree introduced 
from Russia by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture. A good grower and 
an annual bearer; hardy, but in some 
sections subject to blight. Fruit medium 
in size, roundish, conical in form, skin 
smooth, transparent, surface clear white 
becoming pale yellow when matured; 
flesh white, tender, fine-grained, juicy 
and subacid. One of the best of our early 
summer Apples. 
FALL VARIE,TIES 
Fameuse, or Snow. A medium grower, 
rather spreading as an orchard tree; me- 
dium hardy, injures badly in some sec- 
tions, but has plenty of vitality, and will 
stand and bear many years after being 
badly injured. Fruit dark red, with flesh 
snow-white; one of the finest dessert 
Apples. Season from November to 
Januar}'. 
Gideon. This tree originated with Peter 
M. Gideon, of Excelsior, near St. Paul, 
Minn. It is a cross between the Blue 
Pearmain and our common crab-apple. 
Mr. Gideon says : •' The tree seems to be 
as hardy with us as any of the crabs." 
Fruit medium to large, with blush on 
sunny side. Season, Nov. and Dee. 
Haas. An upright tree of rapid growth ; 
an abundant bearer, and on account of 
color sells well; can be classed as only 
fairly hardy in this latitude. Fruit large, 
striped with red, and of poor quality. 
Season, October. 
Harry Kaump. Tree hardy, healthy and 
very productive; fruit medium size, light 
green color, mildly acid, good fur eating 
and cooking; a favorite in northwest 
Iowa. Season, fall . 
Iowa Beauty, A seedling of Golden 
Russett. Tree a strong, vigorous grower, 
very hardy, and more beautiful in form 
than Whitney No. 20; fruit nearly white, 
splashed and striped with red. Season, 
September and October. 
Longfield. Mr. I. S. Freeborn, of Rich- 
land county, Wisconsin, says: "It will 
bear a bushel of Apples sooner than any 
tree that I ever planted." Medium hardy, 
fair size, red, blush on sunny side. One 
of the best of the Russians in quality. 
October to December. 
