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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
FALL APPLE-S, continued 
Matilda. A sti'ong, vigorous tree, rather 
bushy, hardy, bears young and annually; 
bark very dark color. Fruit of fair size, 
conical, light yellow in color, subacid, 
good flavor. Ripens the latter part of 
September and first of October. 
Plumb's Cider. A variety introduced by 
J. C. Plumb, of Milton, Wisconsin. The 
tree earae originally from Ohio, probably 
in 1844. It is vigorous, an early 
bearer, and very productive in alternate 
years. The fruit is medium in size, rather 
oblong in form, greenish yellow splashed 
with light red. The flesh is greenish 
white, fine-grained, firm, .iuicy, subacid, 
of very good quality. On limestone lands 
this tree is regarded very highly through 
northern Iowa. Season, fall. 
Wolf River. A large, showy red Apple 
of Wisconsin origin; a remarkably good 
market Apple in some sections, but not 
quite hardy in northern Iowa, e.xcept in 
favorable locations. Nov. and Dec. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
Ben Davis. Large, smooth, often pol- 
ished, nearly covered with red; subacid 
and one of the most profitable market 
Apples south. Tree vigorous, productive, 
and bears early. 
Black Annette. An old variety brought 
from Ohio, but the Black Annette raised 
in the West seems to differ materially from 
that raised in the East. The fruit is me- 
dium-sized, very dark red, almost black, 
sonjewliat splashed, thickly dotted with 
whitish specks; flesh white, mild, pleas- 
ant, subacid; very good. Tree hardy. 
Season, late winter. 
Gano. Like Ben Davis in all respects, 
but redder and of better quality. 
Golden Russet. Medium size ; dull rus- 
set, with a tinge of red on the exposed 
side; flesli greenish, crisp, juicy and 
highly flavored ; a slender grower, with 
light-colored speckled shoots, by which 
it is easily known ; hardy, bears well, and 
is e.xtensively grown in western New 
York and Wisconsin. November to Ai)ril. 
Grimes' Golden. Tree vigorous, upright, 
spreading, and a good annual bearer. It 
is considei'ed the standard for excellence 
throughout the West. Fruit medium size, 
regular, waxy golden yellow in color, 
flesh yellow, firm, compact, crisp, spicy, 
quality of the very best. Dec. to March. 
Hibernal. (Russian.) Very hardy, rug- 
ged, spreading grower; fruit large size, 
striped, quite acid; a good cooking Ap- 
ple. Very valuable for the extreme North 
and for top-working to less hardy varie- 
ties. A winter apple in the North. 
Iowa Blush. Tree very productive, a 
strong grower in nursei-y and orchard. 
Fruit slightly roundisli, coniciil, yellow 
with bright mottled red blush, washed 
with bronze on the sunny side ; flesh 
white, .inicy, mild, subacid. Season, ear- 
ly winter. 
Jonathan. Medium size; yellow, nearly 
covered with red ; flesh tender, .piiey and 
rich. A moderate grower ; shoots light- 
colored, slender and spreading ; very pro- 
ductive; one of the best varieties for 
either table or market. Too tender for 
the North, but jnueh esteemed in the 
West, East and South. Nov. to March. 
McMahon. A very large, white winter 
Apple of Wisconsin origin. Tree a vig- 
orous grower and very hardy. 
Northwestern Greening. A strong, vig- 
orous tree of Wisconsin origin. The tree 
bears young, and big crops of large, 
smooth, green Aiiples. The fruit is rather 
fine-grained, mild, subacid in flavor, and 
is a late-keeping winter Apple. It has 
been regarded by many of the horticul- 
turists as not hardy enough for northern 
Iowa and southern Minnesota, but in 
spite of this the tree seems to be stand- 
ing our hard winters and bearing enor- 
mous crops of fruit that will sell as A No. 
1 Apple in the best markets. The tree is 
very productive, 
j Okabena. Originated in southwestern 
Minnesota. Claimed to be a seedling of 
the Duchess, fertilized by the Wealthy. 
Tree an annual bearer of good fruit ; 
hardy. Large, yellow striped and splashed 
with red, flavorsubacid ; very good. Sea- 
son, December. 
Pewaukee. Origin, Pewaukee, Wiscon- 
sin. Raised from the seed of Oldenburg. 
Fruit medium to large, roundish, oblate, 
skin bright yellow, striped and splashed 
with dark red; flesh white, tender, juicy, 
subacid. Tree vigorous. .January to 
March. 
Rawle's Janet. Medium, roundish, ovate ; 
greenish yellow, striped with red; crisp, 
rich and juicy. One of the best and 
longest keepers in the South and South- 
west. 
Repka Malenka. A very slow-growing 
nursery tree of Russian origin. The fruit 
is small, not much larger than Whitney 
No. 20, a little flatter in form, dull green 
striped with red; subacid and mild. A 
very good Apple, will keej) through until 
spring. This is beyoiul question the best 
late keeping Russian Apple wo have. 
' The habits of the tree are against it, and 
if bought, it must be with (he under- 
standing that it is a crooked scrubby " 
tree. Wequestion if it has any advantage 
over our better-growing American sorts. 
