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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
WINTER APPLE.S, continued 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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 winter. The Anisim is a variety which has, perhaps, been better known as 
"Good Peasant." The tree is wonderfully productive, and while the Russian Apples, 
as a class, we think have been overestimated, still there can hardly be too much said 
of this variety. The tree bears very young, and is very productive. In fact, few 
trees excel it in this particular, and the fruit is so beautiful in appearance that it 
would sell in any market regardless of quality. But, in addition to this, it is among 
the best in quality of any of the late fall and early winter Apples that can be raised 
in this latitude. A man can not err in buying this tree. Orchards of it will pay, and 
pay well. 
MALINDA Tree originated from seed sown in northern Vermont. It is a moderate- 
growing, crooked, scrubby nursery tree, but does better in northern 
Iowa than almost any other late-keeping winter Apple. Tree is perfectly hardy here 
and bears extremely well ; fruit about the same size and color as the old yellow Bell- 
flower; flavor very mild acid; one of the very best of baking Apples. Season, Feb- 
ruary to July. 
Mr. .John Q. Richardson, of Elgin, Minn., says; "I have a Malinda tree on niy place that 
has been planted thirty-flve years. It survived the winter of 1873 when the thpriiioiiictcr 
registered 52° below zero, and has since withstood a temperature of 42° below zero. This 
tree bore eight bushels o£ Apples last year. I have several times kejrt the fruit until the 
4th of July, and have known it to keep as late as August 1. The Malinda bear.s young and 
well with us." 
"I have two dozen Malinda trees growing in my orchard, and I prize them higher than 
any Apple I have, for the reason that they are hardy as Duchess and very prolific. My trees 
paid me over one hundred dollars last fall. They are the finerit eating or cooking Apples I 
ever tasted. I can heartily recommend it to those wishing to plant an Apple tree that will be 
a lasting pleasure as well as proflt."-A. K. Baylev, Platteville, Wis. 
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