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Ff amingfham Nurseries. F famingham. Mass. 
Apples 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT 
APPLES 
The following list inoludes only such varieties as have been proved best adapted to the climate and 
soils of New England. Apples thrive in all soils, and require less attention for cultivation than any 
other fruit crop. Trimming must be carefully attended to, to allow free circulation of air and light in 
order to produce the best quality of fruit. Spraying in the flowering period gives greater certainty of 
satisfactory crops. Distnnce — Plant 25 to 30 feet apart. 
Prices— Standard Trees: 5 to 7 ft., 50 cts.; $4.00 per 10; $35.00 per 100. Dwarf Trees: 3 to 4 ft.. 
75 cts.; $6.00 per 10. ' 
Varieties marked with an asterisk (*) can be furnished on dwarf stock. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Golden Sweet. Large, round, pale yellow, fair, 
sweet and fine. Tree a robust and spreading 
grower. 
*Red Astrachan. Large, deep crimson, with heavy 
bloom; juicy and sprightly acid. 
.Sweet Bough. Large, pale yellow; rich, sweet and 
juicy; very productive. 
* Yellow Transparent. A very early Apple. 
Medium, waxj' yellow; mild acid, juicy and pleas- 
ant. 
AUTUMN VARIETIES 
Alexander. Large, greenish yellow, faintly streaked 
with red on the shady side, bright red in the sun; 
flesh tender and juicy, with a pleasant flavor. 
*Duchess of Oldenburg. A beautiful Russian 
Apple; skin yellow, streaked with red, with a faint 
blue bloom. Flesh juicy and good. Vigorous 
grower. 
Fall Pippin. Large, yellow, mild acid, tender and 
delicious. One of the most valuable varieties for 
table or market. 
*Gravenstein. " The Queen of Apples." Very 
large, yellow, streaked red; mild acid, and the best 
quality. 
Maiden's Blush. Medium size, flat, quite smooth 
and fair, pale yellow, with a beautiful red cheek; 
tender, subacid. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Porter. Large, light yellow, often splashed with 
red; tender, mild acid, best quality. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
♦Baldwin. Medium to large; bright red, shaded 
yellow; crisp, juicy, subacid. The business Apple 
for New England. 
Bellefleur, Yellow. Large, yellow, with blush 
cheek; very tender, juicy, sUbacid. In use all 
Winter. 
Ben Davis (New York Pippin). Large, round, 
splashed with bright red on yellowish giound; 
tender, juicy, mild subacid and pleasant flavor. 
Fameuse, or .Snow. Medium, deep crimson; ten- 
der, melting, subacid. 
Golden Russet. Medium size; dull russet, with a 
linge of red on sunny side; flesh greenish, crisp, 
juicy. Tree bears well. 
*Hubbardston Nonsuch. Large, round, beautiful. 
yellow and red; tender, juicy, aromatic, rich and 
delicious. 
♦Jonathan. Medium size; pale yellow, striped with . 
red; flesh white, tender and juicy. Of the 
Spitzenburg class. 
