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H. S. WILEY & SON. CAYUGA, N. Y. 
FRUIT DEPARTMENT 
PROFITS IN FRUIT GROWING 
Twenty-five years ago the great cry was 
"you will overdo the business." This same 
prediction has been made many times since, 
but largely by people who neglected to plant, 
or those who after planting failed to care for 
their orchards intelligently. Our improved 
facilities for disposing of our crops, and the 
enormous increase in population warrant us 
in saying that twenty years hence one of the 
best pieces of property a man can own will be 
a good apple orchard. 
With our present refrigerator service our 
fruits reach the cold Northwest, and bj' the 
same service our Apples and Pears find sale 
on the European markets, and are eagerly 
sought for; and the promise in the near 
future of much quicker time and cheaper 
transportation in reaching foreign markets, 
make prospects bright for better profits in 
the future. 
One of our customers in Kennebec Co., 
Me., Mr. J. M. Pike, who planted an 
orchard of our trees twenty years ago, has 
recently refused an offer of $5,000 for the 
five acres. This orchard was set twenty 
years ago, and Mr. Pilce asserts that it has 
paid him four per cent, interest annually on 
$20,000 for' the past four years. 
APPLES 
PRICES. 
Each. 10 100 
Large size, selected, 5Vi to 7 
ft 25 $2.00 $18.00 
Medium, 41/0 to 5V, ft 20 1.75 15.00 
Light, 4 ft. up 15 1.50 10.00 
GENERAL LIST 
Summer Apples 
Early Harvest — Medium, pale yellow, tender, 
juicy; one of the best. 
Bed Astrachan — Large, beautiful deep crim- 
son. August. 
Sweet Bougb — Large, pale yellow, tender, 
sweet. August. 
YeUow Transparent — Earliest and best; 
white, tender, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid. 
July. 
Primate — Light yellow, juicy and fine quality. 
August and September. 
Autumn Apples 
Bailey Sweet — Large, mottled and striped 
deep red; good. October. 
Gravenstein — Large, striped and beautiful; 
tender, juicy and high flavored; productive. 
September and October. 
Wealthy — Originated near St. Paul, Minn. 
Fruit medium; skin smooth, mostly covered 
with dark red.; flesh white, fine, juicy, very 
good. Octobei 
Maiden's Blush — Medium' size, flat, quite 
smooth and fair; pale yellow, with beau- 
tiful red cheek; pleasant acid flavor. Sep- 
tember and October. 
Twenty Ounce — (Cayuga Red Streak.) Very 
large, nearly round; yellow striped with 
red; quality good; popular. November to 
December. 
Fameuse — (Snow Apple.) Medium size, 
roundish, oblate; striped with deep red; 
flesh very white, juicy and pleasant. Tree 
very hardy, one of the most valuable 
Northern sorts. November and December. 
Duchess of Oldenburg — Of Russian origin. 
Large size, roundish, streaked with red and 
yellow; juicy; flavor sprightly, sub-acid; 
tree a vigorous grower, very hardy, early 
and abundant bearer. September. 
