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CATALOGUE SOUT HERN NURSERIES. 
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WINTER VARIETIES. 
Bellf lower — Large, yellow, with 
red blush; very tender, juicy, sub- 
acid; moderate grower and bearer. 
October. 
Buckingham (Syn., Bqulnetelee, 
Kentucky Queen, etc.) — Very large 
oblate; yellow, with bright red 
cheek and crimson stripes; flesh 
yellow, sub-acid, very rich and 
juicy; a magnificent fruit. Ripe 
by end of September, and lasts 
until December; tree compact and 
vigorous grower; bears young. 
Fall Pippin — Very large, round- 
ish, oblong; yellow; flesh tender, 
rich and delicious, sub-acid. Sep- 
tember and October. 
Grimes' Golden Pippin — Medium, 
oblong; rich yellow color; flesh 
yellow, rich, with a very delicate, 
fine flavor. October. 
Munson Sweet — Large, pale yel- 
low, with red cheek; tender, rich 
and good. Fine grower and bearer. 
October to December. 
Rome Beauty — Large, roundish, 
slightly conical, with bright red 
on a pale yellow ground; fine- 
grained, juicy, good quality. 
Rambo — Medium; yellowish, 
streaked with dull red and some- 
what dotted ; mild, tender and 
good. Fine grower, productive; 
more especially valuable In the 
West. October to December. 
Rebel — Origin. Virginia Large 
size, round; bright, clear red, on 
yellow ground, covered with a 
fine bloom; flesh yellowish white, 
rich, with an agreeable mingling 
of saccharine and acid. Season in 
Virginia, September to November. 
-(Mammoth BlacK Tw.gJ-Ori.^nated •^^f/^'^ansas many years ago; is „^^^^^ planted 
rieiy i.».6=, --."t crimson In the shade, darker in the 
wlThTndlstlnct-splashes and stripes over whole' surface of dark crimson; flesh fine-grained, whitish, tinged 
Arkansaw— 
wherever known ___ . .„„ 
-'-.Xnsas Beaut,-, recently -oduc-/"-- "S.^ 
with red and yellow;' rich sub-acid; quality very good to best. November to March. 
Arkaniias Black — Tree a beau- 
tiful upright grower; young wood 
very dark. "There is scarcely 
an apple that is more brilliantly 
colored : round or slightly coni- 
cal, regular; smooth, glossy, yel- 
low where not covered with deep 
crimson, almost black; flesh 
very yellow, firm, fine-grained, 
juicy, sub-acid, pleasant, rich.'' 
A long keeper. A most profit- 
able and attractive market ap- 
ple. Has been kept till June 
and later. 
Albemarle Pippin — Fruit large, 
round, lop-sided, ribbed, and ir- 
regular; surface smooth, yellow- j 
Ish green, sometimes bronzy, be- 1 
coming yellow when ripe; flesh j 
yellow, firm, brittle, juicy; fla- 1 
vor. acid, rich, agreeable: tree j 
a slow grower in the nursery, j 
January to April 
Ben Davis (New York Pippin) ( 
— Large size, round to oblong; 
skin yellow, splashed with bright l 
red; flesh whitish, tender and 
Juicy, with sub-acid flavor, tree 
remarkably healthy and vigor- 
ous, and an early and abundant 
bearer; a most profitable winter 
apple. Keeps well. 
Black Twig — Resembles |he 
■Winesap in every way. except 
that the tree is a better and 
much more vigorous grower. Is 
more hardy, and the fruit is 
much larger, many specimens 
being 12 inches in circumference. 
Baldwin — Large, roundish, nar- 
rowing a little to the eye; skin 
yellow In the shade, but nearly 
covered and striped with red 
and orange in the sun; flesli 
crisp. Juicy and sub-acid, rich; 
Bellflower 
