E. W. REID’S NURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 
THREE FAMOUS NEW APPLES 
APPLES. 
The first fruit, both in importance and general culture, is the Apple. Its period, unlike that of other 
fruits, extends nearly or quite through the year. By planting judicious selections of summer, autumn and winter- 
sorts, a constant succession of this 
indispensable fruit can bo easily 
obtained for family use. There is 
no farm crop which on the average 
will produce one-fourth as much 
income per acre as will a good 
Applo orchard. 
Tree and Fruit of the Bismarck Apple 
BISMARCK. 
This most valuable new Apple, 
introduced from New Zealand a 
few years ago, through the agency 
of a celebrated arboretum in Ger- 
many, promises to take the place 
of almost every other Apple grown 
in this country and abroad. It 
has already been fully tested in 
Russia, Germany, France, Eng- 
land, United States and Canada; 
and wherever grown it has proved 
a most astonishing revelation, 
not only in high quality, but also 
in hardiness, and especially in 
eariiness of fruiting. The color 
of the fruit is a beautiful golden 
yellow, and its size is the largest. 
The trees bear most profusely, and 
the showy fruits are eagerly sought 
after, always bringing the highest market price. Bismarck trees bear at an earlier age than any other Apple, 
and the fruit keeps well into March. As a dessert Apple it has no equal, owing to its distinct and m<jst delicious 
flavor. It bears fruit when only one or two years old, and it has been grown in large quantities as a pot plant 
for table and greenhouse decoration. Large, 40 cts. each, $4 per doz. ; medium, 30 cts. each, $3 per doz. ; small, 
postpaid, 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
STARR. 
Has proved a very desirable, reliable and valuable market Apple, and is now offered after several years of 
thorough testing in comparison with other best early market Apples. It always brings 25 to 50 per cent more 
than other Apples in market, and sells readily at SI per half-bushel basket. The tree is a good, healthy 
grower, comes to fruiting young, and is an abundant and healthy bearer, though heavier on the alternate year. 
The fruit is very large, showy, pale green, frequently with a handsome blush on sunny side; pleasant subacid. 
Very early, marketable first week in 
July, and will continue in good condi- 
tion until September, being an excel- 
lent shipper for so early an Apple; 
has carried to California in excel- 
lent condition. A very superior 
cooking and a good eating Apple. 
Price, first-class, 50c. each, $5 per doz. ; 
medium, 35c. each, $3.50 per doz. ; mail 
size, postpaid, 20c. each, $2 per doz. 
WALTER PEASE. 
This is one of the best Apples we 
know. It much resembles the Baldwin 
in color and productiveness. Size very 
large. The fruit is very show}’’ and 
attractive, and as a table Apple, we 
think, has no superior. Fruit nearly 
round; color a beautiful deep red on 
sunny side, with splashes and stripes 
of red on yellow ground on other side; 
where fully exposed to sun, nearly all 
red. Ripens in September, October 
and November; has been kept until 
past midwinter. Core very small; 
flesh white, very fine-grained ; quality 
best, mild, juicy, slightly subacid, 
with a rich, sweet, aromatic flavor. 
Tree very productive, fruiting heavily ; 
strong and vigorous grower. A deli- 
cious table Apple for either mar- 
ket or home use. First-class, 50 cts. 
each, $5 per doz.; medium, 40 cts. 
each, $4 per doz. ; second-class, 25 cts. 
each, $2.50 per doz. The Starr Apple. 
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