Specially Good Sorts of Apples 
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REID’S NURSERIES, UPLAND, OHIO 
APPLES— VARIETIES OF SPECIAL MERIT. 
Heavy first-class, 5 to 7 feet 
First-class, 5 to 6 feet 
Second-class, 4 to 5 feet 
Extra. 6 to 8 feet 
Each 
.$0 30 
25 
. 20 
35 
Dozen 
$3 00 
2 50 
2 00 
3 50 
100 
$17 00 
15 00 
13 00 
20 00 
We have some extra-fine, selected bearing trees at 75 cents and $1 each. 
ARKANSAS BLACK. Tree a very strong grower; hardy; very productive; fruit medium size ; color dark red; 
a fine variety for market; quality of the best. It keeps in condition a long time, and its handsome appearance 
causes a ready sale in market and a renewed and continuous demand. 
One of the best all-purpose varieties known. 
DELAWARE WINTER (Lawver). Fruit medium to large, bright 
red, highly colored; flesh fine-grained, crisp, subacid, excellent. Tree a 
vigorous grower, early bearer, and very productive. 
CANO. Large, perfect form, conical, very smooth; red, shaded on 
sunny side; extremely attractive; flesh pale yellow, tender, mild, sub- 
acid. Good shipper and keeper. Tree healthy, vigorous and hardy; 
an early, annual and prolific bearer. February to May. 
LONCFIELD. One of the imported Russian varieties; a free, upright 
grower, early and abundant bearer; fruit medium to large, yellowish 
green, thickly covered with red stripes, a decided blush on the sunny side; 
rich, sprightly, subacid. December to March. 
SALOME. Comes into bearing early. Fruit medium, roundish, con- 
ical; pale yellow, slightly shaded pale red, splashed dark red, sprinkled 
with small yellow dots; flesh tender, juicy, mild, subacid. January to 
June. 
WOLF RIVER. Tree a strong, vigorous grower; hardy. Fruit 
large to very large, greenish yellow, shaded with light and dark red or 
crimson. Flesh white, rather coarse, half tender, juicy, pleasant, mild, 
subacid, with a peculiar spicy, quince-like flavor. October and November. 
DOWNING'S WINTER MAIDEN BLUSH (GREENVILLE). 
Fruit large, irregular, sometimes flattened, and at other times slightly 
elongated, inclining to conical; skin light waxen yellow, with a bright 
red cheek in the sun; stem short, usually projecting half as high as the 
cavity, though in a few specimens it projects to its surface and beyond, 
inserted in a deep cavity, often surrounded with russet; calyx small, 
basin of moderate depth; flesh yellowish, crisp, tender, juicy, with a very 
pleasant, mild, subacid flavor. It has a very fragrant odor; quality very 
Salome. good. Tree a good grower and bearer. One of the choice new Apples 
that ought to make a great impression on the market, for the demand for 
really fine fruit is steadily increasing, and the soil cultivator who will make fruit-growing a life business may b e 
sure of health and happiness 
and greater cash rewards than 
from almost any other branch 
of agriculture. December to 
April. 
NORTHWESTERN GREENING. This is a variety becoming very 
popular where its merits are 
known. Tree a good grower 
and very productive. Fruit 
medium to large; yellow; qual- 
ity good; a very long keeper. 
Arkansas Black. 
CUSTOMERS' LETTERS. 
Coon Island, Pa., 
Dear Sirs: Nov. 11 , 1899. 
Please accept thanks for prompt 
shipment of trees ordered of you. 
Received O. K. Yours truly, 
Samuel Bonar. 
Malvern, Pa., 
Nov. 27, 1899. 
Dear Sirs: 
} A START with Rood stock, 
i n w'niu suc h as we sen d 
t out,— well-rooted, true to name, 
| stocky and healthy,— is a fine 
| header in the right direction. 
