8 
ALBANY NURSERIES 
SUMMER APPLES, Continued. 
Bough, Large Sweet. See Sweet Bough. 
Carolina Red June. (Red June.) Medium size; 
red; flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid, and abun- 
dant bearer. June. 
Early Colton. Entirely hardy in all parts of the 
country. Has stood the extreme cold of Minnesota, 
Wisconsin, New Hampshire. _ Annual and abun- 
dant bearer. Never in the history of over half a 
century has it been known to entirely fail of a 
crop. Very early, beginning to ripen so it is good 
to eat lOdays before Early Harvest, and continues 
to ripen for some time, making it very valuable 
for family use. Of beautiful appearance; fine 
quality. 
Early Harvest. (Yellow Harvest.) Medium to 
large; pale yel- 
low, fine flavor. 
Tree a moder- 
ate, erect grow- 
er, and a good 
bearer; a beau- 
tiful and excel- 
lent variety for 
both orchard 
and garden. 
Middle to end 
of August. 
Early Straw- 
berry. Medium, 
strip ped with 
deep red; ten- 
der, subacid and 
excellent. A 
E o o r grower, 
ut productive. 
August. 
Golden Sweet. 
Rather large, 
pale yellow, 
very sweet and 
good. Strong 
grower and 
good bearer. 
August. 
Ideal. A new 
and promising 
variety, orign- 
ated near Jef- 
ferson, Oregon. 
Above medium 
in size, regular- 
ly formed, 
roundishoblate, 
greenish color, 
turning to a rich 
f ' o 1 d e n when 
ully ripe; firm, 
crisp, sub-acid. 
One-year-old Apple trees budded ^ 
on three-year whole root. Keswick L-od- 
Height 6 feet. Hn. Large con 
ical; tender, juicy, acid, excellent for cooking. 
Tree erect, vigorous, exceedingly productive and 
early in bearing. July to October. 
Red Russain. Early; very hardy; medium 
size, conical; red, slightly striped with deep red; 
flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. Abundant 
bearer. Resembles the Red June, but flesh 
more solid and better shipper, and color not as 
solid a red, but slightly striped. July and 
August. 
Summer Queen. Medium to large, roundish; 
surface yellow blotched and streaked with red; 
fllesh yellow and tender, with an acid, aromatic 
flavor. July and August. 
Sweet Bough. Large; pale greenish yellow; 
tender and sweet. Moderate grower and good 
bearer. August. 
Sweet June. Medium, roundish, regular; light 
yellow; very sweet, pleasant and rich. August. 
Tetofsky. A Russian Apple which has proven 
profitable for market growing. The tree is a 
spreading, upright grower, forming an open 
head; comes into bearing extremely early, usu- 
ally the second year after transplanting, and 
bears every year. Hardy as a crab . Fruit good 
size, nearly round; yellow, beautifully striped 
with red; flesh white, juicy, pleasant, acid, aro- 
matic. July and August. 
White Astrachan. Very large, roundish; skin 
smooth and nearly white. A favorite market 
sort, where it always attracts attention and brings 
good prices. August. 
Williams’ Favorite. A large, handsome dessert 
Apple. Originated at Roxbury, Mass. Fruit me- 
dium size, roundish, oblong conical; long stem; skin 
smooth, color light red ground, but nearly covered 
with fine dark red; flesh yellowish white of very 
mild, agreeable flavor; abundant bearer. July to 
September. 
Yellow Transparent. A new Russian variety im- 
ported in 1870, through the Agricultural Depart- 
ment. Pronounced by some who have seen it as 
the most valuable early apple ever introduced. 
Tree an upright grower and a very early and 
abundant bearer. Fruit of good size; skin clear 
white, turning to a pale yellow; flavor acid and 
very good. Ripens from 10 days to two weeks 
earlier than Early Harvest. 
AUTUMN VARIETIES 
Alexander. (Emperor.) Of Russian origin. Large; 
deep red or crimson; flesh yellowish white, crisp; 
tender, with pleasant flavor. Tree hardy. October. 
Autumn Strawberry. Medium ; streaked ; tender, 
juicy, subacid, fine. Vigorous and productive. 
September and October. 
Dutchess of Oldenburg. Of Russian origin. Large 
size, roundish; streaked with red and yellow; flesh 
whitish, juicy; flavor sprightly, subacid. Tree a 
vigorous grower, very hardy; very early and 
abundant bearer. While it is indispensible in the 
North; it is almost equally so in the South. We 
confidently recommend it for the orchard as one of 
the most valuable sorts for market, or in the gar- 
den for domestic use. September. 
Dutch Mignonne. A popular Apple introduced 
from Holland. Tree moderately vigorous, upright, 
slightly conical; skin rather tough, yellow, shad- 
ed, striped and splashed with shades of light and 
dark, rich red, moderately sprinkled with light 
and brown dots ; flesh yellowish and a little coarse, 
tender, juicy, slightly subacid; core small. One 
of the best cooking varieties. Nov. to Feb. 
Fall Pippin. Very large; yellow; tender, juicy 
and rich. Tree vigorous. October to December. 
