ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
SUMMER APPEES. 
NOTICE. — Those with * are of recent origin or introduction. 
American Summer Pearmain. Medium, oblong; striped and dotted with red; tender, juicy and 
rich; good bearer; mod. August. 
Astrachan Red. I-arge, roundish, nearly covered with deep crimson, overspread with thick bloom; 
juicy, rich and beautiful; a good bearer; free. July. 
Bcnoni. Medium, roundish; pale yellow shaded with crimson; juicy, tender, sub-acid. August. 
Carolina Red June. (Red June). Medium size, red, flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid; an abun- 
dant bearer. East of June. 
Chenango Strawberry. (Sherwood’s Favorite). Fruit medium size, oblong, indistinctly ribbed; 
skin whitish, splashed and mottled with light and dark crimson; flesh white, tender, juicy, 
with a mild sub-acid flavor. A pleasant fruit, esteemed for the table, and so handsome as to 
make it a quick selling market variety. Tree vigorous and a good bearer. Aug. and Sept. 
Cooper’s Early White. Very large, roundish, pale yellow with faint blush; flesh white, crisp, 
sprightly; a Western apple; vig. First of August. 
Duchess of Oldenburg. Russian, medium to large size; skin yellow, streaked with and some- 
what blushed sometimes with a faint blue bloom; flesh juicy and good, with a rich sub-acid 
flavor; productive; slow. August. 
Early Harvest. Medium to large, roundish, bright straw color; flesh white, tender, juicy, crisp, 
with rich sub-acid flavor; tree moderately vigorous and productive; one of the best. First ot 
July. 
Early Strawberry. Medium, roundish, handsomely striped with red; excellent, productive; mod. 
First of July. 
Early Ripe. A large yellow apple, ripening with or immediately after the Early Harvest; a popu- 
lar market fruit; free. First of July. 
Golden Sweet. Large, pale yellow, very sweet and good; good bearer; free. August. 
Jefferls. Rather large, roundish, yellow skin striped with red; very rich, tender and juicy. This 
very beautiful variety is unsurpassed for dessert. Free. July to September. 
Keswick Codlin. Large, tender, juicy; excellent for cooking; productive and early in bearing; free. 
July and August. 
-Plumb's Cider. An early bearer and productive; fruit medium, roundish, slightly conical; skin 
greenish yellow, shaded and rather obscurely striped and splashed with dull red; flesh whitish, 
tender, juicy and mild, sub-acid; vig. August and September. 
*Red Bietighcimer. A rare and valuable German variety; fruit large to very large;; roundish, in- 
clining to conical; skin pale cream colored ground, mostly covered with a purplish crimson; 
flesh white, firm, sub-acid, with a brisk pleasant flavor; tree a free grower and abundant 
bearer. This is one of the handsomest apples, and worthy of extensive cultivation; vig. 
August and September. 
Sweet June, or High Top Sweet. An excellent early sweet apple; pale greenish yellow, medium 
size, round; fine for table and cooking, perfectly tender; mod. 25th of June to middle of July. 
Sweet Bough. Large, pale greenish yellow, tender and sweet; good bearer; mod. July. 
Summer (Jueen. Medium to large, yellow streaked with red; flesh tender with an acid aromatic 
flavor; mod. August. 
Sops of Wine. Medium size, red; flesh white, often stained; mild and pleasant; productive; free. 
July and August. 
Tctofsky. (Russian). The tree is an upright spreading grower, forming an open head; conies into 
bearing extremely early and bears every year; hardy as a crab, fruit good size, nearly round; 
yellow, beautifully striped with red; flesh white, juicy, pleasant, acid, aromatic; very slow ill 
nursery. July. „ 
■’Yellow Transparent. (Russisn Transparent, Grand Sultan). Of Russian origin; imported by the 
Department of Agriculture in 1870; ripening with Early Harvest, while the fruit will 
keep fully ten days after ripening, making it peculiarly adapted for early shipping. F ruit pale 
yellow, roundish, oblate; medium size and good quality; skin clear white at first, becoming a 
beautiful yellow when fully ripe; slow. 
