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ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE . 
HABIT 
OF 
GROWTH 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
SEASON. 
Free. 
Free. 
Vi g. 
Vig. 
Free. 
Vig. 
Vig. 
Free. 
Vig. 
Free. 
Vig. 
Vig. 
Free. 
Free. 
Free. 
Clark s Orange New Iron Clad. Originated in Pewaukee, Wis., where for five 
successive years it received the first premiums at the State Fair, and was declared 
entitled to the highest award of the Society, on seedlings. Fruit medium to large, 
nearly round like an orange ; skin yeilow, covered partially with vermillion and 
carmine striped ; very smooth and beautiful ; flesh white, juicy, sub-acid. Good 
for dessert or cooking. 
Fourth of July— A very hardy apple; bears early; medium size; yellow' with a 
white bloom, striped and splashed with red. 
Hastings— Very hardy ; good bearer ; fruit above medium ; skin yellow, nearly 
covered with deep rich crimson. Excellent quality, very desirable. 
Hurlbut— Fruit medium size, oblate, angular; skin yellow with red stripes, and 
splashed with red ; flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, sub-acid ; quality very good. 
A great bearer. 
Humphrey— New. A seedling of the Northern Spy, which it strongly resembles in 
quality and appearance, but is a much longer keeper. It originated in Northern 
New V ork, and is very hardy. A most excellent and desirable sort. 
Magog Red Streak-Origin, Vermont. Bears annually large crops ; valuable for its 
extreme hardiness, vigor, productiveness and long keeping ; fruit medium or 
nearly so ; roundish, inclining to oblong ; skin light yellow, shaded and faintly 
striped and splashed with light red over half the fruit ; flesh yellowish • a little 
coarse, moderately juicy; mild, sub-acid. 
Mann-New. An upright grower, forming a round head ; fruit medium to large 
roundish, oblate ; skin deep yellow when fully ripe, with sometimes a shade of 
brownish red where exposed ; flesh yellowish, juicy, mild, pleasant, sub-acid • 
good to very good. WilJ keep as long as Roxbury Russet. 
McIntosh Red-Originated in Ontario some twenty years since, but not widely 
known. Tree very hardy, long lived ; good annual bearer of fair, handsome fruit 
of excellent quality, for home or market use. Fruit above medium, roundish, 
oblate ; skin whitish yellow, very nearly covered with dark rich red or crimson 
almost purplish in the sun. Flesh white, fine, very tender, juicy, mild, sub-acid' 
very promising. 
New Brunswick-New. Fruit above medium ; skin whitish yellow, covered with 
dark rich crimson ; flesh very firm ; an excellent culinary and market fruit. Origi- 
nated in New Brunswick. 
Nodhead (Jewett's Fine Red)-A native of New Hampshire. Tree very hardy and 
much prized in Northern New England. Fruit medium, greenish white, striped 
crimson Flesh tender, juicy, very pleasant ; almost white. 
Peach (Irish Peachj-Medium size, round or little flattened; yellowish green- 
streaked with brownish red. Flesh white, tender and juicy. Tree very hardv • 
highly prized in extreme North. y ' 
Plumb's Cider-An early bearer and very productive; fruit medium, roundish 
slightly conical ; skin greenish yellow, shaded and rather obscurely striped and 
splashed with dull red ; flesh whitish, tender, juicy, mild, sub-acid. 
Red Bietigheimer-A rare and valuable German variety. Fruit large to very large 
roundish, inclining to conical ; stalk short, stout, in a deep cavity, calyx closed in 
a large, deep basin ; skin pale, cream colored ground, mostly cover-d with pur I 
plish crimson ; flesh white, firm, sub-acid, with t. b.ixa, pleasant flavor Tree a 
free g.ower and abundant bearer. This is one of the largest and handsomest I 
apples, and worthy of extensive cultivation. 
Rolfe— New. Originated in Maine about the 45th degree. Fruit large, of magnificent I 
appearance ; color dark red ; an abundant and annual bearer, and where known ! 
the fruit outsells all others of its season. Quality prime, both for eating and cook- 
in g. One of the very best. 
Rubicon— A new apple said to be very hardy and valuable for the North. Fruit 
roundish, above medium in size ; yellow, mostly covered with bright rich red • 
flesh yellowish and firm, juicy, brisk sub-acid ; very good. 
Stark— Grown in Ohio, and valued as a long keeper and profitable market fruit. 
Fruit large, roundish; skin freenish yellow, shaded and striped with light and 
dark red nearly over the whole surface and thickly sprinkled with light brown dots. 
Flesh yellowish, moderately juicy, mild, sub-acid. 
Nov. to 
Jan. 
Aug. & 
Sept. 
Nov. to 
Feb. 
Oct. to 
Dec. 
Jan to 
June. 
Dec. to 
March. 
May to 
June. 
Nov. to 
Feb. 
Oct. to 
Nov. 
Nov. to 
Feb. 
Sept. 
Sept, to 
Jan. 
Sept. 
Nov. to 
Jan. 
Feb. & 
March. 
Jan. to 
May. 
