POMONA NURSERIES, DANSVILLE, N. Y— NOTHING OVER TEN CENTS 5 
Winter Banana Apple 
Winter Banana — Perfect in form ; golden yellow, and 
beautifully shaded with bright crimson red; flesh 
lemon-yellow, fine grained, sub-acid, rich, aro- 
matic flavor, and of the highest quality. A good 
keeper. Tree remarkably strong grower. Its 
early bearing is something simply wonderful, 
generally producing a fine crop the second year. 
A valuable market variety. Nov. to Jan. Mr. 
A. H. Hill, N. Y. , picked bushels from a 
Banana apple tree six years old. 
Yellow Belleflower — Season, winter. A hardy apple 
of large size, a beautiful golden color, often with 
red blush; conical in shape. Flesh very tender 
and fine grained, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, of ex- 
cellent quality. Oct to Feb. 
Walbridge — Season, late winter. This is a very 
hardy apple, known by some as Edgar Red 
Streak. Size, medium; pale yellow with red 
cheek. Crisp, tender, sub-acid, fairiy good. 
Bailey Sweet — A beautiful red apple of good quality. 
Oct. to Jan. 
Starke Fruit fair, smooth, uniform and attractive. 
Large, striped, mild, sub-acid. Valuable as a 
keeper. A good variety for the commercial 
orchard because the tree is thrifty, hardy, healthy, 
a reliable cropper and very productive. Jan. to 
May. 
Mammoth Black Twig- The tree is a strong grower, 
a regular and abundant bearer. A good winter 
apple. Deep red ; sub-acid, very high flavored. 
Rome Beauty — A large and handsome apple, almost 
entirely covered with bright red ; of high quality. 
The flesh is tender, juicy and highly flavored. It 
is a popular apple over a wide range of country, 
particularly in the West Dec. to Mar. 
Roxbury Russet — Medium to large. Surface rough, 
greenish covered with russet. Tree free grower, 
spreading; a great bearer. Keeps urtil June. 
Sutton Beauty — Medium to large, roundish; waxen 
yellow, striped with deep carmine; flesh white, 
sub-acid; tender, juicy, good. A long keeper. 
Jan. to Feb. 
Ben Davis — Succeeds wherever apples are grown. 
There is no apple that has more favors on account 
of its hardiness, productiveness, beauty and en 
durance in shipping. It is excellent for cooking 
The fruit is thick-skinned, does not show bruises 
easily and presents a good appearance in the 
package after being handled and shipped in the 
ordinary way. Nov. to Apr. 
Smoke House— This grand apple is a great favorite 
in Pennsylvania and doesn’t seem to be known 
much elsewhere. Tree a vigorous grower healthy 
hardy, and a reliable cropper. The fruit hangs 
well to the tree and is of good color and quality, 
uniform in size and shape. Oct. to Mar. 
York Imperial — This fine, hardy, large, red winter 
apple has rapidly leaped into favor of late, and 
on account of its beauty has been in demand for 
shipment to Europe. It succeeds over a wide 
range of country, It comes into bearing at four 
years from planting, bears regularly arid heavily. 
The foliage and fruit are remarkably free from 
scab. The fruit is of medium size, oblong, oblique 
smooth, skin yellow and almost wholly covered 
with two shades of red. the darker one disposed 
indistinct stripes; basin deep, cavity deep and 
narrow; stem short; flesh yellow, juicy, firm, 
sub-acid, good; season, late winter. A good 
shipper, bringing highest prices. Nov to Feb. 
Tolman Sweet Apple 
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