PLATE OF PERFECT BALDWIN APPLES 
Baldwin — A great market apple, very productive of fair handsome fruit. No variety yields 
larger crops or bears shipment better, or is more attractive in color, size and shape, than the 
Baldwin. It is esteemed as an eating apple, and for cooking. Thousands of barrels of this 
fruit are exported to England annually. For a commercial orchard it can be relied upon. 
Large, bright red, crisp, juicy and rich; tree vigorous, upright and productive. In New Eng- 
land, New York, Ontario and Michigan, this is one of the most popular and profitable sorts for 
table or market. Dec. to Mar. 
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, par- 
ticularly in the West. Dec. to Mar. 
Newtown Pippin (Albemarle Pippin)— This is 
one of the best apples for shipping to for- 
eign markets. When fully ripe it is yel 
low with red cheek and a smooth skin. 
Bailey Sweet — A beautiful red apple of good 
quality. Oct. to Jan. 
Northwestern Greening — A hardy winter 
apple of very large size, much larger than 
R. I. Greening. This apple is highly 
prized in localities where the ordinary 
Greening will not succeed. Prof. H. E. 
VanDeman says: “One of the best of 
the hardy kinds.” The size is large, very 
round and symmetrical in shape; color, 
green, which turns yellow at full matur- 
ity; flesh yellowish, fine grained, tender, 
juicy; sub-acid; quality good; equal to 
Wealthy in point of hardiness. Jan. to 
Apr. 
Twenty Ounce — Very large; greenish, becom- 
ing yellow, mottled and splashed with 
bright red. Flesh tender and juicy. Sept. 
Grimes’ Golden — Medium to large size; skin 
golden yellow, sprinkled with gray dots; 
flesh crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly, very 
good to best. Grown in the South and 
Southwest. Jan. 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. 
Gano — A fine commercial sort. Very hardy. 
A half brother to Ben Davis, though of 
better quality. Very richly colored, uni- 
form in size; keeps until March; rapid 
grower, fruit very handsome, flesh pale 
yellow, mild, sub-acid, good. Large, 
good marketing and keeping. 
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 grain- 
ed, crisp, juicy, sub-acid, of excellent 
quality. Oct. to Feb. 
Boiken — Medium size; yellow, tart, acid, long 
keeper. A very good cooking apple. 
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