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COMAL SPRINGS NURSERY 
Fall Queen, tree upright, spreading and long-lived, fruit large, yeUow 
■\vith bright red cheeks, very rich and juicy. September and October. 
Kinnard’s Choice, fruit medium, mostly covered vdth a dark red, flesh 
yellow, tender, juicy and aromatic; very hardy and productive. 
Winesap, tree a strong grower and productive, fruit of medium size, red 
flesh, crisp, juicy, high flavored, valuable for table, market and cider. Ripe 
in October. 
Black Twig, tree upright grower, fruit like Winesap, but one-fourth 
larger. 
Ben Davis, everyone has seen this apple, as it is sold by grocers in fall 
and winter; large, red and yellow striped, subacid, valuable. October. 
tiershal Cox, a new winter apple from Tennessee; fruit and tree resem- 
ble Ben Davds, but fruit smaller, better quality and better keeper. 
Bismarck, this most valuable New Zealand apple was introduced. only a 
few years ago, and the popularitj' it is now enjoying is proof enough of its 
great value. It not only possesses high quality, but the tree is very hardy; 
just the apple for our climate. 25 cents each. 
McKinley (Jreening, an apple which I have not tried myself, but which 
comes to me described as follows : Tree slow grower, but fruit the very finest 
yellow imaginable, and keeps all winter. I shall give it a fair trial here, and 
have some trees for my customers out West, who have better soil for apples. 
20 cents each. 
Heidemeyer, imported about 1860 from Stuttgart, Germany. Roundish, 
conical, color golden yeUow, flesh yellowish, juicy, aromatic, rich quality, 
very good to best. Season August, bears heavy crops every year; it is one 
of the best apples tor Southwest Texas. Price 25 cents. 
Crab Bpples. 
Price, two-year-old trees, 15 cents each. 
This pretty little apple is especially adapted for preserves and is always 
sure to bring a good crop. 
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Hyslop, ornamental as well as useful. Vigorously growing tree, produces 
in great abundance crimson apples. Fruit good for preserves. 
Transcendant (Siberian), an attractive yellow color, splashed and striped 
with red; bears very young, annual crops thereafter. We value it highly for 
preserves. Buds and blossoms exquisitely beautiful. Ripens in July. 
Whitney No. 20, this is the best of aU the crab apples as far as the 
quality of the fruit is concerned, fruit is of good size, very sweet and aro- 
matic. Tree upright grower and very regular bearer, and succeeds remark- 
ably weU with me. Color of fruit yellow with heavy crimson stripes. 20 
cents each. 
Yates, bright red covered with white specks; quality fine, very produc- 
tive, long keeper. This is one of the best apples known. 
