Fruit Department 
APPLES 
The first fruit, both in importance and general culture, is the Apple. In most sections of country, there is no farm 
crop which will produce one-fourth as much income per acre as will a good apple orchard. 
Our collection of apples comprises all the best and most popular kinds in cultivation. 
The standard trees are intended for orchards. These are from 5 to 7 feet in height, with proportional thickness, 
and from 2 to 3 years’ growth from the bud. 
If apple trees are planted at the rate of fifty trees to the acre, rows of peach, cherry, or plum trees can be planted 
between the apples, which growing more quickly than the apple trees, soon protect them from winds and thus prove a 
great benefit to them. 
After 8 or 10 years of productiveness, as the space is needed for the Apples, the Peach Trees may be removed, leaving 
the orchard better for the protection, at the same time having yielded the planter a larger return for his outlay and 
labor. 
Apple trees will thrive on nearly all weE-drained soils. 
Select Summer Apples 
CaroUne Red June. Medium, deep red, good, pro- 
ductive, hardy. August. 
Early Harvest (YeUow Harvest). Medium, round, 
yeUow, handsome, tender, juicy and very fine. Moder- 
ately vigorous, erect grower, productive. August. 
Early Strawberry. Medium size, round, striped and 
covered with deep red, tender, juicy, mild, sub-acid flavor. 
Tree a moderate, erect grow'er. August. 
Golden Sweet. Large, round, pale yeUow, fair, sweet 
and fine. Tree a robust, spreading grower. Productive 
for orchard culture. August and September. 
Yellow Transparent 
Red Astrachan. Large, round, nearly covered with 
deep crimson; very beautiful; flesh white, crisp, acid and 
good. Tree erect and productive. August. 
Sweet Bough (Large Yellow Bough). Large, oblong, 
skin smooth, pale yeUow; very tender, crisp; sweet and 
fine. Moderate grower, bears abundantly. August to 
September. 
Tetofsky. A Russian apple. Very profitable for mar- 
ketgrowing; bears early. Hardy, fruit yellow, beautifully 
striped with red; juicy, aromatic. An annual bearer. 
August. 
William’s Favorite. Medium size, round; flesh yellow- 
ish white; flavor very mild and agreeable; bears abun- 
dantly. August and September. 
Yellow Transparent. A very early apple. Two year 
old trees produce fruit. Ironclad in hardiness, and a good 
grower. Skin a beautiful pale yellow; fruit of good size. 
Ripens early in August. 
Select Autumn Apples 
Autumn Strawberry. Medium size, round, oval, flesh 
white, striped and splashed with red; tender, juicy and 
pleasant; bears young and abundantly. October. 
Alexander. Origin Russian, a large and beautiful apple. 
Tree vigorous and productive. Fruit greenish yellow, 
faintly streaked with red on the shady side, bright red in 
the sun; flesh tender and juicy with a pleasant flavor. 
October. 
Chenango Strawberry (Sherwood’s Favorite). Large, 
roundish, bright red and yeUow, very beautiful and a 
pleasant apple. A good and early bearer. September and 
October. 
Duchess of Oldenburg — A beautiful Russian Apple, 
skin yeUow, streaked with red, with a faint blue bloom; 
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