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LORO’S APPLE — This is one of the best of the 
new Russians we )iave tested. Tree hardy and 
fine grower. Fruit large; shape, si/.e, color and 
bloom resembles the Blue Pearmain and keeps 
as well. .A clear, slrong but pleasant acid, 
hangs well on the tree and bears abundantly. 
Stands the most trying winters of St. Peters- 
burg. March and . 4 pril. 
REPKA MALENKA — One of the valuable new 
Russian apples Irom its keejiing qualities, as it 
has kept till the June of the second year, with 
ordinal ) care. .Mr. Webster, of Vermont, says, 
“It is an enormous biennial bearer. It is too 
hard to eat until warm weather in the spring, 
when it gradually ripens and becomes tender, 
spicy and of good quality and flavor.” Mr. 
Sias says of it at winter meeting of Minnesota 
Horticultural Society, in Feb., 1886: “It was 
the best keeper shown. It tasted fresh and tart 
as if fresh picked from the tree.” March and 
onward. 
ANTONOVKA — 'I'his is the “King apple of the 
Russian steppes.” Dr. Regel says, “This is one of 
the most highly prized and widely grown apples^ 
in Russia. It grows in.|thv‘northern part of the 
Province of St. Petersburg, at Valaam, along 
the Baltic Sea and in eastern Russia. It is sub- 
acid, with an agreeable after taste; firm and 
juicy. It keeps till July, and is a delicate des- 
sert fruit. This tree grows so readily in the far 
North, and has such a combination of good 
points, that many grow scarcely anything else. 
It is-very much liked by the peojile, and brings 
the highest (irices.” 
