GAGE COUNTY NUHSEHISE, BEATRICE, NEBRASKA. 
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Yellow Transparent (Russian) — Pale yellow, round, oblate; good quality; very 
attractive; tree a slow grower in the nursery. 
Red Beitiglieiiner — A valuable German variety; fruit large, highly colored, pleas- 
ant flavor; good grower and bearer. August to September. 
Benonl — Medium roundish; pale ye. low shaded with crimson. 
AUTUMN APPLES. 
Autumn Strawberry — Medium, streaked; tender, juicy, fine; productive* desir- 
able; free. August and September. 
Malden Dinah — Rather 
large, oblate, smooth; beau- 
tiful red cheek on a clean, 
yellow ground; flesh white, 
tender, rich, sub-acid; good 
bearer. August. 
Northern Spy — A winter 
J apple in the East, but real- 
ly; a fall apple here. Fruit 
larg<5.Vstriped. very tender 
and' ;}uicy. November. 
Rimiho — Medium yellow- 
ish streaked with red; mild, 
tender and good; produc- 
tive. 
Weal t h y — Everything 
considered, we think that 
this is the finest apple 
grown, in size and beauty 
equaling the Baldwin, a 
most excellent eating ap- 
ple. Tree a very hardy, 
early and abundant bearer. 
Wolf River — One of the 
largest apples grown, ami 
very often used for show 
purposes when extra large 
apples are an attraction. 
Pleasant sub -acid; tree 
hardy and vigorous. No- 
vember and December. 
Apple Trees 1 yr. Tops. 2 yr. Roots. 
WINTER APPLES. 
Arkansas Black — Fruit large, fine flavor; beautiful dark color; fine cooking 
apple; tree a strong, vigorous grower. 
Baldwin — Large, roundish, deep bright red; juicy, crisp, sub-acid, good flavor; 
tree vigorous; upright and very productive of fair, handsome fruit. November and 
December. 
Ben Davis — The great commercial sort for the West. It will produce more 
bushels of No. 1 apples than any other variety in most parts of the Mississippi Val- 
ley. Its keeping qualities are among the best. The quality alone is against it, but 
it has made many a man wealthy, and will make many more so. 
Delaware Red Winter-* 
Medium to large, bright 
red, highly colored; flesh 
fine grained, crisp, juicy, 
sub-acid, excellent; remark- 
able for its long keeping 
qualities; thought bv some 
to be identical with the 
Lawyer. 
Gano — Tree and fruit re- 
semble the Ben Davis, ex- 
cept that the fruit is a 
solid red on yellow ground, 
instead of being striped; a 
fine commercial sort. It is 
considered bv some expert 
horticulturists to be the 
same as Black Ben Davis, 
and it is very hard to de- 
tect a difference, if there 
is any. 
GriniCM Golden — F rult 
golden yellow, of the finest 
quality,' making it very de- 
sirable as a dessert apple; 
a fine orchard tree; good 
bearer. Late fall apple in 
Kansas. 
Ingram — This is con- 
sidered one of the promis- 
ing newer sorts for com- 
mercial orcharding as we.l 
as family use, largely on 
account of its long keeping 
larger and better colored. 
but 
qualities. 
somewhat 
HuiKinii. 
resembles 
Jeneton, 
