ROEDING'S QUALITY 
APPLE TREES 
California is known the ivorlcl over for its citrus fruits, 
peaches, prunes, walnuts, grapes, etc., but the fact that we 
are also a leading apple state is often overlooked. Cali¬ 
fornia ranks fifth in commercial apple production in the 
United States, and some of our mountain regions produce 
fruit second to none in quality. 
When planting for the family orchard we urge our cus¬ 
tomers to select a half dozen varieties so you may have 
apples from early in July until the end of the year. 
APPLES—On Apple Boot 
1 
ii 
50 
300 
PRICE EACH 
to 10 
to 49 
to 299 
or more 
6 
to 8 grade. 
.$ .60 
$ .50 
$ .45 
$ .40 
4 
to 0 grade. 
.55 
.45 
.40 
.35 
3 
to 4 grade. 
.50 
.40 
.35 
.30 
2 
to 3 grade. 
.45 
.35 
.30 
.25 
GRAVENSTEIN—This delicious summer apple is one of the 
best for the family orchard. 
of hand or culinary use. Tree comes into bearing early and 
is a good cropper. Does well in the warm interior valleys. 
June. July. Local market and home use. One of the 
earliest apples to ripen. Fruit small; skin deep red suffused 
with yellow; flesh white, tender, of pleasing flavor. Does 
well in the interior valleys. 
-Borne Beauty. October-November. Commercial shipping. A 
beautiful, large, red apple, highly prized for baking. Flesh 
white, of fairly good quality. Tret* medium size, comes into 
bearing early; a late bloomer and especially valuable in 
mountain districts. 
->Skinner’s Seedling. Late July-August. One of the finest 
eating and cooking apples. A large, light greenish apple, 
which ripens soon after Gravenstein. The flesh is very 
white, tender, crisp, sweet and delicious in flavor. Don't fail 
to plant Skinner’s Seedling in your family orchard. 
^/tStayman Winesap. November-December. Shipping and 
home use. A valuable red apple of excellent quality, which 
is increasing in popularity. Fruit of good size, flesh fine 
grained, very tender, crisp and juicy. An excellent choice 
for the home orchard. Should be cross pollinized. 
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White Astrakhan. July. Local shipping and culinary use. 
Fruit very large; skin greenish white. Flesh rather coarse 
and decidedly acid, making it primarily a cooking apple. 
Does well in the interior valleys. 
White Winter Fearmain. October-November. Shipping and 
home use. An old favorite of very good quality. Fruit of 
good size, oblong conic in shape; skin pale greenish, often 
with blush on exposed cheek. Thrives over a wide range of 
soil and climatic conditions. We recommend cross-pollina¬ 
tion. 
inter Banana. October-November. One of the most beauti¬ 
ful apples. Fruit large and shapely, a pale yellow with a 
decided red blush. Flesh crisp, tender, and of good quality. 
Tree comes into bearing early. Plant with another variety. 
,-Yellow Bellflower. September-October. Shipping and home 
use. One of the best known early fall apples. Fruit large, 
oblong, ribbed; skin lemon yellow; flesh tender, juicy, aro¬ 
matic. A good general purpose fall apple. Should be cross- 
pollinized. 
*Yellow Newtown. December. Commercial shipping and home 
use. California’s supreme winter apple. Fruit large, with 
some russeting around stem. A long keeper of fine quality 
and an excellent variety for late winter use. Tree productive. 
CBABAPPLES 
Arkansas Black. November-December. Fruit dark red; of 
good size; flesh firm, fair in quality; an excellent keeper and 
shipper. Tree large and vigorous. Should be cross-pollinized. 
Blacktwig. Grown primarily as an understock upon which to 
topwork Yellow Newtown and other varieties. The tree is 
exceptionally vigorous, upright and spreading. The fruit is 
red in color, of good size and good quality. It ripens during 
late fall. 
_^-*Delicious. October-November. Shipping and home use. All 
that its name implies, and one of the finest eating apples. 
Fruit large, uniquely ribbed at blossom end. Skin striped 
red. Tree a late bloomer and good pollinizer. One of the 
most widely grown apples in the United States. Cross polli¬ 
nation is recommended. 
-*Early Harvest. July-August. An excellent early summer 
apple for home use. Fruit medium in size, pale yellow; flesh 
very white, tender, crisp, and of good quality for eating or 
culinary uses. 
-Esopus Spitzenberg. November. A popular variety for either 
commercial shipping or home use. Fruit large, red, uniform, 
very attractive. Flesh firm and crisp;,fine flavor for eating; 
also well adapted for culinary use. 
^-^Gravenstein. July-August. Shipping and home use. The 
most popular and extensively grown summer apple in this’y 
state. Fruit medium to large; yellow, overlaid with broken 
stripes of red. Excellent quality. We recommend Richared 
Delicious as a pollinizer. 
Tonathan. September-October. Commercial shipping and 
home use. A popular, medium-sized, red apple of very good 
quality. A fine general purpose apple and does well in nearly 
all apple sections. A good pollinizer. 
y —*Bed Astrachan. July. Early home use and local markets. 
Fruit of fair size, red in color; of good quality for eating out 
Prized for Jelly Making and Preserving Uses 
/Bed Siberian. August. Fruit rather small. Skin overspread 
r with bright red. Flesh subacid; fine for cider, jellies and 
preserves. 
^-^Transcendent. September. The best crabapple for general 
use. Fruit quite large, skin golden yellow with red cheek; 
flesh crisp, tender and subacid. 
/^Thitney. August. A handsome fruit and popular in local 
markets. Fruit large, greenish yellow, striped with red. 
Flesh crisp, juicy and of high quality. 
Yellow Siberian. September. Fruit large, golden yellow, 
borne in large clusters. Flesh juicy, subacid, and of very 
good quality. 
THE NEW SOLID BED APPLES 
— Blackjon. (Trade-mark Reg.) The Blackjon is a new strain 
of Jonathan—identical in shape, size, productiveness, etc., 
with common Jonathan, but colors a dark, even red, two 
weeks earlier. The introduction of Blackjon gives to the 
grower a much needed, solid red, early fall apple. The fruit 
is ready for market early in the fall when prices are at their 
best. As a pollinizer it is excellent—fully as good as Jona¬ 
than. We recommend it wherever Jonathan succeeds. (10c 
per tree higher.) 
'^'Nichared Delicious. (Trade-mark Reg.) “The most beau¬ 
tiful apple in existence.” In the Richared Delicious the grow- x 
er is offered all the fine points of the popular Delicious, and in 
addition, a deep, solid red apple (no stripes) which colors 
two weeks earlier. In addition to its high color and fine 
keeping qualities, it has been thoroughly tested and found 
to be an excellent pollinizer for Gravenstein and other va¬ 
rieties. 
(*) Means varieties especially recommended for the home 
orchard. 
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