NEW t~APPLE PATENTED. 
Waynesboro Nurseries Benefit By Patent On New Apple. 
Patent Number 125, issued May 29th, 1935, as announced by 
the following telegram: 
" WASHINGTON, D. C., 
MAY 29, 1935. 
E. M. QUILLEN 
CARE WAYNESBORO NURSERIES, INC. 
WAYNESBORO, VA. 
WE TAKE PLEASURE NOTIFYING YOU OF GRANT OF UNITED 
STATES PLANT PATENT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE 
COVERING YOUR RED YORK IMPERIAL APPLE STOP REC¬ 
OGNIZED BY DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE AND UNITED STATES 
PATENT OFFICE AS DISTINCT NEW VARIETY CHARACTERIZED 
BY UNIFORM FULL RED COLOR DEVELOPMENT WEEK'S AHEAD OF 
NORMAL TYPE YORK. 
MASON, FENWICK & LAWRENCE, 
PATENT ATTORNEYS.” 
was issued on a New Apple which is a sport of the York Imperial and 
patented under the trade name Yorking, differing from the York by be¬ 
ing a Solid Red and coloring two weeks earlier. Every Apple on the 
tree colors a solid purplish-red. Even the Apples on inside of tree 
away from sunlight will pack 100$ Extra Fancy so far as the color is 
concerned. Other than offering the advantage of a larger pack in 
Number One Apples at better prices, the Yorking does not scald in 
storage. 
It is predicted that the Yorking will not only revolution¬ 
ize the Apple industry in the Shenandoah-Potomac Area of Virginia, 
West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, but will extend the York 
area. 
The Yorking is apparently even more prolific than the York 
Imperial, possibly because of its foliage being larger and more dense. 
Fruit of the Yorking was exhibited by the Waynesboro Nurs¬ 
eries at a number of Horticultural Meetings during the past winter 
and 5000 trees have already been distributed among prominent fruit 
growers and Horticultural Experiment Stations in various Eastern 
States. Larger quantities of trees will be available for next fall 
and spring planting. 
H. L. Price, Dean of Agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic 
Institute, recognizes the Yorking as a great improvement over the 
York Imperial. Quoting Dean Price in part: 
^Unquestionably, the limb in question is the ^ree bud 
mutation of the York Imperial Apple. It is a &reat im¬ 
provement over its parent in color and I am personally 
satisfied that there is a marked difference in foliage 
and a lesser difference in growth. To me, the limb 
seems to be more vigorous, which would naturally be the 
outcome of the faculty of producing more green chloro¬ 
phyll. After seeing this limb and some young trees prop¬ 
agated from this wood, there can be no question about 
the distinctiveness of the Red York. I believe it repre¬ 
sents a distinct improvement and will prove to be of out¬ 
standing value to those sections which grow Yorks in 
large quantities for the domestic market and for export. 
In fact, I consider this sport of equal importance to 
the appearance of Starking, Richared, Blaxtaynan, and 
other red fruited sporting forms.” 
Professor A. H. Teske of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute 
says we have a real find in this bud sport. Quoting Professor Teske 
in pa rt: 
W I think you have a real find in this bud sport and I do 
not hesitate to say that the growers should avail them¬ 
selves of the opportunity of planting ths Yorking when 
planting York Imperial trees. In my opinion a grower 
would make a grave mistake to plcnt the common York Im¬ 
perial whenever the Yorking is available. I will be glad 
for you to advise me as to the number of trees of the 
Yorking that will be available to our growers this year.” 
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WAYNESBORO NURSERIES,ING. WAYNESBORO,VIRGINIA. 
