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ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
HABIT 
OF 
GROWTH 
NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
SEASON. 
Free. 
Vi g. 
Vg 
Vig. 
Free. 
Mod. 
Vig. 
Mod. 
Vig. 
Free. 
Vig. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
Free. 
Vig. 
Mod. 
Vig. 
Vig. 
Mod. 
Vig. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
Vig. 
English Russet—Fruit medium size, very regular ; slightly conical ; pale greenish 
yellow, about two-thirds covered with russet; flesh yellowish white, firm and 
crisp, with pleasant, slightly sub-acid flavor. 
Ewalt (Bulock’s Pippin)—A fine, showy apple ; very large, roundish, slightly conical; 
bright yellow, shaded with crimson on the sunny side ; flesh white, tender, brisk, 
sub-acid. 
Fameuse (Snow Apple)—Medium size, roundish, very handsome; deep crimson; flesh 
snowy white, tender, juicy, high flavored and delicious. Tree vigorous, produc¬ 
tive, and very hardy. 
Fallawater (Tulpehocken, Pound, &c.)—A very large, dull red apple, of good qual¬ 
ity ■ productive. 
Grimes’ Golden (Grimes’ Golden Pippin)—An apple of the highest quality, equal to 
the best Newtown ; medium to large size ; yellow, productive ; grown in Southern 
Ohio. 
Green Sweet Medium size; skin green, somewhat dotted; juicy and very sweet; one 
uf the best Winter sweet apples. 
Hubbardston Nonsuch—Large, striped yellow and red ; tender, juicy and fine. 
Strong, good bearer. 
Jonathan Fruit medium or small, roundish ; skin yellow, nearly covered with dark 
or lively red; fine grained, very tender and finely flavored. 
Kentish Fill Basket—An English apple of great size and beauty ; color greenish yel- 
tow, with brown red blush in the sun; flesh tender; juicy, with sub-acid, sprightly 
flavor 
Krauser A fine, medium size, yellow apple; originated in Berks County, Pa.; popu¬ 
lar in its native locality on account of its handsome appearance and good keeping 
qualities. 
King ( Tompkins County)—Large and handsome ; striped red and yellow ; productive. 
One of the best. 
Lady Apple A beautiful little dessert fruit; flat, pale yellow, with a deep red cheek ; 
juicy, rich and pleasant. 
Ladies Sweet A large, handsome, red apple ; juicy, sweet and good. 
Nonpareil—An old English variety ; free, upright grower, and productive ; fruit 
medium, roundish, conical, yellowish green, with patches of dull russet and red in 
the sun; flesh crisp, juicy, vinous, aromatic; mild acid. 
Monmouth Pippin (Red Cheek Pippin)—Large, greenish yellow, with a fine red 
cheek ; juicy, tender and good ; productive. 
Newtown Pippin—One of the very best apples as to quality. Very juicy, crisp and 
highly delicious flavor ; requires manure for the best fruit; fine keeper. 
Northern Spy Large, roundish, slightly conical, somewhat ribbed ; striped, with the 
sunny side nearly covered with purplish red. Flesh white and tender, with a 
mild sub-acid, rich and delicious flavor. The tree should be kept open by pruning 
so as to admit the air and light freely. ’ 
Nickajack—A large, roundish, striped apple of fair quality ; very hardy and produc¬ 
tive; popular in the South. 
Peck’s Pleasant—Large, pale yellow; very tender and rich, with a Newtown Pippin 
flavor. Fine bearer. 
Pewaukee-A seedling from Duchess of Oldenburg. Fruit medium to large, obovate, 
waved ; surface bright yellow, partially covered with dull red ; striped and 
splashed, covered with a gray bloom, and overspread with whitish dots ; flesh yel¬ 
lowish white, breaking juicy; flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic, spicy, something like 
the Jonathan; quality good to best. 
Pomme Grise—A rather small and beautiful gray russet apple, with a slight blush 
next the sun ; flesh tender and high flavored. 
Rawle s Janet (Never Fail)—Medium, roundish, ovate; greenish yellow, striped with 
red ; crisp, rich and juicy ; one of the best and longest keepers in the South and 
South-west. 
Rome Beauty-Large, yellow, shaded with bright red ; flesh yellowish, tender iuicv 
sub-acid. J1 
Ribston Pippin-Fruit medium to large, splashed and mixed dull red on yellow, with 
slight russet ; flesh yellow, crisp and juicy, with acid, aromatic flavor • adapted to 
Northern localities. ’ 
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