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ILLUSTRATIVE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
dwarf apples. 
The planting of Dwarf Apples has been attended with gratifying success. Almost all sorts succeed 
equally well when worked upon Paradise or Doucin stock ; the former producing a very small tree or 
shrub ; the latter a tree of considerable size, reaching sometimes to io or 12 feet in height. These com¬ 
mence bearing fruit the second year after planting, and being as healthy as standard trees and productive 
are a great ornament and satisfaction. They should be planted from six to eight feet apart, and will pro¬ 
duce fruit without the delay attending standard. Being trained low, they are valuable for the West. 
Taking up but little room, they are especially adapted to village gardens of small extent, giving the own¬ 
ers a constant and sure supply of choice fruits, far superior to any which can be bought in market. 
RUSSIAN AND OTHER HARDY APPLES. 
Great interest is now manifested in what are known as Russian and “ Iron Clad Apples ”—varieties 
sufficiently hardy to stand the extreme climate of the North and North-west and yet possessing - the merits 
in quality and size of the standard sorts of a more temperate region. So great has been the development 
in this direction, and so numerous and valuable have the kinds become that the complaint is no longer 
valid that good fruit cannot be produced in the far North or North-west. We mention as among the best 
and most prominent sorts, Duchess of Oldenburg, Tetofsky, Haas, Pewaukee, Wealthy, Walbridge, 
Alexander, Mann, McIntosh, Red, Rubicon, Red Beitigheimer, New Brunswick and Yellow Transparent. 
SUMMER. 
HABIT 
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NAME AND DESCRIPTION. 
SEASON. 
Mod. 
Free. 
Free. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
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Free. 
Free. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
Free. 
Mod. 
Mod. 
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American Summer Pearmain—Medium, oblong ; striped and dotted with red ; ten¬ 
der, juicy and rich ; good bearer. 
Astrachan Red Large, roundish, nearly covered with deep crimson, overspread 
with a thick bloom ; juicy, rich, acid, beautiful ; a good bearer. 
Benoni Medium size, nearly round ; deep red, with rich flavor. 
Carolina Red June (Red June)— Medium size, red; flesh white, tender, juicy, sub¬ 
acid ; an abundant bearer. 
j Early Harvest Medium size, round, straw color ; tender, sub-acid and fine ; pro- 
j ductive. 
Early Strawberry—Medium ; roundish; handsomely striped with red; excellent; 
productive. 
Early Ripe—A large yellow apple, ripening with or immediately after the Early Har¬ 
vest ; a popular market fruit. 
Golden Sweet—Large, pale yellow, very sweet and good ; good bearer. 
Jefferis—Rather large, roundish ; yellow skin striped with red ; very rich, tender and 
juicy. This very beautiful variety is unsurpassed for the dessert. 
Keswick Codlin —Large, tender, juicy ; excellent for cooking ; productive, and earlv 
in bearing. 
Primate—Above medium, straw color, tinged with blush ; tender, juicy and sub-acid ; 
abundant bearer. 
Sweet Bough—Large, pale greenish yellow ; tender and sweet ; good bearer. 
Summer Queen—Medium to large ; yellow, streaked with red ; flesh tender, with an 
acid, aromatic flavor. 
Sops of Wine-Medium size, red ; flesh white, often stained ; mild and pleasant • 
productive. 
Tetofsky-A Russian apple, profitable for market growing ; bears extremely early, 
usually the second year after transplanting, and bears every year ; hardy as a 
Crab ; fruit good size, yellow, beautifully striped with red ■ juicy, pleasant, acid 
aromatic. ' ’ ’ 
Williams’ Favorite—Above medium size ; deep red ; mild and agreeable • good 
bearer. ’ ’ 
AUTUMN. 
Autumn Strawberry-Medium streaked; tender, juicy, fine; productive an, very 
desirable. 
Col vert—A large, roundish striped apple ; flesh whitish, juicy, sub-acid ; valuable for 
market. 
Chenango Strawberry (Sherwood’s Favoritej-Color whitish, shaded, splashed and 
mottled with light and dark crimson ; flesh white, tender and juicy. 
Duchess of Oldenburg—Russian, medium to large size ; skin yellow, streaked with 
red, and somewhat blushed, sometimes with a faint blue bloom; flesh juicy and 
good, with a rich, sub-acid flavor ; productive. 
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