"ROEDING'S QUALITY" 
APPLE TREES 
GRAVENSTEIN—This delicious summer apple is one of the 
best for the family orchard. 
While California ranks only fifth among the states in 
apple production, some of the mountain and costal areas' 
produce fruit which has no superior. 
Apples should have a place in every home orchard plant¬ 
ing. They will tvell repay the care given them. 
APPLES—On 
Apple 
Root 
Caliper 
Approx. 
1 to 10 
11 to 49 50 to 299 300 
or more 
and up 
(6 to 8') 
$.60 
$.50 
$.45 
$.40 
to J& 
(4 to 6') 
.55 
.45 
.40 
.35 
Vs 
to y 2 
(3 to 4') 
.50 
.40 
.35 
.30 
J /4 
to 
(2 to 3') 
.45 
.35 
.30 
.25 
Blacktwig. Late Fall. Fine as understock for Newtowns and 
other varieties. Exceptionally vigorous and spreading. Pro¬ 
duces good quality fruit, red in color and good size. 
Delicious. Oct.-Nov. Extremely popular for commercial 
planting. Fine for home orchard. Tree vigorous, uniform 
and spreading. Flesh all that the name implies. Fruit long 
and tapering, ribbed; skin yellow overspread with dark red 
and crimson. Fine for mountain and foothill areas. 
“RED DELICIOUS 
**A deep red colored Delicious, which outranks its parent 
in every respect. Colors early. 
‘Early Harvest. July-Aug. Erect grower, good bearer. One 
of the best early apples for home eating and cooking. Fruit 
medium in size, pale yellow; flesh white, tender, crisp. 
*Esopus Spitzenberg. September. One of the older varieties 
which is still popular for shipping and the home orchard. 
Tree of spreading habit. Fruit large, yellow overlaid with 
red; very attractive. Fine for eating or cooking. 
‘Gravenstein. July-Aug. Most popular summer apple in Cal¬ 
ifornia. Fruit medium to large; yellow, overlaid with red 
striping. Excellent for eating. We recommend planting RED 
DELICIOUS as a pollinizer. 
‘Jonathan. Sept.-Oct. A popular commercial and home or¬ 
chard tree. Stands a wide range of climate. Fruit medium 
size, bright red, sometimes reddish black. Creamy flesh of 
excellent flavor. 
‘Red Astrachan. July. Early home and market variety. Red 
fruit of fair size. % Good eating or cooking apples. Trees bear 
early and are good croppers, especially adapted to the warm 
interior valleys. 
‘Red June. July. One of the earliest apples for home and 
local market use. Fine dessert apple. Fruit medium size, red, 
suffused with yellow; flesh white, tender, slightly subacid. 
Does well in the interior. 
Rome Beauty. Oct.-Nov. High quality shipping. Wonderful 
baking qualities. Tree medium in size, early bearer, late 
bloomer. Fruit medium size, rather oblong. Rather tough 
skin, overlaid with yellow. Flesh greenish white, fine grained, 
juicy and slightly subacid. 
‘Skinner's Seedling. July-Aug. Fine for both eating and 
cooking. Especially recommended for the home orchard. 
Fruit is large and light green in color. Flesh very white, 
tender, crisp, sweet and very delicious. 
‘Stayman Winesap. Nov.-Dee. Tree vigorous and spreading. 
Fruit large and round; dark carmine. Flesh greenish-yellow, 
firm and quite tart. Should be planted with some other vari¬ 
ety for pollination. 
White Astrachan. July. For local markets. Tree hardy, com¬ 
pact and of vigorous growth. Fruit large, greenish white. 
Flesh highly acid, thus making it one of the best of the 
cooking apples. 
‘White Winter Pearmain. Oct.-Nov. Splendid shipping and 
home variety. Vigorous, abundant cropping. Fruit oblong, 
rather large, with pale yellow skin, overlaid with pink blush 
on sunny side. Russet dots over all. Flesh yellow, fine grained, 
tender and juicy. 
‘Winter Banana. Oct.-Nov. Extremely attractive fruit, mak¬ 
ing it valuable for market growing. Especially adapted to 
the coast. Fruit large and beautiful as to shape and coloring; 
pale yellow with decided red blush. Flesh crisp, tender. Tree 
bears when quite young. Should be cross-pollinized. 
Yellow Bellflower. Sept.-Oct. One of the best known fall 
apples. Fruit large, oblong and ribbed. Skin yellow, touched 
with green, has a pink blush. Flesh white, firm, tender and 
juicy. Very aromatic. Needs cross-pollination. 
‘Yellow Newtown. December. The winter apple supreme. 
Fine keeper. Has wide range in planting. Fruit large, golden 
yellow, with some russeting. Flesh cream white, firm, tender 
and slightly acid. Excellent either cooked or fresh. When 
stored at home, will give enjoyment to the family for several 
months. 
CRABAPPLES 
Prized for Jelly Making and Preserving Uses 
Red Siberian. August. Fruit rather small. Skin overspread 
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. 
Yellow Siberian. September. Fruit large, golden yellow, 
borne in large clusters. Flesh juicy, subacid, and of very 
good quality. 
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