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F. A. GUERNSEY & CO. 
Delicious 
DELICIOUS. A comparatively new variety that every¬ 
where has proved itself to be one of the finest all¬ 
purpose fruits. It varies slightly in shape and coloring 
in different sections and on different soils. Fruit large, 
spread with brilliant, dark red. Fine grained, crisp, 
melting and juicy with a delightful aroma. The very 
highest quality for every purpose, being a splendid 
early winter shipper, yet keeping perfectly. The tree 
is vigorous and has so far proved perfectly hardy. 
DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG. Fruit I arge, greenish 
yellow with red stripes. Flesh light yellow, fairly 
fine grained and firm, with a pleasant acid flavor. A 
cooking favorite and prime market sort. A good ship¬ 
per for an early apple and commands good prices. 
We offer the red strain. 
HYSLOP CRAB. Large, deep crimson, with beautiful 
bloom. Very prolific and popular. A very showy 
fruit, making excellent jelly. Midautumn to January. 
Tree hardy, vigorous and productive. 
FALL PIPPIN. Large, beautiful light yellow when 
fully ripe. An old favorite. Flesh tender,'rich, and 
of good dessert quality. Tree hardy, vigorous and 
long-lived. Season, September to October. 
FAMEUSE (Snow). An old and well-known variety. 
Fruit medium in size. Color, pale greenish yellow 
mixed with stripes of red, with splashes of same on 
shady side. Flesh whits, tender and juicy, slightly 
perfumed. Flavor, sub-acid, extra good. Tree a 
moderate grower, productive. Very hardy. Valuable 
variety for Northern sections. Season, October to 
December. 
RHODE ISLAND GREENING. Fruit large and 
smooth, dark green overspread with yellow. Flesh 
tender, rich, rather acid, but highly flavored and 
excellent. Tree vigorous and spreading. A heavy, 
constant bearer, and reliably self-fertile. Season, 
December to March. 
GRAVENSTEIN. Large, greenish yellow to orange 
yellow, with stripes of light and dark red. Very good 
to best. Season, late September to early November. 
HUBBARDSTON. Good commercial variety. Green 
mottled with red. October. 
JONATHAN. At its best this apple is one of the most 
desirable varieties for the fancy, holiday trade. Me¬ 
dium size of very excellent quality, of a beautiful, 
brilliant red. Tree perfectly hardy but inclined to be 
biennial in bearing, and being a moderate grower 
and bedaring young is recommended as a "filler/' 
and to be given high culture. 
KENDALL. By far the most attractive of the McIntosh 
seedlings. The apples are large, trim, handsomely 
colored over the entire surface with dark red covered 
with a rich bloom. They possess the whitish fine- 
rained flesh of McIntosh but have a more sprightly 
avor. Fruits hang better than McIntosh. 
KING. Worthy of its name in every sense, except as to 
hardiness of tree stock. Glutted markets have no 
effect on selected King apples. Ready November to 
March. Red on a yellow background. Showy, of 
largest size, and of high quality. It is truly fruit "fit 
for a king." 
MclNTOSH RED. Large, red all over. Good keeper. 
Tree very hardy and vigorous. Middle of October. 
Bears young. 
MclNTOSH EARLY. Of most beautiful appearance, 
extra high quality, deep wine-red color, and for a 
September apple, large size and long keeping. Its 
only faults are a too tender skin and a tendency to 
part from the stem the very day it has colored. 
MACOUN (Late McIntosh). A new variety of Mc¬ 
Intosh which harvests even later than the McIntosh. 
Probably will be an important commercial variety. 
NORTHERN SPY. An excellent and leading com¬ 
mercial variety in the colder states. Fruit large and 
attractive, bright red-striped overspread with a 
delicate bloori). Very tender, crisp and so juicy it is 
not good for evaporating. Season, November to 
March. Late in coming into bearing. 
RED NORTHERN SPY. New type of Northern Spy. 
Solid red. Very desirable for market. December. 
OPALESCENT. A handsome new apple. Tender and 
juicy. FHardy, healthy and productive. December to 
March. 
ORLEANS is of the Delicious type, but the fruits are 
more attractive in appearance and run largefr. While 
Orleans comes in season about with Delicious, it 
keeps in common storage 6 weeks longer. The fruit 
has the same rich delicious taste that characterizes 
Delicious—another "improved Delicious.” 
POUND SWEET. Sometimes called Pumpkin Sweet. 
Greenish yellow apple of large size. October to 
January. 
RED ASTRACHAN. Fruit above medium, greenish 
yellow, almost covered with striped crimson. Flesh 
white, crisp, juicy, brisk acid,- good. Tree upright, 
spreading, vigorous growth. An early and abundant 
bearer. Season, July. 
ROME BEAUTY. Large, roundish, very slightly conical, 
mostly covered with bright red on pale yellow 
ground. Flesh tender, not fine grained, juicy and of 
good quality. Ripens early in winter. 
ROME BEAUTY, RED. Large sized handsomely col¬ 
ored apple. Especially adapted to Southeastern New 
York and New Jersey. November. 
GOLDEN RUSSET. A delicious dessert apple from 
March till July. Color, dull green under a heavy 
brown russet with bronze red blush. Flesh greenish 
yellow, of good to very good quality, being sprightly, 
subacid and tender, though rather dry. Tree perfectly 
hardy, fine grower and bearer, but distinctively self- 
sterile, requiring to be inter-planted. 
SPITZENBURG. Large, bright, purplish red shaded 
with yellow. Flesh firm. Juicy and spicy,- of fine 
quality. Thrives in Northern localities. 
RED STARK. A good, red apple for commerce, es¬ 
pecially in the warmer latitudes. Fruit large. Flesh 
coarse, inclined to be dry but mild. Tree a thrifty 
grower and a universally heavy cropper. 
