SUMMER APPLES 
Early Harvest— Medium to large; roundish; pale yellow; flesh white, tender, juicy, crisp, 
with a rich sub-acid flavor; fine. Tree moderate grower, erect; very productive. 
Middle of August. One of the very best early varieties. 
Golden Sweet— Large, pale yellow; very sweet and very productive. Tree a strong 
branching grower. August and September. 
Red Astrachan —Large; roundish; nearly covered with deep crimson, overspread with 
a thick bloom; very handsome; juicy, good, rather acid. Tree of the hardiest, 
vigorous, and a good bearer. August. 
Sweet Bough (Large Yellow Bough)—Large; pale yellow; very tender, crisp, juicy, sweet, 
fine. Tree a moderate grower, good bearer, but not as prolific as Golden Sweet, but 
of finer quality. August. 
Yellow Transparent —A Russian apple. The tree is hardy as the crab, a good upright 
grower; a very abundant, regular and early bearer; the fruit full medium size; color 
a rich transparent, lemon yellow, with a faint flush on sunny side; flesh melting, 
juicy, pleasant, sub-acid. A few days earlier than the Early Harvest and is the 
earliest ripening apple known. 
AUTUMN APPLES 
Duchess of Oldenburg—A Russian apple. Large, yellow, streaked with red, and somewhat 
blushed; flesh, juicy and good, sub-acid. Tree a vigorous grower, and a young and 
abundant bearer. One of the Ironclads, so hardy that it succeeds where most of the 
other varieties fail. August and September. 
Fall Pippin — Very large, roundish, oblong; yellow; flesh tender, rich and delicious. Tree 
vigorous, spreading and a fair bearer. Admirable for baking. October to December. 
Fameuse (Snow Apple) — Medium, roundish; deep crimson. Very handsome; flesh snowy 
white, tender, melting, juicy, high flavored, sub-acid, delicious. Tree moderate 
grower, very hardy and productive. November to January. 
Maiden’s Blush — Large, flat, smooth regular; with a fine, evenly shaded, red cheek or 
blush on a pale yellow ground; flesh white; tender, sprightly, with a pleasant sub¬ 
acid flavor; tree erect, vigorous and a regular and abundant bearer. September and 
October. 
Munson’s Sweet — Medium to large; pale yellow, with a red cheek; tender, rich and good; 
tree vigorous and a good bearer. October and November. 
Pumpkin Sweet (Pound Sweet)—Very large; roundish; skin smooth, pale green, becoming 
yellow next to the sun; flesh white, very sweet, rich, tender. Very valuable for 
baking. September. 
Trumbull’s Sweet—Large and flattened; yellow, with a slight blush when fully ripened; 
flesh white, tender and fine; Tree a good, straight grower. One of the very best Fall 
sweets. September. 
Wealthy — Medium, roundish; skin smooth, oily, whitish yellow, mostly covered with 
dark red; flesh white, fine, juicy, vinous, sub-acid, very good, one of the best and 
finest apples grown; tree vigorous, extremely hardy, one of the Ironclads, a very 
early and abundant bearer. Deserves the widest cultivation. September to January 
here, but keeps much longer in the north, sometimes till the following Spring. 
winter apples 
Arkansas Black—Good size, dark red; a long keeper of fair quality. Tree hardy and pro¬ 
ductive. December to May. 
Bailey’s Sweet—Large, roundish, conical, mottled and striped with deep red; flesh yellow 
and tender, with a mild, rich, sweet flavor. Moderate grower. November to March. 
