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orous grower with a spreading habit. It is a heavy producer and its fruit is 
unexcelled as a market variety. 
Winter Banana Yellow Bellflower 
The fruit is medium to large in size, very uniform and of a roundish oblong 
shape. The skin is smooth, greenish at first then gradually turning to a pale 
waxen yellow flushed on the sunny side with a brownish red and covered with 
numerous pale or russet dots. The flesh is of a yellow tinge, firm and fine 
grained, tender, crisp, juicy, with a pleasing aroma. 
. The White Winter Pearmain is highly recommended for planting in all sec¬ 
tions of California. Ripens the latter part of November and keeps well under 
ordinary conditions until January. 
Winter Banana T ! ie . tree of this variety grows to medium size forming a 
... w,de spreading head the limbs of which are inclined to 
droop giving the tree the appearance of a weeping habit. It comes into bear¬ 
ing when young and produces regular and heavy crops. 
The fruit is of large size and in shape is roundish to conical and sometimes 
very flat at the base. The skin is smooth, tough, moderately thick, waxy and 
ot a yellow color which when ripe often has a blush of dark-pinkish red some¬ 
times covered with whitish or fine russet dots. The flesh is of a whitish color 
tinged with a palp yellow, crisp, tender, mild sub-acid, and a little coarse. 
|t.is a very delicious apple for table use on account of its banana-like flavor 
but is usually too mild for culinary purposes. The many good qualities of this 
apple make it very desirable as a commercial variety and bv all means should 
not be overlooked when making up a list for home orchards. 
It is particularly adapted to the interior valley and foothill sections and has 
been planted with good results in the central coast regions and high altitudes. 
Ripens in October and keeps well until Christmas. 
Winesap Winesap is one of the oldest and most widely known and grown 
• a PP^ cs . in the United States. The tree is a very vigorous grower 
and comes into bearing at a very early age and is a regular cropper. It is par¬ 
ticularly adapted to light, rich deep soils. It is inclined to be of a roundish 
spreading habit with an open top, grows to medium size, and has rather thin 
and small foliage. 
£ ru K * S 1 J led JV m and uniform in size, roundish, sometimes slightly coni¬ 
cal. I he skin is thick, smooth, and glossy red, blotched with a dark purplish 
red over a yellow ground color; sometimes covered with scattering whitish 
dots. The prevailing color, however, is always a deep red. The flesh is of a 
yellow tinge, very firm, crisp, but rather coarse and slightly sub-acid. 
Winesap is recommended for its commercial qualities as well as for all culi¬ 
nary purposes and is reported as doing exceedingly well in the central coast 
regions, interior valleys and foothills although quite extensively planted in the 
northern coast regions where it is considered a profitable variety. Ripens in 
November and keeps well until February. 
Yellow Bellflower Yellow Bellflower is one of the most attractive as 
. . TT . , r wel1 as °?, e °? the most highly esteemed apples 
grown in the Tinted States. In California it reaches its highest type of per- 
