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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
Autumn 
ANISIM—This, without doubt, is the most valu¬ 
able of Russian apples. Tree bears very young 
and regularly enormous crops of beautiful 
fruit; is hardy, free from blight, of good qual¬ 
ity. Fruit roundish, medium size, color green¬ 
ish yellow, covered almost wholly with a 
heavy dark crimson bloom, thickly dotted 
with minute white specks; flesh greenish 
white, with green veins; flavor subacid, 
pleasant. Season, early fall. The Anisim 
is a variety which has perhaps been better 
known as “Good Peasant.” The tree is 
wonderfully productive and bears very 
young. 
EASTMAN — A seedling of the Fameuse, or 
Snow, decidedly more hardy than its parent, 
in fact, in hardiness it can favorably be 
compared with Wealthy. It is now bear¬ 
ing 150 miles north and south, and 300 miles 
east and west of here, and in all cases has 
received the highest praise from those fruit¬ 
ing it. As a market fruit, it fills a place 
where such an apple is in great demand, 
namely, just after the early and just previous 
to the late ones. Fruit large, fine colored, 
striped with red, hangs well to the tree; 
agreeably acid; very young, constant and 
heavy bearer. An excellent dessert and cook¬ 
ing apple; we unhesitatingly recommend it. 
Season, October to December. 
FAMEUSE, or SNOW —A medium grower, 
rather spreading as an orchard tree; medium 
Winter 
AMES — An excellent, strong-growing tree. 
Healthy, vigorous and productive. Intro¬ 
duced by Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa. 
Well adapted for planting in the Northwest. 
Extremely hardy, of high quality and abun¬ 
dant bearers. Fruit medium size, deep red 
color. Flesh firm, yellow, crisp and juicy. 
Season: January to May. 
BLUE PEARMAIN — "The Jonathan of the 
North.” Extremely hardy. Very productive. 
Originated by the late C. G. Patten. Resem¬ 
bles Jonathan in shape, size and quality but 
is better adapted to planting throughout the 
Northwest. Fruit medium size, red with blu¬ 
ish cast. Season: November to February. 
BRILLIANT —T1 xis is a splendid late keeping 
apple. Equal to the Wealthy in size and 
bearing qualities but hardier in growth and 
better in color. Its brilliant color and high 
flavor makes it in great demand in the apple 
markets where it has sold for $7.00 per 
barrel when such apples as Grimes’ Golden 
and Tolman Sweet were being offered for 
$4.50. Flesh fine grained, white and tender. 
The fruit hangs late on the trees. Season 
January to May. 
Varieties 
hardy, injuring badly in some sections, but 
has plenty of vitality, and will stand and bear 
many years after being badly injured. Fruit 
dark red, with flesh snow-white; one of the 
finest dessert apples. Season, from Novem¬ 
ber to January. 
IOWA BEAUTY —A seedling of Golden Russet. 
Tree a strong vigorous grower, very hardy, 
and more beautiful in form than Whitney 
No. 20. Fruit nearly white, splashed and 
striped with red. This apple is steadily 
growing in favor. August to October. 
SNOW —(See Fameuse.) 
WEALTHY —Originated near St. Paul Minn. 
A vigorous-growing tree, very hardy and an 
abundant bearer. Fruit large, nearly red, 
subacid and of first quality. G. W. Wheaton, 
one of the oldest fruit-growers in Northern 
Iowa, said of this tree that if he were to plant 
a market orchard of 1,00 0 trees, he would 
plant 999 Wealthy, and when asked what the 
other would be, he said he would plant that 
Wealthy also. All things considered, it is a 
hard tree to beat. Season, early winter. 
WOLF RIVER —A large, showy red apple of 
Wisconsin origin; a remarkably good market 
apple in some sections, but not quite hardy 
in Northern Iowa, except in favorable loca¬ 
tions. October to December. 
Varieties 
DELICIOUS —The peer of all apples. Its fruit 
ranges in size from large to very large. It 
is conspicuous always because of the promi¬ 
nence of the five knobs or bumps at the blos¬ 
som end, and the lovely red stripes and 
splashes that decorate the skin in a most 
pleasing and appealing way. There is some¬ 
thing about the size, shape and coloring of 
this apple that makes a strong appeal to 
everyone. In addition it has a pronounced 
and delightful aroma and tender, juicy, 
creamy flesh of exquisite flavor. Delicious is 
all that its name implies. The tree is an 
excellent grower, productive and disease re¬ 
sistant. Delicious is an apple that should be 
in every home orchard, and it is doubtful if 
any other kind will make more money for 
the commercial grower in sections where it 
is particularly adapted, but this would not be 
true in the North. Not adapted for general 
planting north of Central Iowa, except in 
favored locations. 
GANO —Originated in Missouri. Similar but 
superior to Ben Davis. It has all the good 
qualities in a higher degree, more brilliant 
coloring, runs more even in size and keeps 
fully as late. The tree is vigorous and hardy; 
