HARRISONS’ NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND 
Varieties Recommended lor Different Purposes and Places 
Variety 
Sections best adapted 
Ripening 
period 
Com¬ 
mercial 
Home 
Color 
Baldwin 
New Brunswick to Penna. 
Nov.—Mar. 
Fine 
Fine 
Dark red 
Ben Davis 
Virginia and south. 
Dec.-May 
Fair 
Poor 
Red-yellow 
Delicious 
New Brunswick to Virginia 
Nov.-May 
Fine 
Fine 
Dark red 
Duchess 
New Brunswick to North Carolina 
Aug. 
Fine 
Fair 
Y ellow-red 
Gravenstein 
New York to Virginia 
Aug., Sept. 
Good 
Fine 
Yellow-red 
Jonathan 
New York to North Carolina 
Oct.-Mar. 
Fine 
Fine 
Red 
Grimes’ Golden 
New Brunswick to Georgia 
Aug.-Oct. 
Fine 
Fine 
Yellow 
Mammoth Black Twig 
Maryland to Georgia 
Nov.-Mar. 
Good 
Good 
Red 
McIntosh Red 
New Brunswick to Maryland 
Sept.-Jan. 
Fine 
Fine 
Red 
Nero 
New Jersey to Virginia 
Nov.-Jan. 
Good 
Good 
Red 
Northern Spy 
New Brunswick to Penna. 
Nov.-Apr. 
Good 
Good 
Red-yellow 
Northwestern Greening 
Maine to West Virginia 
Nov.-Apr. 
Good 
Good 
Y ellow 
Rhode Island Greening 
Maine to Pennsylvania 
Nov.-Mar. 
Good 
Good 
Y ellow 
Rome Beauty 
Maine to West Virginia 
Nov.-May 
Fine 
Fair 
Y ellow-red 
Starr 
New York to Virginia 
Aug.-Sept. 
Fine 
Fair 
Yellow 
Stark 
New York to West Virginia 
Nov.-Jan. 
Fair 
Fair 
Yellow 
Stayman’s Winesap 
Maine to Georgia 
Oct.-May 
Best 
Best 
Red 
Wagener 
Maine to Pennsylvania 
Oct.-Apr. 
Fine 
Fine 
Y ellow-red 
Williams’ Early Red 
New York to Virginia 
July, Aug. 
Fine 
Fair 
Red, dark 
Winesap 
Maryland to Georgia 
Nov.-June 
Fine 
Fine 
Red, dark 
Winter Banana 
Maine to Georgia 
Nov.-Apr. 
Good 
Fair 
Y ellow 
Yellow Transparent 
New Brunswick to Georgia 
July, Aug. 
Fine 
Fine 
Y ellow 
York Imperial 
Pennsylvania to North Carolina 
Oct.-Jan. 
Good 
Poor 
Y ellow-red 
Yellow Newtown 
New York to Virginia 
Nov.-Aug. 
Fair 
Fine 
Yellow 
i, t ^ ljau '-' c wiun uxic cuxapuauiiiuy lu a variety is me use or purposes ior wmcn you expect to 
grow the fruit. _ No one should plant an orchard without having some idea of how to dispose of the fruit. 
The principal market channels for Apples are barrel selling, regular boxed selling, extra-fancy Apples 
for steamer baskets and paper cartons, Apples for baking, Apples for selling direct to consumers by express 
or mail, and Apples for home markets without much packing at all. 
For packing in barrels you want a hard, fibrous Apple,—Ben Davis probably packs better this way than 
m any other, bpy, Baldwin, York Imperial, Rome Beauty, the Greenings, etc., seem to give satisfaction 
m barrels. For boxes you may select any variety that brings a good price. Winesap, Stayman, Delicious 
and many other high-quality Apples m our list are suited to this style of market package. Box-packing 
costs more than barrel-packing, and low-priced Apples should be packed the cheapest possible way! 
Extra-fancy Apples for steamer 
baskets, “take-home” baskets and 
boxes holding a peck or a half¬ 
bushel, as Winter Banana, Starr, 
Winesap, Delicious, Stayman, Yel¬ 
low Newtown and other high-grade 
varieties. For baking, York Im¬ 
perial heads the list, with Ben Davis 
x and Rome Beauty close behind. 
For selling direct to consumers by 
mail or express you must pack 
in boxes and in smaller cartons 
or baskets. You should grow 
Apples of the highest quality, but 
which, at the same time, will 
. stand considerable handling; 
Stayman, Winesap, Delicious, 
Wagener, Jonathan and Spy are 
good sorts for this purpose. For 
home markets you can grow 
almost anything, but you should 
aim to produce a variety of 
kinds, and have them ripen 
from earliest to latest. 
Other classifications might be 
f made. You may find that in your 
section the best market is for very 
early summer Apples, or for Sep¬ 
tember Apples, or for the longest 
possible keepers. Or you may not 
have time to give an orchard in¬ 
tensive cultivation, and you want to 
W**' plant varieties that demand the least 
care. In a short article we have no 
space to discuss these problems. 
Write us for personal comments on 
your situation; we shall be glad to 
See page 18 help you select the right varieties. 
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Jonathan Apple is a good sort for the middle section. 
