WE GROW IMPROVED VARIETIES OF APPLES 
tender, juicy and sub-acid. Ripens in late 
September and jn cold storage can be 
easily kept as late as January. 
Fameuse (Snow Apple). Season, Octo¬ 
ber and November. An old and well 
known variety. Tree a moderate grower. 
Very hardy and not very well adapted 
for growing in the South. Productive. 
Fruit medium in size; color pale green¬ 
ish-yellow, mixed with stripes of red with 
splashes of same on shady side; flesh 
white, tender and juicy, slightly per¬ 
fumed; flavor sub-acid extra good. 
Waxen. Fruit medium size with deep, 
rich yellow in the sun; flesh crisp, tender, 
juicy, acid. Last of October. 
Dutch Mignonne. A popular apple 
introduced from Holland. Tree moder¬ 
ately vigorous, upright, spreading. Fruit 
medium, roundish, oblate, slightly coni¬ 
cal ; skin rather tough, yellow, shaded, 
striped and splashed with shades of light 
and dark, rich red, moderately sprinkled 
with light and brown dots; flesh yellow¬ 
ish and a little coarse, tender, juicy, 
slightly subacid; core small. One of the 
best cooking varieties. November to 
February. 
Gloria Mundi. Very large; greenish 
yellow. Valuable for cooking and dry¬ 
ing. October. 
Twenty Ounce. Very large; yellow, 
striped with red; quality good. October 
to December. 
Rambo. A very popular autumn fruit. 
Tt is valuable for the table or kitchen, 
fruit of medium size, with a rich flavor. 
October to December. 
WINTER 
Northern Spy. Large,roundish-conical, 
often flattened, slightly ribbed; hand¬ 
somely striped with red; flavor rich, 
aromatic, mild sub-acid, fine. Keeps 
through winter and late into spring. To 
afford fine fruit, tree must receive good 
cultivation and attention. A market fruit 
of highest quality. 
Grimes’ Golden. An apple of the high¬ 
est quality. It is one of the fancy dessert 
apples and ranks with Delicious and 
Jonathan on the markets. Medium to 
large; bright yellow with pink cheek; 
flesh fine grained, juicy, with a very 
pleasing spicy flavor. Like Jonathan it 
is equally adapted to almost all culinary 
uses as well as for eating out the hand. 
For pies, marmalade, sauce and dump¬ 
lings, it is one of the best. It has hardly 
enough acid for the best jelly apple. The 
tree is hardy, grows upright and is quite 
disease and insect resistant. Season of 
fruit, November to January. 
Baldwin. Season. December to March. 
The great commercial late winter keeper 
of the Eastern states. Tree a vigorous 
open grower, upright in tendency and 
very productive where hardy. Comes 
slow into bearing, but produces abundant¬ 
ly when mature. Fruit large, rounded, 
deep red; flesh rich and juicy. 
Rome Beauty. Large, roundish, very 
slightly conical; mostly covered with 
bright red on pale yellow ground; flesh 
tender, not fine grained, juicy, of good 
quality. Ripens early in winter. The 
large size and beautiful appearance of 
this Ohio apple render it popluar as an 
orchard variety. Attains highest perfec¬ 
tion on medium soils. 
Jonathan. This variety is probably 
better known to average consumers of 
dessert apples than any other variety. It 
is recognized on all markets of the coun¬ 
try as one of the best among the few 
leaders of high quality eating apples. 
The fact that its qualities and flavor are 
also superior and outstanding when used 
for culinary purposes adds to its popu¬ 
larity. The fruit is medium size, red and 
beautiful. The tree is slightly slow of 
growth when young, but grows stronger 
as it attains age. It bears young and 
abundantly. It is quite hardy and thrives 
in all of the Central West except in the 
drier portions of the northwest part. 
Season November to February. 
Rhode Island Greening. Season, De¬ 
cember to March. Fruit large and hand¬ 
some, smooth, dark green overspread 
with yellow. Flesh tender rich, rather 
acid, but highly flavored and excellent. 
Has long been popular in the Eastern 
states as a dessert apple and for cooking; 
tree vigorous, spreading; heavy, constant 
bearer after reaching maturity. 
King (King of Tompkins County). 
Flavor like the Baldwin. One of our 
best winter apples. Very saleable. No¬ 
vember to December. 
Winesap. Medium size, dark red, juicy, 
mild. A favorite late winter apple and a 
leading commercial variety on all mar¬ 
kets, as well as a very popular home 
apple in the West. Should be planted 
liberally both in commercial and home 
orchards. Is a high class dessert apple; 
also good to very good for sauce, pies, 
jelly and marmalade. December to April. 
Yellow Bellflower. Large, oblong; skin 
yellow, with a beautiful tinge of red on 
the sunny side; flesh crisp, juicy with a 
delicious high flavor. October to Janu¬ 
ary. 
Bailey’s Sweet. Flesh white, tender, 
almost melting, with a honeyed sweet 
flavor. The best late sweet apple. Octo¬ 
ber to November. 
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Tolman Sweet. Season, December to 
March. One of the most popular of the 
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