"ROEDING'S QUALITY" 
APPLE TREES 
Red Delicious 
• Apples prefer a cool, temperate climate, and their produc¬ 
tion in California is restricted almost entirely to coastal 
valleys and mountain districts. Only a few early varieties do 
well in the interior. For commercial production, apples are 
not planted closer than 25 feet apart and in fertile valley soils 
are planted as far as 35 feet apart. “Roeding’s Quality” apple 
trees are grown on the finest grade seedlings obtainable in 
the Pacific Northwest. Budwood is selected from trees with 
known high productivity. 
Long a favorite in the home orchard, the apple bears a 
delicious, as well as ornamental, fruit. We recommend the 
following varieties as particularly suitable for home orchard 
planting in the order of their ripening: Red June, Red Astra- 
chan, Skinner’s Seedling, Jonathan, Red Delicious, Winter 
Banana and Yellow Newtown Pippin. 
APPLES . . . On Apple Root , 
Caliper Approx. ItolO 11 to 49 50 to 299 300 up 
11/16" up.(6-8') $ .60 $ .50 $ .45 $ .40 
to 11/16" .(4-6') .55 .45 .40 .35 
Vs to ^4" .(3-4') .50 .40 .35 .30 
VtoVs" .(2-3') .45 .35 .30 .25 
Blacktwig. Late Fall. Fine as an understock for Yellow New¬ 
town Pippin and other varieties. Exceptionally vigorous and 
spreading. Produces good quality fruit, good size and red in 
color. 
Delicious. Oct.-Nov. Very popular for commercial planting. 
Tree is vigorous, spreading and of uniform growth. Flesh is 
all that the name implies. Shape of fruit is long and taper¬ 
ing, ribbed; skin yellow streaked with crimson. Popular in 
mountain and foothill areas. 
Gravenstein. July-Aug. The most popular commercial sum¬ 
mer apple in California. Fruit is medium to large; skin is 
yellow, striped with red. Excellent flavor. Red Delicious is a 
good pollinizer for this variety. 
Jonathan. Sept.-Oct. A popular commercial and home 
orchard variety enjoying a wide range of climatic conditions. 
Fruit is medium size, bright red, sometimes reddish-black. 
Creamy flesh of excellent flavor. 
Red Astrachan. July. Popular early variety. The red fruit of 
fair size is good for cooking and eating fresh. Especially 
adapted to the warm interior valleys and a good cropper. 
Red Delicious. A deep red colored Delicious, outranking the 
parent in every respect. Fruit colors early. 
Red June. July. One of the earliest varieties for home and 
local market. Fine dessert apple. Fruit is medium size, red 
suffused with yellows; flesh white, tender, slightly subacid. 
A good variety for interior valleys. 
Red Rome Beauty. Oct.-Nov. Has all of the fine qualities of 
the parent plus a good, red color. Tree grows to medium size 
and bears quickly. Fruit is medium size, rather oblong; flesh 
greenish white, fine grained, juicy and slightly subacid. 
Skinner's Seedling. July-Aug. A splendid eating and cooking 
apple popular in the home orchard. Fruit large and light 
green; flesh very white, tender, crisp, sweet and very deli¬ 
cious. 
Staymen's Winesap. Nov.-Dec. Makes a vigorous and 
spreading tree. Fruit is carmine in color, large and round; 
flesh greenish-yellow, firm and tart. Should be planted with 
some other variety for pollinization. 
White Astrachan. July. An early, local market variety. Tree 
is hardy, of compact and vigorous growth. Fruit is large, 
greenish-white. Flesh highly acid, making it one of the best 
of the cooking apples. 
White Winter Pearmain. Oct.-Nov. Splendid shipping and 
home orchard variety. Tree vigorous and good cropper. Fruit 
is large, oblong; skin is pale yellow with pink blush on sunny 
side. Russet dots over all. Flesh is yellow, fine grained, ten¬ 
der and juicy. 
Winter Banana. Oct.-Nov. Highly prized in local markets for 
its shapely, beautiful fruit. Fruit is large, pale yellow with a 
decided red blush ; flesh crisp, tender. Should be planted with 
another variety for pollinization. A quick bearer adapted to 
coastal climate. 
Yellow Belleflower. Sept.-Oct. A well-known fall apple bear- 
in large fruit, oblong and ribbed. Skin is yellow, touched 
with green, has a pink blush. Flesh is white, firm, tender and 
juicy. Very aromatic. Requires cross-pollination. 
Yellow Newtown Pippin. December. The winter apple su¬ 
preme. Has a wide planting range and is an excellent keeper. 
Fruit is large, golden yellow with some russeting. Flesh is 
creamy white, firm, tender and slightly acid. Excellent for 
eating and cooking. 
CRABAPPLES 
Red Siberian. August. Fruit small and bright red in color. 
Flesh subacid; fine for cider, jellies and preserves. 
Transcendent. September. Fruit is large, golden yellow with 
red cheek; flesh subacid, crisp and tender. 
Yellow Siberian. September. Fruit large, golden yellow, 
borne in large clusters. Flesh is juicy, subacid and of very 
good quality. 
QUANTITY RATES 
The total number of trees ordered determines which quantity 
rate applies. For example, if an order is composed of 12 
peaches, 27 apricots and 35 prunes, a total of 74 trees, the 
customer uses the 50 to 299 rate in determining the price of 
each of these varieties. Nut bearing trees (except almonds) 
should be figured separately, as should citrus and subtropical 
fruits, grapevines and berry plants. Strazvberries should not 
be included with other small fruits in determining quantity 
rates. 
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