COLUMBIA NURSERY CO. — PORTLAND, OREGON 
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FRUIT TREES 
APPLES 
We list herein best of the old favorites and 
proven new, adapted to the Pacific Northwest. 
Summer Varieties 
GRAVENSTEIN —Large, striped and beau¬ 
tiful; tender, juicy and high flavored; vigorous 
and productive. September to October. 
RED GRAVENSTEIN —Like common Grav- 
enstein except its color is solid red. 
OLDENBURG —Large, striped red and yel¬ 
low, bears young. 
EARLY HARVEST — Fruit medium size, 
skin yellow, flesh very white, tender and juicy; 
ripens middle of July. 
RED ASTRACHAN —Rich, juicy and acid; 
strong growing trees, perfectly hardy, and a 
good bearer. July. 
RED JUNE — Medium size apple of good 
quality; productive, hardy. July and August. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT— Earliest grown. 
Flesh fine grained, juicy, rich, sub-acid; the 
tree is perfectly hardy. 
Fall Varieties 
YELLOW DELICIOUS —An apple that is 
the peak of excellence. Tree bears young and 
produces heavy crop. Quality supreme. Fruit 
is a bright, glossy yellow color resembling 
Grimes, pure white flesh. New spicy flavor 
that is different. 
NEW LATE GRAVENSTEIN. 
GRIMES GOLDEN —Rich golden yellow, ex¬ 
cellent eating and cooking. 
KING —Large, striped red. A very good ap¬ 
ple to follow Gravenstein. 
ORTLEY —Sometimes called the white bell¬ 
flower, fine flavored. 
RHODE ISLAND GREENING— Large, yel¬ 
low green, good eating and cooking. 
YELLOW BELLFLOWER— Large, pale yel¬ 
low, oblong. 
FAMEUSE or SNOW —Flesh snowy white; 
juicy and pleasant; tree very hardy. November 
to December. 
Winter Varieties 
JONATHAN —Fine grained, very tender and 
finely flavored; tree very productive. An ex¬ 
cellent market variety. December to February. 
IMPROVED JONATHAN —A new strain of 
Jonathan, identical in shape, size, productive¬ 
ness, etc., with common Jonathan. But colors 
earlier than common Jonathan—and colors ap¬ 
proximately 98 per cent Extra Fancy color, as 
against approximately only 23 per cent com¬ 
mon Jonathan. Because it colors earlier, it can 
be picked when in firm, prime condition, result¬ 
ing in a better shipping apple and far better 
quality. 
ROME BEAUTY —Bears heavy and regular¬ 
ly. One of the best keepers and best baker. 
RED ROME —A solid red apple having all 
other characteristics of Rome Baeuty. 
SPITZENBURG, ESOPUS— Truly delicious 
apple; fruit striped and splashed with red; 
flesh yellow, rather firm, with a delicious rich 
acid flavor. November to April. 
GRIMES GOLDEN PIPPIN —Flesh crisp, 
tender, juicy, rich, sub-acid; very good. Decem¬ 
ber to March. 
COMMON RED DELICIOUS— The regular 
old-time Delicious apple, a very nice flavor. It 
is still a leading apple. 
IMPROVED ALL RED DELICIOUS— This 
apple originated from a sport of the common 
Red Delicious. Comes into bearing younger 
and matures a solid red. Fruit of superb size 
and quality. Outselling the common Red De¬ 
licious practically 50 per cent in the fruit mar¬ 
kets of the world. 
YELLOW NEWTON —A yellow winter ap¬ 
ple, the best shipper. An extra good quality 
keeper, one of the best for shipping to Europe. 
McINTOSH RED —Valuable, hardy, Canada 
sort; medium size, nearly covered with dark 
red; flesh white, fine, very tender, juicy and re¬ 
freshing. A good, annual bearer. November to 
February. A profitable apple in high altitudes. 
A leader in Montana. 
NORTHERN SPY —Flesh white, fine grained 
and tender; slightly sub-acid and delicious fla¬ 
vor; tree a good grower; a long keeper. 
RED SPY —New, from N. Y. Exp. Station; 
typical Spy except in color; solid bright red; 
very hardy and productive. 
RHODE ISLAND GREENING— Season, De¬ 
cember to March. Fruit large and handsome, 
smooth, dark green overspread with yellow. 
Flesh tender rich, rather acid, but highly fla¬ 
vored and excellent. Has long been popular in 
the Eastern states as a dessert apple and for 
cooking; tree vigorous, spreading; heavy, con¬ 
stant bearer after reaching maturity. 
TOLMAN SWEET — Season, December to 
March. One of the most popular of the old 
Eastern varieties. Tree is vigorous, upright, 
spreading and very productive. Fruit above 
medium; whitish-yellow, often with faint blush 
on sunny side. 
WINTER BANxYNA — Fruit large, fine 
grained, a beautiful golden yellow, shaded with 
bright red, unusually handsome. Flesh of gold¬ 
en yellow, very large and highly perfumed and 
considered the finest flavored apple grown. 
Tree hardy. An early and prolific bearer. No¬ 
vember to May. 
STAYMAN’S WINESx4P — Most profitable 
market variety. It has large size, bright red 
color, great productiveness and best quality to 
commend it. The tree is a vigorous grower, is 
irregular and drooping in habit, and adapts 
itself readily to different soils and situations. 
Drouth resisting. Season, November to Feb¬ 
ruary. 
WINESAP —Medium size, dark red, juicy, 
mild. A favorite late winter apple and a lead¬ 
ing commercial variety on all markets, 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. 
IMPROVED WINESAP— This is a Winesap 
only much better color than the common Wine¬ 
sap, nearly 100 per cent color, which means 
more extra fancy grades. Sizes will run as 
large as common Winesap. 
ORTLEY —A yellow apple, good baker. This 
apple is grown in the Hood River Valley in 
quantities. 
