TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR AMERICAN HOMES 
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Fruit Department 
APPLES 
Summer Fruiting 
Benoni. Fine dessert apple, moderately large, streaked. Good 
flavor. August. 
Duchess. Greenish yellow, striped red, good size, juicy. Fine 
commercial apple. August. 
Golden Sweet. Large, pale yellow, very sweet, and good. 
Strong grower, bears well. 
Summer Rambo. Medium yellow, streaked red, large, uni¬ 
form, flesh tender, sub-acid, juicy. 
Yellow Transparent. Yellow, flesh white, tender, and juicy. 
Grows rapidly, bears young. August. 
Fall Fruiting 
Chenango Strawberry. Beautiful fruit, yellowish white 
striped red. Good for eating and cooking. Flesh tender. 
September. 
Dr. Matthews. Fruit yellow, good quality. 
Maiden Blush. Medium size, flat, pale yellow, red cheek. 
Tender, pleasant flavor, good bearer. September. 
Rambo. Dull yellowish red, keeps till Christmas, fine home 
eating apple. October. 
Wealthy. Deep red, flesh white, very juicy; quick and heavy 
bearer. September. 
Winter Fruiting 
Banana. Large, yellow, shaded with crimson, quality good. 
Bears young, keeps well. 
Ben Davis. Large, handsome, striped, good keeper, vigorous 
grower. 
Delicious. Large, dark red; crisp, fine grained, delicious flesh. 
Juicy, good commercial variety. 
Gano. Bright red without stripes, large, even. Young bearer, 
good keeper. 
Grimes’ Golden. Vigorous grower, large, golden yellow, 
juicy, good. Keeps very well. One of the best. 
Top-worked, long lived Grimes’ Golden. 
Hyslop Crab. Large, deep crimson, one of the most popular 
Crabs for jelly. 
Jonathan. Medium size, red, very tender, good flavor. One of 
the best commercial sorts. 
WINTER APPLES—Continued 
McIntosh. Large, red all over, flesh white, tender, sub-acid. 
Very hardy, abundant bearer. 
Red Rome Beauty. Similar to Rome Beauty, except for color, 
which is deeper red. 
Rome Beauty. Yellow, shaded red; tender, juicy, sub-acid. 
Good keeper, fine market sort. 
St ay man’s Winesap. One of the best apples for bearing and 
selling. Good size, dull red, handsome, juicy, and crisp. 
Keeps well, bears young. 
Transcendent Crab. Fruit medium to rather large. Flesh 
yellow, crisp, juicy. Very popular and good. 
Turley. Fruit red, large, juicy. Much like Stayman’s Wine- 
sap but a little earlier. 
Winesap. Flesh firm, crisp, juicy. One of the oldest and most 
popular of all apples. 
York Imperial. Medium to large, yellow shaded with red, 
firm, sub-acid, excellent keeper and shipper. 
CHERRIES 
Bing. Very large, dark brown; firm, sweet, rich, delicious. 
July. 
Black Tartarian. Very large, purplish black; half tender, 
juicy, rich; vigorous grower and producer. June. 
Early May or Richmond. One of the best sour cherries. 
Medium size, dark red, melting, juicy. Exceedingly produc¬ 
tive. Mid-June. 
English Morello. Sour. Medium, dark red; flesh meaty, 
juicy. Very productive. August. 
Gov. Wood. Sweet. Large, rich, light yellow, red cheek; 
juicy and sweet; late June. 
Large Montmorency. Sour. Large, red; tender, mildly acid, 
good. Larger and firmer than Early Richmond. Late June. 
Napoleon. Sweet. Beautiful, large, pale yellow, bright red 
cheek. Firm, juicy, sweet. Good for market and canning. 
July. 
Schmidt’s Big. S weet. Heavy clusters of large fruit; almost 
black, tender, juicy, well flavored. Splendid market cherry. 
July. 
Windsor. Sweet. Large, liver-colored. Firm and good. Valu¬ 
able for late market and home use. July. 
Grimes’ Golden Apple 
Black Tartarian Cherries 
