Mernee ALO G OF NEW FRUITS 
Melba—is a new McIntosh seedling from Canada. The fruit is striped with 
bright pinkish red over pale waxy yellow—an attractive color combination. 
It is of good size, mildly and pleasantly flavored and highly aromatic. The 
season is ahead of and shorter than that of Early McIntosh, averaging about 
two pickings. The apples are very tender and bruise easily but are well 
adapted for the roadside stand and the home. Where Melba colors poorly, 
a red sport of this variety should be tried. 
Milton—is a handsome apple of Wealthy season and sells readily on roadside 
markets. Its resistance to rust is an important factor in the Hudson River 
Valley. The tree is hardy, vigorous and an annual bearer. The fruits are 
pinkish red with a heavy bloom. The flesh is white, tender, crisp, juicy, and of 
McIntosh flavor but more sprightly. 
Monroe—named and introduced for trial in 1949. Tree upright-spreading, 
vigorous and an annual bearer. Fruit large, roundish-conic; color similar 
to Jonathan, its maternal parent. Flesh yellowish, crisp, juicy and mildly 
subacid; quality good. Winter apple that offers possibilities for dessert 
and culinary uses. 
Newfane—produces large-sized fruit of a very attractive red color. The 
shape is oblong-conic and the flesh tender, medium juicy, mildly flavored 
with a pronounced Delicious aroma. Newfane is a delicious dessert apple 
at Christmas time. 
Ogden—is a delicious sweet apple which ripens a little before McIntosh. The 
apple is large, roundish oblate, handsomely colored with dark solid red and 
heavy bloom like that of its McIntosh parent. The white flesh is often stained 
with red and, altho a little coarse, is tender and juicy with an aromatic 
sweetness which makes the sort especially desirable for baking. The tree 
is hardy and productive and requires thinning. 
Orleans—is of the Delicious type, but the fruits are more highly colored and 
run larger. Like its sister Medina, its flavor is more sprightly than that of 
Delicious and the russetting of the skin induces wilting unless stored under 
good conditions. To date this variety is still on trial. Tree bears early, an- 
nually and heavily, and is resistant to scab. 
Red Gravenstein—differs from the old Gravenstein in the solid, dark red 
fruits, the parent fruit being light red and much striped with yellow and 
green. All of the Gravensteins are most excellent autumn apples, but the 
new one is so much superior in appearance to any of its kin that in the 
future its culture alone should be recommended. 
Red Spy—is similar to the Spy, except in color. The color is a solid bright red 
without either stripes or splashes. Red Spy, with its beautiful fruits, should 
give new life to the Spy type of apple. It is particularly recommended 
where a more highly colored Spy is desired. 
Red Van Buren—according to H. L. Van Buren of Valatie, N. Y., this Sane 
is a red sport of Duchess and was found in his father’s orchard Si Stockport. 
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