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Title: Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants
Identifier: CAT31284865 (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: William & Bernardin; Williams, Lewis; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Kansas Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Parsons, Kan. : William & Bernardin
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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SOME SELECT FALL APPLES 5
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Maiden's Blush. FALL APPLES. Bailey's Sweet. Tree a moderately vigorous grower, productive ; the'(most popular sweet Apple among our customers. Fruit large, round, not always regular; surface smooth, mixed and striped deep red ; flesh yellow, tender, fine-grained, juicy ; flavor sweet, rich ; quality good. For kitchen and market. Sept. and Oct. Fall Pippin. Tree strong grower, not an early bearer, moderately productive when old. Fruit large, globular; surface smooth, rich yellow, sometimes blushed; flesh yellow, very fine-grained, flavor acid, quality best. For dessert, kitchen, mar- ket and drying. August to October. Fameuse (Snow). Tree hardy, vigorous and productive. A fine, round Apple of medium size ; surface pale yellow, nearly covered with red, made up of stripes and splashes ; flesh snowy white, tender, fine-grained, juicy ; flavor mild, subacid ; quality good to very good. l"or dessert, kitchen and market. Lowell. Tree strong, vigorous grower and good bearer. Fruit large to very large, round ; surface smooth, waxen, yellow, not blushed, becoming greasy when kept indoors ; flesh yellow, fine-grained, juicy ; flavor subacid ; quality good to very good. For table, cooking, drying, market. August and September. Maiden's Blush. As we look over our orders we find this the favorite fall Apple. Tree vigorous, upright grower, spreading, \ery productive. I-^ruit medium to large, flat and very handsome ; surface smooth, polished, pale waxen yellow, with rich blush ; flesh white, fine-grained, juicy ; quality good. For cooking, table and market. Augu.st and September. Rambo. Tree strong, upright grower, abundant bearer. Fruit medium to small on old trees, round, somewhat flattened at the ends ; surface striped and splashed with scarlet, on greenish yellow ground ; flesh greenish white, tender, juicy ; flavor subacid. Quality very good for table, excellent for cooking. Sept. to Dec. Wealthy. Highly valued for its extreme hardiness at the far north. Tree a thrifty grower and good bearer. Fruit medium, roundish ; skin smooth, oily, mostly covered with dark red ; flesh white, fine-grained, juicy, subacid, good. Sept. and Oct.

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