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Title: Handbook of fruit trees and plants
Identifier: CAT31285531 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Maple Avenue Nurseries; Hoopes, Brother & Thomas; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs
Publisher: West Chester, Pa. : Maple Avenue Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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4 HOOPES, BROTHER & THOMAS, WEST CHESTER, PA. SUMMER APPLES, continued I Early Sweet Bough. An old native variety, but ; still popular as a dessert fruit. Eather large, j roundish ; pale greenish yellow ; flesh white, I tender, very sweet, and of agreeable flavor. Pro- ! duces regular crops of fine fruit. Tree forms a j round head; moderately vigorous. August. Early Ripe. A supposed Pennsylvania fruit. Medium size, roundish oblate ; pale yellow, sprinkled with a few gray dots ; flesh white, tender, juicy, subacid. Tree a good grower and very pro- ductive. Julv.
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YELLOW TRANSPARENT. Golden Sweet. A fine New England fruit, of de- cided value for domestic stock. Rather large, roundish; pale straw color, always fair; sweet, tender, rich and excellent. Tree vigorous, spread- ing, of moderate size and very productive. August and September. Primate. Of unknown origin but unquestionably one of our best summer Apples. Medium to large, roundish; light yellow; flesh white, very tender, juicy, sprightly subacid; fine for dessert and in use for a long time. A fair grower and productive. August and September. Summer Pearmain. One of the most delicious fruits known. Medium, oblong; red, spotted and streaked with yellow; flesh yellow, especially ten- der, subacid, with a rich agreeable flavor, often bursting when dropping from the tree. Rather slow grower; needs high cultivation. Aug. and Sept. Summer Queen. An esteemed old variety, profit- able for market. Large, roundish conical; yellow, prettily striped with red; flesh yellow, spicy, rich and rather acid; excellent for cooking. Tree a strong grower and very productive, somewhat pen- dent in growth. August and September. Summer Rambo. An old Apple of French origin, succeeding in all localities and profitable for mar- keting. Medium to large; green, striped with red on the sunny side; pleasant, sprightly subacid and good. Tree vigorous and spreading. Early in September. Tetofsky. A handsome summer Apple of Russian origin, profitable for market. Medium size, oblate conical or roundish; smooth, prettily striped with red on a yellow ground with a whitish bloom; flesh white, juicy, fragrant, subacid and agreeable. Good grower and productive. August. Townsend. An old Pennsylvania fruit suc- ceeding well wherever tested. Medium size, oblate; pale yellow striped with red, with a fine bloom ; flesh white, tender, subacid and of agreeable flavor. It forms a very healthy and productive tree. August and September. Yellow Transparent. Another Russian va- riety of value with us. Medium in size, roundish oblate; color changing from white to clear yellow; flesh white, juicy, tender, subacid, very good. Tree a good grower, hardy and bears early. First of July. SECTION II AUTUMN APPLES Alexander. A remarkably large, exceed- ingly showy Russian Apple. Very large size, conical; greenish yellow, striped and marked with orange and bright red: flesh yellowish white, juicy, subacid, only of second quality for the dessert. Very vigorous and a regular bearer. October. Autumn Strawberry. A native variety of excel- lent quality. Medium size, roundish; whitish, striped with red and covered with a thin bloom; flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, with a pleasant sub- acid flavor. Avery vigorous grower, hardy and an early and regular bearer. September and October. Duchess of Oldenburgh. Another beautiful Rus- sian Apple of undoubted hardiness. Medium size, roundish oblate ; yellow, streaked and marked with red; juicy, sprightly subacid. A vigorous grower, with roundish head and bears abundant crops. Fine for market. September. Fall Pippin. One of our finest autumn varieties in the middle states. Very large, roundish: rich golden yellow at maturity; flesh white, tender, with a delicious aromatic flavor. A vigorous grower, upright and spreading. October and November.

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