. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. 8 THE SHENANDOAH NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA WINTER APPLES, Continued Iowish white, fine grained; flavor agreeable sub-acid, but not rich. Tree vigorous, upright; comes very slowly into bearing, and but few trees (except the original) have as yet shown ample produc- tiveness; some growers have succeeded in fruiting it by gir- dling it. Has been much adver- tised and planted, but its disin-
. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. 8 THE SHENANDOAH NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA WINTER APPLES, Continued Iowish white, fine grained; flavor agreeable sub-acid, but not rich. Tree vigorous, upright; comes very slowly into bearing, and but few trees (except the original) have as yet shown ample produc- tiveness; some growers have succeeded in fruiting it by gir- dling it. Has been much adver- tised and planted, but its disin- clination to bear has excluded it from an important place in the list. Price's Sweet—Large, greenish yel- low, iiat shaped apple; tree hard}' and productive; said to be supe- rior to Talman's Sweet. Roman Stem—Medium; color whit- ish brown, nearly covered with a delicate blush; flavor rich and pleasant; a good dessert apple. Rhode Island Greening — Large, roundish; color green, greenish yellow flesh, tender, juicy, rich and rather acid; one of the best for cooking and dessert; tree vig- orous and prolific bearer. Stark—Large, roundish; color greenish yel- low, shaded and striped with dark red and light brown spots; flesh yellow, moderately juicy, mild and sub-acid; tree vigorous and an early and abundant bearer; a good mar- ket fruit. Salome—Uniform size; quality very good; a very good keeper; tree strong bearer and equals Wealthy in hardiness; an early and annual bearer. Stayman Winesap—Medium to large; color greenish yellow, covered with dull red and numerous brown dots; flesh yellow, firm, tender and juicy; quality of the Grimes' Golden. (See page 6.) Talman's Sweet—Medium size, pale yellow; slightly tinged with red; firm, rich and sweet; excellent for cooking; tree vigorous and hardy. Winesap—Large, roundish; deep red; flesh of medium quality; good keeper; tree a fair grower and good bearer. Wolf River—Very large, deep red cheek, on yellow ground; s
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