. Descriptive catalogue of the best and proved varieties of apples .... Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Arlington Heights Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. WILLOW TWIG. Doiiiiuie.—A large, iine, striped apple, a vigorous grower, and a profuse bearer, succeeds well in nearly all the Western States, attains a great size ; December to April. Golden Russet.—Fruit large, roundish, conic, shaded dull red in the sun, with light russet on most of ihe surface, flesh golden yellow, solid, crisp, tender, Avith a fine, rich sub-acid flavor; tree vigorous a


. Descriptive catalogue of the best and proved varieties of apples .... Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Arlington Heights Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. WILLOW TWIG. Doiiiiuie.—A large, iine, striped apple, a vigorous grower, and a profuse bearer, succeeds well in nearly all the Western States, attains a great size ; December to April. Golden Russet.—Fruit large, roundish, conic, shaded dull red in the sun, with light russet on most of ihe surface, flesh golden yellow, solid, crisp, tender, Avith a fine, rich sub-acid flavor; tree vigorous and productive, a good keeper; January to April. Grimes' Golden.—Medium to large size, skin golden yellon' sprinkled with gray dots, flesh crisp, tender, juicy, sprightly, veiy good to best; the peculiar hardihood of the tree, withstanding uninjured, the most severe winter ; tree vigorous grower; January to April. King of Tomkins County.—A superb red apple of a large size and flnest quality; tree a vigorous grower, valuable for market, where it always brings a high pi'ice: Xovember to Api il. Rhode Island Greening. — An old and universal favorite, a good winter fruit, skin green, flesh 3-ellowish. white, but the tree has to get to an immense size before it commences to bear. Rawle's Jenet.—Medium size, yellow, striped with red, crisp, juicj', rich, a free Sower and good; it generally bears when all others fail, as it leaves out two weeks ;er than all other varieties, best flavoi-ed and keeping of all winter Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Klehm's Nurseries; Klehm, Geo; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Arlington Heights, I. L. : Khlem's Nurseries


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