Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-12-17
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
81 DR.. ANDREW M. SOULE

| The quality is very good and It is
one Of our best early varieties.
Fort Prize. Shipping season is
from October to December. This IS
roundish, oblate fruit medium to
large in size. The ground color is
yellow but the fruit is completely
overspread with crimson. having a
deep blush to the sun. The flesh is
white and crisp and mildly subacid
in flavor. The quality is good. 1t
is long keeper and a promising sort
for planting in the mountains of
north Georgia, having originated in
that section Of the state.
Gano. Shipping season is from
October to March. A round to
conical fruit medium to large in
size. It is washed with dull waXy
red. Flesh is firm, coarse and dry
Quality is subacid and poor. On ac-
count Of its long keeping proclivities
it some day may be worthy Of plant
ing.
| Grimes. Shipping season for this
golden apple from September to No
vember. Elesh firm, fairly juicy,
mildly subacid in quality. An ex-
cellent dessert fruit and because of
it's quality. and earliness in this Sec
ton a good market sort.
Heslop. Shipping season from No
vember to February. A roundish,
Nslightly oblate fruit Of medium size.
Red striped in color with a glossy
skin. 1t is medium in quality, the
flesh being firm and slightly tough.
The keeping qualities are fairly
good. This is said to be a close rela-
tive Of the Shockley.
Horse. Shipping season from July
to August. A round yellow, red
striped fruit of medium size, of poor
quality, it's virtue lying in the fact
that it is an early, variety.
Howard. Shipping season from
October to November. A roundish
oblate fruit of medium size, the basic
color being yellow which is always
overlaid with slasheS and stripes of
red. The flesh is firm to slightly
tough. The variety is juicy and sub
acid, the quality being fairly good.
"a fairly good shipping sort.
King. Shipping season from the
last of August to October. A round
ish to oblate variable fruit, large in
size. The basic color is yellow
which is washed with orange red or
stripes and splashes of deep red. The
flesh is rather coarse and crisp.
juicy. The quality is subacid and
excellent. This variety has succeed
ed especially well in certain sections
Of north Georgia, though it requires
rather close attention to give the
best results.
Kinnard. Shipping season is from
October to November. Roundish,
oblate, fruit medium to large in size.
The basic color is yellow which is
overspread with red, generally in
distinctly striped with dark Grim
son. The flesh is moderately fine in
texture, juicy, quality is good to
very good. Flavor is subacid. On
account of its color and quality this
is rapidly becoming one of the lead
ing varieties in this state.
LimbertWig. Shipping season from
October to December. An ,oblate to
comic fruit of medium size, yellow
ish red, almost poor in quality. 1t
is being grown to some extent in
north Georgia but cannot be rated
very highly.
Mammoth Black Twig. This is un-
doubtedly the Arkansas, but is de.
scribed under the name of Mammoth
Black TWig as that is the one COM
monty used for it in this state. The
shipping season is from October to
November. This is a large, highly
colored fruit belonging to the. Wine
sap group. The quality is good
and it is a good sort for brewing
in this section.
Mother. Shipping season is from
August to September. A roundish
fruit, medium in size, the prevailing
appearance being a deep red, striped
with carmine. Flesh is firm. iuicv
and mildly subacid. One of the best
apples in quality. A promising sort
for our section.
Nickerjack. Shipping season from
september to October. A roundish
oblate fruit from large to very large
IN size; the predominating color
striped red. The flesh is dry, coarse
ana firm, being subacid in flavor,
The quality is fair to good. Not
much grown.
northwestern. Commonly called
northwestern Greening." Shipping
season from October to November.
This is more or less comic fruit.
large to very large in size. Greenish
yellow in color, having a fair quality.
AS most of the markets do not care
Tor an apple Of this color it is not
much grown in the mountains of this
STATE though it seems to do very
well there.
Rabun. Shipping season from o.
toper TO January. A roundish, OBJ
late 1ru1t OF large size, sploshed and
Strlped with red, the prevailing eff
feet being a dull dark red. Flesh is
acid and the quality good to very
good. This variety originated in
Rabun county, Georgia, and gives
promise of being a prominent va
riety in that section.
Red Astrachan. Shipping season
from June to July. A comic fruit of
medium size. Flesh yellow, back
ground OVERLAND with red. Subacid
i'll flavor and fair in quality. A very
good and useful early variety.
Rome Beauty. Shipping season
from October to January. This is
large comic yellow and red striped
fruit Of fair to good quality. On ac-
count of its late keeping qualities
1T is a good variety for growing in
this state.
Royal Limbertwig. Shipping sea-
son from October to November. A
roundish conical shape. The back
large in size. Greenish yellow over
laid with red and blush to the sun,
prevailing color being greenish red
Flesh tender and juicy, subacid in
flavor quality fair to good. A va
riety that promises we'll for this
section.
Shockley. Shipping season from
November to March. Roundishy
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