Stark fruits (1896) (20544921625)
Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co;
Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog CollectionTitle: Stark fruits
Identifier: CAT31282462 (find matches)
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Missouri Louisiana Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Fruit trees; Fruit
Publisher: Louisiana, MO. : Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
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YORK IMPERIAL, crisp, juicy, good; heavy bearer, hangs well, good keeper. GroTijn with great success, Central and South. MAMMOTH BLACK TWIG, the true variety, is THE apple to plant on poorest soil ; does well on land entirely too poor for others. The true Mam- moth Black Twig is a different and far better apple than Paragon, of Tenn. The great reputation of the M. B. Twig was first made in the.vicinity of its origin in Washington Co., Ark. The writer lately made a 3 weeks' trip through the mountains of this section, where, near Rhea, is the original tree, 65 years old, 6 feet, 8 inches in circumference, 2% feet above ground,—fruit from which was shown at the Ark. Hort. Society. Certainly finer apples were never seen ; indeed, the largest apple shown was a Mammoth Black Twig, weight 20 oz. We had long been getting M. B. Twig scions from N. W. Ark., but to be absolutely sure of true stock, we have again gone back to the original tree and a nearby young orchard grown direetly from it. A
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