Richfield Reaper | 1914-12-03 | Page 3 | King is Superior Variety

KING IS SUPERIOR VARIETY app apples les are of good si size ze and color and fruit from mature trees will keep fairly well one ot of the grind grand old apples is the tha king it his size and color on 3 oung trees it Is inferior in flavor but this defect decreases with age the fruit from mature trees keeps fairly NN veil ell too some treis s beir bear m ell chile others are quite inclined to sterility the norst objection urged against the king is the liability of the tree to collar rot this has led 10 to top working the variety on some hardi bard stock b maich means tho the evil is avoided and good trees secured by cutting scions from froin trees hiding a good record for hearing beiring the fault of sterility sterll lit lt maj mai be in part corrected ted As the fruit is i in good demind the king Is an triple for tile tho consideration consider atlon of the commercial grower grover though to plant largely of it mould hardly bo be advisable