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Frank L. Harrington Sr. Orchard at Tower Hill Botanic Garden Frank L. Harrington Sr. Orchard at Tower Hill Botanic Garden Early Varieties Benoni dessert c. 1832 MA Chenango culinary 1800s, mid NY Quince of Cole --------- c. 1850 ME Early Harvest culinary 1700s USA Early Joe dessert c. 1800 NY Early Strawberry culinary 1700s, early NY Gravenstein culinary c. 1669 Gmny.? Hightop Sweet culinary c. 1600 N.E. Jefferis all purpose c. 1830 PA Oldenburg culinary 1700s, late Russia Primate dessert c. 1840 NY Red Astrachan culinary c. 1800 Russia Red June dessert c. 1848 NC Somerset of Maine culinary c. 1849 ME Sops of Wine dessert c. 1600 Eng. Summer Pearmain all purpose c. 1817 USA Summer Rose culinary c. 1806 NJ Sweet Bough culinary c. 1817 USA Twenty Ounce culinary c. 1844 CT ? Washington Greening -------- ----- ------ Washington Strawberry culinary c. 1840 NY Williams dessert 1830, pre MA Yellow Transparent culinary c. 1800 Russia Mid-season Varieties Alexander culinary 1817, pre Russia American Pippin cider c. 1817 USA Blue Pearmain culinary 1800s, early USA Cox Orange culinary c. 1830 Eng. Crow Egg culinary c. 1800 ----- Davey -------- c. 1928 MA Dyer dessert 1700s RI Fall Harvey ------- c. 1836 MA Fall Pippin culinary 1700s, late USA Golden Pippin culinary c. 1800 MA Hawley dessert c. 1750 NY Late Strawberry dessert c. 1848 NY Lyscom culinary c. 1817 MA Maiden Blush culinary c. 1817 ----- McIntosh dessert c. 1796 Canada Melon dessert c. 1800 NY Mother dessert c. 1844 MA Northern Sweet all purpose c. 1800 VT Palouse all purpose c. 1879 WA Porter culinary c. 1800 MA Pumpkin Russet culinary c. 1832 N.E. Rambo dessert c. 1804 ------ Rhode Island Greening culinary c. 1650 RI Ribston culinary c. 1707 Eng Roman Stem dessert c. 1817 NJ Roxbury all purpose c. 1630 MA St. Lawrence dessert c. 1800 N.Am. ? Sheppard’s Sweet -------- c. 1850 CT Sutton dessert c. 1848 MA Sweet Winesap culinary c. 1867 PA Tompkins King culinary c. 1800 NJ Utter all purpose c. 1855 WI Vandevere culinary c. 1806 DE Wagener culinary c. 1791 NY Wealthy culinary c. 1869 MN Westfield dessert 1796, pre MA Winthrop Greening all purpose c. 1800 ME Wolf River all purpose c. 1875 WI Wright -------- c. 1875 VT Late season varieties American Beauty dessert c. 1854 MA Baldwin culinary c. 1740 MA Ben Davis ------- c. 1800 USA Black Gilliflower dessert 1700s, late CT ? Chandler ------- c. 1835 CT Deacon Jones all purpose c. 1892 PA Domine dessert c. 1831 MD ? Dumelow culinary c. 1800 Eng. Esopus Spitzenburg culinary 1790, pre NY Fallawater ------ 1800s, late PA Fameuse dessert c. 1730 France Gilpin cider c. 1817 VA ? Golden Russet all purpose 1700s, late Eng. ? Green Newtown all purpose 1759, pre NY ? Grimes culinary c. 1804 WV Hubbardston dessert c. 1832 MA Hunt Russet all purpose c. 1750 MA Huntsman dessert c. 1850 MO Jewett Red dessert c. 1842 NH Jonathan culinary c. 1826 NY Lady dessert 1628 France Malinda all purpose c. 1860 VT McLellan dessert c. 1780 CT Newtown Spitzenburg all purpose c. 1817 NY Northern Spy all purpose c. 1800 NY Oliver culinary c. 1831 AR Opalescent all purpose c. 1899 OH Ortley dessert c. 1817 OH Paragon ------- c. 1830 TN Peck Pleasant dessert c. 1832 CT/RI Pewaukee culinary c. 1870 WI Pomme Grise dessert c. 1800 ? Priestly dessert c. 1817 PA Pumpkin Sweet culinary c. 1834 CT Ralls dessert c. 1800 VA Ramsdell Sweet dessert c. 1838 CT Red Canada dessert c. 1822 USA Salome all purpose c. 1853 IL Seaconk Sweeting ------- 1869, pre CT Shiawassee dessert c. 1850 MI Smokehouse dessert c. 1837 PA Stark culinary c. 1867 OH Stone culinary c. 1836 VT Swaar dessert c. 1804 NY Titus Pippin culinary c. 1841 NY Tolman Sweet culinary c. 1822 MA Washington Royal dessert c. 1855 MA White Pippin culinary c. 1848 ? Winter Banana dessert c. 1876 IN Winter Pearmain all purpose 1600s Eng. Yellow Bellflower culinary c. 1800 NJ Yellow Newtown culinary 1700s, early USA York Imperial all purpose c. 1830 PA Arkansas Black ------- 1833 AR Black Oxford ------- 1790, pre ME Calville Blanc dessert 1598 France Paw Paw ------- 1858 MI .
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