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Golden 

 Delicious 



Trees Last Year! 



THIS remarkable golden apple tree has scored success 

 even quicker than its team-mate tree -Stark Delicious, 

 the King of Red Apples. 



Jos Gerardi, Illinois orchard authority, was right when he 

 said "The public has long been clamoring for a long-keep- 

 ing golden-yellow apple, of large size, of regular shape and 

 highest quality— and we now have it in the Golden Deli- 

 cious!" Another significant fact is that Golden Delicious 



World's Record for Early 

 Heavy Bearing! Corn Belt 

 Golden Delicious Fruiting 

 Big Crop. Perfect Apples, 

 18 MonthsAfterTopGraft 

 Was Set ! 



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—has earned quickest recognition of America's Horticultural Authorities 



This apple averages 50 per cent larger than Grimes Golden. Superior in flavor and 

 keeping Beni. Douglass, Ex-State Entomologist of Indiana, reports these trees 

 BrowinKsnlendidly in his orchard.and declares it "more tender and more juicy than any Grimes Gold- 

 ir^Itf crisp tender, creamy yellow flesh is blessed with a spicy, aromatic flavor hauntmgy reminis- 

 cent of agreat\grorfouspear. Saturated with rich.exquisitejuiciness. R,gh no«.^ 



—bearing golden crops in orchards in the East, Central and Far West 



Extreme hardiness, vigorous growth, disease-resistant and young, heavy and yearly bearing qualities. 

 Silas Wilson owner of famous 800-acre Wilson Orchards, Nampa, Idaho, writes; "Very strong growers 

 Hardy as WeaThv Like Stark Delicious m late blooming. Set an apple for every bloom. Many apple 

 varieties did not blossom heavy this year. Golden Delicious multiplied four to five times over ast year. 

 sirth!spho"o of a l^ded Golden Delicious branch. Recently G.J. Hopkins, successful Virginia 

 orchardist, saw this crop, 

 -and one glance at this loaded branch made H.J. Hopkins buy 600 trees. 



These trees have never shown a sign of blight. Our records prove it has sturdy vitality. This fruit will 



command record market prices-particularly on late winter markets. Asuperb shipper-regular shape-truly 

 \am^?ing long keeper, retaining its wondrous beauty and full, sprightly flavor mo,Uhs after Grimes Golden. 





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