When planting fruit trees protect trunk by tying a handful of straw around them. 
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A Model Family Orchard at a Very Low Price 
Everybody that owns his own land should start a small orchard this year. It's a sure 
profitable investment and will furnish more pleasure to yourself and family than any- 
thnig else you undertake. The old saying "An Onion a Day Keeps the Doctor Away" 
IS hlcewise true rpgarding Apples, which you can produce at a very small cost and I'm 
sure duruig the long cold winter evenings will be a joy and happiness to you all. If you 
figure you don't have time yourself get your Sons and Daughters interested. It's a won- 
derful educator for them aijd a Big Money Maker. In growing these items we have 
confined to the leading standard sorts for Early, Midseason and Pall or Winter varieties, 
and recommend each variety listed as one you may depend upon to give complete satis- 
faction. 
Apples For Everybody — Best Standard Varieties 
EARLY SUMMER VARIETIES 
1010 DUCIIK.SS OP OLDENBURG. Prom Rus- 
sia, extremely hardy, medium size, yeUow with 
red stripes. Somewhat sour, fine (or cooking-. A 
couple of these trees should be in every orchard. 
Will not keep long when fully ripe. 
1011 IIMD ASTHACHAIV. The old-time favorite. 
Perhaps one of the most popular early apples ever 
grown. Large, roundish, nearly covered with deep 
crimson, overspread with thick bloom. Juicy, rich 
acid, beautiful; a good bearer. Highly esteemed 
on account of its fine appearance, earliness, and 
hardiness. 
FALL AND EARLY WINTER VARIETIES 
1014 WEALTHY. Originated in Minnesota. 
Fruit large, roundish; skin smooth, mostly covered 
with dark red; flesh white, juicy, good. Tree very 
hardy, vigorous, and productive. Very profitable 
to plant. September to January. 
1015 MAIDEIV BLUSH. Good size, fine flavor, 
beautifully blushed, good bearer, a fine apple for 
home and market. 
LATE WINTER VARIETIES 
1020 UELICIOUS. A remarkable variety rapid- 
ly taking- first rank both for commercial and home 
orchards. Fruit large, nearly covered with bril- 
liant dark red, flesh fine grained, crisp and melting- 
juicy, with a delightful aroma; of very highest 
quality. A splendid shipper, bearing annually 
1023 NORTHEHN SI'Y. Large, bright red" and 
very hardy. Comes into bearing very late. Not 
a success in Kansas and Ivlebraska, but largely 
planted in Illinois, Michigan and the East. 
I02.t NORTHWESTERN GREENING. Extreme- 
I.V hardy and vigorous grower. Fruit large, green- 
ish yellow when ripe. Good quality and a Ion? 
States'' I^sP^cially recommended for Northern 
1021 WINES.*P. Another old and tried varietv 
of a beautiful red color, rather thick skin, good 
quality and a long keeper. The apple is medium 
size. For the home orchard we still recommend 
it especially for the Middle Western .States 
CRAB APPLES 
1030 WHITNEY NO. 20. Large, averaging- 1% 
to 2 inches in diameter. .Skin smooth, glossy 
green, striped, .splashed with carmine; flesh firm 
.iuicy, and fl.avor pleasant; ripens the latter part 
of August. Tree a great bearer and very hardv 
glossl^foliage.^" """^ ""'^^ "'^'"'^ sreen. 
All Apple and Crab Trees listed above are stronff well rooted trees- 3 to 
4 feet high. ' 
. PRICES BY EXPRESS, Customers to Pay Transportation Charges • 75c Each 
6 for $4,00 12 for $7.00. Note-We cannot ship fAh Tree? listed on thl^age and p^e 
150 by mail as they are too large for mailing. 
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