CENTER POINT, IOWA 
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Apples 
This most wholesome fruit is being used more extensively every year. An orchard 
is indispensable to every home, and many diseases are unknown to those who regu- 
larly include apples in their diet. Numerous physicians say a person who uses apples 
freely is not likely to acquire the liquor habit. Surely apples have a value which is 
being more and more appreciated and is causing a rapidly increasing consumption of 
them. With proper care in selecting varieties, apples may be had the year round if 
well cared for. 
Iowa is in the heart of the apple producing region of the United States. Last 
fall at the National apple shows, Iowa apples won first prizes in competition with 
those from all other parts of the United States. Iowa apples have a quality which 
cannot be excelled; in addition they have size and color which compares well with 
the big tasteless apples of the far West. By the application of intensive methods of 
grcharding it has already been proved that apples can be made as sure a crop here as 
anywhere. 
Commercial Orcharding is in its infancy in Iowa. There are thousands of acres 
upon which no more profitable investment could be made than to plant a commercial 
orchard. The enormous quantity of apples shipped into our state and sold for a high 
price ought to be incentive enough for those possessing suitable soil and location 
to embark upon such an enterprise. 
Varieties. In planting a commercial orchard it is judicious to plant but few va- 
rieties and these should be selected with reference to securing the best pollination. 
Experience has shown that large blocks of the single varieties are often more or less 
barren. 
Size to Plant. It is always best to choose small, thrifty trees two to three years 
old and from four to seven feet high, as these are more safely transplanted, and with 
more satisfactory results than older and larger trees. 
How Propagated. Our apple trees are grafted by the most approved methods, 
aimmg to produce trees best adapted to withstand the rigors of this climate. They 
arc grafted on Vernicffit seedlings which are much hardier than the French Crab seed- 
Imgs commonly used. We use the piece root and long scion and plant up to the top 
bud; this causes a tree on its own roots and of known hardiness. Experience has 
repeatedly proved that trees grafted on whole roots are not hardier than the seedling 
root used, which is very variable and often too tender. 
Price List of Apple Trees 
• o , , r , , • Each Doz. 100 
Large size, 2 and 3 years, 5 to 7 feet $0.35 $3.75 $30.00 
Medium, 2 and 3 years, 4 to 6 feet 30 3.25 25.00 
Small, 1 and 2 years. 3 to 4 feet 20 2^00 15^00 
Six at dozen and 50 at 100 rates. These rates apply only when the quantity taken 
IS of one variety, otherwise, each rates apply. 
