LINN COUNTY NURSERY 
This mos'; vhol-i c ome fruit is being used more extensively every year. An 
orchard is indispensable to every home. Many diseases are unknown to those who 
regularly include apples frtely in their diet, and 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 con- 
sumption 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. The 
quality of the Iowa apples cannot be excelled and their size and color compare well 
with the big tasteless apples of the far west. By the application of intensive methods 
of orcharding it has already been proved that apples can be made as sure a crop 
here as anywhere. 
Commercial Orcharding is a great undeveloped industry in this state. 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 incen- 
tive enough for those i>" s ^^^^ ,r--in<j; suitable v. .il and 
location to embark upon^^B ^^^such an enterprise. 
Varieties. In ^fl \ 1> lan t in g a com- 
mercial orchard it A |Uk is judicious to 
plant but few varie M Bft ties, and these 
should be selected ■ \ with reference to 
securing the best ■ Uk pollination.. Ex- 
periencehas shown ■ that large blocks 
of the single varie ■ ■ ties are often more 
or less barren. tI^S^^W* 
Size of Plant V / It is always best 
to choose small. V thrifty tiers une 
or two years old W / and from three to 
five feet high, as V Wr these are more 
safely transported, and with m ore 
satisfactory results than older and 
larger trees; in " fact, the three to 
four foot -ize is now being ^^^H more used in commercial 
planting than any Wealthy^^ ° ther ' 
How Propagated. Our apple trees are grafted by the most approved 
methods, aiming to produce trees best adapted to withstand the rigors of this 
climate ' They are grafted on Vermont seedlings which are hardier 
than' the French Crab seedlings commonly used. We use the piece root and long 
scion and plant up to the top bud, this makes 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. 
Each 10 ioo 
Large size, 2 and 3 years, 5 to 7 feet 40 ?375 f 35-00 
Medium size, 2 and 3 years, 4 to 6 feet 30 2.75 25.00 
Small size, 1 and 2 years, 3 to 4 feet. .20 2 00 15.00 
Five at 10, and 50 at 100 rates. A few trees of a long list of varieties will be 
charged for at each rates. 
