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LINN COUNTY NURSERY 
Crab Apples 
These hardy and beautiful trees should be among the first things planted. 
They can be depended upon to stand where other apples are not hardy enough, and 
produce an abundance of good fruit. Many of them make splendid eating apples and 
are a great delight to children. Prices, the same as for apples. 
Alaska — Fruit larger than Transcendent; 
a good keeper and very good. 
Briar Sweet — Medium; yellowish with red 
blush; very sweet and good. August to 
September. Slightly bitter if not fully 
ripe. 
Excelsior — Large: handsome and good. 
Ripens ,1ust after Duchess. A seedling 
of Wealthy and of similar quality. 
Florence — Large; yellow and red; very 
good for all purposes. Very hardy and 
productive. 
Gideon— Large; yellow and white; very 
good. One of the besc of the new varie- 
ties. 
Golden Beauty — Very large and handsome; 
golden yellow; very good. 
Hyslop — Dark red; popular and hardy, ex- 
cept for blight. November to February. 
Red Siberian — Small but very prolific. Sep- 
tember. 
Sweet Russet — Large co very largo; yellow 
with some russet very sweet and rich; 
a delightful easing apple. September. 
Soulard — Very large; yellowish, with the 
flavor of the Wild Crab. February to 
.Tune. Valuable for cooking; very hardy 
and prolific. 
Transcendent — Large; yellow and red; 
very good. Tree hardy, but blights bad- 
ly. 
White Arctic — Very large; white; tender; 
rich and juicy. Vigorous and very 
hardy. 
Whitney "No. 20" — Large to very large; 
greenish and red; very juicy and good. 
A splendid variety for eating and cook- 
ing. Tree very vigorous, hardy and 
handsome. 
Wild Red Crab — A hybrid of the wild crab 
and ml t i v:i I i-d apple Fruit is as largo 
as Whitney, red nearly all over, and 
keeps the year round. It has che aroma 
and flavor of the Wild Crab which makes 
It just the thing for people who like the 
sauce of the Wild Crab, as they are so 
much larger. The tree is far the most 
\ Igorous of any apple tree we ever grew, 
.s very easy to transplant, makes a 
beautiful symmetrical tree, and is a reg- 
ular and very young bearer. 
Wech arge the minimum price at which the very 
best stocl^ can be sold S> 
