Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Bulbs, Etc. 
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CRAB = APPLES 
Briar Sweet. Fruit large, pale yellow, 
with carmine cheek, very sweet, good for 
preserving and best of all for sweet 
pickles. Tree vigorous and productive. 
September. 
Florence. A seedling of the Duchess of 
Oldenburg. Tree rather slow, spreading 
grower; bears very young and profusely; 
when in full fruit, very ornamental ; very 
hardy. Color light yellow, thickly 
splashed with bright red. About the same 
size and season as Transcendent. 
Hyslop. A very late- keeping, dark red 
Crab of large size ; tree an abundant 
bearer, vigorous grower and perfectly 
hardy. Season, November to April. 
Minnesota. A very bushy growing tree, 
but free from blight and perfectly hardy. 
Fruit nearly as large as Fameuse, light 
yellowish green, with tinge of red ou 
sunny side. Season, Nov. and Dec. 
Martha. This tree originated with Mr. 
Peter Gideon, of Excelsior, Minn., who 
says: "It is from Ducliess seed ; a rapid, 
stiff grower; a perfect pyramid in tree ; a 
great bearer of the most beautiful fruit 
we ever grew. Medium size, a bright 
glossy yellow, shaded with light, 
red; a mild, clear tart, surpass- 
ing all other Apples we ever 
grew for all culinary purposes 
and fair to eat from hand. Sea- 
son, October and November." 
Soulard. This is a hybrid 
with our native wild Crab, /'//- 
rus Coronarid, or possibly a 
sprout from the wild Crab. It 
is about the size of Fameuse or 
Snow Apple. Light yellowish 
green in color and keeps until 
spring. Its chief value is for 
preserves, and it is valued by 
many as highly as the quince for 
this purpose. The tree is a 
strong, vigorous grower, and 
very hardy. Bears well. 
bright 
Strawberry Crab. Fruit medium, highly 
colored, e.xeeedingly tender, mild acid, 
fine eating or cooking; tree hardy, tine 
grower. Two weeks earlier than Whitney 
No. 20. 
Sweet Russet. Very large hybrid; ex- 
tremely liardy. Frnit oblong, conical, 
light russet, very rich and sweet. One 
of the best either for eating or cooking. 
August and September. 
Transcendent. A vigoious grower and 
abundant bearer, but blights badly. Fruit 
medium size. Season, early August. 
Virginia. Size of Transcendent; a month 
later; light red, sprightly, .iuicy, crisp. 
Great bearer; fine market sort. Valuable 
tree on which to top-work large Apples. 
Whitney No. 20. A beautiful-growing 
tree, and one which bears young and 
abundantly. Fruit of good size, conical in 
shape, red and yellow striped ; flesh crisp, 
subacid, and very fine eating; no crab 
taste whatever. It is really a small Apple 
and should be classed as such. Season, 
September. 
Yellow Siberian. Tree a vigorous grower. 
Fruit sniiUl, conical-shaped, yellow. 
Ripens in September. 
Hvsi.or ckab-appi.f;. 
A FEW FACTS WITH REGARD TO ORCHARD RETURNS. 
MEN HAVE DONE, YOU CAN DO. 
WHAT THESE 
Mr. 0. W. Levens, of AHx'rl Fjea, Minn., snys that (roiii iiii oroliard of less than half an 
acre he .sold a car-loa(l of Apples in 1892, for wliicli he rereived $:100. He says the same 
trees produced over $200 worth of Apiiles this last season. 
The ten-acre orcliard of Mr. Holly's, of Wiiiuehaso City, Minn., all of Wonlthy .Xpiile 
trees, and situatt'd on the hisli open prairie, he says produced 900 tnishels of Apples in 189H. 
and he sold them on the trees for $900. and the following seasoti the same orchard produced 
over 700 bushels, and sold at T.") eents per l)ushel. 
Three thousand five hundred bushels at $1 a bushel were raised and sold by Mr. R. C. 
Keel, of Kochester, Miini.. in one year. 
Of titty Duehess of Oldenburg; planted in 18(i2 by Mr. Sommerville, of Viola. Minn., -49 
are still liviiiK;, healthy and sound. Mr. Soinnierville says he has not had a failure in 
fruit for twenty-live years, and they have given hiiu a larger net profit during that time than 
the best 40 acres of his farm. 
