SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. ^Jf \'\T ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 113 
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Seedsmeti, Florists, N urserynien 
■ — Are Hardiest For AIL Climes 
May's Hardy, Nursery Grown Apple Trees 
There is Money in Fruit Raising in Minnesota— Why Not Plant Orchards? 
REALIZE THE WONDERFUL RESOURCES AND POSSIBILITIES THAT THE STATE AFFORDS 
Apple culture is rapidly be- 
/\ coming one of the leading; 
industries of the Northwest. 
According to the report of the 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
for last year, Minnesota sur- 
passed Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, 
Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota, 
South Dakota and Nebraska in 
apple production by obtaining 
78 per cent of a full crop. Dur- 
ing the past season 8o carloads 
of apples were sliippcd from one 
county alone and the valuation 
placed on the Minnesota fruit 
crop for last year was ^250,000. 
Realize that these are figures for 
Alinncsota alone; multiply them 
by the increase in available land 
throughout the great Northwest, 
and you have a colossal enter- 
prise in its infancy. To meet the 
demand of this great Northwest 
we are producing at our nurseries 
wliich are the most northern in 
America, after years of experi- 
ment, trees that combine ex- 
treme hardiness with the quality 
and productivity of warmer 
climes. 
\\c have an excellent supply of 
hardy Minnesota winter-proof 
apple trees grown at our nur- 
series, some of the fruit of which 
has measured 14H inches in cir- 
cumference. We cannot urge 
this sort of planting too strongly 
on the Minnesota people. A 
small outlay of money invested in 
an orchard of .\pples will in one 
or two years yield 50 to 100 per 
cent on the investment. $goo 
has been cleared from one acre of 
apple trees in one year in Minne- 
sota. What are the possibilities 
of your farm.' 
The following hardy varieties are 
recommended for Minnesota 
and the Northwest. They have 
all been grown at our nurseries 
and tested by us. 
A lii. L . MINNETONKA APPLES 
THE MINNETONKA APPLE 
"^ROWN IN THE **Most Northern Nurseries in Jmerica" and from a Minnetonka seedling. It has been 
J found to be tlie hardiest, most productive and most generally satisfactory apple wc have ever 
raised. It ilirives and yields well where all other varieties fail. The fruit is very larRe, a bright 
red in color, matures full and evenly, clinging to the tree until late in the season, rendering possi- 
ble the handpicking of almost the entire crop for market. It is a good keeper, keeping two 
months longer than the Wealthy, and is blight proof. The core is very small, the flesh lender, 
crisp and with a delicious sub-acid flavor making it excellent for either cooking or eating. This 
apple was originated near Lake Minnetonka, Minn., and the original tree purchased by us 
twenty years ago. We thoroughly tested it and propagated from it at our nurseries seeking 
to fill the long felt want of an apple that would in all ways be as delicious and abundant as the 
apples of warmer climates and yet be hardy enough to live through the rigors of the extreme 
Noribwest, and after twenty years of experiment and culture of 
this variety we feel that we have filled this want by placing in the 
hands of the farmers of the Northwest the Guaranteed Apple, The 
Minnetonka, which has no peer for our Northwest climate. 
NOTICE. — rAiJ tree is gro'Mn, ouined and controlled exclusively by us 
and cannot be off'ered by any other concern and ts Guaranteed by us to 
produce a bushel of fruit. To protect ourselves each tree has our seal 
attached and none is genuine without. Remember — tested and tried for 
years and found to be the hardiest and most productive of all aoples, and an 
apple 10 plant in the Northwest. Your farm will be made the beiicr for the 
plantinK of this tree. 4 to 5 feet, each 75c., 3 for $2.00, 6 for $3.00, 12 for $6.00, 
express or freight; mail size, 1 year old, each 25c., 3 for 60c>, postpaid. 
THE 
MINNETONKA 
3urMinnetonK^ 
Guarantee-^ 
> Bushel of Fruit ; 
EverjTree/ 
