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NURSERY DEPARTMENT 
lardv. Iron-clad, Productive FRUITS ORNAMENTAL TREES, 
SHRUBS, CLIMBING VINES, ROSES, Etc 
I-:- There is Money in Fruit Raising in Minnesota -:- 
IfHY NOT PLANT ORCHARDS? - Realize the Wonderful Resources and Possibilities that the State Affords. 
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i PPLE culture is rapidly becoming one of the leading industries of 
A the Northwest. According to the report of the U. S. Depart- 
men of Agricultur. for last year. Minnewta s«Pu*cd .0 hio. 
Illinois Michigan, Wisconsin. Iowa, North Dakota. South D-iKota 
nd Nebraska*!., apple production by obta.n.ng 78 per cent of 
i full «on During the past season 80 carloads of apples 
llrl shaped from o n c CO u n t y alone and the valuation 
placed on the Minnesota fruit crop for last year was $<50- 
SoO.OO. Realize that these are figures for Minnesota 
alone: multiply them by the increase in available 
land throughout the great Northwest, and you have 
a colossal enterprise In its infancy. To meet the 
demand of this great Northwest we arc pro- 
ducing at our Nurseries (the Most Northern m 
America); after years of experiment, trees 
that combine extreme hardiness with the 
quality and 
warmer climes. 
productivity 
$900.00 an Acre 
from land plan- 
ted with 
Apples in 
Minnesota. 
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until by the tenth year the average yield should be It bushels 
° of f rft from each tree or 800 bushels from the ««e jvlm-h at 
$1 .50 per bushel, will bring in $900.00. and aH without «UW 
expense save the inconsiderable one of labor the trees 
having paid for themselves many years before. This 
[ crop will continue year after year without renewing 
or replanting and be a steady source of income. 
These are Sot mythical or theoretical results but 
B«BW are actually being obtained by apple growers 
throughout the Northwest tod* ly. the product 
of Minnesota grown trees, the above pho- 
tograph of Minnesota Apples ens- 
laved at the Conservation of Congress 
in St. I'aul shows amply what is being 
one. The following complete list 
will give the varieties best adapted 
to Northern and Western climatic 
conditions, special attention 
being directed to the famous 
Minnetonka. 
The illustration represents 
8 display of Minnesota 
Grown Apples which 
was exhibited at the 
Conservation Cong- 
ress held in St. 
n Paul last year. 
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The Minnetonka Apple 
Juf MinnetonK 
Guarantee-!; 
ABushel of Fruity 
Strom EveruTree/ 
Grown in the "Most Northern Nurseries In America" and 
a Minnetonka seedling, it has been found to be the hardiest, 
most productive and most generally satisfactory apple we 
have ever raised. It thrives and yields well where all other 
varieties fail. The fruit is very large, a bright red In color, 
matures full and evenly clinging to the tree until late in the 
season, rendering possible the handpicking of almost the 
entire crop for market. It Is a good keeper, keeping two 
months longes than the wealthy, and is blight proof. The 
eore is very small, the flesh tender, crisp with a delicious 
sub acid favor making it excellent for either cooking or eating. This apple was origi- 
nated near Lake Minnetonka, Minn,, and the original tr.?e purchased by us twenty 
years ago. We thoroughly tested it and propagated from it at our nurseries seeking 
to fill the longfelt want of an apple that would in all ways be as delicious and abun- 
dant as the apples of warmer climates and yet be hardy enough to live through the 
rigors of theextreme Northwest, and after twentp years of experiment and culture of 
this variety we feel that we have filled this want by placing in the hands of the farm- 
ers of the Northwest the GUARANTEED apple. The M innetonka. 
NOTICE— This tree is grown, owned and controlled exclusively by us and cannot be 
offered by any other concern and is GUARANTEED by us to produce a bushel of fruit. 
To protect ourselves each tree has our seal attached and none is genuine without. Re- 
member—tested and tried for years, found to be the hardiest and most productive 
of all apples and an apple to plant In the Nortwest. 
Minnetonka 
Natural Size 
PUCES 4 l0 5 ft. Trees 75c each; 3 for $2; 6 for $3,12 for $6; by express or freight. Mail size I yr. old 40c ea.; 3 for $ 1 , postpaid 
