May's Guaranteed Minnetonka Apple 
NOTICE 
This tree is grown, owned and controlled 
exclusively by us and cannot be offered 
by any other concern and each tree is GUARANTEED by us 
to produce a bushel of fruit, and if the tree dies before this is 
attained we will replace it ABSOLUTELY FREE OF COST 
To protect ourselves EVERY TREE has our seal attached and none are genuine without it. 
IT IS SEVERAL years since we first placed the Minnetonka 
Apple on the market. At that time we 
had thoroughly tested it at our nur- 
series near Lakeland, Minnesota, 
had subjected it to all condi- 
tions and found it at all times 
to be a prolific bearer and 
thoroughly hardy. We had 
hoped great things for ii 
but it has exceeded a! 
our expectations in the 
stupendous success it 
has achieved. In com- 
petition with western 
apples when grown 
in Oregon and Wash- 
ington it has bfiii 
found to bear fruit 
that far excelled tiu ; 
of the more tender 
trees indigent to the 
climate and it has also 
brought Minnesota to 
the fore as an apple 
producing country of 
unlimited possibilities. 
What this means to the 
farmers of the Northwest 
can be seen at a glance 
Without the expense of irri- 
gation, without paying the 
enormous prices for land that 
are demanded in the wes 
states, with only ordinary care and 
cultivation they can produce a cro| 
that equals that of the western iruit 
grower. With this apple of superior flavor, 
equal size and much better keeping qualities they can enter into 
competition with other growers at about one fourth of the cost. 
HE ORIGINAL TREE of Minnetonka was grown at Lake Minne- 
tonka and purchased by us twenty-two years ago. We thor- 
oughly tested it and propagated 
from it to find an apple that 
would be as delicious and 
abundant as the apples 
warmer climates and 
el hardy enough to 
live through the vigors 
of the winters of the 
extreme Northwest. 
After much experi- 
menting the Minne- 
tonka proved itself 
to be this. It will 
thrive and yield 
iien all the other 
iiieties will fail. 
I lie fruit is very 
large, bright red in 
color, matures full 
and evenly, clinging 
to the tree until late 
in the season, render- 
ing possible the hand 
[ icking of almost the 
entire crop for market. 
It keeps two months 
longer than the well known 
Wealthy and is blight proof, 
core is very small, ihe 
flesh white, tender and crisp, 
with a delicious sub-acid flavor, 
making it excellent for either cook- 
ing or eating, while its size and its 
lliant color make it remarkable as a 
how apple. We cannot urge too strong!)' 
the planting of our most excellent varieties of hardy Northern 
grown nursery stock, and especially the Minnetonka Apple. 
So CONFIDENT Were we of the good qualities of this apple that we backed it up by our guarantee as being most unusual in the horti- 
cultural world where so much of the success of a crop depends on climatic and other conditions over which we have no control, but 
in all cases have we found ourselves justified and take great pleasure in submitting the following testimonials for your inspection: 
Balm Cove Farm, Dufur, Oregon. Sept. lo, 1913. 
Mr. L. L. May, St. Paul, Minn. 
I am mailing you sample of Minnetonka Apple 
from one of my 5 year old trees, I think it is fully 
equal to sample you sent me a few years ago. 
I have just gathered 10 bushels of remarkably 
uniform Minnetonkas from 10 trees 5 years old. 
The severe drouth did not seem to affect them. 
I now have over 200 trees of Minnetonka in my 
orchard, in which I have 27 other varieties of apples. 
.Aside from catering to the fruit trade I sell many 
thousand Cions to nurserymen. 
1 liave a new cross between Newton and Nor. Spy, 
wliich I have named "Spytown". It is good. Spy- 
town makes better tree than either parent, is shape 
of and keeps as well as Newton; has some of the Spy 
flavor and coloring, but would perhaps sell as highly 
colored Newtons. 
It stands drouth like Newtons or better and is far 
more resistant to cold. I am close to 
snow clad Mount Hood at elevation 
close to two thousand feet. Had 
OurMinnotonliM 
TESTED A.NUTKIKDy'or j 
years and found to 
I be the hardiest and most 
I productive of all apples, 
I and an apple to plant 
I in the Northwest. Your 
I farm will be made the 
i better for the planting 
I of this Guaranteed tree. 
frost kill Winesap apples June 1st one year and frost 
September 1st this year killed potatoes and squash. 
I have lost many Newtons, but no Spytown by winter 
kill. I think you ought to have the Spytown in Min- 
nesota and the nearby states. I charge }!l.oo per 100 
sticks of good length. All other varieties at $2.50 per 
thousand. A. V. UNDERWOOD. 
Marinette, Wis., October 23, 1913. 
L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn. 
Gentlemen: 
Please except my thanks for Specimen of Minne- 
tonka apple. I consider it the finest specimen of an 
apple I have ever seen. E. L. \VILLL\MS. 
Sisseton, S. D., .August 6, 1913. L. L. May & Co. 
Received youf letter and in reply will say that I am 
well pleased with niy Minnetonka apples and I think 
this year's crop great considering the small amount of ( 
trees I have. I will send you some apples that you 
spoke of when they are ripe. 
Yours trulv, 
HUBERT HUMPFNER. 
P n 1 17 C °f May's Minnetonka Apple : 4 to 5 feet, each 75c., 3 for $2.00, 6 for $3.00, 12 for 
L IV 1 VJ El O $6.00, express or freight; mail size, 1 year old, each 25c., 3 for 60c., postpaid. 
M'ClLt-WAKNCR CO. SAINT PAUL, MINN. 
