114 SEED CATALOGUE 0/ L. L. IVT A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists^ Nurserymen IT^H~^3C "Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
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 vcars 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 it, 
but it has exceeded all 
our expectations in the 
stupendous success it 
has achieved. In com- 
petition with western - 
apples when grown 
in Oregon and Wash- 
ington it has been 
found to bear fruit 
that far excelled that 
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 western 
states, with only ordinary care and 
cultivation they can produce a crop 
that equals that of the western fruit 
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. 
E of Minnetonka was grown at Lake Minne- 
li;iscd 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 
of warmer climates and 
\et 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 
when all the other 
varieties' will fail. 
The 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 
picking of almost the 
entire crop for market. 
It keeps two months 
longer than the well known 
Wealthy and is blight proof. 
The core is very small, the 
flesh white, tender and crisp, 
with a delicious sub-acid flavor, 
making it excellent for either cook- 
ng or eatmg, while its size and its 
brilliant color make it remarkable as a 
show apple. We cannot urge too strongly 
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 Min- 
netonkas 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. A. V. UNDERWOOD. 
KrMinnetonlcfi 
, Cuarantee-::; 
, kBusheI of fruit// 
*^from Every Tree, 
REMEMBER 
TESTED AND TRIED for years and 
found to be the hardiest and most 
productive of all apples, and an ap- 
ple to plant in the Northwest. Your 
farm will be made the better for 
the planting of this Guaranteed tree. 
PRICES 
of May's Minnetonka Apple: 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. 
OUR MINNETONKA. We guarantee a bushel of fruit from every tree. 
