FAIRBURY NURSERIES, FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA 
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Crab Apples 
The improvements in the varieties of Crab Apples have kept pace with the other kinds 
of fruit. A few years ago it was only thought fit for cider, jelly and preserves, but there 
are varieties now that command good prices in the market for dessert purposes; especially 
is this true of the Whitney. Besides being useful they are very ornamental when in bloom 
and when burdened with their load of highly colored fruit. 
PRICES BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS 
Per 1 
Per 10 
Per 100 
5 
to 
7 
feet, 
3 years, fine trees. 
.$0.35 
$ 3.00 
$25.00 
4 
to 
6 
feet, 
2 years, well branched. 
.30 
2.50 
20.00 
3 
to 
5 
feet, 
2 years, well branched 
.20 
1.70 
15.00 
2 
to 
3 
feet, 
partly branched. 
.15 
1.20 
10.00 
PARCEL POST PRICES 
Per 1 
Per 10 
Per 100 
2 
to 
3 
feet 
$ 1.40 
$12.00 
3 
to 
5 
feet. 
2.00 
17.00 
4 
to 
6 
feet. 
2.70 
22.00 
WHITNEY No 
. 20. 
A large crab, 1% to 
vinegar. Tree 
a great 
bearer and 
2 inches in diameter. Skin smooth, glossy 
green, striped with red. Flesh firm, juicy 
and flavor very pleasant. A fair dessert 
apple and one of the best for cider and 
Really deserves a place in our apple list. 
There are few early varieties of so much 
merit. One of the best for northern states. 
Ripens in August. 
TRANSCENDENT. Fruit medium, brown¬ 
ish red and handsome. Excellent for Jelly 
and preserves. Good grower and immense 
bearer. September. 
FLORENCE. Originated in Minnesota. 
The hardiest of all. An early and profuse 
bearer. When in full bloom or fruit, one 
of the prettiest ornamental trees grown. 
Fruit larger and better than Transcendent. 
Ripens in September. 
HYSLOF. Season, September and Octo¬ 
ber. Fruit large, very brilliant color, dark 
red or purplish, overspread with thick blue 
bloom; borne in clusters. The tree is a 
good grower, very hardy and a reliable 
cropper, yielding good crops annually. It 
is desirable for both home use and for 
market. 
DOLGA or IMPROVED RED SIBERIAN. 
A Russian variety of rare beauty and pecu¬ 
liar lemon acid flavor, entirely different 
from any other crab. It is exceptionally 
hardy and productive and free from blight. 
Superior to any other crab for jelly. When 
filled with the large dark red fruit the tree 
appears from a distance to be covered with 
dark red flowers. 
HOPA CRAB. Originated by Professor 
Hansen. Small crab about % inch in 
diameter. It is recommended more as an 
ornamental than a fruit-growing tree, al¬ 
though it is good for both. It is a pecul¬ 
iar tree in the fact that the wood is red. 
The inner bark brighter red, the new 
leaves are red and the flowers—which ap¬ 
pear in immense clusters and masses over 
the entire tree—are a bright red, followed 
by the little crab apple—red from the time 
they start. These, hanging on and grow¬ 
ing all summer, make it a real ornamental 
tree. The matured fruit is red to the core. 
First degree of hardiness. 
