1934 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
APPLES 
Patten’s Greening Apples 
Anoka Apple—Bears at two years old. Orig¬ 
inated by Professor Hansen at Brookings, South 
Dakota. Tliis tree will bear earlier than any 
other apple. It is not unusual for the small two- 
year old trees to fruit in the nursery rows. It is 
just the tree for you people who are starting a 
new orchard. The quality is good, the season 
September, very hardy, heavy bearer and an early 
bearer wherever tested. 
This tree has proven an early bearer wherever 
tried out. First degree of hardiness. 
Anisim—Season, early winter. Prof. Hansen 
reports this Russian apple proving very valuable 
in the northwest; the tree is a strong grower and 
a prodigious bearer. The beautiful color of the 
fruit attracts favorable attention. Fruit medium 
in size; surface, greenish yellow, covered almost 
wholly with a beautiful crimson. First hardiness. 
Baldwin Apple—One of the best of all Winter 
Apples for planting in Michigan, Wisconsin. 
Ben Davis—Late winter. The Ben Davis 
reigns over a much greater extent of country 
than does the Baldwin; it is unquestionably the 
leading commercial sort. It comes into bearing 
at an early age, usually bears annually and 
abundantly. Fruit above medium to large. 
Skin tough, waxy, bright, smooth, usually 
glossy, clear yellow or greenish, mottled and 
washed with bright red; mildly sub-acid, good. 
Second hardiness. 
Caramel Apples—One of Professor Hansen’s 
new apples and like the others of his offered on 
this page, will increase the debt of the Northwest 
to Professor Hansen for the production of these 
choice fruits that can be grown where apples 
could not be grown before. This apple is fully 
medium size, 2% inches in diameter, season— 
early winter. Color—yellow covered with red 
stripes, evidently has Famuse blood. Flesh— 
snow-white, sweet, excellent quality. It promises 
to be the best winter sweet apple of the highest 
quality. The name “Caramel” is given because 
it is a sweet apple. First hardiness. 
Duchess of Oldenburg—Early summer; is 
one of the most valuable of the Russian apples 
thus far introduced into this country; it is a 
good size and attractive in appearance. The 
fruit ripens in succession, so that several pick¬ 
ings are required in order to secure the crop. 
This variety can be used when it is about half 
grown, and makes equally as good sauce or pie 
at that time as when thoroughly ripe, making 
the season probably the longest of any of the 
varieties grown. Color, pale greenish yellow, 
almost covered with regular splashes and stripes 
of bright red, mottled with crimson. First 
hardiness. 
Dee Bee—The new winter apple for the North. 
This tree is named in honor of D. B. Gurney, the 
President of the House of Gurney, and is propa¬ 
gated from a seedling Apple found growing in 
Minnesota. We bought full propagating rights 
on this Apple due to its hardiness, high quality, 
and productiveness. 
Green overlaid with dull red, striped. Above 
medium in size, high quality, and hardy. Tree 
well formed and vigorous grower. Winter apple 
early bearer. The Dee Bee is a winner. First 
hardiness. 
Gurney’s Delicious 
This is not a new variety of Delicious but a 
direct descendant of the original apple tree that 
later had its name changed to Delicious. The 
Delicious is one of the greatest market apples 
in existence. This has been caused in part, by 
the immense amount of advertising that lias 
been given it but mostly on account of its high 
quality. The fruit is large, of excellent quality, 
very fragrant and considered best. Skin, dark- 
red shaded to yellow. The Delicious, originated 
in Iowa more than 20 years ago and the original 
tree still stands, an annual bearer. Second 
degree of hardiness. 
The Gurney improvement, in placing it on the 
hardy Pyrus Baccata root, makes it possible to 
grow and produce Delicious much farther north 
of where they have been produced previously. 
Gurney’s Improved Yellow Delicious—A 
tree of almost first degree of hardiness and pro¬ 
ducing fruit earlier than the average tree. Fruit 
of the very highest quality. Large, heavy annual 
bearer. An excellent keeper, one of the best of 
the winter keepers. Second hardiness. 
Erickson—This is a very hardy apple tree, 
producing apples similar to Duchess, earlier, 
larger, good color. The tree makes exceptionally 
fine crotches. Extra large. First hardiness. 
Gano or Black Ben Davis—A dark red 
apple, similar in quality to Ben Davis. Late 
winter. Second hardiness. 
Grime’s Golden—Season January to April; 
vigorous spreading tree, bears early, fruit is rich 
yellow, flesh yellow, crisp, rich spicy. One of the 
finest eating apples grown. Third hardiness. 
Hibernal—September and October. A 
Russian variety, which is proving very valuable 
on account of its ability to withstand the 
rigorous climatic conditions of these regions. 
Prof. Hansen says this is the hardiest of the 
Russian apples. Fruit large; surface gieenish- 
yellow with a dull bronze mixed red on sunny side, 
with a few dull crimson splashes. Flesh yellow 
ish, crisp, tender, juicy, quality above medium. 
First hardiness. 
Haralson—Originated on the Minnesota 
fruit breeding farms and named for Mr. Haralsoti 
who was at that time in charge. Minnesota is 
producing many new fruits of fine quality that 
are designated to assist materially in the grow¬ 
ing of more fruit in the Northwest. The Haral¬ 
son is a winter apple of the first degree of 
hardiness. A good keeper and of excellent 
quality. It resembles, to a considerable degree, 
the Wealthy apple which is pre-eminent in its 
place as a fall apple. The Haralson may be the 
winter—or the late keeping apple—with all of 
the Wealthy qualities of hardiness, early bearing 
and high quality of fruit. First hardiness. 
Jonathan—Early winter. It is a very beau¬ 
tiful apple, of brilliant red color, highly flavored, 
and of excellent, quality for either dessert or 
culinary use. Very hard and productive, healthy 
and vigorous, and is adapted to a wider range 
of territory than most apples of this class. It 
is the great market apple of the west and south. 
Third hardiness. 
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“An Apple a Day Keeps The Doctor Away.” 
