1934 SPRING AND FALL ^ THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
Malinda—This beautiful apple is one of the 
heaviest bearing, longest keeping and hardiest 
winter apple that can be grown in the North. 
The flesh is yellowish-white, firm, juicy, mildly 
sub-acid with sweet after taste. The season is 
Isjte winter and can be kept until May. 
; These trees are extremely hardy and come into 
ibearing early in life, producing a full annual 
drop. It is considered the best of the first 
hardiness winter apples. VVe are placing it 
in tilt Home or Family Orchard, so that you will 
have apples for the entire season. First hardi¬ 
ness. 
McIntosh Red—Season, September to Jan¬ 
uary. The fruit is very attractive in appearance, 
of bright, deep red color, and good size. The 
flesh is very tender, perfumed and delicious. 
This is another of the great market apples. 
Thousands of acres of these are being planted 
and are proving the most profitable of any of 
the orchard trees, especially in the west. Excep¬ 
tionally heavy bearer at an early age. Second 
hardiness. 
Many people place this as the highest quality 
apple grown. You can grow it. We can grow 
them right here in Dakota in a profitable way. 
Northwestern Greeninft—Winter, very at- 
ifactive in color. Is valuable for the northern 
apple growing districts. Quality as a dessert 
apple is fair to good. The tree is hardy, vigorous, 
a'fine erect grower, and comes into bearing rea¬ 
sonably early, and as it grows older is an excep¬ 
tionally heavy cropper. Skin smooth, somewhat 
waxy, clear pale yellow or greenish, sometimes 
faintly blushed. Flesh tinged with yellow, crisp 
and firm, mildly sub-acid, fair to good. Second 
hardiness. 
.Okabena—We stopped growing this tree for 
a few years but there has been such a heavy de¬ 
mand from our customers who previously planted 
it that we are listing it again this season. We 
have an exceptionally fine stock. Season, Sep¬ 
tember to December. About medium size, ex¬ 
tremely hardy and productive, highly colored; a 
fine eating apple of high quality. First hardi¬ 
ness. 
Patten’s Greening—Season, October to Jan¬ 
uary. A seedling of the Duchess of Oldenburg, 
and on account of its hardiness and productive- 
njjss and the uniformly large size of its fruit, is 
valuable in the northern portions of the apple- 
growing regions of the country. It is grown as 
far north as the Canadian line, and in other 
regions where the winters are correspondingly 
severe. It is attractive in color for a green apple. 
Very good in quality; comes into bearing moder¬ 
ately young and is an annual cropper, yielding 
moderate to full crops. Specially good in North 
Dakota. First hardiness. 
Perkins Apple—The fruit is large, red, and 
round as a ball. It is not an Apple for the Nortli 
alone but one that will be welcomed anywhere, 
will take its place with eastern Baldwins, Spys, 
and Seek no Furthers. The flesh is fine grained 
and deliciously flavored, as firm in February as 
it is in October. Season, October to April. They 
seem to be perfectly hardy with us. 
Price’s Sweet—Season, August to November. 
Very upright grower, early, and annual bearer 
of medium sized, excellent quality, green striped 
with red, sweet apples. This is the best of all 
the sweet apples for the extreme north planting. 
Second hardiness. 
Stayman’s Winesap—An improved Wine- 
sap; fruit red, juicy, sub-acid, a long keeper; 
apple is larger than the old Winesap; a better 
tree, and longer lived; one of the Great Western 
commercial apples. Second hardiness. 
Tolman’s Sweet—Fruit medium size, bright 
yellow, much esteemed for cooking. In ordinary 
storage its season is from November to January. 
This is an exceptionally sweet apple. Trees 
are first degree of hardiness. 
Wolf River—Season, October to December. 
One of the largest apples grown. Tree grows 
to immense size, very productive, bright red, 
fair quality, splendid cooking apple. Second 
hardiness. 
Wealthy—Season, September to January. 
This variety we consider the most valuable of 
all the market apples and for horne use. The 
tree is exceptionally hardy, comes into bearing 
as early as the summer apples, producing 
APPLE S—(Continued) 
immense crops annually, and we believe it is 
the most valuable apple today for the small or 
the large orchard. Fruit above medium to large; 
color, underlaid with pale yellow, blushed and 
marked with stripes and splashes of red, deep¬ 
ening in highly col.'red specimens oi brilliant red; 
very attractive. Flesh whitish, tinged with red 
when thoroughly ripe. Moderately fine, crisp, 
tender and juicy, agreeably sub-acid; good to 
extra good. First hardiness. 
Yellow Transparent Apple—Earliest sum¬ 
mer. This is the best of the extra early apples, 
being excellent for culinary and dessert. It 
ripens earlier than the Early Harvest; fruit 
medium to large. Tree moderate grower, very 
hardy, liealtliy, comes into bearing very young. 
Imported from Russia by the United States 
Department of Agriculture in 1870. Skin 
thin, tender, smooth, waxy, pale yellow, changing 
to an attractive yellowish-'white. Flesh wliite, 
tender, juicy with a pleasant flavor; good to 
extra good. First hardiness. 
CRAB APPLES 
Florence—Very desirable for commercial 
I)Ianting because the tree commences bearing 
very young, is a reliable cropper and extremely 
prolific. Fruit good size, very attractive in ap¬ 
pearance and good quality, f Originated by Peter 
M. Gideon in Minnesota. Color, yellowi.sh white 
overspread with brilliant pinkish red. Flesh 
tinged with yellow, crisp, tender, juicy, very 
brisk sub-acid; good. August and early Septem¬ 
ber. First hardiness. 
Hyslop—Season, September and October. 
P'ruit 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. First hardiness. 
Dolga—Another of Professor Hansen’s. A 
cross of something with the Pyrus Baccata. It 
is an oblong crab of real beauty and peculiar 
lemon-acid flavor—entirely different from any 
other crab and far superior to any other crab 
for jellies; producing a transparent bright-red 
jelly of high quality. 
The color is a beautiful red, solid over the 
entire fruit. The tree is a thing of beauty at 
blooming time with its large white flowers and 
later with its ropes of large dark-red fruit. At 
a distance, when the crabs are maturing, the 
tree appears to be covered with beautiful flowers. 
The heaviest bearing crab apple we have, and 
one of the first degree of hardiness. 
A Gurney’s Seedless Crab—Discovered by us 
in the Badlands of western South Dakota, grow¬ 
ing back of a homestead shack and producing 
an abundance of crab apples about 114 inches in 
diameter, long stemmed; yellow background, 
striped red, of highquality, almost perfectly seed¬ 
less crab apple. We cut hundreds of these and 
out of a lot found but two or three bearing a 
single seed. The rest were seedless and have 
proven to be since that time in our Trial Ground 
Orchards. First degree hardiness. 
We made arrangements with the homesteader 
to secure a supply of scions and we have propa¬ 
gated this as rapidly as possible. It has proven 
perfectly hardy, a heavy annual bearer of high 
quality fruit that is especially valuable for 
pickles and preserves on account of it being 
seedless. 
Hopa—Originated by Professor Hansen. Small 
crab about % inch in diameter. It is recom¬ 
mended more as an ornamental than a fruit¬ 
growing tree although it is good for both. It is a 
peculiar tree in the fact that the wood is red. The 
mnerbark brighter red, the new leaves are redand 
the flowers—which appear in immense clusters 
and masses over the entire tree—are a bright 
red, followed by the little crab apples—red 
from the time they start. These, hanging on 
and growing all summer, make it a real orna¬ 
mental tree. The matured fruit is red to the 
core. First degree of hardiness. 
.Soulard—This is a hybrid between the native 
Wild Crab and the common apple, is delicious 
baked, and makes excellent preserves. Excellent 
as an ornamental tree. The leaf is very rough. 
the bark lighter than most crabs. Tlie blossom 
is similar to the wild crab and very fragrant. 
Season, all winter. First hardiness. 
Sweet Russets—Season, August and Sep¬ 
tember. This is the best of all the sweet crab 
apples. Fruit large, green, russet, with faint 
blush. It is the very best of its kind for eating 
from the tree and especially for pickles and pre¬ 
serves. Very hardy, and regular bearer. First 
degree hardiness. 
Transcendent—Season, September. The 
old standard bright red crab. Excellent for 
canning, preserves, and pickling, very hardy. 
Makes an immense tree. First hardiness. 
Whitney Season, August and September. 
Cne of the most popular of the large crab apples, 
particularly in the west and north; the fruit is 
attractive, yellow, striped with lively red; good 
for dessert and very good for canning. Tree is a 
thrifty, upright grower, comes into fearing very 
young. Is extremely productive. First hardiness. 
Yellow Siberian—Fruit medium size, clear 
pale yellov/; an excellent crab for pickles and pre¬ 
serves. Tree very hardy, healthy, comes into 
bearing very young. First hardiness. 
Virginia—Season, September to November, 
h'ruit medium-sized, dark red, and good qualily. 
One of the hardiest and very free from blight. 
A strong grower. This variety will produce fruit 
under more adverse conditions than any other 
tree we know of. First hardiness. 
Apple and Crab Prices 
Size Eaoh Per 5 Per 10 Per 50 
3- 4 foot. 40c $1.50 $2.70 $11.00 
4- 6 foot. 45c 1.85 3.50 15.00 
Early Bearing Apples 
This is accomplished by our use of the Pyrus 
Baccata root for propagation. It is not unusual 
for trees with Pyrus Baccata roots to produce 
fruit at two years old. It is very unusual to pass 
tlie fifth year without a good crop. I believe we 
are the only nursery company in the United 
States using the Pyrus Baccata exclusively in 
propagating apples and crabs. It means a lot 
to you. We charge no more, possibly less than 
others. Why not have the best ? 
Well Rooted Trees 
The Hopa Crab Makes a Beautiful Ornamental Tree 
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