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Macintosh Red. Large, red all over, flesh white, ten¬ 
der and mild. A fine, hardy tree. We can highly 
recommend it for the North. Also a good market 
variety, and keeps well. Ripens middle of October. 
Missouri Pippin. The quality is not the best, but the 
tree will thrive and bear well and early where other 
varieties fail. The apple is red, medium size, and 
hardly ever fails to make a crop. Wherever the 
finer varieties cannot be grown successfully the Mis¬ 
souri Pippin will fill the bill and make you nice 
crops. Middle of October. 
Northwestern Greening. Extremely hardy, vigorous 
grower, fruit large greenish yellow when ripe. 
Good quality and a good keeper. Fine in the North 
and Middle West. Middle of October. 
Rome Beauty. A good apple for the Southwest, the 
Pacific states, and the eastern states, also Ohio 
and Indiana. Fruit large, yellow with red; very 
juicy. Blooms late, ripens in October. 
Switzerland. Greenish with red stripes, making a fine 
^market variety. . Fine flavor and a good keeper. 
” The tree does not grow very tall. Will grow in the 
South where not all apples are successful. Hardy 
as far north as the middle of Nebraska. Of Switzer¬ 
land we have no trees over 5 ft. height this year. 
Spltzenberg. Large oblong, nearly covered with red. 
Flesh tinged with yellow, sub-acid, aromatic and 
juicy. Good bearer, very hardy, an old variety. 
Should be planted more in the Middle West. Middle 
of October. 
Stayman’s Winesap. Large, often of solid, deep crim¬ 
son color. Excellent for dessert, and good for cook¬ 
ing. Keeps well; ripens in October. 
Winesap. The old fashioned variety. Good red, rather 
thick skin, good quality and long keeper. Medium 
size, of old trees the apples sometimes are rather 
small. For the home orchard this is a good apple. 
Very hardy. Middle of October. 
Winter Sweet, Paradise. Large, creamy white with 
rosy cheek. One of the best sweet apples; keeps 
well and the tree is hardy, bears freely. Ripens in 
October. 
YORK IMPERIAL. As long as this variety has 
been on the market it has never become very 
popular. Perhaps it is the fault of the Nur¬ 
serymen who have not pointed out the high 
qualities of this variety that the York Impe¬ 
rial has never come in demand. We would 
recommend that you try a few of these trees, 
you will find them to be just what we claim 
for them: Extra hardy, bearing freely, fine, 
large, red apples, tender and juicy, just the 
kind of apple that you will want for your 
home orchard. October. 
Pruning of Older Trees 
Pruning during the dormant season tends to pro¬ 
mote wood growth rather than fruit bearing. 
Pruning in June and July tends to check wood 
growth and to promote fruitfulness. The vegetative 
and reproductive functions, within certain limits, are 
reciprocal. 
Pruning may be done during any month of the year, 
but February and June are the best months. 
Pruning should be methodical and regular. A cer¬ 
tain amount of work should be done each year, in¬ 
stead of once in five years. This rule is very import¬ 
ant. 
Fall Apples 
Maiden Blush. Bears young and regular. Apples are 
of good size and good flavor. 
Wealthy. This is the leading fall apple. Perfectly 
hardy, good eating and cooking apple, large, mostly 
covered with red, fine grained, juicy, but a little 
sour. Very productive. Wealthy ripens here in Sep¬ 
tember. 
Summer Apples 
Duchess of Oldenburg. Very hardy, medium size, 
greenish y r ellow with red stripes. Bears extra well. 
August and September. 
Early Harvest. Medium size, greenish, tender and 
juicy; a fine eating apple. Very hardy and a good 
bearer The earliest apple you can grow; ripens 
here in July. 
Red June. Yellow with red stripes; a little later than 
Early Harvest. Medium size, a good bearer. This 
is an old variety. July. 
Yellow Transparent. Ripens about 10 days or two 
weeks after Early Harvest, but keeps a little better. 
Pale yellow, medium size, very good quality, and 
the trees bear young; perfectly hardy. First of 
August. 
Crab Apples 
Price of all Crab Apples, same as of other apples, 
page 2. Crab Apples are hardy anywhere. They are 
used for canning and for jelly. A few of them should 
be in every orchard. The Dolgo will make a nice fruit 
and ornamental tree. The exclusive ornamental va¬ 
rieties are listed on page 17. The Whitney is the 
best variety for eating. 
DOLGO. Best red. A mighty fine Crab Apple for 
jelly, canning or cider. We are absolutely certain 
that you will like your Dolgo apples. 
Whitney. Good sized crab, smooth, glossy, green skin 
striped with red. Juicy, and pleasant flavor. Good 
for eating as well as cooking. 
Yellow Siberian. Fruit very small, in clusters. Used 
for canning with the stems. 
Champion Quince 
Quince 
This fruit is not much known; however, the tree can 
be grown easily, it is hardy up to the middle of Ne¬ 
braska. Plant 12 by 12 feet, and care for them just 
as you would for pears. We have the variety, “Cham¬ 
pion,” a large fruited kind. It is used for preserves, 
especially with other fruits. A small part of quince 
will impart the fine quince flavor to many parts of 
apples or pears if canned or preserved together. 3-4 
ft. trees, postpaid. 60c each; 3 for,$1.65. 
