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ALPHA 
ILLINOIS 
APPLE TREES 
WINTER VARIETIES 
DELICIOUS —Fruit large, nearly covered with brilliant dark red; flesh fine 
grained, crisp and melting, juicy, with a delightful aroma; of very highest 
quality. December to February. 
GRIMES GOLDEN —Medium golden yellow, with white dots, crisp, tender 
and juicy, excellent; tree vigorous, hardy and productive. November to 
January. 
JONATHAN —Medium, nearly covered with brilliant stripes of lively red; 
very showy, juicy, excellent; trees spreading and slender; bears earty. 
November to February. 
ROMAN STEM— Medium size, yellow, of good quality, very productive; tree 
a slow grower when young. 
GOLDEN WINESAP —One of the newer varieties, yellow with slight red 
blush, juicy; flavor of the Jonathan and meatiness of the Winesap. Good 
size, good keeper. December to March. 
STAYMAN’S WINESAP —b ‘ruit large, striped, nearly covered with red; flesh 
greenish yellow, very juicy and aromatic; very good; a strong, spreading 
grower; a good, early bearer; the best of our late winter apples. January 
to May. 
NEW VARIETIES OF GOOD APPLES 
4 to 6 ft. trees, 85c each; 3 for $2.25; 5 for $3.50 
The varieties listed below are newer varieties in apples and have 
proven very popular, as they are good in quality and the trees are hardy 
and bear young. 
ANOKA— H ere is a really good apple. Bears in two and three years. 
Fruit large and very much like Wealthy, ripening in late September 
to October. Tree very hardy and vigorous grower; very productive. 
YELLOW BELLFLOWER —(Winter). Tree very young bearer. Fruit 
large golden yellow. An improvement of the old Bellflower. This 
variety always a sure and abundant bearer. Nov. to March. 
ALL RED DELICIOUS —Has the same size, flavor and shape as the 
common Delicious, but this variety is a deep bright red, which com¬ 
pletely covers the apple. Flesh is very white, crisp and very juicy. 
Tree a heavy bearer. 
YELLOW DELICIOUS —Fruit golden yellow; flesh pure white; very 
crisp and juicy; very fine quality. Tree bears very young with enor¬ 
mous crops. The old fruit growers claim this is the peak in apples. 
CRAB APPLES 
Sturdy Trees, 4 to 6 ft., 50c each 
RED SIBERIAN —Grows in clusters and the tree is simply loaded when 
fruiting. Bears very young; fruits in September. Use these for jelly and 
pickles. This is the little red one. 
WHITNEY —Fruit very large, yellow striped with red; flesh yellow, very 
juicy and fine grained, flavor rich and almost sweet. August. 
