1935 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
APPLES —Early Bearing Apples 
This is accomplished by our use of the Pyrus Baccata root for propaga¬ 
tion. It is not unusual for trees with Pyrus Baccata roots to produce fruit 
=»t two years old. It is very unusual to pass the fifth year without a good 
Hardiness 
You will note that we list all varieties of 
Apples and Crabs as first, second, and third 
degree hardiness. Those of first degree hardi¬ 
ness are the safest to plant anywhere. Second 
hardiness south of Huron, South Dakota and 
third hardiness, any place south of Yankton, 
South Dakota. 
APPLE AND CRAB PRICES 
(Except where otherwise priced.) 
Size Each Per 5 Per 10 Per 50 
3- 4 foot. 40c $1.75 $3.40 $15.50 
4- 6 foot. 45c 2.10 4.00 19.00 
Anoka Apple—Early bearing. Originated 
by Professor Hansen at Brookings, South 
Dakota. This 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. 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 color of the fruit at¬ 
tracts favorable attention. Fruit medium in size; 
surface, greenish yellow, covered almost wholly 
with a beautiful crimson. First hardiness. 
Ben Davis —Late winter. The Ben Davis 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 —A sweet Apple. One of 
Professor Hansen’s new apples and li-ke 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 Snow 
Apple blood. Flesh — snow-white, sweet, ex¬ 
cellent 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. 
Charlamoff —Russian variety, high quality, 
early bearer, large fruit handsomely striped, 
season September. A topnotcher for 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. Is hardy, of high quality, and pro¬ 
ductive. 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 has 
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 
m Iowa and the original tree still stands, an an¬ 
nual 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. 
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? 
dull crimson splashes. Flesh yellowish, crisp, 1 
tender, juicy, quality above medium. First hard- j 
Iness. 
Haralson —Originated on the Minnesota 
fruit breeding farms and named for Mr. Haralson 
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- I 
ing of more fruit in the Northwest. The Haral- I 
son is a winter apple of the first degree of ] 
hardiness; a good keeper and of excellent quality. | 
It resembles the Wealthy apple which is pre- I 
eminent in its place as a fall apple. The Haral- ] 
son 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 j 
is the great market apple of the west and south. 3 
Third hardiness. 
Mallnda —This beautiful apple is one of the 
heaviest bearing, longest keeping and hardiest 
winter apple that can be grown in the North, j 
The flesh is yellowish-white, firm, juicy, mildly I 
sub-acid with sweet after taste. The season is ] 
late winter and can be kept until May. 
These trees are extremely hardy and come into « 
bearing early in life, producing a full annual 
crop. It is considered the best of the first ■. 
hardiness winter apples. First hardiness. 
McIntosh Red —Season, September to Jan- ] 
uary. The fruit is very attractive in appearance, 
of bright, deep red color, and good size. The j 
flesh is very tender, perfumed and delicious. I 
This is another of the great market apples. 
Thousands of acres of these are being planted I 
and are proving the most profitable of any of I 
the orchard trees, especially in the west. Excep- j 
tionally heavy bearer at an early age. Second 
hardiness. 
Many people place this as the highest quality ] 
apple grown. You can grow it. 5c per tree extra. ’ 
Melba—This new variety, a seedling of 1 
McIntosh, fills a long felt need for an early apple I 
of Duchess season and McIntosh quality. The 1 
tree is vigorous and hardy, an early bearer and a J 
good cropper. The fruit is large, well colored and 
attractive and of the highest dessert quality. A 
good keeper for an apple of that season and 
should ship well to home markets. Recommend- j 
ed for planting both as a filler and as a standard ' 
where an early apple of dessert quality is re- 1 
quired for local use. It is somewhat more 
sprightly in flavor than the McIntosh and is an i 
invigorating dessert. We have only a limited ] 
supply. Order early. 
Northwestern Greening —Winter, very at- 1 
tractive in color. Is valuable for the northern 1 
apple growing districts. Quality as a dessert 1 
apple is fair to good. The tree is hardy, vigorous, I 
a fine erect grower, and comes into bearing rea- j 
sonably early, and as it grows older is an excep- | 
tionally heavy cropper. Skin smooth, somewhat ] 
waxy, clear pale yellow or greenish, sometimes I 
faintly blushed. Flesh tinged with yellow, crisp J 
and firm, mildly sub-acid. Second hardiness. 
Okabena —We have an exceptionally fine stock. I 
Season, September to December. About me- I 
dium size, extremely hardy and productive, highly I 
colored; a fine eating apple of high quality. First I 
hardiness. 
Patten’s Greening —Season, October to Jan- I 
uary. A seedling of the Duchess and on account j 
of its hardiness and productiveness and the uni- | 
formly 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 1 
winters are correspondingly severe. It is attrac- | 
tive in color for a green apple. Very good in qual- I 
ity; comes into bearing moderately young and is 
an annual cropper, yielding moderate to full 
crops. Specially good in North Dakota. First | 
hardiness. 
Well Rooted Trees 
Duchess of Oldenburg —Early summer; is 
one of the most valuable of the Russian apples; 
it is a good size and attractive in appearance. 
The fruit ripens in succession, so that several 
pickings 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. 5c per tree extra. 
Dudley — Fruit attractive, large, bright 
greenish-yellow splashed with red, good quality. 
Very hardy, season September and October. 
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. 
Folwell — This variety bears the name of the 
first president of the University of Minnesota. 
It came from open pollinated seed of a Malinda 
seedling produced by T. E. Perkins of Red Wing, 
Minnesota. The seed was planted by Wyman 
Elliot of Minneapolis. It was moved to the Fruit 
Breeding Farm in the spring of 1908, first fruited 
in 1913, and sent out for trial in 1918. The tree 
is large, very vigorous, productive, and hardy. 
Fruit very large, irregular, roundish, and at¬ 
tractive; color greenish-yellow with heavy blush; 
flesh medium fine grained, firm, tender, juicy, 
pleasant and slightly subacid; quality very good. 
Season similar to Wealthy. 
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 
because of its ability to withstand the rigorous 
climatic conditions of these regions. Prof. Han¬ 
sen says this is the hardiest of the Russian 
apples. Fruit large; surface greenish yellow with 
a dull bronze mixed red on sunny side, with a few 
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