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Apples— Continued 
JONATHAN—For years the standard of quality by 
which other sorts have been gauged. Trees are long 
lived, productive and an early bearer. A brilliant red 
apple, highly flavored and of excellent quality, being 
tender, juicy, spicy and rich—a splendid family sort 
and highly profitable for market. Season December 
to April. 
BOMANSTEM—Is one of the best known of the winter 
apples. Excellent keeper and fine flavor; yellow with 
pinkish cast on cheek ; a good bearer. 
STAYMAN’S AVINESAP—Tree vigorous, hardy, spread¬ 
ing. An early and very productive fruit, medium size, 
roundish, approaching conic; skin smooth, greenish 
yellow, splashed and striped with red and purple; 
flesh yellow, firm, tender, juicy, rich, subacid, aro¬ 
matic; quality best. Splendid late keeper. Season De¬ 
cember to April. 
TOLMAN SWEETING—The very best of the winter 
sweet apples. Flesh white, firm and sweet. Excellent 
for winter baking. Keeps until spring. Trees are very 
hardy and productive. Season December to April. 
WINESAP—Well known variety and one of the leading 
export apples. Fruit medium large, skin thick and 
very tough, almost entirely covered with dark red; 
flesh yellow, fine-grained, firm, rich, crisp, slightly 
subacid, quality excellent. Season December to April. 
WILLOW TWIG—Spreading, somewhat drooping 
habit, very hardy and productive. Fruit medium to 
large size, light yellow, shaded and marbled with dull 
red. Flesh yellowish green, rather firm, pleasant sub¬ 
acid. One of the best keeping sorts. Is not at Its 
best until March or April. 
Crab Apples... 
The Crab Apple is great bearer and produces abun¬ 
dantly, often when apples fail The trees are hardy and 
strong growers. The fruit is unsurpassed for jellies 
and preserves. No one with any amount of ground 
should be without this popular fruit. We have to offer 
some very large trees that will soon come into abundant 
bearing. The great beauty of the crab apple tree in 
bloom is an added advantage which makes it very at¬ 
tractive for yard planting, the tree being a mass of 
fragrant flowers in the spring. 
Price each, 6 to 7 ft., 65c; Per 10, $5.50 
HYSLOP—A large deep crimson crab, very popular on 
account of its size and beautiful color. And com¬ 
mands a fancy market price. The tree is a moderate 
grower arid makes a nice round topped tree; fruit 
borne in clusters. 
TRANSCENDENT—This variety is one of the best of 
the Siberian crabs, is popular over the entire country, 
being perfectly hardy everywhere and an immense 
bearer, yielding large crops every year. A very rapid 
grower and comes into bearing soon after planting. 
Fruit is large and round; skin smooth, rich yellow, 
shaded with red. Flesh firm and crisp, yellowish, fine 
grained, and very juicy. Fine for jellies and pickles. 
COME IN EARLY 
The demand will be heavy because of the 
shortage in apple trees—make your selection 
while our stock is complete. 
Apricots «« 
The Apricot is one of the earliest of the tree fruits 
and is the first tree in the spring to show bloom. A 
rich, delicious fruit, coming between cherries and 
peaches. Very much like the peach in outward appear¬ 
ance, but like the plum in texture and quality. Aside 
from its value as a fresh fruit, the Apricot is fine for 
Plant for 
Profit 
and Pleasure 
Now is the time to plant Fruit Trees 
and Berries for real saving in money and 
the satisfation in having fresh, delicious, 
home-grown fruits for eating and canning. 
Fruit assures a big return on your com¬ 
paratively small investment by supplying 
your table with a great abundance in 
season and a ready market for the surplus. 
In fact, fruit has proven so profitable that 
many people are devoting their entire time 
to raising, storage and marketing. 
We are particularly fortunate in having 
an exceptional fine lot of fruit trees-big, 
strong, healthy, vigorous trees-trees that 
you can plant with assurance that they 
will keep right on to early bearing. 
Unlike most of the rest of the country 
our location was one of the few favored 
spots in the drouth of the past two years, 
so our stock has not been injured or the 
growth stunted. 
Best of all, our stock is ample to per¬ 
mit us to sell at much below the normal 
market-so in buying from us you save 
on the price and get the finest stock. 
PLANT NOW—Pick out a balanced lot 
of early, midsummer, fall and winter 
apples—you will get an abundance of 
luscious fruits and some of the trees will 
start bearing in a year or so. 
canning or drying, and vast quantities are used in this 
way every year. 
Our stock of trees is grown from bearing trees of 
known merit and are sure to give good results. They 
are absolutely hardy. Price, each 75c. 
In this section of Illinois it is a very easy matter for a farmer to raise all the 
fruit his family can use, but not one out of fifty does it. 
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