WE GROW IMPROVED VARIETIES OF APPLES 
APPLES 
The apple is the first in importance of all fruits. It will thrive on 
nearly any well drained soil. Its period of ripening, unlike other 
fruits, extends nearly through the whole season. By making careful 
selection, a constant succession can be obtained. For family use there 
is no fruit that is more indispensable. No fruit is so healthful and 
many physicians say that if a person would eat an apple a day they 
could dispense with doctor bills. Besides this, and just as important, 
is the fact that the average price on the market is steadily increasing 
and the immense demand for home consumption, foreign shipping, 
canning and evaporating assures high prices. The apple if given the 
same care and attention as other farm crops, will yield greater re¬ 
turns per acre. The following list we consider to be the best for 
general planting: 
PRICES ON APPLES AND CRABAPPLES 
Each 
5 to 50 
50 and over 
2 
to 
3 
ft. 
35c 
30c 
20c 
3 
to 
4 
ft. 
45c 
40c 
25c 
4 
to 
6 
ft. 
50 c 
45c 
30c 
Large Lots, write. 
For Extra Heavy Selected Trees, add 5c. Write for special price on extra large lots. 
We have many varieties, of Improved Apples, not listed. Please write. 
SUMMER 
Yellow Transparent. Season, July. One 
of the most valuable early apples, Fruit 
medium, smooth, transparent skin; clear 
white, becoming pale yellow when fully 
ripe; flesh white, tender, fine grained, of 
splendid quality. Tree is moderately 
vigorous and a good annual bearer. One 
of the few sorts that do well even on 
poor thin land. 
Red Astrachan. Season, July. Tree 
upright spreading, vigorous growth; an 
early and abundant bearer. Fruit above 
medium, greenish-yellow, almost covered 
with mottled and striped crimson; flesh 
white; crisp, juicy; brisk acid; good. 
Red June. Size medium, oblong, with 
brilliant red skin; flesh white, tender, 
juicy, sub-acid, with a sprightly agree¬ 
able flavor; quite early and continues 
to ripen for four weeks, and will keep 
long after ripe for a summer apple; 
profitable for market. The tree is fine, 
erect grower, very hardy, bears young 
and abundantly. A valuable early apple. 
Duchess of Oldenburg. Season, July 
and August. Tree upright, vigorous and 
extremely hardy. An early and annual 
bearer and uniformly large crops. Fruit 
large, greenish yellow, with red stripes. 
Flesh light yellow, medium fine grain, 
firm; flavor a pleasant acid; a great cook¬ 
ing and fine market sort. 
Golden Sweet. Medium or rather 
large, roundish, slightly flattened; green¬ 
ish, becoming pale yellow; flesh very 
sweet, good, of moderate quality. The 
fruit is always fair, the tree is a free 
grower and very productive. Late sum¬ 
mer. Tender for West; succeeds well in 
Southwest. 
Sweet Bough. Large; pale greenish 
yellow; tender and sweet. Moderate 
grower and good bearer. August. 
Red Bird. The best Red Early Apple, 
gets ripe before Yellow Transparent, has 
good color. Does not keep very long. It 
is a good seller. 
Red Gravenstein. A Gravenstein type 
apple, has a better color. A good quality. 
FALL 
Gravenstein. Large, beautifully dashed 
with deep red and orange; tender and 
crisp, with a highly aromatic flavor; tree 
very vigorous. August and September. 
Fall Pippin. The tree is a large and 
vigorous grower with somewhat of a 
drooping habit. It is particularly adapted 
for growing in the coast regions of 
South California, although good results 
have been obtained by planting it in the 
central coast regions, interior valleys and 
foothill sections. The fruit is very large, 
uniform in shape, being roundish and 
generally flattened. Its beauty and size 
render it a very popular variety for table 
use as well as for all culinary purposes. 
It is one of the earliest autumn varie¬ 
ties. The skin is thin and smooth being 
of a clear yellow color when ripe, often 
blushed with a brownish tinge on one 
side, bearing a few russet colored dots. 
The flesh is moderately firm, white, 
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