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ALPHA, ILLINOIS 
APPLE TREES 
2 year trees 4-6 ft. 80c ea.—3 for $2.34—10 for $7.00 
2 year trees 3-4 ft. 40c ea.—3 for $1.14—10 for $3.50 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
EARLY HARVEST —Medium, to large, roundish, 
bright straw color; flesh white, good quality. 
July. 
RED JUNE —Medium, oblong, hardy, and produc¬ 
tive; deep red color; flesh white, tender, rich 
and sub-acid. August. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT —Medium, yellow, good quality, productive, early bearer. 
July, (also 5-6 ft. 3 yr. trees $1.00 ea.) 
BENONIA —Tree upright, rapid grower. Color, dark red with yellow blush; flesh 
creamy color; flavor unlike any other apple. Fine eating or cooking. This is about 
the last of the summer apples 
AUTUMN VARIETIES 
DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG—1 ^arge size, roundish, streaked with red and yellow; 
flesh white, juicy, acid. September. 
FAMUESE (Snow) —Medium, deep crimson, flesh snowy white, tender. Tree slow 
crooked grower. October and November. 
GOLDEN SWEET —Fruit large, pale yellow; flesh tender, sweet and rich; hardy and 
a good grower. August and September. 
WEALTHY —Large, roundish, smooth, nearly covered with dark red; flesh white, 
fine, juicy, sub-acid; quality very good; good grower and productive. October. 
ANOKA —A really good apple. Bears in two and three years. Friut large and very 
much like Wealthy, ripening in late September to October. Very hardy and 
vigorous grower, very productive. 
AUTUMN STRAWBERRY —Large, striped red, fine flavor, white flesh, a fine fall 
eating and cooking apple. Last August. 
DYER —Medium, yellow. This is an old variety, high flavor, very good eating and 
cooking. August, September. 
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. Decem¬ 
ber to February. 
GRIMES GOLDEN —Medium golden yellow, with white dots, crisp, tender and juicy, 
excellent; tree vigorous, hardy and productive. November to January. 
NORTHERN SPY —Tree rapid upright grower, and late bloomer. Fruit large, and 
roundish, skin thin, smooth, greenish covered with light and dark stripes of purplish 
red. Flesh fine grained, tender, with a peculiarly fresh and delicious flavor. A fine 
old variety. December to June. 
BEN DAVIS —Bears at an early age; an important variety to apple orchards, as it is 
a heavy polenizer. Heavy and sure bearer; stripped red color; good keeper. 
December to March. 
TOLMAN SWEET —Tree will grow anywhere apples can be grown. Fruit medium 
size, light yellow, firm, well grained, sweet, and bears a heavy crop. November 
to April. 
ROMAN STEM —Medium size, yellow, of good quality, very productive; tree a slow 
grower when young. 
STAYMAN’S WINESAP —Fruit large, striped, nearly covered with red; flesh green¬ 
ish 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. 
YORK IMPERIAL —Medium size, yellow blushed with red, round flat apple, good 
flavor and very heavy bearer, good winter variety, late keeper. December to March. 
