BULLETIN NUMBER 1 — FEBRUARY 6, 1939 
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APPLES—Special Varieties 
Per 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
First Class, 11-16 and up, 4% feet and up. $3.20 $28.00 $. 
9-16 to 11-16, 4 feet and up. 2.65 23.00 . 
7-16 to 9-16, 3 feet and up. 2.10 18.00 . 
5-16 to 7-16, 2 feet and up. 1.40 12.00 . 
1 inch and up, 5 feet and up. 4.50 40.00 . 
% to 1 inch, 5 feet and up. 4.00 35.00 . 
Beacon, (Minnesota No. 423) vigorous and extremely hardy Minnesota seedling. 
Fruit deep red; flesh yellowish and quality good. Duchess season but a better 
keeper. 
*Dolgo, hardy firey red Crab, desirable for culinary uses; bears young and abun¬ 
dantly. Good for ornamental purposes. 
Flame, a hardy Minnesota seedling producing a dense mass of white flowers 
shaded faint pink, followed by an immense load of small brilliantly colored fruit. 
*Goldo, a seedling of Grimes Golden combining the hardiness and season of 
Duchess with quality of Grimes Golden. 
* Joan, an Iowa cross of Anisim and Jonathan; a productive large red apple of 
beautiful color. Popular for home market. 
* Jonathan Double Red, a superior red, and an early coloring strain of Jonathan. 
Kendall, a cross between McIntosh and Zusoff. Fruit a solid dark red; McIntosh 
season and a better keeper. 
*Macoun, dark red, less striped, white fleshed, highly flavored McIntosh type of 
apple. Ripens 30 days later than McIntosh. Regular and heavy bearer. 
*Mclntosh, Black Mickey, superior dark red and early coloring strain from western 
New York. Highly recommended. 
*McIntosh Early, ripens six weeks before McIntosh; two weeks later than Trans¬ 
parent. Handsome red color and pleasing taste. 
McIntosh Sweet, ripens late fall; color pale yellow covered with dark full red. 
Quality very good. Cross of Lawver and McIntosh. 
*Melba, a McIntosh seedling from Canada. Color bright crimson over pale yellow. 
Season ahead of Early McIntosh and variety is adapted for home market. 
*Milton, cross of Transparent and McIntosh ripening in Wealthy season. Tree 
hardy and vigorous. Fruit pinkish-red, flesh white with McIntosh flavor and 
aroma. 
Minnesota No. 993, large mid-to-late winter apple, medium red color over a 
greenish yellow. Quality very good. 
Minnesota No. 700, a fall and early winter apple of about Wealthy season but a 
slightly better keeper; size medium, comparable to Jonathan. Color, dark at¬ 
tractive red; flesh yellowish; flavor mild sub-acid; quality good. Very hardy. 
Minnesota No. 1007, medium size, late winter apple shaped like Wealthy but late 
in maturing and not ready for use until about Christmas. Color bright red 
over a yellow ground. Excellent keeper and of great promise. 
Minnesota No. 240, large high quality dessert Crab, keeping well into November. 
Color, light red blush or striped over yellow; flesh yellow. 
Newfane, resembles a red colored sport of Delicious. Ripens with Delicious but 
keeps much longer. 
Secor, an Iowa introduction of about Jonathan season, of superior quality but 
not as red as Jonathan. Better keeper and hangs to tree well. Variety adapted 
to Jonathan territory. 
*Sharon, new Iowa introduction of good quality and extreme hardiness. Excellent 
for home plantings. Color is striped red and green. Good keeper and disease 
resistant. A McIntosh cross. 
* Varieties starred (*) can be furnished in budded trees. 
