NORTHERN ROOTED 
APPLE TREES 
ANDREWS 
NORTHERN rooted McIntosh growing in our 120-acre apple orchard. This orchard, the largest in Minnesota, makes 
a practical testing ground for our northern rooted apple trees. 
The Secret of 
Long Lived Orchards 
An orchard that is expected to endure must have a 
solid foundation. It takes five years to develop our 
northern rooted trees ready for the orchard, but results 
justify the effort and expense. 
To produce the apple trees offered for sale this year, 
we began way back in the fall of ’35. Seed was selected 
in our own orchard from the hardiest apples and crabs. 
This seed was planted in the spring of ’36. The young 
seedlings were dug in the fall of ’36 and grafted in the 
winter of ’37. These grafted trees were grown three 
years in the nursery and are now ready for general 
planting in orchards. 
You may have confidence in these northern rooted 
trees. 
Andrews Northern Rooted Trees at 15 years are more than three 
times the size of common-rooted trees of the same age. This photo 
taken in our trial orchard. 
In our experimental orchard comparative tests were made between 
50 apple trees on Northern root-stocks, and 50 trees on common 
root-stocks. The trees were of the same size and age and were 
planted alternately in the rows under identical conditions and care. 
This picture 15 years after planting, shows our Northern-rooted 
trees at least 3 times the size of the common-rooted trees. Which 
kind of root-stock will you choose? 
Jack Frost Says:- 
Common rooted fruit trees when received from a 
nursery may look the same to you as northern rooted 
trees—may even start all right if they have a favorable 
season. However, when the first severe winter comes 
and there is no snow on the ground for protection, 
common rooted trees are quite sure to be injured or may 
be killed outright. The result next spring is a dead or 
crippled orchard. 
An apple tree is no hardier than the root it is grafted 
upon. Hardy root stocks are just as essential for a suc¬ 
cessful orchard as a good foundation is essential for a 
substantial building. 
Fruit growers are beginning to realize the vital impor¬ 
tance root stocks play in the life of fruit trees. Com¬ 
parative tests between common rooted trees and our 
northern rooted trees, show very conclusively that com¬ 
mon, tender root stocks are the greatest single cause of 
loss and failure in the orchard. 
Apple Prices Expected to Advance 
Government Statistics 
Indicate Apple Prices Will Advance 
Because many of the older orchards of the country 
are dying and because not enough new planting has 
been done during the past decade to replace the older 
trees, the forecast is that for the next fifteen years at 
least we shall see a decline in apple production. This 
would naturally indicate proportionately higher prices 
for apples during the next fifteen years. 
Whether you are a consumer and would have to buy 
your apples or whether you are a grower aiid should 
have apples to sell, it will pay you to plant apple trees 
now so you will be producing apples during the period 
of higher prices. 
You can plant with confidence these northern rooted 
trees listed in this catalog. Make selections early. 
Doctors Say: "Eat More Fruit” 
Grocers Say: "6c a Pound” 
—Common Sense Says: "Plant 
a Few Trees and Grow Your Own” 
