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THE SUPREME ALL-SEASON FRUIT 
PLANT EARL MAY’S APPLE TREES 
HAVE APPLES SUMMER, FALL, WINTER, AND SPRING 
BEAUTIFUL APPLE TREES AT NEW LOW PRICES 
ALL VARIETIES, ALIKE OR ASSORTED, YOUR CHOICE ON PAGES 8 AND 9. 
3 Year SIZE, WELL BRANCHED TREES 
2 to 3 ft. Economy Size, Prepaid..... 
3 to 5 ft. Standard, Prepaid 
4 to 6 ft. Select, Not Prepaid 
5 to 7 ft. Quick Crop, Not Prepaid...... 
Each Per 3 
$°.29 $ .79 
39 1.09 
47 1.35 
95 1.59 
Per 6 Per 12 Per 25 
$1.49 $2.69 $4.95 
2.09 3.69 7.45 
2.50 4.50 8.75 
2.95 5.69 11.25 
i Pay the Express or Freight on All Nursery Orders of $10.00 or More Even Including the Large Size Fruit Trees 
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my own farm. Varieties are All Red Delicious, Grimes Golden, All Red 
Jonathan, Wealthy, and Crimson Winesap. Sam Edgecombe, Extension 
Horticulturist from Ames, had the following to say about the fruit 
on my trees, including all varieties. His exact words were: “You'll 
never see any better looking apples or finer quality apples anywhere 
than are in your orchard.” That’s a pretty high compliment, isn’t it? 
The trees made the ‘fruit. You can have them that way, foo, if you'll 
plant Earl May’s apple trees. 
APPLES 
My own young apple, cherry, and plum orchard came into bearing 
this past season: An apple tree thrills me—from the Early Harvest, 
All Red Duchess, Yellow Transparent, and Red June on down through 
the Black Ben Davis, Fameuse, Wealthy, and Crimson Winesap, and 
then the beautiful All Red Jonathan and Grimes Golden. What a 
sight! Lovely trees loaded with great big All Red Delicious, All Red 
jonathan, and Grimes Golden. 
I urge every friend who reads this to plant some of these wonderful 
apple trees. They come into bearing fairly early. All Red Jonathan 
started with me at four years of age. They live from 30 to 40 years 
and there isn’t a fruit that I can name that’s as universally used—for 
pies, sauce, dumplings, eating out of hand, off the tree, or out of the 
cellar and cave. 
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How fo plant 
Space your trees 33 to 40 ft. apart and the rows about 33 te 40 ft. 
apart. This will give you about 28 to 40 trees per acre. Peaches or 
apricots can be planted in between. 
POLLENIZATION 
Apple trees are self fertile, but even with apples it’s a good idea 
to plant some of the varieties that will pollenize the others, like All 
Red Jonathan, Joan, or Black Ben Davis, as this will increase the pro- 
duction of all the trees, and they will not mix. 
EARL MAY'S ALL-SEASON 
APPLE COLLECTION 
ORDER No. 625 
Friends, for healthy, well-rooted, young, vigor- 
ous, thrifty Apple trees—plant EARL MAY’S ALL 
SEASON APPLE COLLECTION. Here are the varieties. 
3 to 4 ft., 1 year old trees: 
2 All Red Delicious 
(Late Fall) 
2 Wealthy ‘ 
5 (Early Fall) 
1 Crimson Winesap 
(Winter) 
1 Anoka 
(Early Summer) 
1 Yellow Transparent 
(Mid-summer) 
2 All Red Jonathan 
(Early Winter) 
2 Yellow Delicious - 1 Grimes Golden 
(Early Winter) (Late Fall) 
All 12-Trees—ONLY............ $2.25 
DOUBLE COLLECTION ~__PosTraID 
24 Trees for $4.25 
-POSTPAID 
SEEDS AND TREES THAT PAY ARE 
The apples in these baskets were picked from the frees grown on 
I guarantee you will receive on your orders, well rooted 
trees with pep, life, and vigor. Let’s make this a great apple 
planting year. The 3 to 5 ft. and 2 to 3 ff. trees are shipped 
prepaid. The 4 to 6 ft. and 5 to 7 ft. are too large to go by 
parcel post and are shipped by express or freight, not 
prepaid. Pictures published on these pages are true examples 
of the trees you will get to plant, and true pictures of the 
bearing trees on my own farm here at Shenandoah, Iowa. 
SUMMER APPLES 
600. ANOKA. One of the newer apples. Originated in South 
Dakota. Fruits are large, yellow streaked red, with a good 
flavor. Ripens in August; but can be used in July for pies 
and sauce. Particularly good in the Dakotas, Minnesota, 
Nebraska and other places where you want an extremely 
early apple and something different. Often starts bearing 
the second year. 
601. EARLY HARVEST. A favorably known and popular sum- 
mer apple. Medium sized, pure yellow. Ripens in July. One 
of the early eating and cooking apples. 
602. ALL RED DUCHESS. Pictured and described on opposite 
page. 
603. RED JUNE. One of the best early, sweet summer apples. 
beorer. It’s a favorite at our house and Mrs. May is 
fond of the Red June, as are many people who know its 
fine qualities. Everybody ought to have at least one in their 
yard or orchard. 
604. YELLOW TRANSPARENT. Pictured and described on oppo- 
FALL APPLES 
605. MAIDEN BLUSH. A popular apple, and a favorite in Mis- 
souri. Yellow with a pink blush. Mild flavor. Does parti- 
cularly well in central Iowa and south. 
606. SNOW or FAMEUSE. A grand old apple tree and a preat 
fruit. Pure white flesh. Ripens in October and is a long 
keeper. Hardy anywhere in Iowa and goes up to the south- 
ern Minnesota line. 
607. WEALTHY. Pictured and described on the opposite page. 
WINTER APPLES 
608. ALL RED DELICIOUS. Pictured and described on the oppo- 
site page. ¢ 
609. ALL RED JONATHAN.’ Pictured and described on the oppo- 
site page. 
610. BLACK BEN DAVIS. A prominent orchardist told me that 
this was one of his most profitable apples. First it’s a good 
pollenizer of other varieties. Bears early and heavily. One 
tree in my orchard was loaded down until the branches ac- 
tually touched the ground. No wonder it’s called ‘barrel 
filler”. Apples are dark, rich red and ripen in October in 
this part of Iowa. 
611. CRIMSON WINESAP. Pictured and described on opposite 
page. 
612. GRIMES GOLDEN. One of my favorites. Meavies? bearing 
tree in my orchard the past season. Apples are large and 
when they turn yellow and mellow they have that distinct 
spicy flavor. They’re juicy. Great for baking and I can tes- 
tify to the quality of the pies. Bears young and heavily. 
From my own experience, I say that Grimes Golden is to- 
day, like All Red Jonathan and Ali Red Delicious in reds 
—one of the top-ranking apples in its class. 
614. JOAN. Pictured and described on opposite page. 
615. RED. CORTLAND. Resembles Anoka and Wealthy in bear- 
ing ability. Offen starts bearing the second year. Fruit is 
dark red, crisp, and juicy. Very hardy. A McIntosh type. 
Does well any place south of the Minnesota line. 
618. LATE JONATHAN (SECOR). Another late development that 
has come to the top-notch in flavor and quality. Cherry-red 
in color. Has more quality than Jonathan, if that’s possible. 
Bears very young and every year. Originated by the Iowa 
State College and is hardy even in the north. One of the 
finest winter apples for northern districts. 
621. TOLMAN’S SWEET. Thousands of people like a sweef ap- 
ple and Tolman’s is the one to get. Use it for pickling pur- 
poses and baking. !t’s a yellow apple blushed with red. 
Will positively keep all winter in a cool cellar. I heartily 
recommend Tolman’s as your sweet apple for winter use. 
622. YELLOW DELICIOUS. Pictured and described on opposite 
CRAB APPLES 
623. DOLGO CRAB. For jelly and for pickling this variety is 
“tops”. Bears young. Fruit-is brilliant flaming red color. 
It’s cone-shaped. One peck of fruit will make 40 fo 50 
glasses of jelly. Makes a very beautiful ornamental tree as 
well. We highly recommend Dolgo Crab to you. 
624. WHITNEY CRAB. Pictured and described on opposite 
page. 
SOLD BY MAY 
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These are big — 
to 7 ft. Quick 
Crop size apple trees. 
Look at the roots, the 
bodies, and the limb growth. 
In double quick time these 
healthy, vigorous apple trees 
will deliver you large beau- 
tiful fruit, and for years to 
come. They’re super glant, 
quick crop trees. I recom- 
mend them 100% for plant- 
ing. Six trees like these 
your choice of varieties, 
for only 
hese are 4 to 6 ft. Se- 
lect size apple trees. 
All they ask for is some 
good soil, some moisture, 
and in a few years you'll be 
astonished at the beautiful 
growth. They'll be loaded with 
fruit. They’re vigorous fellows, 
straight, heavy rooted, well- 
branched, bright and peppy. 
Give them a chance to’ show 4 
you what they can do. _, 
Plant 6 of these, you 
choice of varieties/ # 
for only 
STANDARD 
3 to 5 ft. 
hese are the 3% 
to 5 ft. Standard S 
yrsize apple trees, and 2% 
y true picture of them. Lots ‘ 
of people like a tree thai is 
low headed so they can prune 
it te suit themselves. We seli 
thousands of these every year. 
You can depend upon them. 
They’re healthy, — vigorous, 
‘ well-rooted, and will come to 
the front fast. Order 6, 
your choice of varieties, 
alike or assorted. FI 
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