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PRAIRIE SPY 
APPLE 
Originated at Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm 

Color cut page 6. Prices on page 33-A. 
Extremely High Quality 
Prairie Spy is for discriminating people—those who are not 
satisfied with common Apples. It’s for people who appreciate 
extra fine quality. 
Prairie Spy has this exceptional quality—not only for eating, 
but for cooking as well. What is more, you can enjoy it over 
a long period, all through winter and early spring, long after 
other quality Apples are off the market. It has no competition in 
a late keeping, high quality Apple. 
Benjamin F, Dunn, President, Minnesota State Horticultural 
Society, says of Prairie Spy: “Our beautiful, red Prairie Spy 
Apple is a late-keeping winter Apple of EXCEPTIONAL qual- 
ity. The trees are hardy, vigorous and productive. This is indeed 
a good luck Apple for the farmer, city home owner and the 
commercial grower.” 
Besides quality, it has the other features required for a popu- 
lar Apple. 
Absolutely Hardy 
The Armistice Day storm of 1940 caused untold damage to 
tender and half-hardy Apple trees. Prairie Spy came through 
that testing time without a scratch and is reported favorably 
as far north as Morden, Canada. 
Arnold Nietfeld, fruit grower of Stearns County, writes: 
“T have had Prairie Spy since 1930. It has shown no sign of 
winter injury and we have had the temperature two winters as 
low as 38 degrees below zero. The fruit is good quality and 
uniform size. It has always ripened early enough to escape 
frost. It is the best in quality of my apples, and has strong 
crotches and bears well. In short, Prairie Spy has done for me 
all that has been claimed for it.” 
Heavy Cropper — 
Hangs Well to Tree 
Prairie Spy carries good loads of fruit which hang well till 
ready to pick. Some years it may even require a little thinning 
for best results. However, most growers do not consider that a 
bad fault. A variety that requires some thinning generally gives 
maximum crops. 

Apples “Protective Food” 
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard says: “If we set out to 
give everyone in the United States a satisfactory diet .. . it 
has been figured out that we would need to consume twice 
as much fruit and vegetables as we do now. This is a ‘pro- 
tective food,’ rich in minerals and vitamins.” 
APPLE TREES 


Prairie Spy Tree 
Prof. Alderman says: 
Prof. Alderman, Chief of Horticulture, University 
of Minnesota, says of Prairie Spy: “It is an even bet- 
ter keeper than the Haralson and is the best quality 
winter Apple available in late winter and early spring. 
It has a little tendency to over-bear in alternate years 
and may require thinning at such time to produce 
fruits of maximum size and finish. I have been watch- 
ing this Apple for over 15 years at the Fruit Breeding 
Farm and have always felt that it was destined to 
become a valuable Apple for this part of the country. 
My confidence is still unshaken.” 
Bears Young 
Henry W. Leidel, prominent fruit grower of 
Winona County, says: “In my estimation Prairie Spy 
is a profitable tree to grow. The wood ripens well 
and it stood the Armistice Day Storm from every 
angle. It bears very young. I have a three-year-old 
graft that produced a bushel and a half of well-colored 
Apples last fall. I think it will be some time before 
we can develop something better, taking quality and 
hardiness in consideration.” 
Praise from Canada 
John Buchanan, Nova Scotia, formerly Vice Presi- 
dent of American Pomological Society, writes very 
highly of Prairie Spy: “It is a heavy bearer, and has a 
very fine record for long-keeping. The fruit is good 
color and quality, very solid, and an A-1 shipper, the 
only Apple I know that has the Cox Orange flavor. My 
McIntosh grow as good fruit as New England Mc- 
Intosh, so I know good fruit.” 
Superintendent Leslie of the Morden, Manitoba, 
Experiment Station, writes that Haralson and Prairie 
Spy thrive in southern Manitoba. The Prairie Spy 
Apple, he says, is a “very fine variety, large, bright 
red and excellent in flavor.” 
Plant Prairie Spy—The Quality Apple 
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