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APPLE TREES 
VICTORY ORCHARDS 
The United States Victory Garden Program is a long 
range program working for improved health and better 
eating habits after, as well as during, the war. 
Concerning farm fruit gardens it was recommended 
that the home planting of fruit be included in a well- 
balanced national program of food production both for 
immediate and long-time needs. 
A good orchard cuts doctor bills. 









Age Z ee $ 
18-year-old Haralson in Our 120-Acre Orc 
Yield in 1940, 25 Bushels 
Apples for Better Health 
Dr. Ira Manville, Director of Nutritional Research, 
Oregon University, stated that Apples contribute Vita- 
mins A, B, C and G, and pointed out 12 specific ways 
in which Apples contributed to our well being. He 
says: “Fruits such as Apples are really more than food. 
They are true agents of health endowed with prophy- 
lactic and protective powers.” The old saying that “an 
Apple a day keeps the doctor away” has a definite 
foundation in fact. Keep kiddies supplied with Apples. 
hard 
HIBERNAL - VIRGINIA 
FOR TOP WORKING 
These two varieties are ideal 
for this purpose. Both have 
been tested and approved by 
the State Horticultural Depart- 
ment. When buying trees for 
top-working be sure you buy 
trees on Hardy Northern Root 
Stocks, as, of course, a Hiber-' 
nal or Virginia, if on a com- 
mon root, would have no ad- 
vantage over any common tree! 
in the trade, and there would! 
be no object in top-working. 
HIBERNAL“ !2:4¢ 
green Apple, 
only suitable for cooking, but 
the tree is ideal for top-work- 
ing because of its strong, sturdy 
trunk and cxotches. Prices, 
page 33-B. 
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A good crab 
VIRGI NIA Apple of Tran- 
scendent type. The tree is prin- 
cipally recommended for top- 
working. The trunk is strong 
and the crotches wide spread- 
ing. Prices, page 33-B. 
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Photo of Topworked Hibernal 
In Our Orchard. Note 
Strong Crotches. 
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BELOW WE LIST THE 
LEADING OLDER VARIETIES 
ANOKA fii incks color, favor and keeping fuatiy 
Not recommended where Duchess or Beacon can be 
grown. Prices, page 33-B. 
Is quite similar to its parent McIntosh 
CORTLAND but is more uniform in size, has more 
color, and the red is lighter and brighter. The taste is 
much like that of McIntosh, the flesh is firmer, and the 
Apples hang better to the tree. Prices, page 33-B. 
It has all the good qualities of the 
RED DUCHESS old Duchess and in addition has 
attractive bright red color. Red Duchess makes a delicious 
sauce with a flavor all its own. Commands a better price 
on the early markct than common Duchess. Prices, page 
33-B. 
In the past ten years it has been the 
HARALSON most popular Apple in this district. 
It is a hardy tree, stands heat and cold. It has ‘strong 
crotches, seldom splits or breaks. It bears early, often the 
third year after planting. It bears heavily, in fact, often 
needs thinning. Finally, it is a large, all-red Apple that 
keeps throughout the winter in ordinary storage. It’s a 
grand all-purpose Apple for home or for market. Plant 
liberally of Haralson—it’s a sure bet. Price, page 33-B. 
NORTHWEST GREENING |"° main qualifi- 
cations are that it 
is a good cooking Apple and keeps well. However, Haral- 
son and Prairie Spy have these qualifications and have 
color and good eating quality besides. Prices, page 33-B. 
WEALTHY 
Prices, page 33-B. 
An old variety with good color and 
flavor, a very good early fall yariety. 
' CRAB APPLES 
A comparatively new and very unusual Crab 
DOLGO Apple. It has been called the “Perfect Crab.” 
The fruit is strikingly beautiful, bright fiery red, borne in 
great profusion. It jells perfectly—even when dead ripe. 
Dolgo is free from blight and is rapidly displacing the old 
varieties such as Transcendent and Hyslop. Dolgq makes 
a beautiful lawn tree and may be used on the home grounds 
instead of Mountain Ash. Prices, page 33-B. ; 
This is a new introduction from Canada. 
PIOTOSH The Morden Experiment Station in Can- 
ada writes of the Piotosh: “I understand it is being planted 
rather widely as a commercial crab, being a good preserver, 
good for jelly and also fair as dessert. It is medium large, 
attains a bright red color, making it very attractive. Piotosh 
is a distinct improvement over Whitney. With us, it has 
fruited more heavily, is better quality, more attractive, and 
hardier.” Price, page 33-A. 
An old favorite, a large, red, mild- 
WHITNEY flavored crab, excellent for eating, can- 
~fting and pickles. Perfectly hardy, never blights, and is a 
heavy cropper. It ripens early. Price, page 33-B. © 
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