YELLOW 
TRANSPARENT 
The hybrid apples described in 
this book have inherited from 
their Russian parents extreme 
hardiness and much earlier bear- 
ing habits than the older com- 
mon kinds. You can depend on 
these withstanding very severe 
conditions and bearing quicker 
than the old standard kinds. 
BEACON. A recent introduction 
of the Minnesota Fruit Breed- 
ing Farm. In quality produc- 
tiveness, and hardiness it 
equals and surpasses any of 
the old Duchess type varieties 
formerly grown. Beacon is 
everything that we want in an 
apple of the Duchess type. It 
is similar, but an improvement 
in several ways. It is a bright 
red, ripens late July and keeps 
well up into September. Uni- 
form in shape, firm, a longer 
keeping summer apple, out- 
' standing on any market. Bears 
young. It will probably gradu- 
ally replace Duchess through- 
out the north and west. 
GOLDO. Originated by Prof. 
You can now succeed with an apple orchard where 
you failed before. The new hardier hybrid and se- 
lected varieties will thrive and bear fruit in the north 
and west, where climatic conditions are most severe. If 
soil and climatic conditions generally are favorable for 
farm crops and gardens, these apples will succeed with 
good care. Clean cultivation with light applications of 
barnyard manure every two or three years gives best 
results. Inter-cropping except with garden crops is not 
advisable since too much moisture needed by the trees 
is used by inter-crops. Weeds and alfalfa are two of the 
chief offenders. Orchards should npt be pastured. 
We have cut down our list of the older varieties and 
are growing and offering only such sorts as have been 
thoroughly tested, and the new hybrids brought out 
principally by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. 
These scientific breeding programs over a period of 
about 40 years, have had for their aims the creation of 
quality fruits adapted to the north and west, where only 
poor quality kinds have heretofore survived. The new 
*“college” varieties are combinations of the extreme 
hardiness of the Russian types and the qualities of the 
best standard apples adapted to our milder climates. A 
new race of apples succeeding in the extremes of drouth 
and low temperatures where the earlier planting of or: 
dinary varieties failed. A few good natural or accidental 
hybrids, all showing Russian blood, mostly summer or 
early fall varieties, previously made their appearance. 
Several of these including Wealthy and Yellow Trans- 
parent are hardy and fit in with the new hybrids in the 
northwest. 
Even the city home can profit by planting fruit trees. 
They are very desirable for rear lawn planting where 
their shade is welcome and their beautiful and fragrant 
flowers and autumn colors are always a joy. What is 
nicer than to be able to pick some fresh fruit from your 
own garden? 


ANOKA. Originated by Prof. 
Hansen, So. Dakota Experi- 
ment Station. A dwarf variety. 
Fruit large, ripening in August. 
Splendid for cooking. Can be 
planted in the small yard. At- 
tractive bloom. Very hardy. 
Bears second year. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. Tree 
very hardy; early and annual 
heavy bearer. Fruit is medium- 
large, pale waxen yellow, beau- 
tiful; flesh white, tender, fine- 
grained, of splendid quality. 
It is a favorite early dessert 
apple and is also suitable for 
cooking. Season, July 15 to Au- 
gust 10. 
WEALTHY. A natural or acci- 
dental hybrid from Minnesota, 
with Russian blood. Very 
hardy. Fruit large, variegated 
red, beautiful; splendid for eat- 
ing; unsurpassed for cooking, 
jelly, drying or butter.. Bears 
young and is a heavy annual 
bearer. This variety should be 
in every orchard, family or 
commercial. September. 
WHITNEY. A very high RED DUCHESS. A “Sport” from 
Hanson of the So. Dakota Ex- 
periment Station. A cross of 
Duchess and Grimes Golden. 
Size and appearance very much 
like Grimes Golden. Quality 
above Duchess. Bears young 
and abundantly and is proving 
very popular as a home apple. 
In our trial orchard it has 
borne heavily each year. since 
five years of age. Hardy in 
South Dakota. Should be in 

quality small apple or large 
crab. A favorite of chil- 
dren. Fine for eating, 
sauce, preserves and jellies 
and also makes a clear, 
flavorful white cider. An 
iron-clad. Bears young. 
Should be in every home 
orchard. : 
DOLGO CRAB. This is one 
of Prof. Hansen’s recent 
introductions from the So. 
Dakota Experiment Sta- 
tion. It is probably the 
most desirable crab intro- 
duced for canning whole, 
DOLGO as sauce or pickles, and 
for jelly. Also fine for or- 
namental planting. It’s a beautiful tree, is an ornament to any back 
regular Duchess of Oldenburg, 
having a solid red color occur- 
ring earlier than the striped 
color of the regular Duchess. 
Fruit is medium to large, beau- 
tiful, ripening in August, but 
makes excellent sauce and pies 
as early as July when only half 
grown. A good, early and an- 
nual bearer. Very hardy. 
With the new hybrids, success 
in apple growing has been ex- 
tended several hundred miles 
north and west. 
every home orchard. Season yard or in any family orchard, with an abundance of large green 
August, between Duchess and leaves. Fruit is a good red color and perfectly beautiful. It bears 
. young and regularly. One or two of these trees should be on every 
Wealthy. farm. Very hardy into North Dakota and Montana. 
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