FALL TRADE LIST — SEPTEMBER 20, 1943 1 
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Due to a strong demand for fruit trees and small. fruit plants, and to our supply 
being more limited than usual, regret we are unable to offer (with the exception of 
Apple) only with ornamentals. When our digging and grading is completed, we 
may have more to offer of some varieties. 
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HEIGHT AND CALIPER—Height given of fruit trees is approximate and repre- 
sents average height of most varieties. Some slow growing kinds may fall short of 
height specified as it is intended that THE CALIPER SHALL GOVERN. 
All Fruit Trees are tied 11-16 and 9-16, 10 per bundle; 7-16 and 5-16, 20 per bundle. 
APPLE and CRAB Per 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
Hirst Class, 11-16 to %-inch, 4% feet and up____._._.________- $5.00 $45.00 $400.00 
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“ ue LOece0-16,.5.f6eet and Wwp...._--_.....-.-.__-.__. 3 20 28.00 250.00 
“6 SMe LUSLOGi-LG. 82 1Gel and tpi 22 _..-...........!_. 2.40 20.00 180.00 
Se 4 Peritteuesiin iis oO Leet and up... 2... oe 5.50 BOG) ome ee 
“Anoka *Joan *Ramsdell Sweet 
Banana Jonathan Red Astrachan 
Beacon (Minn. No. 423) *Jonathan Dark Red *Red June 
Ben Davis Kendall R. I. Greening 
Black Ben Davis *King of 2: Co. Rome Beauty 
Chenango Liveland Rome Beauty Red 
*Cortland Macoun *Salome 
Delicious Maiden Blush *Secor 
“Delicious Dark Red Mam. Black Twig Sharon 
*Delicious Yellow McIntosh Stayman Red 
*Dolgo McIntosh, Black Mickey Stayman Winesap 
Duchess McIntosh Early Sweet Bough 
*Duchess Red Metba Sweet Russett Crab 
Dudley Milton Tetofski 
Early Harvest Minjon (Minn. No. 700) Tolman Sweet 
*Edgewood iM.nnesota No. 993 Transcendent Crab 
*Fameuse Minnesota No. 240 Turley 
Flame Crab (Minn. No. 635) Minnesota No. 638 Virginia Crab 
Florence Crab Minnesota No. 790 *Wealthy 
Forest Winter Minnesota No. 714 Whitney Crab 
Golden Russet Missouri Pippin Windsor Chief 
Gravenstein Red Northern Spy Winesap 
Grimes Golden Northern Spy Red *Winesap Crimson 
Haralson N. W. Greening Wolf River 
*Hawkeye Greening Perkins “Yellow Transparent 
Hibernal Pewaukee York Imperial 
Hyslop Crab Prairie Spy (Minn. No. 1007) 
*Varieties starred (*) can be furnished in budded trees 
DESCRIPTIGNS—NEW AND SPECIAL VARIETIES 
Beacon (Minnesota No. 432), vigorous and extremely hardy Minnesota seedling. 
Fruit deep red; flesh yellowish and quality good. Duchess season but a better 
keeper. 
Dolgo, hardy fiery red Crab, desirable for culinary uses; bears young and abun- 
dantly. Good for ornamental purposes. 
Flame Crab, (Minnesota No. 635), a hardy Minnesota seedling producing a dense 
mass of white flowers shaded faint pink, followed by an immense load of small, 
brilliantly colored fruits of excellent quality. 
Hawkeye Greening, annually productive, hardy, large green apple. October to March; 
one of the best apples for culinary use. 
Hibernal, a hardy variety used exclusively as an understock for top-working purposes. 
Joan, an Iowa cross of Anisim and Jonathan; a productive large red apple of beauti- 
ful color. Popular for home market. 
Kendall, a cross between McIntosh and Zusoff. Fruit a solid dark red; McIntosh 
season and a better keeper. 
Macoun, dark red, less striped, white fleshed, highly flavored McIntosh type of apple. 
Ripens 30 days later than McIntosh. Regular heavy bearer. 
McIntosh Black Mickey, superior dark red and early coloring strain from western 
New York. Highly recommended. 
McIntosh Early, ripens six weeks before McIntosh; two weeks later than Transparent. 
Handsome red color and pleasing taste. 
Melba, a McIntosh seedling from Canada. Color bright crimson over pale yellow. 
Season ahead of Early McIntosh and variety is adapted for home market. 
Milton, cross of Transparent and McIntosh ripening in Wealthy season. Tree hardy 
and vigorous. Fruit pinkish-red, flesh white with McIntosh flavor and aroma. 
Minjon (Minnesota No. 700), a fall and early winter apple cf about Wealthy season 
but a slightly better keeper; size medium, comparable to Jonathan. Color dark 
attractive red; flesh yellowish; flavor mild sub-acid; quality good. Very hardy 
