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DANIELS 
HARDY APPLES 
There are probably several hundred different kinds of apples 
being grown in Minnesota and adjacent territory—but only a 
em are really worth while. Out of all of these we 
recommend the following: 
THE 10 BEST APPLES FOR MINNESOTA 
BEACON McINTOSH 
DANIELS MINJON 
RED DUCHESS NORTHWEST 
ERICKSON GREENING 
FIRESIDE PRAIRIE SPY 
HARALSON WEALTHY 
These Select Ten offer everything anyone can desire in apples for our trying northern condi- 
tions. They provide an entire season of fresh fruit, starting to ripen in late July (in central 
Minnesota) and continuing until in October—with fine, highest quality dessert apples as well as 
the best of all pie and baking sorts that will keep all winter. Some of these are the old “depend- 
ables” that have long led in popularity and some are new creations of our great Minnesota State 
Fruit Breeding Farm—varieties that are completely revolutionizing apple growing in Minnesota. 
They offer unexcelled quality, hardine’s’, productivity and keeping ability—a full season of the 
finest in apples that can safely and successful 
ly be grown here. 
Now—right in our own yards and home and commercial orchards—we can grow as fine apples 
as are produced anywhere in the world. 
Plant—and plant now—the marvelous new 
McIntosh, Wealthy, and others listed here are 
place. 
sorts ... and remember, too, that the older Duchess, 
just as good as ever... and each has its important 
PRICES. ON MINJON 
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1 5 10 25 1 5 
Standard—3 to 4 feet... eee $1.20 $5.75 $11.00 $26.25 $1.50 $7.25 
Large—4 tO 6 fE@b.oi.....ccccccsesreeees 1.30 6.25 11.90 28.50 1.75 8.50 
Extra Large—5 to 7 feet................ 1.50 7.29 13.90 33.50 2.00 9.75 
FIRESIDE 
(Minn. No. 993) 
The New “Northern Delicious” 
The latest, and many say the best, of the 
all-winter apples yet introduced by the great 
Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Extremely 
hardy for a tree producing such high qualit 
fruits, Fireside has proven dependable in all 
but the extreme Northern part of Minnesota. 
The tree is vigorous, highly productive, and 
a regular annual producer of large crops. The 
fruit is large, colored a- beautiful red, clings 
well to the tree, and keeps all winter. 
In flavor the fruit is described by the orig- 
inators as rich, sub-acid, almost sweet, with 
a crisp, firm juicy flesh. Most orchardists put 
it at the head of all hardy winter apples for 
quality — the equal or superior of Delicious. 
But remember it is HARDY, and can be grown 
successfully in home or commercial orchards 
in practically all parts of Minnesota. 
MINJON 
(Minn. No. 700) 
The “Minnesota Jonathan” 
The reddest, all-red, red apple of Wealthy 
season. Thorough test has proven its worth 
for both home and extensive commercial 
growing. 
It is hardy throughout all of Minnesota. It 
is a regular bearer. . . . Its even distribution 
insures uniform size. .. . It clings to the tree 
until picked. . . . It comes in Wealthy season 
but colors much better. ... It has an excellent 
flavor and quality. ...It tops the market in 
its season. 
What more can you ask in a fall Apple? 
As the name implies it is so closely similar 
to the Jonathan that it is commonly called the 
“Minnesota Jonathan,” and its name, “Min- 
jon” is so derived. é 
Commercial growers have found it highly 
profitable in late and post-Wealthy season. 
large part of the root system is of necessity 
lost or destroyed and it is to compensate 
for this loss that the top is cut back. Ap- 
proximately 50 per cent of the bud bearing 
wood should be removed in most shrubs 
and shade trees. This should be accom- 
plished both by “heading back” and “thin- 
ning out.” 
MAINTENANCE OF PLANTINGS 
Cultivation—All growing plants thrive 
best when the surface soil around them is 
kept loose and mellow from frequent hoe- 
ings and cultivations. No farmer would 
consider planting a crop and then not cul- 
tivating the ground around it. The factors 
that make this important to the farmer and 
his crops are just as important for the 
home owner and his plants. This cultiva- 
tion should be kept up until fall. In the 
hot dry weather of mid-summer, cultiva- 
tion labor may be avoided by mulching 
the ground with lawn clippings, peat or 
other suitable materials. If mulch is used 
it should be spaded into the ground the 
first thing in the spring. 
_Fertilizers—In addition to good cultiva- 
tion and watering, judicious fertilizing will 
do much to stimulate the growth of all 
plants. Any good, all around, well balanced 
garden fertilizer is satisfactory for most 
plants. Greater care should be used in the 
fertilizing of perennials and evergreens 
than any other plants. 
Pest Control—Unfortunately most plants 
are subject to attack from some insects or 
diseases at one time or another. Fortunate- 
ly, though, most of them can be controlled 
rat by the use of simple home methods 
IF the right control measures are used. 
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