ANDREWS ZeZzer APPLES 
—, MIN-JON xx 
A “Minnesota Jonathan” 
Min-Jon thrives and produces even in North- 
ern Minnesota. By actual performance it has 
earned a place in the forefront of apple orchards. 
Here’s why: 

1. It is very hardy. Grows and produces far 
north, 
Extremely attractive, all red, a brilliant red. 
Bears abundantly and regularly. 
Fruit is distributed evenly over tree. 
Hangs well until picked. 
Good eating and good cooking quality. 
Sells readily at top prices. 
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Prof. Alderman says: “Min-Jon is hardy, vigorous and productive, fruits heavily, hangs well. 
The color is dark red, bright and very attractive. The flesh is yellow with a tinge of red beneath 
the skin, sometimes at full maturity reaching half way to the core; texture is firm, crisp, medium 
coarse, does not bruise easily; quality good to very good. Season late fall following Wealthy.” 
PLANT MIN-JON FOR HOME OR FOR MARKET. 
' VICTORY kk 
“A Better McIntosh” 
Leading fruit growers consider Vic- 
tory is superior to both McIntosh and 
Cortland! Its points of superiority are: 
PROF. W. H. ALDERMAN 
Chief 
Division of Horticulture, University 
of Minnesota. 
Stevenson Medal Award 
Prof. Alderman’s outstanding con- 
tributions to American Horticulture 
are recognized by Canada in award- 
ing to him November 9, 1944, their 
highest horticultural award, the 
Stevenson Memorial Medal. They 
said in part: “We assure you that 
to Canada the value of those new 
horticultural creations . . . has been 
Very real; and we ask you to accept 
Ahe Stevenson Memorial Medal in 
testimony thereof.” 
Prof. W. R. Leslie of Morden, 
Canada, writes of the work of Prof. 
Alderman and his staff: “The great- 
est acclaim has come to their new 
fruits of superior quality that have 
been named and made available to 
the planting public.” 
1. More resistant to scab. 
2. More consistent bearer. 
3. Hardier than McIntosh or Cort- 
land. 
4. Hangs to tree better. 
5. Keeps longer. 
6. Better color. 
7. Dessert quality equal or better. 
8. Is also excellent for cooking. 
9. Has a short non-puncture stem. 
Prof. Alderman says of Victory: “An 
apple of McIntosh type but later in 
season, a little more firm in flesh, gen- 
erally a better color and the fruit is less 
likely to drop before ready for harvest. 
The picking season is about a week fol- 

Notable Achievement 
Prof. Alderman, and his staff at the Min- 
nesota State Fruit Breeding Farm, have done 
a notable work in developing new, hardy, 
high quality fruits for America. The Stev- 
enson Medal is well deserved. Among the 
new fruits created are the splendid new 
apples listed on these pages as 3-Star 
(eye & These varieties will revolutionize 
apple growing just as Latham has revolu- 
tionized raspberry growing. 
Prof. Alderman justly says: ‘‘Minnesota 
now has apples that will compete favorably 
lowing McIntosh and it keeps at least ; z : 
a month longer in the winter. Not only is it of high dessert quality equalling or exceeding McIntosh 
but it also has excellent culinary qualities for use in baking, pie-making, apple sauce or uncooked in 
fruit salads.” 
The American Fruit Grower magazine says: ““The Victory resembles its well known parent, the McIntosh, in shape, 
color, and quality, but it has considerable advantage over McIntosh because it is free of the defects of McIntosh which 
make it (McIntosh) of little value for growing in the middlewest. The tree is hardier, bears regularly, has a record of 
73 per cent crop each year for nine years. The fruit hangs better and has a short non-puncture stem. It aiso is less 
susceptible to apple scab than McIntosh. The tree blooms a little later. The fruit matures on the tree a week later 
and keeps longer than either McIntosh or Cortland. The flesh and flavor are similar to McIntosh except that it is a 
little more acid, and therefore, is a better apple for culinary purposes.” 
with any in the world.” 
VICTORY is well named. Plant liberally for the home or for market. 

FIRESIDE xxx A “Super Delicious” 
Minnesota has achieved another remarkable success in fruit breeding! The State Fruit 
Breeding Farm has succeeded in developing a new Delicious apple, hardy enough to 
thrive in this northern country. As most people know, the common Delicious apple is 
not hardy or dependable in any but favorable climates. Think what this means! You 
can now have an apple superior to Delicious in flavor and hardy enough to grow and 
thrive so much farther north. 
Its points of superiority are: 
1. Better quality even than the old Delicious. 
2. Hardy enough to thrive far north of Delicious district. 
3. Tree large, vigorous, and strongly branched. 
4. Fruit large, bright attractive red over a greenish yellow ground. 
5. Keeps all winter. 
. Annual bearer and fruit hangs well. 
Prof. Alderman says of Fireside: ‘This large long-keeping winter apple can unques- 
tionably be rated as one of the highest quality varieties produced at the Minnesota Fruit 
Breeding Farm. The flavor would be rated as rich, sub-acid, almost sweet; the flesh is 
crisp, firm and juicy, and it never develops the bland, dry characteristics of some highly 
flavored apples at the close of their season.” 
We believe Fireside will become the favorite and most popular apple in the orchard. 
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