EARLY APPLES 
Early apples are hardy anywhere, hardier than any other apples, and they bear young, 
and extra well. However, the fruit of early apples does not keep very long after picking. 
For home use early apples should be planted only in small numbers unless there is a 
city nearby where early apples would always find a good market. 
. Duchess of Oldenburg An excellent cooking apple. Medium to large in size, 
~ A greenish yellow with red stripes. Bears heavily. For 
cooking and pies it is unsurpassed, but for raw eating it is a little sour. The tree grows 
to large size, often used as a shade and fruit tree with a very heavy foliage. Where 
the tree is to be planted for shade and fruit, we recommend the larger size for planting. 
The apple ripens here in early August. 
in This is our earliest apple, with us here it usually starts ripening 
: Early Harvest July 4th. Years ago on the Sonderegger farm the earliest fruit in 
orchard was Early Harvest apples and Mayflower Peaches. You must grow these trees 
yourself to appreciate fruit of such quality and so early in the summer. 
Red June This is an old-fashioned apple, a little later than Early Harvest, an apple 
of medium size, yellow with red stripes, quality very good. The tree bears 
well. Ripening season July to August. 
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Yellow Transparent Fruit medium large, smooth, skin clear white, turning pale 
yellow when ripe. Flesh is white, fine grained, aromatic, 
and of splendid quality. Ripens a week to 10 days after Early Harvest. The tree is a 
vigorous grower, and a good bearer, perfectly hardy, beginning to bear very young, and 
it does well in most any location. 
Prices of all apple trees, page 9. 
Dol rey Dark-Red Jelly Crab. The high quality of this 
g beautiful red crab apple, the abundance in 
which they are produced, and the hardiness of the tree, 
will satisfy you in every respect. For the finest jelly 
use Dolgo Crab apples. The tree bears young, and grows 
well. You can grow Dolgo into a very pretty shade and 
ornamental tree. Dolgo is hardy everywhere and will 
supply you with its wonderful fruit for many years. 
for Apples by 
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WHEN TO SPRAY OR The Sweet 
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When the trees are dormant. g A ene 17 esa 
would say on 
the average as 
large as the old- 
fashioned Winesaps. It is green with red.stripes, good 
for raw eating and for cooking. In the North this is 
considered a very good summer apple. Whitney, Dolgo 
1. When the blossom buds begin | Grab, Duchess Apple, the Superb Apricot all make 
to show. (The pre-pink| very good shade trees, and it seems to me that at 
spray, when the buds are in | this time when so many old shade trees must be re- 
the ‘‘Cat’s-Paw.”’) : planted it would be well to include a few of these 
2. The pink spray—just before | trees for shade as well as fruit for planting around 
the flowers open. the home. Especially on the farm such trees would 
e of great value, and if you select the large size, 
t to 6 tt. trees. you will have no difficulty growing 
3. 7a ug fall of the petals | them to nice shade tree shape. 
alyx Spray). = 
4. Ten days to two weeks later. Pruning of Apple Trees 
5. Three weeks after the Calyx So that the trees make an even shaped crown, ap- 
Spray. ! ples should be pruned every year or two. Shorten the 
6. Four weeks after the Calyx | jongest limbs. Cut out some of the branches where 
Spray. they stand too thick. Cut out the ‘“‘water-sprouts. 
This is done very early in the spring. Trees growing 
Approximately ten weeks after | extra fast due to favorable soil or weather conditions, 
the fall of th . should have a light summer pruning of the new 
rane als branches. This applies also to Peaches. 
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