EARLY APPLES 
Early apples are hardy anywhere, hardier 
than any other apples, and they bear young, 
and extra well. However, the frult 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 “>, ch 
ing apple. Medium to large in size, 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, 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. 
This is our earliest ap- 
Early Harvest ple, with us here it us- 
ually starts ripening July 4th. Years ago on 
the Sonderegger farm the earliest fruit in 
orchard was Early Harvest apples and May- 
flower Peaches. You must grow these trees 
yourself to appreciate fruit of such quality 
and so early in the summer. 
This is an old-fashioned apple, 
Red June a little later than Early Har- 
vest, an apple of medium size, yellow with 
red stripes,. quality very good. The tree 
bears well. Ripening season July to August. 

Whitney Crab. A good apple for. your 
home use. 
Fruit medium large, smooth, skin clear white, turning pale 
Yellow Transparent 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. 
CRAB APPLES 
These trees grow larger, and spread more than other apple trees. Therefore they are 
sometimes used for shade as well as for fruit. On the lawn, or where medium trees are 
needed, for background or yard-line pianting, Crab Apple trees are suitable. They are 
hardy everywhere. Their fruit for fresh use or for canning is most valuable. 
Whitney Gi eat Crab!’ apple you select the large size, 4 to 6 ft. trees, 
is of good you will have no difficulty growing them to 
size; I would say on the average as large. nice shade tree shape. 
as the old-fashioned Winesaps. It is green 
with red stripes, good for raw eating and D ] Dark-Red Jelly Crab. The high 
for cooking. In the North this is consid- e] go quality of this beautiful red crab 
ered a very good summer apple. Whitney, | apple, the abundance in which they are 
Dolgo Crab, Duchess Apple, the Superb produced, and the hardiness of the tree, will 
Apricot all make very good shade trees, and satisfy you in every respect. For the finest 
it seems to me that at this time when so jelly use Dolgo Crab apples. The tree bears 
many old shade trees must be replanted it young, and grows well. You can grow 
would be well to include a few of these Dolgo into a very pretty shade and orna- 
trees for shade as well as fruit for planting mental tree. Dolgo is hardy everywhere 
around the home. Especially on the farm and will supply you with its wonderful fruit 
such trees would be of great value, and if for many years. 
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