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 “i”, °c*!: 
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 mes 
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 




for Apples 
insect or disease attacks, suc- 
ule below. This will keep the 
Sherwin-Williams products, 



WHEN TO SPRAY OR 
DUST 


When the trees are dormant. 



. When the blossom buds begin 
to show. The pre-pink 
spray, when the buds are in 
the “Cat’s-Paw.’’) 
2. The pink spray—just before 
the flowers open: 







. At the fall 
(Calyx Spray). 
. Ten days to two weeks later. 
3 of the petals 
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5. Three weeks after the Calyx 
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Spray. ' 
-. Four weeks after the Calyx 
Spray. 
| Approximately ten weeks after 
. the fall of the petals. 
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yourself to appreciate fruit of such quality Sonderegger trees, because of their 
and so early in the summer. greater vitality, bear young and well. 
This tree, just 6 years after planting, 
produced over one bushel of extra choice 
Grimes Golden apples. Upland growing 
under our severe climatic conditions gives 
a tree the greater vitality needed for 
young and heavy production. 
A little later than Early Harvest. The 
Red June apple is of medium size, nice for home- 
use or market, it is yellow, striped red. This is an 
old-fashioned apple, and its very good eating qualities 
will always give it a favored place with the experi- 
enced orchardist. Ripening season July to August. 
Yellow Transparent Fruit medium large, 
smooth, skin clear 
white turning pale yellow when ripe. The flesh is 
white, fine grained, aromatic, and of splendid quality. 
Ripens a week or 10 days after Early Harvest. The 
tree is a vigorous grower, and a good bearer, perfectly 
hardy, beginning to bear quite young, and it does well 
in most any location. 
You May Like to Know 
That the production of one apple tree requires 22 
separate operations, 12 of which must be hand-work 
by highly skilled men. 10 operations are performed 
with mechanized equipment. This does not include 
assembling of the tree in your order, or such handling 
as packing for shipping: Every fruit tree represents 
3 years of careful work, mostly handwork. 

Pruning of Apple Trees 
So that the trees make an even shaped crown, ap- 
ples should be pruned every year or two. Shorten the 
longest limbs. Cut out some of the branches where 
they stand too thick. Cut out the ‘‘water-sprouts.” 
This is done very early in the spring. Trees growing 
extra fast due to favorable soil or weather conditions, 
should have a light summer pruning of the new 
branches. This applies also to Peaches, 
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