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THE DANIELS NURSERY 
THE EIGHT BEST “OLD FAITHFULS”’ 
Beacon 
(Minn. No. 423) 
An Early All-Red Eating Apple That 
Tops the Early Fall Market 
This variety has rapidly pushed 
ahead until it has now established 
itself as the leader among all early 
fall varieties for the middle west. 
Note these points of superiority: 
TREES—Vigorous, productive, hardy. 
SEASON—Late Duchess. Keeps 1 month 
after picking, without cold storage. 
FRUIT—Highly colored, all red. Better 
eating quality than Duchess and an excel- 
lent cooking apple. 
We have a considerable number of 
Beacon in our own orchards—several 
trees 18 to 20 years old. We are com- 
pletely “sold” on them and are plant- 
ing heavily. They are dependable 
bearers—one can take plenty of time 
in marketing, as they keep well, and 
they top the market. 
Daniels Red Duchess 
Still the Best Early Apple 
A remarkable early red apple. An 
improved “bud sport” of the Duchess 
of Oldenburg. 
The Daniels Red Duchess is an 
early red apple that seems destined 
to entirely displace the old Duchess 
of Oldenburg. 
It possesses all of the good qualities of 
the older variety and in addition that all 
important, price commanding quality of 
high red color. It comes when red apples 
are scarce—and always sells at top market 
prices. 
We know of no better real early 
“summer” apple for general com- 
mercial or home growing in this 
section of the country. 

DANIELS RED DUCHESS 
BEARING IN NURSERY ROW 
One of the many valuable characteristics 
of this splendid ‘Improved Duchess” is its 
early bearing habit. Frequently, as shown 
in the picture above, it bears even in the 
nursery row. 
Erickson 
The Biggest Red Apple 
The largest early red apple, and 
possibly the largest red apple now 
highly recommended for planting. 
Bears at a very early age. Because 
of its extra large size it is always in 
strong demand on the early market. 
Extremely hardy, and a regular pro- 
ducer. Good quality. If you’re look- 
ing for size—you’ll find it in Erick- 
son—and you'll find early market 
high profits, too! 
Haralson 
(Minn. No. 90) 
The Most Widely Planted 
Hardy, Red, Winter Apple 
Haralson has really “arrived.” Be- 
cause it was one of the earlier Min- 
nesota introductions, and because it 
has proven itself so valuable it is 
now one of our most extensively 
planted varieties. 
Here are some of Haralson’s outstanding 
good points: Very hardy . .. extremely 
productive . . ¥, bears, and heavily, at a 
very young age ...red.. . good size 
. . . Sticks to the tree until picked... 
good in quality for dessert purposes, and 
an excellent cooker. 
No wonder it is popular! No won- 
der the home gardener enthuses over 
it, and no wonder the commercial 
grower finds it highly profitable and 
plants more and more of it. You'll 
like it, too! 
McIntosh 
Quality Supreme 
One of the finest apples grown. 
Because of its brilliant deep red 
color, delicate flavor, crisp snow- 
white flesh, and distinctly pleasant 
aroma, it is considered by many to 
be the finest dessert apple of its sea- 
son. McIntosh has proven eminently 
successful throughout the Southern 
part of the state and is at present 
one of the Northwest’s most popular 
varieties. Season October to Janu- 
ary. : 
Northwest Greening 
The One Best Winter Greening 
The best and longest keeping of 
the greenings. A splendidly formed, 
bright green fruit. Should be in 
every orchard for, even in ordinary 
storage, they keep well all winter 
and in a good vegetable cellar some- 
times on into the summer. One of 
the leading and most profitable com- 
mercial varieties in the Southern 
part of Minnesota. Unexcelled for 
pies and baking. 
ORCHARD CULTURE 
Planting — Early 
spring is the best time 
to plant fruit trees in 
the open field; however, 
on small properties and 
city lots where water- 
ing facilities are ample 
and where the expo- 
sure is not as great as 
in the open field, fall 
planting is entirely 
satisfactory. The trees 
: should be set about 2 
inches deeper than they grew in the nur- 
sery row. The trees are usually arranged 
in a square pattern, each tree equally dis- 
tant from four others in the corner of a 
square. By way of conserving space and 
getting the fullest use of the ground (“two 
acres in one’) when the trees are young, 
it is a common practice to plant a tempo- 
rary tree (called a ‘‘filler’’) in the center of 
each square or oblong. The ‘“‘filler’ tree 
should be one which does not get large too 
rapidly and which bears at a very early 
age. The Haralson, Red Duchess and Dolgo 
Apple are splendid for this purpose. The 
filler trees must be removed before they 
crowd the permanent ones. 
The newly set trees should be carefully 
pruned, not only to counterbalance root 
loss, as is done in planting any deciduous 
shrub or tree, but also to establish the best 
possible branching head or ‘‘scaffold.” 
Planting Distances— 



ABPDIESM iid ciccuscctteet 25 to 32 feet apart 
Pears .. «22 to 30 feet apart 
Plums ..... ...16 to 22 feet apart 
CHEPTICSS Mrasssarestcoss 12 to 16 feet apart 
Culture—All fruit trees should be thor- 
oughly cultivated during the first few 
years of the orchard’s life. Ag apples and 
pears reach bearing maturity, the ground 
may be and probably should be allowed to 
develop into a sod, but with plums and 
cherries much better results and produc- 
tion will be obtained if cultivation is main- 
tained throughout the life of the orchard. 
Where cultivation is not practical in plums 
and cherries as they get older, and as a 
supplement to sod culture in apples and 
pears, the use of a heavy ground mulch 
may be practiced. Hay, lawn clippings, 
leaves, strawy manure, or any similar ma- 
terial may be used to form this mulch. 
Where orchards are being cultivated the 
trees must be allowed a period in the later 
part of each year during which cultivation 
is dispensed with. This is necessary to 
allow the trees to check their growth, 
ripen and harden up their wood, and to 
allow them to prepare themselves to with- 
stand the cold winter months ahead. Cul- 
tivation is usually stopped between July 
15 and 31. At this time it is advisable to 
sow broadcast a cover crop of oats, buck- 
wheat or similar material. 
Pruning—All orchard trees, young or old, 
should be pruned annually. Space does not 
permit a detailed discussion of the subject, 
so suffice it to say that all dead, diseased 
and crowding wood should be removed 
admitting ample air and light. 



DANNY SAYS: 
“Gone With the 
Wind?” Not so for 
Fireside, Haralson, 
Northwest Greening, 
Victory and Prairie 
Spy, for they not on- 
ly keep all winter but they won’t 
blow off the tree at picking time. 







