NURSERY 
13 
APPLES 
PRICES OF APPLE TREES 
Each 5 100 
Delt Met eth eee es. $1.35 $6.25 $12.00 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT— 
Ripens about August Ist. 
tender and of fine flavor. 
DUCHESS— ; 
A vigorous growing, hardy tree and heavy 
bearer. Fruit is large, greenish yellow, 
striped with red. The standard early apple 
for the northwes}. 
Flesh juicy, 
BEACON— 
The new Beacon is a fall apple, ripening 
with or a few days later than Duchess, and 
will keep for a month after harvest even 
without cold storage facilities. It is a highly 
colored, all-red variety—better eating than 
Duchess and is an excellent cooking apple. 
The tree is vigorous, productive, and very 
hardy. The early season, the uniform size 
and shape, the high color and quality, to- 
gether with the keeping and handling qual- 
ity so different from most early apples, 
makes Beacon the outstanding early apple 
for home or for market. 
WEALTHY— 
The leading commercial variety for fall. 
In any orchard in this part of the country 
you will find Wealthy as the main variety. 
It is a great bearer, excellent for eating 
fresh or cooking. Fine grained and juicy. 
Ripens in September and is the best known 
and best liked of the fall varieties. 
McINTOSH— 
Fruit above medium size, yellow covered 
with crimson, flesh snow white, crisp, very 
tender, aromatic and sub-acid.. October to 
January. 
NORTHWESTERN GREENING— 
Fruit very large, and handsome; turning 
yellow as it matures. This apple is in good 
demand as a cooking apple in late winter 
and spring. A good commercial variety in 
the southeast third of Minnesota. Season 
December to March. 
PRAIRIE SPY— 
Prairie Spy is a big red apple with some 
green on it. An apple of the finest quality 
that will keep through the winter in an 
ordinary cellar. The tree is hardy here, a 
heavy bearer, and should be included in 
every home orchard and is undoubtedly 
one of the best varieties for the commercial 
orchard. 
MALINDA— 
One of the hardiest, heaviest bearing, 
longest keeping apples that can be grown 
here. The flesh is yellowish-white, firm, 
juicy, and with a sweet after-taste. 
FIRESIDE— 
It has a richness of flavor and a mildness 
in acidity that will appeal to the many 
people who prefer highly flavored, non-tart 
fruits of the Delicious type. Fireside pro- 
duces a strongly branched, large and free 
growing tree which gives evidence of being 
a consistent annual bearer. The fruit is 
large, averaging three inches or more in 
diameter. The color is a very bright, attrac- 
tive medium red, lightly striped and 
splashed with a darker red. The flavor is 
a mild subacid, very rich and pleasant. 
The quality is unexcelled for dessert pur- 
poses. Season from November to April. 
MINJON— 
An Apple closely resembling Jonathan ‘in 
size, color and form. It is very hardy, very 
productive and ripens soon after Wealthy. 
Good eating and cooking quality. Rapidly 
becoming popular for commercial planting. 
HARALSON— 
Its size, shape and color are just right 
for an ideal commercial Apple. The tree is 
extremely vigorous, productive and hardy. 
The branches spring at wide angles from 
the central trunk and are very strong in 
the crotches. The fruit will keep in an 
ordinary cellar throughout the winter with- 
out artificial refrigeration. An early, heavy 
bearer. The fruit hangs well to the tree 
until matured, is a deep red and the flesh 
is firm. Is a leading market variety and 
keeps all winter. Is an all purpose apple 
and is excellent for pies. 
WHITNEY CRAB— 
A large, red, mild flavored Crab, excel- 
lent for eating, canning, and pickles. Per- 
fectly hardy, never blights and is a heavy 
cropper. 
DOLGO CRAB— 
--The best for jelly. Fruit is oblong, of real 
beauty and peculiar lemon-acid in flavor. 
Entirely different from any other crab apple 
and far superior for jellies, producing a 
transparent bright red jelly of high quality. 
The fruit is distinctly beautiful, borne in 
great profusion. Dolgo is a beautiful lawn 
tree, in addition to producing fruit of super- 
ior quality. It is a striking thing to see the 
masses of red fruit clustered along the 
branches. 
CHESTNUT CRAB— 
This large dessert crab has been widely 
tested and has met general approval be- 
cause of hardiness, productiveness and ex- 
cellent quality for eating fresh or for sauce, 
pickles, and pies. The color is an attractive 
bronze red, season is early September. 
