CHARACTERS USED IN TABLES 
C—Commercial as well as home use. 
H—Home orchard or garden. 
P—Winter protection desirable. 
*_For favorable sites and soils only. Do not select these 
varieties for unfavorable situations; for apples and pears 
this would include the heavy alkaline soils in the Red 
River Valley, very sandy soils, and unprotected sites. 
**_Avoid planting near eastern and western red cedar 
Juniperus virginiana, J. scopulorum and most horticul- 
tural varieties of J. virginiana because of susceptibility 
to apple cedar rust. 
(Topwork)—Topworking may be expected to prolong the 
productive life of certain varieties. I1t is highly desirable 
for Jonathan, Delicious and Golden Delicious. 
CROSS-POLLINATION 
To improve the fruitfulness of orchard fruits through 
cross-pollination it is desirable to include at least two_dif- 
ferent varieties of each fruit selected for planting. Most 
plums and-cherry plums require special pollinizers. 
APPLES: RECOMMENDED VARIETIES 
Fruit Districts 1 2 3-4 
Transparent H* 
Oriole (Minn. No. 714) C me 
Melba H H H* 
Erickson CS Cc H 
Duchess, including red sports C C H* 
Beacon** C C ls tag 
Wealthy** (topwork suggested) C 
Wealthy (topwork recommended) C * 
Hibernal H 
Patten H 
Minjon C G H* 
Mcintosh (topwork suggested in Dist. 2) C cc 
Cortland (topwork suggested) cS H* 
Northwestern (topwork suggested) C 
Northwestern (topwork recommended) cS 
Haralson C C H 
Prairie Spy C C H* 
Delicious, incl. red sports (topwork rec- 
ommended) & Hit 
Golden Delicious (topwork recommended) H H* 
Coat ol (topwork recommended) c H* 
ireside (Minn. No. 993) C CG H* 
APPLES: SUGGESTED FOR TRIAL 
Fruit Districts 1 2 3-4 
Mantet G c . 
Red Van Buren Cc C ig hy 
Lakeland C C ¥ 
Victory C Cc : 
Redwell C C H# 
CRAB APPLES: RECOMMENDED VARIETIES 
Fruit Districts 1 2 3-4 
Dolgo C C H 
Whitney C C H 
Chestnut Cc Cc H 
Virginia H 
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