Olds’ Hardy Northern Grown Fruits 
NO FARM IS COMPLETE 
WITHOUT AN ORCHARD 
McIntosh Apples: 
OLDS’ APPLES 
PRICES OF ALL APPLE TREES, 
except 
those priced separately: 4 to 5-foot trees, well 
branched by express f. o. b. nursery: $1.45 each; 
3 for $3.95; 10, assorted varieties if preferred, 
for $11.85. Give name of nearest express station. 
Please Note: Trees are all sent by express 
f. 0. b. nursery. Where customers do not have 
an express station we can make shipment by 
parcel post. If wanted by mail, add 25¢ per 
tree for postage. We prefer to ship by express 
as it is much more satisfactory. 
WINTER APPLES 
CORTLAND. A late winter McIntosh, The 
fruits are larger and more uniform in size. They 
have much more color and the red is brighter. 
See inside back cover for color illustration, 
DELICIOUS. Good size, fine quality. Tree 
good grower and hardy, Popular eating apple. 
DARK RED DELICIOUS. Similar to the De- 
licious apple but has a dark red color all over, 
making it very attractive. 
JONATHAN. Not recommended for northern 
Wisconsin, but satisfactory for southern Wis- 
consin, Excellent flavor, fine grain, tender 
apple. Medium in size. Yellow apple covered 
with red. 
NORTHWESTERN GREENING. An old-time 
favorite. Hardy, greenish yellow, of extra large 
size; extra long keeper. Good cooker and popu- 
lar for baking, 
McINTOSH. One of the best and most satis- 
factory apples for Wisconsin. Medium size, spicy, 
bright red and of highest quality. Tree vigorous 
with spreading head. Annual bearer. 
PERKINS. The fruit is large, dark, deep red 
and round as a ball. Flesh fine grained, tender, 
juicy, good quality and delicious flavor, and 
keeps until March. Tree vigorous, a good grower, 
heavy annual bearer. 
SNOW. Very popular 
crimson, flesh white, 
eating apples. 
TURLEY WINESAP. An improved Winesap 
that bears earlier, usually in five to six years 
after planting. Flesh is fine grain, tender, juicy, 
aromatic, and firm, keeping until April. Fruit is 
rich red. 
YELLOW DELICIOUS. 
apple. Medium, deep 
of best quality. Famous 
A golden apple of 
the delicious type, having the same sweet flavor 
and taste, 
Delicious Apple. 
PLEASE NOTE: We do not accept orders 
for nursery stock from the following States, 
Florida, California, Oregon, and Washington. 
SUMMER AND FALL APPLES 
ANOKA. Popular because it bears freely on 
one-year-old wood beginning the second year 
after planting and annually thereafter. Fruit 
is similar to Duchess. Very hardy and blight 
resistant. Ripens early about the time of the 
Duchess or a little before, 
| DUCHESS. A large and beautiful apple 
ripening in late. August and early September. 
Yellow and red, streaked and mingled. Very 
juicy and rich flavored, fairly tart. Excep- 
tionally good for cooking and the best commer- 
cial extra early. Well known. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. An early August 
apple of highest quality for home use but too 
tender to ship. Pale waxy yellow in color. 
NEW APPLES 
‘ FIRESIDE. (Minnesota No. 993.) A medium 
to large long-keeping winter apple that was 
given the rating of the highest quality apple pro- 
duced by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. 
The flesh is crisp, firm, and juicy, and the flavor 
is rich sub-acid, almost sweet like a Delicious. It 
does not develop the dry characteristics which 
most highly flavored apples do at the close of 
the season. An excellent home orchard variety 
that is hardy throughout Wisconsin. 
Prices, 4 to 5-foot trees, by express f. 0. b. 
nursery. Each, $1.60; 3 for $4.20. 
‘ HARALSON. Originated at the Minnesota 
Fruit Breeding Farm. See inside back cover for 
description and color illustration, Prices by ex- 
press, f. 0, b, nursery: Each, $1.60; 3 for $4.20. 
‘ MACOUN, A McIntosh hybrid that deserves 
a place in every orchard. The fruit is very 
large with eating qualities similar to McIntosh; 
however, the color is a deeper over-all red with 
a deep bloom. Just a few days later than Me- 
Underwood Plum, 
OLDS’ HARDY PLUMS 
Prices all plums: 4 to 5-foot trees, well branch- 
ed, by express f. 0. b. nursery: Each, $1.55; 
3 for $4.20; 10 for $12.50. Assorted if desired. 
\ UNDERWOOD. (Minnesota No. 91.) Earliest 
and hardiest of the large new plums, ripening 
August Ist to August 15th, and attaining a size 
of 1% inches in diameter. Fruit red, juicy; 
very small pit, free stone. . 
. EMBER. A large yellow plum, blushed with 
red, ripening later than other plums. The fruit 
is oval, medium to large, with a strong, adherent 
stem. Flesh rich yellow, firm, meaty, fine grained, 
Intosh, ripening in late September. Prices by tender and juicy; flavor, sweet and pleasant. 
express f. 0. b. th : .60: Quality good to very good. Medium sized cling- 
$4.20, . ee; BUsre laa each). $1 G0. toe stone. Ripens late, through September, often 
\ PRAIRIE SPY. This beautiful dark red apple @™8ing into October. 
is another one of the famous apples which origi- KAHINTA,. A _ South Dakota _ origination. 
nated at the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, It 
is exceptionally valuable for late winter and 
early spring. The tree is hardy, vigorous and 
productive. Fruit is of medium Size, firm, high 
quality and long keeping. Prices by express, 
f. 0, b. nursery: Each, $1.60; 3 for $4.20. 
OLDS’ CRAB APPLES 
Prices, 4 to 5-foot trees. By express f. o. b. 
pes rare Each, $1.45; 3 for $3.95; 10 for 
11.85. 
Large fruit 14% by 2 inches. Red with firm, yel- 
low, delicious flavored flesh. 
\ PIPESTONE. A new plum that is considered 
superior to most of the plums now in cultiva- 
tion. It is a very large, productive, early red 
plum of high quality. It begins to ripen the first 
week of August. One of fhe largest of hybrid 
plums. Excellent for canning, 
\ SUPERIOR. A new outstanding plum for cold 
Ss 4 : climates, which originated in Minnesota. It is 
| DOLGO CRAB. Fruit hangs in big clusters an apricot-plum Choke. The fruit is of large 
and is fiery red. Jellies perfectly even when size often running 2 inches in diameter. Flesh 
dead ripe. Excellent for canning, Bears young j, golden, firm, meaty, and of the finest quality. 
and abundantly, Extremely hardy and free from pyyit ripens over a long period of time and _is 
blight. A shapely tree, beautiful in flower and so firm that it can be peeled like a peach. Often 
in fruit. It makes a very good tree for orna- 
bears the second year planted: It is an enor- 
mous producer, bearing annually. A good variety 
for pollinizing other plums. Trees are strong and 
long lived. 
\ WANETA, The most delicious of all plums 
and Prof, Hansen’s masterpiece. It is a cross 
between a large American variety and the Japa- 
nese Apple Plum, a sort originated by Luther 
Burbank, The Waneta combines immense size 
- with attractive appearance and flavor, 
PRUNE PLUM 
: MOUNT ROYAL. A beautiful big, blue, prune 
plum, which originated in Canada. The fruit is of 
excellent quality and free stone. The self-fertile 
trees are very productive, ripening their fruit 
. the latter part of August. Prices: (4 to 5 foot 
trees). By express f. 0. b. nursery: Each, $1.70; 
3 for $4.50; 10 for $12.75. 
BUSH CHERRY 
HANSEN. The fruityef this cherry much re- 
sembles a plum in size “and shape and it comes 
massed in clusters that at times completely cover 
the limbs. The very hardy tree is bush shaped, 
rarely growing over 4 to 5 ft. tall, It is very 
ornamental as well as useful as the fruit are of 
good flavor and make delicious preserves, Will 
make an excellent hedge if planted about 3 ft. 
apart. Prices: 2 to 3 ft. stock, Each, 90c; 3 for 
$2.40, postpaid. ie. 
mental purposes. 
WHITNEY. One of the largest; splashed car- 
mine, firm, juicy, great bearer. Fine eating apple. 
5S a 
Montmorency Cherry. 
OLDS’ HARDY CHERRIES 
Prices of cherries by express, f. o. b. nursery: 
3 to 4-foot trees, well branched, Each, $1.70; 
3 for $4.50;-10 for $12.75, 
MONTMORENCY, Large, bright 
very juicy; strong, upright grower; 
best late varieties. 
EARLY RICHMOND, An early variety of 
extreme hardiness bearing large crops. Light to 
dark red, juicy. See inside back cover for color 
illustration. 
crimson, 
one of the 
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