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Center Point, Iowa Crab Apples 
HIBERNAL. Is most used as stocks to top work other varieties onto. The 
tree’s very hardy with good crotches and nearly all varieties do good 
worked on it. It is also a good reliable large cooking apple. 
JOAN. Developed by the Iowa State College, It is hardier and larger than 
its parent the Jonathan. Rich red color, dependable bearer and fine for 
baking, make this an outstanding apple. 
JONATHAN. Is next to Delicious, probably the best known red apple in 
the midwest. Good for commercial and all purpose use. Good size, crisp 
juicy flesh with a tingling flavor. 
KENDALL. Handsome dark red apple of the McIntosh type, keeping a little 
longer and little more sprightly in flavor. 
KING DAVID. An early bearing, dark red, early winter apple of good quality. 
MCINTOSH. Is a medium size bright red apple with white crisp highly flav- 
ored flesh. The tree is hardy and good bearer. One of the main com- 
mercial apples in the east and north. 
MINN. NO. 790. Is an apple from the Minnesota station not yet named. It 
is good sized, dark red, productive and an especially good baking apple. . 
PRAIRIE SPY. A hardy late keeping variety with high quality and extra 
fine flavor, Good for eating and cooking. Bears heavy and hangs well. 
SHARON. Is another of the newer Iowa varieties. A very hardy early win- 
ter apple. Large uniform fruit of outstanding quality. Tender, juicy, 
white flesh with a mild aromatic flavor. Fine for eating and cooking. 
Bears young and heavy on lighter soils. 
TURLEY is a hardier Winesap largely replacing other winesaps in the north- 
ern half of Iowa. Fine quality, heavy bearer and rich red color. 
WOLF RIVER. A very large old-fashioned apple. 
YELLOW DELICIOUS. Is well known for its pleasing rich sub-acid flavor 
has pleasing appearance and good crops. 
CRAB APPLES 
See also Dolga, Red Flesh, Skugog and Wynema among the ornamental 
crabs listed under Shade and Flowering trees. 
~VIRGINIA. A very hardy crab with wide strong crotches used chiefly as the 
understock to graft less hardy varieties on. 
WHITNEY is an old favorite. A large red mild flavored eating, canning and 
pickling crab. Hardy healthy tree that bears good crops. 
DWARF APPLES. Grow only 8 to 10 ft. tall and bear younger than standard 
apples. The hardy Clark dwarfing stock was used to produce these. Fruit 
is of normal size. Prices: 18-24 in. $2.00; 2-3 ft. $3.00. 
—Mantet. 12-24 in. 2-3 ft. 
—Yellow Delicious. 2-3 ft. 
—Lodi. 2-3 ft. 
—Sharon. 2-3 ft. 
—Darix Red Delicious. 18-24 in. 2-3 ft. 
—Hawkeye Greening. 2-3 ft. 
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