Apples The Linn County Nurseries 
EARLY VARIETIES 
ANOKA. Bears very young and very hardy. Quality fair. 
BEACON. A good keeping red apple. Very hardy and early maturing. 
DUCHESS. An excellent early summer apple for pie, cooking and general 
use. Bears young and heavily. Large fruit striped red. 
LIVELAND RASPBERRY. Is very good, large, late summer red apple. Ex- 
cellent for eating and cooking. 
LODI. Resembles one of its parents, yellow transparent, but is larger, and 
a little later, and keep much better. 
MANTET. A new bright red summer apple from Canada. Ripening ahead 
of the Duchess. 
ORIOLE (MINN, 714). A high quality early summer apple for the north. Just 
named last year. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. Is an old favorite early summer apple. Very 
hardy and productive. 
FALL VARIETIES 
BENONI. Excellent quality. Home orchard apple coming in early fall. 
MILTON. A McIntosh type apple ripening with the Wealthy. A good grow- 
er and annual bearer. Considered superior to the Wealthy. 
SNOW is an excellent quality fine grained white fleshed red apple for cooking 
and eating out of hand. 
WEALTHY is a leading fall apple. Keeps well. Tops for quality, juicy and 
of sprightly flavor. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
ALLANS CHOICE. An excellent small red home orchard apple which is tops 
for quality and dependability. 
ALMATA. An apple originated by N. E. Hansen, having red flesh from skin 
to core and red flowers. 
CORTLAND. Much like its parent McIntosh but brighter red, firmer, but 
just as juicy... Do:not-drop.as-readily.and-ship better. 
DELICIOUS is so well known it needs no description. One of our finest cook- 
ing, eating, and shipping apples. 
EDGEWOOD was originated at Ames. It is very similar to Jonathan in shape, 
color and flavor. Later ripening and keeping longer. 
FIRESIDE. A hardy and productive tree of the Delicious type equal to it in 
quality. Suitable for northern sections. 
GRIMES GOLDEN. Continues to be one of the best yellow apples. A favorite 
of those who like a sub-acid apple. Keeps until mid-winter. 
HAWKEYE GREENING. Is a very good home orchard apple. Very hardy 
good for eating and cooking. Keeps well. Except for the green color it - 
would be a good commercial apple. 
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