Center Point, Iowa Crab Apples, Cherries, Peaches 
\MINJON. A seedling of Jonathan selected for hardiness by the Minn. Station. 
“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. 
SYELLOW DELICIOUS. Is well known for its pleasing rich sub-acid flavor 
has pleasing appearance and good crops. 
CRAB APPLES 
= CHESTNUT CRAB. Beautiful bronze-red, excellent for school lunches, being 
crisp and juicy. Ripens early September and keeps through October. 
“VIRGINIA. A very hardy crab with wide strong crotches used chiefly as the 
understock to graft less hardy varieties on. 
~\PIOTOSH. A good hardy crab. 
i \ WANDESA. A very late keeping crab with the wild flavor. Slightly smaller 
“than Whitney. Pink blushed. Small tree, good ornamental. 
A warrney is an old favorite. A large red mild flavored eating, canning and 
pickling crab. Hardy healthy tree that bears good crops. 
4 YOUNG AMERICA. A productive tree having good sized bright red fruit ex- 
cellent for jell. Season Sept. A good ornamental. 
CHERRIES 
Plant on well drained soil only. Elsewhere they will be unsatisfactory 
and short lived. 
Prices on standard Cherries: 
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\ EARLY RICHMOND. The popular early pie cherry. Bright red, juicy and 
delicious fruit. Strong growing tree that bears heavily and young. 
-. MONTMORENCY. Bears large firm, fine flavored fruit ripening about ten 
days later than Early Richmond. 
A YELLOW GLASS. The hardiest and most satisfactory sweet cherry for this 
\ area. 
ORIENT. A selection of Nanking Cherry, growing about 8 feet tall, bearing 
loads of delicious bright red fruit in mid-July. 3-4 ft. $1.60; 4-5 ft. $2.00. 
PEACHES 
Peaches in Central Iowa should be planted where they will have as much 
winter protection as possible. 
Prices, ofallgpeachesite- nee ce tae makce to 5-6 ft. $1.65 each $15.00 per 10 
“= POLLY. Claimed by some as the hardiest peach. A large, blushed, free- 
stone, ripening just before the Alberta. White flesh. 
~ VETERAN. A fine quality yellow fleshed freestone that is one of the hardiest. 
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