CUTTINGS 
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PRICES OF APPLE TREES 
Each 5 10 
Sa] eit eee $1.70 $8.00 $15.00 
NORIOLE—  FIRESIDE— 
When August rolls around do you crave 
a nice juicy apple? Then Oriole is for you. 
The earliest high quality apple we know. 
Good for pies, too. For that first apple, crisp, 
_ juicy Oriole is it. Very hardy. 
~ YELLOW TRANSPARENT— 
Ripens about August lst. Flesh juicy, 
tender and of fine flavor. 
\DUCHESS— 
A vigorous growing, hardy tree and 
heavy bearer. Fruit is large, greenish yel- 
low, striped with red. The standard early 
apple for the northwest. 
\ BEACON— 
The new Beacon is a fall apple, ripening 
with or a few days later than Duchess, and 
will keep for a month after harvest even 
without cold storage facilities. It is a highly 
colored, all-red variety—better eating than 
Duchess and is an excellent cooking apple. 
The tree is vigorous, productive, and very 
hardy. The early season, the uniform size 
and shape, the high color and quality, to- 
gether with the keeping and handling qual- 
ity so different from most early apples, 
makes Beacon the outstanding early apple 
_ for home or for market. 
™ WEALTHY— 
The leading commercial variety for fall. 
In any orchard in this part of the country 
you will find Wealthy as the main variety. 
It is a great bearer, excellent for eating 
fresh or cooking. Fine grained and juicy. 
Ripens in September and is the best known 
and best liked of all fall varieties. 
~ LAKELAND— 
This introduction from the Minnesota Fruit 
Breeding Farm is a very regular annual 
bearer and the fruit clings until solid red. 
It ripens immediately after Wealthy but 
keeps a little longer. The dessert quality 
(is good, and it is excellent for cooking. 
~ MINJON— 
An Apple closely resembling Jonathan in 
size, color and form. It is very hardy, very 
productive and ripens soon after Wealthy. 
Good eating and cooking quality. Rapidly 
becoming popular for commercial planting. 
“ McINTOSH— 
Fruit above medium size, yellow covered .\ 
with crimson, flesh snow white, crisp, very 
tender, aromatic and sub-acid. October to 
January. 
“™ PRAIRIE SPY— 
Prairie Spy is a big red apple with some 
green on it. An apple of the finest quality 
that will keep through the winter in an 
ordinary cellar. The tree is hardy here, a 
heavy bearer, and should be included in 
every home orchard and is undoubtedly 
one of the best varieties for the commercial 
orchard. 
It has a richness of flavor and a mild- 
ness in acidity that will appeal to the 
many people who prefer highly flavored, 
non-tart fruits of the Delicious type. Fire- 
side produces a strongly branched, large 
and free growing tree which gives evidence 
of being a consistent annual bearer. The 
fruit is large, averaging three inches or 
more in diameter. The color is a very 
bright, attractive medium red, lightly striped 
and splashed with a darker red. The flavor 
is a mild sub-acid, very rich and pleasant. 
The quality is unexcelled for dessert pur- 
poses. Season from November to April. 
“NORTHWESTERN GREENING— 
Fruit very large, and handsome; turning 
yellow as it matures. This apple is in good 
demand as a cooking apple in late winter 
and spring. A good commercial variety in 
the southeast third of Minnesota. Season 
December to March. 
~\MALINDA— 
One of the hardiest, heaviest bearing 
longest keeping apples than can be grown 
here. The flesh is yellowish-white, firm, 
juicy and with a sweet after-taste. 
\HARALSON— 
Its size, shape and color are just right 
for an ideal commercial Apple. The tree is 
extremely vigorous, productive and hardy. 
The branches spring at wide angles from 
the central trunk and are very strong in the 
crotches. The fruit will keep in an ordinary 
cellar throughout the winter without arti- 
ficial refrigeration. An early, heavy bearer. 
The fruit hangs well to the tree until ma- 
tured, is a deep red and the flesh is firm. 
Is a leading market variety and keeps all 
winter. Is an all purpose apple and is 
excellent for pies. 
\C WHITNEY CRAB— 
A large, red, mild flavored Crab, excellent 
for eating, canning, and pickles. Perfectly 
hardy, never blights and is a heavy crop- 
per. 
DOLGO CRAB— 
The best for jelly. Fruit is oblong, of real 
beauty and peculiar lemon-acid in flavor. 
Entirely different from any other crab apple 
and far superior for jellies, producing a 
transparent bright red jelly of high quality. 
The fruit is distinctly beautiful, borne in 
great profusion. Dolgo is a beautiful lawn 
tree, in addition to producing fruit of super- 
ior quality. It is a striking thing to see 
the masses of red fruit clustered along the 
branches. 
