Dwarf McIntosh Apple 
DWARF FRUITS 
BEAR USEFUL 
QUANTITIES 
Every single kind 
Planting Depth should be so that the graft is just above the ground 
or an inch above. If too deep the scion develops its own roots and 
tree is no longer dwarf. If too high, rootstock suckers. 
‘Dwarf Fruits. 
A tree whose fruit is as large or larger than ordi- 
nary, but which never grows very tall—perhaps ulti- 
mately 12 to 15 feet. Space 12 feet apart. 
A dwarfed tree can be sprayed, pruned and 
picked by hand without ladders, equipment or pro- 
fessional skill. It bears much earlier in life, in its third 
or fourth year at latest—often earlier—and carries 
amazing loads of fruit. Dwarfed fruits (especially 
Plums and Peach) are less liable to borers and other 
pests. 
PRICES: All kinds listed below: 
1 year—Not branched ............ $2.60 Ceara 
2 year—Branched ................. . 3.90 Pecenin 
3 year—Heavier ...............0. 5.25| under $10 
All three ages are about the LA: 
same height. Most are 3 to 4 feet | 
high, but apples often are still — }j! | 
dwarfer. If extra dwarf apples {||| 
wanted, specify Malling 9. 
offered on these pages 
is suitable throughout 
Northeast America, as 
Many fruits do not bear good crops if planted seperately. Pollen 
from nearby trees of different variety is often needed. Noted on 
these pages by: 
e—self-unfruitful. Do not plant by itself, but always with another 
variety of the same fruit. 
far north as hardy.  (P)—good pollenizer. 
“Dwarf Espaliers 
U-Form Four-Arm 6 to 8 feet 
4 to 6 feet 5-6 ft. (heavy) Fan-Shaped 
Apples (4 feet wide) (8 feet wide) 
Pears Apples Apples 
(only) Pears Pears 
$11.25 each $16.75 each $16.75 each 
Ten to twelve feet is the maximum height to which true 
dwarf Espaliers will grow. ittle pruning is needed— 
beyond keeping the small new spurs from reaching more 
thon six inches outside of the main stems. When a spur 
has borne it will continue to bear. Pick the stem with 
the fruit. 
Peaches are an exception: fruit grows only on last sea- 
son’s wood. Keep two spurs coming at every four inch 
interval along the stem. n March, prune one back and 
let the other fruit. Then, when fruited, cut it back and 
from the other by then there should be two new ones 
for the following year’s crop. 
Watering and fertilizing are unnecessary except in very 
poor soil indeed. Spray fer disease as with any fruit 
tree. 
In planting against a wall, place the tree six inches away 
ard allow 18 inchse root space--requiring a space in all 
two foet out from the wail. 
18 FRUIT 
Sta aa Fruits 
Available in most varieties on page 51 
PRICES (each) (postpaid) 
APPLES—2-year., 5 ft. 11/16 in. .. .$2.00 
CHERRIES—2-yr., 5 ft. 11/16 in. .. 2.65 
PEACHES—I-yr., 4-5 ft.9/16...... 1.65 
PEARS—2-yr., 4-5 ff. ........ 2.00 
PLUMS—2-yr., 4-5 ft. ........... 2.00 
APRICOT—2-yr., 4-5 ft. 0... 0... 2.00 
NECTARINE—lI-yr., 3-4 ft. ... 1.85 
QUINCE—2-yr., 4-5 ft. 2000... 2.50 
(Special prices in prone 
