Residents of the metropolitan St. Louis area may participate in the City of St. Louis Project Johnny Appleseed Program.
The program is to promote the growing of a home apple orchard. There are two types of apples: A naturally semidwarf tree, Del-Con, developed and tested by the University of Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station – a cross between the Red, Delicious and Jonathon with both eating and cooking qualities of each species; To guarantee good cross pollination and fruit after a late frost, a standard type Yellow Delicious type will be sold.
Orders will be taken by mail up to March 1, 1977. Checks or money orders are to be made out to Residential Betterment Section (C.D.A.), and sent to Residential Betterment Section, Community Development Agency, 1015 Street, Suite 1201, St. Louis, Mo. 63101.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1976.
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Archival transcription note: Source address prints 1015 Street without street name; no missing street inferred.
Original source: SD_Times1976_12.pdf, printed page(s) 5; PDF page(s) 5.
