FRJSITS 



FRUIT-BEARING trees may be planted as well for shade and ornament as 

 for th^ flavor of their products. This department therefore receives care- 

 ful attention ; and we succeed, by a thorough system of training and pruning, 

 in preparing for our customers handsome and healthy specimens. 



TREATMENT OF FRUIT TREES. We cannot attempt here to give com- 

 plete directions on all points connected with the treatment of fruit trees and 

 bushes, owing to our limited space, and it is hardly necessary when there are so 

 many excellent works treating this subject. If desired, we shall be glad to 

 recommend the best. In the absence of these, the simple directions found 

 under the various headings will be found useful. 



APPLES 



Plant 30 to 40 feet apart. They should have the shoots of one season cut back 

 to insure healthy growth. It is highly injurious to newly planted fruit trees, espe- 

 cially those of vigorous growth, to leave the shoots at full length. The varieties 

 listed are not all that can be successfully grown here, but are a select list of varie- 

 ties that are found satisfactory in all sections where the Apple can be grown. The 

 dates of their ripening are given for the middle states. 



SUMMER APPLES 



Early Harvest. July. Medium to large size; pale yellow; tender, with 

 a mild, fine flavor. Tree a moderate, erect grower and good bearer; a beauti- 

 ful and excellent variety for both orchard and garden, being one of the first 

 to ripen. 



Golden Sweet. August and September. Large yellow; a very fair, fine, 

 sweet Apple. Tree a free grower, spreading, irregular and productive. 



Red Astrachan. July. Undoubtedly the handsomest early Apple, of large 

 size, and good for table use. The color is deep crimson, streaked with yellow. 



Summer Rambo. August and September. Medium ; pale yellow and 

 delicate crimson ; juicy and tender, with a pleasant, refreshing subacid flavor ; 

 very vigorous and productive. 



Sweet Bough. August. Pale yellow, large and roundish. The flesh is 

 white and sweet. A vigorous grower and very productive. Popular as a 

 dessert fruit. 



Tetofsky. August. A Russian Apple ; medium size, with a yellow ground, 

 handsomely striped with red, and covered with a whitish bloom ; flesh juicy, 

 sprightly acid and agreeable. Tree a moderate, stocky grower ; very hardy 

 and productive. 



Yellow Transparent. July. A Russian Apple, of medium size, roundish, 

 slightly conical; skin pale yellow when fully mature; flesh tender, juicy, 

 sprightly subacid ; good, a free grower. 



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