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R. 
& J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. FRUIT TREES. 
FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS. 
The fruit trees we offer are excellent young stock. 
carefully separated and spread. 
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Black Tartarian Cherry. 
APPLES. 
$1.25 each; $13.50 per doz.; $100.00 per 100. 
SUMMER APPLES. 
Early Harvest. Large; pale yellow; tender and of fine flavor. One 
of the earliest. E 
Red Astrachan. Large; crimson; crisp; juicy, slightly acid. 
Sweet Bough. Large, pale yellow; sweet, very productive. 
AUTUMN APPLES. 
Gravenstein. Very large; yellow, streaked red; fine quality. 
Wealthy. Medium size; skin smooth and mostly covered with dark 
red; very hardy. 
WINTER APPLES. 
Baldwin. Bright red; shaded yellow; crisp and juicy; one of the 
most popular. 
Delicious. Fruit very large, crisp and juicy; splendid keeper and 
shipper. 
Fameuse or Snow. Medium; deep crimson; very tender. 
Hubbardston Nonsuch. Large round; striped yellow and red; rich 
and delicious; great bearer. 
King of Tomkins County. 
matic flavor. 
MeIntosh. Red. Large and handsome; skin mostly covered with 
bright red; flesh white. 
Northern Spy. Large; striped red, very tender; splendid keeper. 
Rhode Island Greening. Large, greenish yellow; excellent for 
dessert and cooking. Keeps until March. 
Rome Beauty. Striped red and yellow; flesh yellow; sub-acid. 
Roxbury Russet. Medium; yellow russet; productive. 
Stark. Greenish-yellow; mottled red; good late keeper. 
Stayman’s Winesap. A dark, rich, red apple with indistinct stripes; 
flesh yellow, firm and juicy. 
Wolf River. Of immense size and beauty; red on a yellow ground; 
strong grower. 
Large, beautiful red; juicy, rich aro- 
CRAB APPLES. 
Hyslop. Large; dark crimson; excellent for cooking. 
Transcendent. Handsome, large, red; excellent quality. 
DWARF APPLES. 
$1.50 each; $16.00 per doz. 
The drawf trees are best suited for the home garden where the space 
islimited. They can be planted 6 to 8 feet apart and with good care will 
bear abundantly in about three years. We can supply the following 
varieties on dwarf stock :—— 
Baldwin, Delicious, MeIntosh Red, Red Astrachan, Rome Beauty, 
Wealthy. 
If dry weather follows planting, the trees must be watered and mulched. 
should be well cut back, thus encouraging the vigorous growth of new shoots. 
Trees when received should be planted at once in rich, prepared soil, the roots being 
Branches of last season’s growth 
PEARS. 
$1.50 each; $15.00 per doz.; $110.00 per 100. 
Exeept where otherwise priced. 
SUMMER PEARS. 
Yellow with red cheek; productive and of luscious flavor. 
A popular variety; large, yellow and red; sweet 
Bartlett. 
Clapp’s Favorite. 
and melting. 
AUTUMN PEARS. 
Beurre Bose. Large, cinnamon russet; rich and delicious; one of 
the best. $2.00 each; $21.00 per doz. 
Duchesse D’Angouleme. Very large, white flesh, rich and juicy. 
Sheldon. Russet, with red cheek; fine flavor. 
Seckel. Small; yellowish-brown; delicious spicy flavour. 
WINTER PEARS. 
Beurre D’Anjou. Large; greenish russet; flesh melting; splendid 
flavor. 
Lawrenee. Medium size; golden-yellow, rich flavor. 
DWARF PEARS. 
$1.50 each; $15.00 per doz. 
The following list of select varieties can be supplied grafted on dwarf 
stock for planting in the same manner as the dwarf apples. 
Bartlett, Clapp’s Favorite, Seckel, Beurre d’Anjou. 
CHERRIES. 
$1.75 each; $18.00 per doz. 
Black Tartarian. Very large; bright purple; rich and fine. 
Governor Wood. Light yellow and red; large and tender. 
Montmoreney. A beautiful, large, red, acid cherry; very hardy and 
productive. 
Napoleon. Large, pale yellow, with bright red cheek; sweet and 
tender. 
Sehmidt’s Bigarreau. 
delicious in quality. 
Early Richmond. Medium size, dark red; rich acid flavor. 
Fruit deep mahogany color; attractive and 
PLUMS. 
$1.75 each; $18.00 per doz. 
PLUMS OF EUROPEAN TYPE. 
Bradshaw. A large oval; dark violet red; sweet and good. 
Green Gage. Small, skin greenish-yellow, marked with red; flesh 
yellow; rich and sweet. 2 
Lombard. Medium; violet red; pleasant flavor; very productive. 
A favorite for preserves. 
October Purple. Large, purplish-yellow; of superb quality. 
Shropshire Damson. A medium-sized dark purple variety; esteemed 
for preserves. 
JAPANESE PLUMS. 
Abundanee. Amber, turning to cherry; rich flavor. 
Burbank. Beautiful clear cherry-red; yellow flesh; sweet. 
Wiekson: Fruit deep maroon; flesh of fine texture; delicious and 
QUINCES. 
$1.50 each; $15.00 per doz. 
Champion. Fruit very large and productive; cooks tender. 
Orange. Large, golden-yellow; fine sort for preserves. 
DEWBERRY 
$1.25 per doz.; $9.00 per 100. 
Lueretia. A trailing variety of the blackberry, ripening between the 
Raspberry and Blackberry. Fruit large and handsome. 
Not less than 25 of a kind at hundred rate. 
