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PEACH TREES. 
Varieties should be carefully selected, 
to have them adapted to the section where 
they are to be planted. This done, good 
trees planted on new land with good drain- 
age, and carefully cultivated, will bring 
quick returns, and are among the most 
satisfactory fruits that can be grown. 
Prices on Peaches: 1 year old, 4 to 5 feet, 
$1.25 each; $12.00 per dozen. 

J. H. Hale Peach. 
J. H. HADLE.—Fruit of largest size, fully 
one-half larger than Elberta. Color, a deep 
golden yellow, overlaid with bright car- 
mine, except very little on under side. 
Ripens three days to a week ahead of El- 
berta. Freestone. 
ELBERTA.—Very large; yellow, with red 
cheek, flesh juicy, yellow and high-flavored. 
Two varieties, Freestone and Clingstone. 
HONEY. — Medium size, oval; flesh 
creamy white, fine, jucy, sweet flavor. 
Freestone. June 5 to 20. 
CHINESE CLING.—Very large, oblong 
white tinted red, tender, juicy. July. 
MAYFLOWER.—Large; red all over; fine 
quality; freestone. Its earliness, high color 
and excellent quality are strong points in 
its favor. 
CRAWFORD’S EARLY.—Large yellow, 
ef good quality. Freestone. Season begin- 
ning of September. 
STONEWALL JACKSON.—Almost iden- 
tical with General Lee in size and quality, 
but ripens a week later; tree a more com- 
pact grower. July 19 to 20. Clingstone. 
BELLE OF GEORGIA.—Very large; skin 
white, with red cheek; flesh white, firm and 
of excellent flavor; fruit uniformly large 
and showy, freestone. Rapid. grower, proli- 
Ce saulyedouton 5: 
Grafted Pear Trees. 
5 to 6 feet, $1.25 each; $12.00 per dozen. 
BARTLETT.—This is a well known vari- 
ety, one of the finest pears in cultivation, 
has been successfully cultivated here. 
KEIFFER’S HYBRID.—Fruit large and 
handsome. Ripens end of September to 
beginning of October. It is an excellent 
sort for preserving. 
MAGNOLIA.—It is a small stock tree, 
with large, deep green leaves. It leafs out 
and blooms too late to ever be caught by 
frost. Bears when very young, two or 
three years after planting. The best for 
home eating and use of all the Pears 
known to Southern planters. It ripens late. 
Generally later than Keiffer. 




Le Conte Pear. 
LE CONTE.—This Southern Pear is vig- 
orous in growth and is an enormous bearer. 
The fruit large, pale, yellow, juicy, melt- 
ing, and of good quality. It bears trans- 
portation well. 
Nectarine Trees. 
Require the same culture as the Peach. 
The fruit having a smooth skin is very 
liable to attacks of the curculio, and must 
be sprayed as soon as the blossoms fall, 
and again every two weeks during May 
and June. They ripen through July and 
part of August. $1.50 each. 
Plum Trees. 
4 to 5 feet, $1.25 each, or $12.00 per dozen. 
ABUNDANCE.—One of the oldest and 
best known Japanese varieties; hardy and 
productive. Fruit large, lemon yellow, 
good quality. 
EKELSEY’S JAPAN.—From two te two 
and a half inches in diameter heart- 
shaped, rich yellow, with purple cheek. It 
weighs from 4 to 6 ounces. It excels all 

others. 
OGAN.—A large yellow Japan variety, a 
vigorous, handsome grower, pranches 
smooth, with rich. light green foliage, 
ripens early and is very sweet. 
BURBANK.—The best and most profit- 
able among growers for market. _ Tree 
hardy, sprawling, vigorous grower, un- 
equaled in productiveness; bears young. 
Fruit large, excellent quality, cherry red. 
SATSUMA OR BLOOD.—It is nearly six 
weeks earlier than the Kelsey; firm flesh 
much larger, of finer quality. Fruit yellow 
in clusters. 
JAPANESE MESPILUS. — Is an old 
stand-by in our climate, has been culti- 
vated here for over a century, and is too 
well known to require any description, 3 to 
4 feet, $3.00 each. 
NOTE—Fruit yellow 
Japan Persimmons. 
They respond generously to good care and 
cultivation. The trees are vigorous, pro- 
lific and have few enemies. The region in 
which Japan Persimmons may be grown - 
covers the entire cotton-growing belt. 4 to 
5 feet, $2.00 each; $19.00 per dozen. 
in cluster. 

