NURSERY DEPARTMENT. 


Fruit Oepartryent. 
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While we exercise the greatest care to have all our trees and plants true to name, well grown, and packed 
in the best possible manner, and hold ourselves in readiness to replace all trees or plants that may accident- 
ally prove untrue, it is mutually understood and agreed between the purchaser and ourselves that we disclaim any 
liability for results arising from defective planting or planting at improper seasons, or from subsequent faulty treat- 
ment and cultivation, and are not in any respect responsib 

APPLES. 
The following are given as being the varieties best 
adapted to general cultivation in this latitude, in addition 
to which are many varieties not here described which 
have only a local reputation, or which succeed only in 
certain localities. The trees havemade a thrifty, vigorous 
growth during the past season, and are furnished with a 
quantity of fibrous roots. 
Size, 5} to 7 feet. 50 cts. each; $3.00 per doz. 
specimens. 
Selected 
Six Best, Early or Summer. 
Early Harvest. Medium; straw color; flavor rich. 
Early Strawberry. Small; dark crimson; sub-aeid. 
Maiden’s Blush. Large; pale yellow, with a beauti- 
ful blush cheek. 
Red Astrachan. 
flavor. 
Sweet Bough. Large; pale yellow; very sweet. 
Summer Hagloe. Large; greenish yellow, with red 
cheeks; juicy; sub acid. 
Six Best, Autumnal. 
Fall Pippin. ~ Very large; rich yellow; sub-acid. 
Gravenstein. Large; yellow, striped with red; juicy, 
cand high flavored, 
Jeffries. Medium; yellow, striped with red; mild sub- 
acid flavor. 
Porter. Large; bright yeilow; fine sub-acid flavor. 
Red Bietigheimer. Very large; roundish; light yel- 
low, nearly covered with red. 
Townsend. Large; yellow and red. 
Twelve Best, Winter. 
American Golden Russet (Sheepnose). Small; yel- 
lowish russet. 
Large; bright crimson; rich, acid 
le for any loss or damage arising from any failure thereof. 
| Ben Davis (New York Pippin). Large; bright red, 
juicy, rich sub-acid. 
Bellefleur (Bell Flower). Large; bright golden yellow. 
Fallowater. Very large; greenish yellow, with dark 
blush cheek ; sub-acid. 
Nero. Medium; dark red; sub-acid. 
Roman Stem. Medium; yellow, juicy; rich, acid 
flavor. 
/Smith’s Cider. Large; red, marbled yellow; pleasant; 
sub-acid, 
Smokehouse. Medium; yellow, shaded with red ; firm, 
uiey. 
Spitzenberg (Esopus). Large; brilliant red; rich, 
juicy, with a spicy and delicious flavor. A good 
bearer. Late. 
Wealthy. Medium; brilliant light red; sub-acid with a 
vinous flavor, <A thrifty grower and good early 
bearer. if 
Wine Sap. Medium; dark red; flesh yellow, rich and 
high-flavored. 
CRAB APPLES. 
Price, 50 ets. each ; $5.00 per doz. 
Hyslop. Large; deep red, with blue bloom. Season, 
November and December. : 
Large Yellow Siberian. Fruit large; roundish oval, 
flattened at base and crown; light clear yellow, often 
inclining to amber. Season, September and October. 
Red Siberian. Small; yellow, with beautiful red cheek. 
An erect, free-grower and early bearer. Season, Sep- 
tember and October. 
Transcendent. Large; yellow, covered with red ; vigor- 
ous and productive. Season, September and October, 
CHERRIES. 
Cherries sueceed best on moderately rich, light, loamy, 
or sandy soil. Many of the free growing varieties, of 
pyramidal form and dark, rich foliage, are very orna- 
mental, 50 ets. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Black Tartarian. Large; juicy, and excellent; early 
and productive. 
Early Richmond. Medium; acid; very early; profit- 
able market-variety. 
Elton.- Large; pale yellow, spotted with red; early. 
English Morello. Large; acid; one of the best for 
cooking; productive ; late. 
Governor Wood. Large; pale yellow, shaded red; 
sweet, rich, and delicious; productive ; one of the best. 
May Duke. Dark red; an early, acid, juicy, well tried 
variety. 
Napoleon Bigarreau. 
excellent. 
Yellow Spanish Bigarreau. Large; nearly white, 
with a faint blush; firm, rich and delicious. 
PLUMS. 
The Plum will succeed on any soil that is sufficiently 
well drained, though a rich loam, inclined to clay, pro- 
duces the most vigorous growth. 
5 to 6 feet, 50 ets. each ; $5.00 per doz. 
Green Gage. Small, round, green, flesh pale green, 
rich and juicy. 
Imperial Gage. Medium; pale green, shaded yellow ; 
juicy, rich, and productive. 
Lombard. Medium; purple; juicy and vigorous, 
Reine Claude. Large; pale yellow; juicy and melt- 
ing; fruit hangs well; a great bearer. 
Wild Goose. Medium; bright red; juicy, sweet, and 
of good quality; early. 


Large; white, with red cheek ; 

Baldwin. Large; deep red; sub-acid and high flavored. 
Yellow Egg. Large; deep yellow; productive and 
popular, 

Trees and Shrubs are only sent by express or freight at purchaser’s expense. We assume no respon- 
G sibility after delivering in 
good order to the carriers. 
