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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 

TWELVE CHOICE PEACHES 
Peaches do best on warm, light, moderately rich soil. 
The trees should branch low, not having more than 3 or 4 
feet of trunk. Trees should grow broad rather than high, 
to facilitate gathering fruit. 
4 to 54 feet, 25 cts. each; $2 
Extra Early. 
Alexander. Large; fine flavored and early. 
Amsden’s June. 
One of the best extra early Peaches. 
Lady Ingold. Large, highly colored, and of good 
quality. 
.50 per doz., selected. 
Early. 
Crawford’s Early. A magnificent yellow fleshed 
Peach; tree regular bearer; fruit of large size, and 
highly colored. 
Large Early York. The best of its season; 
white and red; juicy, rich and excellent. 
Mountain Rose. Early; large; red; flesh white ; rich 
flavor. 
large ; 
Medium. 
Mary’s Choice. Medium to large; yellow shaded with 
red ; tender and good. 
Old Mixon Free. Large; 
handsome color. 
Stump the World, Very large; white, with red cheek; 
highly flavored; very productive. 
Late. 
Large, yellow, with red cheek. 
Large; white, with red cheek ; 
sprightly flavor, and bright; 
Crawford’s Late. 
Ward’s Late Free. 
luscious. 
Reeves’ Favorite. 
vinous flavor. 
APRICOTS. 
Plant on a Northern exposure, that the buds may not 
start early, and be injured by the late frosts. Heavy soil 
preferable. Prune moderately every spring. 
50 ets. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Breda. Small; rich orange color; juicy and high 
flavored. 
Early Golden. Small; pale yellow; flesh yellow, juicy 
and sweet; productive and hardy. 
Moorpark. Fruit Jarge; yellow and red; flesh yellow, 
firm, rich, sweet and juicy. 

STANDARD PEARS. 
Standard Pears, although probably succeeding best on 
a strong loam, can be grown in almost any good soil, with 
same treatment as Apples. 
Size, 5 to 6 feet. Price, 75 ets. each; $8.00 per doz. 
Six Best Summer Varieties. 
Bartlett. Large; yellow; juicy, fine grained, and of 
good flayor, 
Large, beautiful, and of good quality, | 
Large; yellow, red cheek; good | 

Brandywine. Large ; russet yellow, red cheek ; sweet, 
juicy and melting. 
Clapp’s Favorite. 
cheek; juicy. 
Lawson, or Comet. 
vermilion cheek. 
Manning’s Elizabeth. Small; 
red cheeks: ; sweet and sprightly. 
Osband’s Summer. Small; yellow, with brown cheek 
melting and sugary. 
Large; pale yellow, with crimson 
Bright yellow, with brilliant 
yellow,with bright 
Six Best Autumn Varieties. 
Belle Lucrative. Medium; pale yellowish green ; very 
juicy. 
Beurre D’Anjou. Large; russety yellow; very juicy, 
sprightly, vinous flavor. 
Buffum. Medium; yellow, shaded with red. 
Flemish Beauty. Large; pale yellow, with a- dull 
blush ; juicy and sprightly. 
Seckel. ‘Small ; bright russet ; juiey and high flavored. 
Sheldon. Medium; bright russet ; sweet and aromatic. 
Best Winter Varieties. 
Duchess D’Angouleme. Very large; dull yellow, 
rich, juicy, buttery, and of good quality. 
Kieffer’s Hybrid. Large ; rich golden yellow; with 
earmine cheek; of medium quality ; a choice variety 
for canning. 
Lawrence. Medium; light yellow with a fine flavor. 
Vicar of Wakefield. Very large, yellow, juicy, of good 
quality. 
DWARF PEARS. 
Dwarf Pears require thorough cultivation and great 
eare to grow them to perfection, but are desirable in small 
yards, or where there is but little room. 
75 ets. each; $8.00 per doz. 
Six Best Varieties. 
Bartlett. For description; see Standards. 
Bufium. For description, see Standards. 
Doyenne D’Ete. For description, see Standards. 
Duchess D’Angouleme. For description, see Stan- 
dards. : 
Howell. Large; yellow, with red cheek and russet dots; 
juicy and melting, with vinous flavor. (Autumn.) 
Louise Bonne de Jersey. Large, beautiful dull rus- 
set; juicy, melting, delicious; one of the best dwarf 
pears. (Autumn.) 
MULBERRIES. 
Valuable on account of its fruit, which is highly es- 
teemed by some, and for its habit of growth, which renders 
it a desirable shade tree. It is desirable also for the suc- 
cessful growth of the silk worm. 
Downing’s Everbearing. Fruit large; blue black; 
juicy, rich, sugary, with a sprightly vinous flavor. 
3 to 4 feet, 50 ets. each. 
euseiain A rapid grower; specimens 6 years old meas- 
uring 20 feet in height and 6 or 8 inches in diameter. 
4 feet, 25 ets. each ;-$2.50 per doz. 
White (Morus Alba). Fruit small; nearly white; of 
inferior quality; tree of rapid growth; cultivated 
chiefly for food for the silk worm, for which purpose 
itis valuable. 2 to 3 feet, 25 ets. each ; $2.50 per doz. ; 
5 to 6 feet,-50 cts. each. 
QUINCES. 
Quinces require a deep, rich soil. On account of roots 
being very near the surface, the ground should be kept 
well worked and free from grass and sod. Make frequent 
and thorough search for borers. Do not prune much, but 
carefully remove the old and decayed wood. 
Champion. Fruit exceedingly large, pear shaped; 
bright, handsome yellow, vigorous, hardy and pro- 
ductive. Two years, 3 to 5 feet, well branched, 
50 ets. each. 
Meech’s Prolific. A strong, vigorous grower; im- 
mensely productive ; fruit of ‘large size and handsome 
appearance ; unsurpassed for making jelly. One 
year, 50 cts. each. 2 years, $1.00 each. 
Orange, or Apple. Large; rich golden yellow; firm; 
prodnetive and desirable for market. 3'to 4 feet, well 
branched, 50 cts. each. 
