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ELLWANGER & BARRY'S 



NAME. 



HABIT 



OF 



GROWTH. 



DESCRIPTION. 



time of 

 ripening. 



V Shropshire 



Damson. 



vig. 



Medium; dark purple; for preserving ; very good. 50 

 cents. 



Oct. 



^ Victoria. 



free. 



Very large ; purplish red ; good. .50 cents. 



Sept. 



TVangenheini. 



free. 



Medium ; dark blue ; juicy and sweet ; very good. 50 









cents. 



Mid. of Aug. 



Washington. 



free. 



Very large ; greenish yeUow ; juicy and sweet ; good. 









50 cents. 



End of Aug. 



^ Tellow Egg. 



free. 



Very large ; yellow ; fine for cooking ; good. 50 cents. 



End of Aug. 



Yellow Gage. 



vig. 



Rather large ; yellow ; juicy and rich. 50 cents. 



Mid. of Aug. 







NATIVE PLUMS. 





De Cai-adeuc. 





For Planting at the South and West. Budded 

 ON THE Peach Stock. 





vig. 



Medium ; yellow and red ; melting, sweet and vinous. 









50 cents. 



July. 



^^ewman. 



free. 



Medium ; red with purple bloom; juicy, 50 cents. 



Sept. 



X TV^eaver. 



vig. 



Large ; red ; good. 50 cents. 



Sept. 



/IVild Goose. 



free. 



Medium ; reddish yellow ; juicy and pleasant. 50 cts. 



Mid. of Aug. 



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SELECT PEACHES. 



To secure healthy, vigorous and fruitful trees and fine fruit, the following points must be well 

 attended to in peach culture :— 1st. Keep the ground clean and mellow around the trees, and give it 

 an occasional dressing of wood ashes. 2d. Keep the heads low— the trunks ought not to exceed 

 three feet in height. 3d. Attend regularly every spring to pruning and shortening the shoots of the 

 previous year's growth. This keeps the head round, full and well furnished with bearing wood. 

 Cut weak shoots back about one-half, and strong ones one third ; but see that you have a suflficient 

 supply of fruit buds. Sickly and superfluous shoots should be cut clean out. 



It shovM always be borne in mind that the fruit is produced on wood of the last season's growth, and 

 hence the necessity for keeping up a good supply of vigorous annual shoots all over the tree. Theplum 

 stock is advantageous in stiff clay, cold and damp soils. 



Note.— In planting peaches, it is of the highest importance to cut back the trees severely. The 

 stem should be reduced about one-third and the side branches cut back to one bud. This lessens the 

 demand upon the roots and enables the remaining buds to push more vigorously. Most failures in 

 newly planted orchards may be ascribed to a non-observance of these directions. 



PKICES or PEACH TREES. 



On Peach Stock - - 25 cents each; $2.50 per dozen. 



On Plum Stock -.- - ..--50 " " 4.00 



name. 



description. 



time or 

 ripening. 



j^Alberge Yellow. 



Large ; yellow and red ; sweet, of moderate flavor ; free- 







stone. 



Early Sept. 



\^ Alexander. 



Medium to large ; greenish white with red ; melting, juicy. 





\ 



sweet; semi-cling. 



End of July. 



vCA.lexandra Noblesse. 



Large ; melting, rich and excellent. 



End of Aug. 



H^^^rasden. 



Resembles Alexander ; same season. 





\.15eatrice. 



Small; melting; good. 



Early Aug. 



^^^anada. 



Resembles Alexander very closely ; same season. 





y/Conkling. 



Large and handsome; golden yellow and crimson ; juicy, 







sweet, vinous ; very good ; freestone. 



Early Sept. 



