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Newman—Medium; oblong; skin a beautiful glossy red color with delicate purple 
bloom; flesh a little coarse, but juicy. Tree a free grower and productive. 
August and September. 
W eaver—Dr. Ennis, of. Clinton, Iowa, kindly furnishes the following description: 
‘‘ Brought to notice by Mr. H. C. Weaver, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is simply 
one of our ordinary wild plums, of fine size, good flavor, and wonderfully pro- 
ductive. The tree is very hardy, never injuring in even our severest winters. 
Where good cultivated plums can be raised, this plum may not have much 
value, but in the West and extreme North it will prove the best plum yet found. 
I am planting them largely for market purposes.” Tree vigorous and erect. 
Wild Goose—A good variety of the Chickasaw: medium; roundish, oblong; red- 
dish yellow, flesh juicy and flavor pleasant; especially valuable and profitable 
at the South and Southwest where the common plum will not succeed. Tree a 
Sree grower, and will be esteemed on account of its earliness. Ripens here 
middle of August. 
SELECT PEACHES. 

To secure healthy, vigorous and fruitful trees and fine fruit, the following points 
must be well attended to in peach culture:—ist. 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 sufficient sup- 
ply of fruit buds. Sickly and superfluous shoots should be cut out clean. 
It should 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. The plum stock is advantageous in stiff clay, cold and 
damp soils. 
Price of trees, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen, except otherwise noted. On plum 
stock, 50 cents each, $4.00 per dozen. 
Alexandra Noblesse (Rivers’)—Large; flesh melting, rich and excellent; flowers 
large. 90 cents each. 
Alberge Yellow, Barnard’s Yellow Rareripe, &c.—Large; deep yellow, 
with a dull red cheek; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, and of moderate flavor. Tree 
vigorous, hardy and productive. Beginning of September. . 
Alexander’s Early—Originated near Mount Pulaski, Il. Medium to large size; 
skin greenish white, nearly covered with deep rich red; flesh melting, juicy, 
sweet. Tree vigorous and productive; ripens two weeks before Hale’s Early; 
one of the largest and best of the extra early varieties, and valuable for market 
as well as for home use. 
Amsden’s June—Originated at Carthage, Mo., in 1872. Medium to large size; 
skin greenish white, nearly covered with purple in the sun; flesh melting, 
juicy, sweet, very good; ripens at same time as the Alexander. 
These varieties, Alexander's Early and Amsden’s June, appear to be nearly identical 
in appearance, but the former averages larger and the latter is a little higher flavored. 
Cooledge’s Favorite—A most beautiful and excellent peach, of medium size; 
skin white, delicately mottled with red; flesh pale, juicy and rich. Tree vigorous 
and productive. End of August. 
