GA TALOG UE OF FR UITS, 29' 



Lang'tloii — Fruit round, like a large cherry; dark red, and with a thick skin. Showy. 

 Tree a moderate grower. Ripe in October. Too late for this section. 



Miner — Medium; oblong; deep red; showy and handsome; flesh firm, skin thick, 

 excellent for cooking. Ripe in October, almost too late for this locality. Tree 

 a free grower and prolific. 



Newman— Medium ; oblong; skin a beautiful glossy red color with delicate purple 

 bloom; flesh a little coarse, but juicy; cling; resembles Wild Goose, and valu- 

 able where the seasons are a little longer than they are here. Tree a free grower 

 and productive. September and October. 



Weaver — 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. It 

 seems to ripen late. 



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 

 free grower. Will be esteemed on account of its earliness. Ripens here 

 middle of August. We can also offer trees of this variety grown on plum stock 

 at same price. 



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 sufficient sup- 

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



It should always he home in mind that the fruit is produced on wood of the last season s 

 grawth, and hence the necessity for keeping up a good supply of vigorous annual shoots all 

 oner the tree. The plum 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. 



Price of trees, 25 cents each, $2.50 per dozen, except otherwise noted. On plum 

 stock, 50 cents each, $4.00 per dozen. 



Alexander — 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 varie- 

 ties, and valuable for market as well as for home use. 



Alexandra Noblesse— Large ; flesh melting, rich and excellent. 



