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APRICOTS. 



(Plant 15 feet apart each way). 



There is no fruit more delicious or beautiful than the Apricot, and its ripening between Cherries and 

 Peaches renders its especially valuable. Its chief enemy is the curculio, which can be kept in check by 

 the methods suggested for plums. It succeeds admirably trained in espalier form. On the Pacific Coast 

 and throughout the West and Southwest, it excels all other fruit, both in merit and popularity. 



STANDARD VARIETIES. 



First Class, each, 20c; doz., $2.00; 100, $12.00. 



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Alexander.— An improved Russian 

 variety. An Immense bearer. Fruit of 

 large size, oblong, yellow flecked with red, 

 flavor sweet and delicious; tree hardy, one 

 of the best. July 1st. 



Alexis.— Improved Russian. Large to 

 very large; yellow with red cheeks; slightly 

 acid but rich and luscious; tree hardy and 

 abuudant bearer, July 15th. 



BREDA.— Small, round, orange; flesh 

 orange, juicy, rich, vinous; free, hardy, 

 prolific, popular. 



Catherine.— Improved Russian. Me- 

 dium; yellow; mild sub-acid, juicy, good, 

 July 20th. 



Gibb.— Improved Russian. Medium; 

 yellow, sub- acid, rich and juicy. The best 

 early sort, ripening with the strawberry. 



J. Li. Budd. — Improved Russian. 

 Large; white with red cheek; sweet, juicy, 

 extra flne; a hardy, strong grower, and 

 profuse bearer. The best late variety. 

 Aucufrt 1st. 



Large Early.— Oblong, pale orange; 

 flesh orange, rich and juicy; perfectly free. 

 Very handsome, and ripens about mid- 

 summer. 



Nicholas. — Improved Russian. Me- 

 dium to large; white; sweet, meking; 

 season about July 10th. 



Roman.— Medium, oval, yellow, flne 

 grained, excellent; hardy, prolific, reliable. 



Acme Apricot. 



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NEW VARIETIES. 



ACME (Shense or Canton). 

 Originated by Prof. J. L. Budd, in Iowa, from 

 pits received from the Province of Shense in North 

 west China. The tree is a free and vigorous grow- 

 er, exceedingly hardy and productive. Fruit of 

 large size, yellow, with red cheek, good quality; 

 freestone. Prof. Budd says of it: "After testing 

 the hardiness of the tree and the value of the fruit 

 I named it Shense. It is a flne grower, with large, 

 handsome, thick foliage» and an early bearer of 

 large and good fruit. In all respects it is the best 

 hardy apricot I know of, and much better than any 

 Russian sort I have seen in this country or in Rus- 

 sia. 1 ' IstyC., ea., 25c; doz., $2.50; 100, $15.00. 



BOUGOUME. 



A very early Japanese variety, with fruit of large 

 size and of a beautiful golden color. It comes into 

 bearing early, beginning at one-year old. 1st c, 

 ea., 25c: doz., $2.50. 



V/GOLD DUST (Kume.) 

 From Japan. A flne apricot of delicious flavor, 



beautiful, and the tree is an early and abundant 

 bearer. Ve^y early. 1st c, 25c; doz., $2.50. 



\/ HARRIS. 



Remarkable for size, beauty and productiveness. 

 It is supposed to have been introduced from Eng- 

 gland or France, and the original tree has borne 

 from three to four bushels of fruit annually, stand- 

 ing fully exposed in a garden at. Geneva, N. Y. It 

 is exceedingly hardy, having passed through some 

 extremely severe winters there perfectly uninjured. 

 Th« fruit is large and of a rich golden yellow, with 

 faint blush on the sunny side, of the flrst quality 

 and a perfect freestone. It is an early and abund- 

 ant bearer, in some cases producing fruit in two 

 years from planting. Ripens at Geneva, N. T., 

 about July 20th. 1st c, ea., 25c; doz., $2.50. 



V HUBBARD (Hanayume). 



This also is an early Japanese apricot, handsome 

 and good. It is named for ex-Governor Hubbard 

 of Texas who introduced it while minister to Japan. 

 1st c, ea., 25c; doz., $2.50. 



