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LOVETT'S NURSERY, LITTLE SILVER, N. J.— FRUITS— APPLES 



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Lovett's Superior 



FRUIT TREES 



BECAUSE of their size, it is impossible to ship any of 

 our fruit trees by parcel post. In dozen lots we ship 

 by express. Where larger quantities are required we 

 pack so carefully that shipment by freight is perfectly safe. 



JUDGE THEM BY THEIR STURDY TRUNKS AND GOOD ROOT SYSTEMS— The Nursery bus- 

 iness recognizes certain practices and standards. Fruit trees are generally sold according to age, but 

 since in various classes the growth per year as far as height is concerned varies considerably, it is not always 

 safe to judge the age of a Fruit tree by its height. Customers may feel assured that the trees we ship 

 measure up to the most critical standards which our half century of experience in the business has taught us. 



APPLES 



CARBONIZED APPLES found in very ancient lake dwellings in Switzerland proved that even in pre- 

 historic times this remarkable fruit served man as food. History reveals its cultivation in most remote 

 times in India, Cashmere, and the Highlands of Asia, in general. Today the Apple constitutes the most 

 valuable fruit plant throughout the temperate regions of the world. Several thousand varieties have been 

 classified. In the following pages we offer a selection of varieties that have proved their merit in all tem- 

 perate parts of America offering congenial growing conditions. 



Plant 30 feet apart, each way, thus requiring 48 trees to properly plant one acre. 



All apple trees offered in this catalog are two years old or older, and first class in every respect; 

 we have never grown better. Price of all varieties of Apple trees (except Lovett), each, $1.00; 

 dozen, $10.00.; 100, $50.00. 



We will be glad to quote by letter extra fine 1 -year-old Apple trees to those wishing same for commercial 

 orchards. 



BALDWIN— Early winter. Dark red, of good 

 quality. Thrives best in Northern latitudes. 



BEN DAVIS — Winter. Of inferior quality, good 

 keeper; early and heavy annual bearer. 



BANANA (Winter Banana)— Late fall. Beau- 

 tiful waxen yellow with blush cheek, large, very 

 beautiful, highest quality. 



CORTLAND — A decided improvement on Mcin- 

 tosh, an excellent variety for late keeping, and also 

 a splendid shipper. Comparatively speaking, Cort- 

 land averages larger than Mcintosh and is more uni- 

 form in size. Fruits are more highly colored, the 

 red being of a lighter and brighter shade. The flesh 

 is quite firm and juicy. In season of ripening it 

 comes several weeks after Mcintosh, and the apples 

 cling longer and better to the trees. 



DELICIOUS — (See illustration of a typical speci- 

 men on page 31.) No other sort, within the recol- 

 lection of the oldest fruit growers, has so completely 

 won the country on the basis of sheer merit, as has 

 "Delicious." The apples vary slightly in shape and 

 coloring in different sections and on different soils, 

 but are always of good size. Early winter. 



DUCHESS (Oldenburg)— Early autumn. Ex- 

 tremely hardy. Medium to large; yellow, streaked 

 with red; very productive. 



EARLY HARVEST— The earliest summer apple; 

 excellent for either dessert or cooking. Fruit me- 

 dium, sometimes large; uniform in size and shape; 

 skin yellow, tender, smooth. Flesh white, crisp, 

 tender, juicy, briskly subacid. Late July and Aug- 

 ust. 



