CATALOGUE OF FR UITS. 27 



NATIVE PLUMS. 



VAIvUABIvK A.T XHK SOUTH ANU WE^SX. 



Budded on the Peach Stock 



Price 50 cents each (for trees of ordinary size). 



De Caracleuc — Medium; round; skin yellow, nearly covered with red ; flesh melting, 

 sweet and vinous. Tree vigorous and prolific. July. 



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

 bloom; flesh a litttle coarse but juicy; cling. Tree a free grower and productive. 

 • September and October. 



Weaver — " One of the ordinary wild plums, of fine size, good flavor, and wonderfully 

 hardy and productive." Tree xigorous and erect. It seems to ripen late. 



Wild Goose — A good variety of the Chickasaw; medium; roundish, oblong; reddish 

 3^ellow; flesh juicy and flavor pleasant. Tree a/ree grower. 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 flne fruit, the following points must 

 l)e 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 supply of fruit buds. 

 Sickly and superfluous shoots should be cut clean out. 



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

 groiDth, 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. 



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. 



PRICES OF PEACH TREES. 



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



On Plum Stock 50 " '' 4.00 



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 varieties, 

 and valuable for market as well as for home use. 



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



Alber^e Yellow, Barnard's YellOAV 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, 



