GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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FIGS. 



Price 50 cents each* 



Aiigeliqwe— Medium ; skin yellow ; flesh rose colored ; very good. 

 Black Isclila— Medium : skin deep purple : flesh sweet, rich. 

 Brown I schia— Medium size; rich and excellent. 

 Castle Kennedy— Very large. 



Col. de Signora Bianca— Large ; skin greenish white; flesh red. 



Early Violet— Brownish purple ; small; very hardy and bears abundantly. 



Madeleine— Medium size; pale greenish yellow ; flesh rose colored; hears abundantly. 



Madeleine Early— Large; skin gray ; flesh white; very productive. 



Pregussata— Small; round; skin purplish brown; flesh deep red: rich and luscious. 



Koi du Noir — Black. 



Turkey— Brownish purple ; large, rich and excellent. 



White Genoa— Large; yellowish white ; flesh tinted with red; very rich and good. 



Eem ARKS.— Figs may he grown as bushes in the garden, in the Northern States, if they are taken up annually, 

 the first week in November, with a hall of earth attached to the roots, and placed in a cellar till about the middle 

 of May, when they should be taken out and replanted. Most all of them ripen in August. 



MISCELLANEOUS FRUITS. 



Almonds— Sweet Hard Shell _ 



Soft Shell 



Clicstnuts — Common American 



Spanish, or Marron, very large and 



fine _ 



Filberts— ETcntw/i Cob _. 



While 



Mulberry— Down! iio's EverTacaring .... 



New American, one of the best; 

 hardy; fruit of e.xcellent qualitj-. 



ripe from June 15 to Sept. 20 



White 



Walnuts — American Black 



American Butternut 



English, or Madeira Nut 



English Dwarf Prolific (Preparturi- 

 ens). A valuable dwarf variety that 

 bears when quite small j 



FRUIT OF NEW AMERICAN MULBERRY. 



ESCULENT ROOTS. 



Asparagus— CoHOi'pi 's Colosfn!. 2 years .. ?2 00 per 100 



Ban-'s Maiitmolh, 2 ye&Ts 2 00 " 



PalmctUi, 2 years - 2 00 " ■■ 



DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING ASPARAGUS. 



Prepare the ground by trenching to the depth of two feet mixmg eacli layer of soil, as turned over, witli two 

 or tliree inches of well-rotted manure. For private use or lor martietmg on a small scale, beds should be formed 5 feet 

 wide, witli three rows planted in eacli ; one in the middle, and one on each side, a foot from the edge ; the distance of 

 the plants in the rows, 9 inches ; tiie alleys between the beds should be two feet wide. In planting, a line is set and a 

 cut made, a little slanting, to the depth of 6 or S inches, according to the size of the plants. The plants are then laid 

 againstthesideof the trench, at the distance already named— 9 inches— care being taken to properl.v spread the roots. 

 The crown or top of the plant should be covered about 2 inches. In a week or so after planting the beds should be 

 touched over lightly with a sharp steel rake, which will destroy the germinating weeds.— Gardeniag for Profit. 



Rhubarb 15 cents each ; 91 50 per doz. 



Brabant Colossal Magnum Bonuni. 



Early Scarlet : rather small early, good. Paragon. 

 Early Crimson (E. A: B ), blood red, tender, rich. Prince Albert. 



Early Prince. Scarlet Nonpareil. 



General Taylor. Sangsler's Prince of Wales. 



Giant. Scofieid' s Prince Albert. 



Golden Syrup. Tobolsk. 

 Marshall's Poyal Linnxus Victoria. 



Myatt's Linnicas : the largest and best of all. 



