GARDEN SLA.NUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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BRUNSWICK OR MADDONNA 

 FIG. The Brunswick is a large, purple 

 fig turning blue when ripe. Quiie hardy. 

 50c. each. Extra large size, $1.50 each. 



BROWN TURKEiT FIG. This is a very 

 large fig ; color, violet brown ; the earliest 

 large fig in the San Francisco market. 40c. 

 each. itJ4.oo per dozen. Extra large size, 

 $1.50 each. 



BROWN ISCHIA FIG. A small, brown 

 fig J pyriform, when fully ripe of a deep 

 brownish red color; tree especially valuable 

 as a shade tree, its crown forming a fine 

 umbrella, with densest shade ; as a fruit and 

 shade tree the Brown Ischia is valuable; as 

 a fruit tree alone it has many superiors. 

 50c, each. Extra large size, $1.50 each. 



THE LEMON OR MAY FIG. — 

 This is the earliest of all the Fig 

 varieties, producing medium sized cream or 

 lemon yellow fruit, which ripens as early 

 as the beginning of May. The tree bears 

 twice during the season, the second crop 

 ripening only under extremely favorable 

 conditions. The fruit is of a delightful 

 flavor, juicy and very sweet, and excellent 

 for drying, canning or preserving. 30c. each. 

 Extra large size, $1.50 each. 



Cure for Bore Worm on Fig Trees. — 

 A solution of common coal oil and carbonic 

 acid, use in the proportion 1.50 part of 

 carbolic acid to i of coal oil. Syringe 

 infected parts freely and cover sore with 

 a cloth, saturated with the liquid after prun- 

 ing the trees, always careful at proper 

 season, and use above solution over the 

 worm. 



CHERRY TREES. Cherry trees, with 

 few exceptions, will not do well in our 

 Southern climate. There are some, how- 

 ever, which, if budded on hardy stools, will 

 do well here and bear fruit. Our wild 

 Cherries being the hardiest, answer best for 

 stools, but the Mariana Plum will answer 

 equally as well and is quite hard3^ The 

 trees we handle are the best for our climate 

 and soil. 40c. each. Extra large size, $1.00 

 each. 



NEW' POMEGRANATE "SPANISH 

 RUBY"— This new variety of the well 

 known Pomegranate is one of the most 

 beautiful and finest of all fruits of our tem- 

 perate climate. Fruit very large, as large 

 as the largest apple; eye very small, sk 

 thick and smooth, pale with crimson cheek; 

 meat of the most beautiful crimson color, 

 highly aromatic and very sweet. The 

 Spanish Ruby is a fine grower and good 

 bearer, and the fruit is excellent -for ship- 

 ping, as it will keep for a long time. It 

 ripens shortly before Christmas and could 

 be shipped to Northern cities, where during 

 the holidays it would attract great atten- 



tion. Price, 30c. each ; extra size, 50c. each. 

 Extra large size, $2.00 each. 



LARGE SWEET POMEGRANATE— 

 Same as above, except in color of seed and 

 flavor. Price, 25c. each; $2.50 per dozen. 

 Extra large size, $1.50 each. ' 



THE MULBERRY TREE— Black and 

 white; we also have the Weeping Tea Mul- 

 berry described on page 163, in shade trees, 

 each $2.00. The Mulberry tree, with its 

 delightful refreshing fruit, ought to be in. 

 every family garden wherever space per- 

 mits. It is not only an excellent fruit tree 

 but also good shade tree, and above all very 

 ornamental. We will have the best of the 

 Black Ever-bearing varieties for our climate 

 as well as the White, the leaves of which 

 are used in feeding silk worms, on hand 

 during planting season and sell them at 40c. 

 each. Extra large size, $2.00 each. 



RUSSIAN MULBERRY.— See page 163. 



NECTARINES.— Require the same cul- 

 ture as the peach. The fruit, having a 

 smooth skin, is very liable to attacks of the 

 curculio, and must be sprayed as soon as 

 the blossoms fall, and again every two 

 weeks during May and June. They ripen 

 through July and part of August, SOC 

 each. Extra large size, $1.50. 



PSIDIUM (Guava) — Cattleyanum 

 (Yellow Cattley) — A small tree or tall bush, 

 producing the known Red Cattley Guava. 

 Plants from 3-inch pots, $1.00 each. Extra 

 large size, $1.50 each. 



ALMONDS — Princesse and ^sultana — 

 Both are prolific, soft shelled, and very 

 good. These are the varieties mostly cul- 

 tivated in Europe, and produce the bulk of 

 the Almonds of commerce. Price, 75c. each, 

 either hard or soft shell. Extra large size, 

 $1.50 each. 



THE JAPANESE MAMMOTH 

 CHESTNUT — Castanea vesca var. Japo- 

 nica — Our climate and soil seems to be well 

 adapted for all varieties of Japanese fruit 

 trees. There are several fine Japanese trees 

 in this vicinity grown from seed, one of 

 which bore several burrs for the first time 

 some years ago and an abundant crop since 

 every year, each burr containing two large 

 and perfect nuts. The nuts are much 

 larger than any of those imported from 

 Italy or Spain, and equally as good and 

 fine in flavor. We have a limited supply 

 of imported seed on hand. Price, 75c. per 

 pound ; also trees at 75c. each. Extra large 

 size, $1.50 each. 



JAPANESE WALNUTS— /c^/a«j Jap- 

 onica Cordiformis — Another variety of 

 Japanese fruit, the trees of which will 

 bear here as Avell as the above mentioned 

 Chestnut. There are several trees in Loui- 

 siana which were planted some years ago 



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