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always ripe in November and of good 

 quality in early October. Tree thornless, 

 of distinct habits, and very prolific; bears 

 young-, usually fruits when bud is one year 

 old in nursery. 



SOUR ORANGE SEED. — We import 

 direct from Japan our supply of sour 

 orange sefd. and offer same at 75c. per ^4 

 pound; $2. SO per pound. 



Kin Kan o K.— u ^uat Orange. 



KIN KAN OR KUM QUAT ORANGE. — 



Trees, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50 each. Ex- 

 tra large size, $2.50 each. 



TANGERINE (Dacy's). — One of the well- 

 known "kid-ylove" Oranges; belongs to the 

 Mandarin family. Flat, small to medium; 

 skin separates freely from the flesh; juicy, 

 aromatic and rich, of a deep red color. 

 Particularly good grower and prolific. 

 Fruit very handsome on the tree. Decem- 

 ber, January and February. 



WASHINGTON NAVEL. — Trees almost 

 thornless, strong gro ers. Fruit large 

 red-orange in color; skin thick, smooth and 

 tough; seedless, flesh tender, juicy and 

 sweet; flavor peculiarly its own, luscious 

 and fine. Peculiarly marked at blossom 

 end, where a small secondary orange, ir- 

 regular in shape, is formed, imbedded 

 within, sometimes protruding from the 

 segments of the fruit. 



Prices on all the above orange trees 

 except where otherwise noted. 



Healthy, thrifty trees. All in proportion 

 to sizes and ages: 



2 feet, 80c. each; $9.00 per dozen. 



3 feet, $1.00 each; $10.00 per dozen. 

 3% feet, $1.25 each; $12.00 per dozen. 



4 feet. Balled. $1.50 each. 



Nectarine Trees. 



Require the same culture 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. 50c. each. 



Peach Trees. 



Mayflower Peach. 



MAYFLOWER PEACH. — The earliest 

 peach — earliest to ripen and earliest to 

 bear; the latest bloom. Color, red all over. 

 Fruit medium to large, slightly oblong and 

 pointed; juicy and good. Most of the very 

 early peaches are lacking in color, while 

 the Mayflower is a beautiful solid red, 

 which makes it sell well on the markets. 

 Freestone, 50c. each. 



We have a fine assortment of Southern 

 grown trees, selcted from a very reliable 

 nursery. They consist of the following 

 varieties, viz: 



Free Stone. 



Jessie Kerr, 



Amsden, 



Alexander, 



Elberta. 



Early Louise, 



Fleitas. 



St. John, 



Mountain Rose, 



Foster, 



Early Rivers, 



Lady Ingalls, 



Amelia, 



Stump the World, 



Thurber, 



Old Mixon, 



Crawford's Early, 



Early Sneeds, 



Crawford's ^,ate, 



Smock. 



Picquet's Late, 



Lady Parham, 



Honey Peach, . 



Cling- Stone.. 



Indian Cling, 



Lemon. 



Nix White Late, 



Stinson's October, 



Columbia, 



General Lee, 



Old Mixon, 



Heath. 



Butler, 



Chinese, 



Stonewall Jackson, 



As they follow in the list they ripen in 

 succession. Price, 30c. each, $2.50 per 

 dozen, $20.00 per hundred. 



Peach Seedlings, assorted, not sold by 

 name, 20c. each; $1.50 per dozen. 



Peach Pits, 25c. per pound; 6 pounds for 

 $1.00. 



Pear Trees. 



BARTLETT PEAR. — This well known 

 variety, one of the finest pears in cultiva- 

 tion, has been successfully cultivated here, 

 but occasionally it has blighted. Since the 

 introduction of the Le Conte. trials have 

 been made with success. This is. by graft- 

 ing this and other fine variPties upon the 

 Le Conte — by so doing the trees are im- 



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