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DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR. 



^While we exercise the greatest care to have all our trees and plants true to name, well grown, and packed 

 n^ m beSt P ossible manner, and hold ourselves in readiness to replace all trees or plants that may aeeiden 

 r? 1 *? 1 P rove untrue , it is mutually understood and agreed between the purchaser and ourselves that we disclaim any 

 liability for results arising from defective planting or planting at improper seasons, or from subsequent faultv treat- 

 ment and cultivation, and are not in any respect responsible for any loss or damage arising from any failure thereof. 



APPLES. 



The following are given as being the varieties best 

 adapted to general cultivation in this latitude, in addition 

 to which are many varieties not here described which 

 have only a local reputation, or which succeed only in 

 certain localities. The trees have made a thrifty, vigorous 

 growth during the past season, and are furnished with a 

 quantity of fibrous roots. 



Size, 5J to 7 feet. 50 cts. each ; $5.00 per doz. Selected 

 specimens. 



EARLY. 

 Early Harvest. Medium; straw color; flavor rich. 

 Early Red Streak. Medium ; yellow, with red streaks ; 



sub-acid. 

 Early Strawberry. Small ; dark crimson ; sub-acid. 

 Sweet Bough. Large; pale yellow; very sweet. 

 Red Astrachan. Large; bright crimson; rich, acid 

 flavor. 



SUMMER. 



American Summer Pearmain. Medium; red, 

 streaked with yellow. 



Large ; pale yellow, with a beauti- 

 Medium size ; white, with 



Maiden's Blush, 



ful blush cheek. 

 Primate, or Belle Rose. 



red cheek ; good flavor. 

 Tetofsky. Medium; yellow, striped with red; firm, 



juicy. 

 Townsend. Large; yellow and red. 



AUTUMN. 



Duchess of Oldenburg. Medium; yellow, striped 



with red; rich and juicy. 

 Fall Pippin. Very large; rich yellow; sub-acid. 



Gravenstein. Large; yellow, striped with red; juicy, 

 and high flavored. 



Jeffries. Medium; yellow, striped with red ; mild sub- 

 acid flavor. 



Nyack Pippin. Very large; conical; yellow, with red 

 cheek. 



Orange Pippin. Large ; yellow, with red cheek. 



Porter. Large; bright yellow ; fine sub-acid flavor. 



Ram bo. Medium; yellow, striped with red; pleasant 

 flavor. 



WINTER. 



American Golden Russet {Sheepnose). Small; yel- 

 lowish russet. 

 Baldwin. Large ; deep red ; sub-acid and high flavored. 

 Ben Davis [Wew York Pippin). Large; "bright red, 



juicy, rich sub-acid. 

 Bell'efleur (Bell Flower). Large; bright golden yel- 

 low. 

 Dominie. Medium ; greenish yellow, striped with red. 

 Fallowater. Very large ; greenish yellow, with dark 



blush cheek; sub-acid. 

 Fameuse (Snow Apple). Medium ; deep crimson ; flesh 



white. 

 Grimes' Golden Pippin. .Medium; bright yellow ; 



rich and spicy. 

 Hubbardson's Nonesuch. Large ; yellow, striped 



with red; sweet. 

 King of Tompkins County. Large; yellowish red; 



rich ; sub-acid. 

 Monmouth Pippin (Red Cheek Pippin). Large; 



greenish yellow, with red cheek. 

 Nero. Medium ; dark red ; sub-acid. 

 Rawle's Janet. Medium; yellow, striped crimson; 



su'o-acid. 

 Red Carver. Medium size; tender and juicy. 

 Ridge Pippin. Large; yellow; blush cheek. 

 Roman Stem. Medium; yellow, juicy; rich, acid 



flavor. 

 Smith's Cider. Large ; red, marbled yellow ; pleasant; 



sub-acid. 

 Smokehouse. Medium ; yellow, shaded witli red ; firm, 



juicy. 

 Talman's Sweet. Medium; light yellow, with pale 



blush. 

 Tewkesbury' Winter Blush. Small ; yellow, with 



red cheek ; firm, juicy. 

 Wine Sap. Medium; dark red; flesh yellow, rich and 



high flavored. 



NEWER VARIETIES. 



Price, 75 cts. each ; $7.50 per doz. 

 Pewaukee. Medium round ; bright yellow, strips 



with dark red ; tender and juicy, sub-acid ; good 



quality ; a good winter variety. 

 Red Bietigheimer. Kipening in early fall, large size; 



light yellow, nearly covered with red. 

 Wealthy. Medium; yellow, shaded with crimson; 



tender, juicy, sub-acid ; a hardy and vigorous winter 



variety. 

 White Carver. Medium to large; bright yellow; 



agreeable sub-acid flavor; good and regular bearer; 



a valuable summer variety. 

 Yellow Transparent. A new Russian variety ; clear 



white skin, changing to a beautiful yellow when fully 



ripe; of good quality, and for an early apple a good 



keeper; ripens from ten days to two weeks before the 



Early Harvest. 



Trees and Shrubs are only sent by express or freight at purchaser's expense. 



