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Duchess D'Angouleme Pear. 



Anottier popular variety wMch does 

 well in this section on Le Conte stock. 

 One year old, 40c. each, $4.00 per dozen. 



Garber's Hybrid Pear. 



An excellent, hardy variety, introduced 

 here some years ag^o by Richard 

 FrotS'Cher. It has proven an excellent 

 bearer, and so far ha? never been attack- 

 ed by blight. The fruit is oblong, of a 

 delicious flavor, flesh melting and juicy. 

 Ripens in August and September. On 

 Le Conte stock, 40c. each; $4.00 per 

 dozen. 



American Wonder Lemon. 



Has created a sensation wherever 

 shown. Habit dwarfed and vigorous, 

 fruit three times the size of any other 

 large Lemon. With ordinary treatment 

 cannot fail to give satisfaction. Experts 

 pronounce it simply enormous. Price, 

 75c., $1.00 and $1.50 per tree. 



Apple Trees. 



Owing to the large demand, we have 

 concluded to add to our assortment of 

 fruit trees the most suitable varieties of 

 Apple trees for our Southern climate. 

 The following are the most noteworthy, 

 price, 40c. each; $4.00 per dozen: Early 



Harvest, Ben Davis, Red Astrachan, Yel- 

 low Pippin. 



Bismark Apple. 



Tree of short, stocky growth, thick, 

 heavy foliage; makes beautiful specimens 

 grown in pots for decorative purposes. 

 Fruit large, handsome, yellow, sometimes 

 shaded red cheek; flesh tender, pleasant 

 sub-acid. Entirely new in its remarkable 

 quality of producing crops on young trees, 

 seldom failing to bear when two years 

 old. 50 cents each. 



Mariana Plum. 



This Plum originated in Texas, sup- 

 posed accidental seedling of the Wild 

 Goose. It is a rapid grov>'er. Grov/s from 

 cuttings and never throws up any suck- 

 ers or sprouts. Fruit as large, good and 

 handsome as the Wild Gcose; one to two 

 weeks earlier; hangs on better; ships 

 well; ripens and colors beautifully, if 

 picked a few days previously. It is the 

 best of the Chickasaw tj'pe. This variety 

 and the Wild Goose should be fertilized 

 by the common Chickasaw kind to have 

 it bear, well. Price, five to six feet high, 

 25 cents each, $2.75 per dozen. 



Satsuma or Blood Pium. 



This Plum is from Japan and has been 

 fruited in California for some years. 

 The following is the description given by 

 the introducer, Mr. 'Luther Burbank: 

 "It is nearly six weeks earlier than the 

 Kelsey, firm flesh, much larger, of finer 

 quality, color and form. It is an early 

 and enormous bearer, and the trees 



Mariana Plum. 



Frotscher's New Orleans Market Cucumber Needs no Recommendation. 



