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delicate vinous flavor. It is very pro- 
ductive. On Le Conte stock. One year 
old, 40c. each; $4.00 per dozen. 
Jefferson Pear. 
Garber’s Hybrid Pear. \ 
An excellent, hardy variety, introduced | 
here some years ago by Richard | 
Frotscher. It has proven an excellent | 
bearer, and so far has never been at- 
Another blight-proof Pear very distinct 
in habit and growth from other varieties 
under cultivation. It ripens in central 
Mississippi from the Ist to 10th of June, 
is in the market with the earliest 
peaches, and brings the highest prices. 
It is above medium size; color, bright 
yellow with a bright deep crimson cheek. 
It is ripe and marketed before Le Conte 
is ready to ship. One year old, 40c. each; 
$4.00 per dozen. 
Duchess D’Angouleme Pear. 
Another popular variety which does 
well in this section on Le Conte stock. 
One year old, 40c. each; $4.00 per dozen. 
American Wonder Lemon. 
Has created a sensation wherever 
shown. Habit dwarfed 
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. 
Strawberry Plants, Michel’s Early 
and vigorous, | 
| well; 
| picked a few days previously. 
tacked by blight. The fruit is oblong, 
of a delicious flavor, flesh meiting and 
juicy. Ripens in August and September. 
On Le Conte stock, 40c. each; $4.00 per 
dozen. 
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: WHarly 
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 Pium. 
This Plum originated in Texas, sup- 
posed accidental seedling of the Wild 
Goose. Itis a rapid grower. Grows from 
cuttings and never throws up any suck- 
ers or sprouts. Fruit as large, good and 
| handsome as the Wild Goose; one to two 
weeks earlier; hangs on better; ships 
ripens and colors beautifully, if 
It is the 
best of the Chickasaw type. This variety 
| and the Wild Goase 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 Plum. 
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 
grow with more vigor than any of the 
other varieties of Japan Plum [ have 
fruited here. The meat is also solid color 
from skin to pit, firm, rather juicy, and 
of good flavor.” Price, 30c. each; $3.00 
per dozen. 
and Ocean City are the Best. 
