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melting Plum flavor, surpassing anything 

 we ever saw. When fully ripe it is so 

 juicy that when the skin is broken its 

 delicious pulp flows out like honey. 50c. 

 each. Extra large size, $1.00 each. 

 Quince Trees. 



We have added to our assortment of 



fruit trees the Quince, which will do well 

 in our climate. Quince trees, the fruit. 

 of which is used for preserving, are very 

 ornamental, and bear well. We handle 

 the Orange, Meeehes' Prolific and Japan- 

 ese varieties, which we sell at 50c. each. 

 Extra large size, $1.50. 



Apricots. 



The fruit of the Apricot is similar in 

 shape to the Peach, except that it is not 

 downy and is almost perfectly smooth. 

 The leaves are cordate or heart-shaped 

 and not long as Peach leaves, and the 

 bark of the wood is coarse grained and 

 not smooth and glossy like Peach wood. 

 Apricots should not be confounded with 

 Nectarines or Naked Fruit Peaches, 

 which are often mistaken for Apricots. 

 W T e handle the following varieties: Royal, 

 Bongoum, Santa Fee. Price 50c. each, 

 $5.00 per dozen. 



Peach Trees. 



We have a fine assortment of Southern 

 grown trees, selected from a very reliable 

 nursery. They consist of the following 

 varieties, viz: 



Free Stone. 

 Amelia, 



Jessie Kerr, 



Amsden. 



Alexander, 



Elberta, 



Early Louise, 



Fleitas, 



St. John, 



Mountain Rose, 



Foster, 



Early Rivers, 



Lady Ingalls, 



Stump the World, 

 Thurber, 

 Old Mixon, 

 Crawford's Early, 

 Early Sneeds, 

 Crawford's Late, 

 Smock, 



Picquet's Late, 

 Lady Parham, 

 Honey Peach, 



Cling Stone. 



Lemon, 



Nix White Late, 



Stinson's October 



Columbia, 



Indian Cling. 



General Lee, 



Old Mixon, 



Heath, 



Butler, 



Chinese, 



Stonewall Jackson, 



As they follow in the list they ripen in 

 succession. Price 40c. each, $3.00 per 

 doz.; $25.00 per hundred. Extra large 

 size, $1.00 and $1.50 each. 



Peach Seedlings, 25c. each, $2.75 per 

 dozen. 



GLOBE REPRESENTS 

 SIZE o^GRAPt. 



Grape Vines. 



Have some select varieties for the table 

 and for making wine. The following is a 

 list of them, viz: 



Moore's Early. — Large size and very 

 early; good for table use. Price, 25c. 

 each. Extra large size, 50c. each. 



Delaware— W T ell known. Regarded as 

 best American Grape; it does well in the 

 South, with good soil and high culture. 

 Price, 25c. each, $2.75 per dozen. Extra 

 large size, 50c. each. 



Goethe. — Light pink, very fine for table 

 use. It is the best of the Rogers' hybrids. 

 Price, 25c. each, $2.75 per dozen. Extra 

 large size, 50c. each. 



Triumph.— This is a late variety, 

 bunches very large, golden when fully 

 ripe; fine as best foreign, and sell equally 

 well; melting pulp, small seeds, vigorous 

 as Concord, of which it is a hybrid seed- 

 ling. Rarely it rots; stands pre-eminent 

 ly at the head as a late table grape. 

 Price, 25c. each. Extra large size, 50c. 

 each. 



Norton's Virginia. — An unfailing, never 

 rotting red grape of fine quality. Price, 

 25c. each, $2.75 per dozen. Extra large 

 size, 50c. each. 



Cynthiana— Very much like the Con- 

 cord; same price. Extra large size, 50c. 



Concord.— Early; very popular; good 

 for market. 20c. each, $2.00 per dozen. 

 Extra large size, 50c. each. 



Ives —Ripens with the Concord. Good 

 for wine; vigorous and productive. 20c. 

 each, $2.00 per dozen. Extra large size, 

 50c. each. 



Herbemont (McKee).— The most popu- 

 lar and successful red or purple grape in 

 the South, excellent for table and wine 



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