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Follenization. — We have found in our orchard that the Le Conte is the best pollenizer, and there should 

 be at least one-tenth of these trees scattered over the orchard of Le Conte to make the orchard profitable. 

 We take great pains in caring for this orchard, and cut our grafting wood and buds from same, which 

 gives us a chance to select from the best trees to propagate from. We believe in this way we have raised 

 the standard of Kieffers until the strain that we now offer to the public is the very best that can be pro- 

 duced at the present time. However, we hope to be able to improve the quality by cross-polinization. 

 We will be glad to have you visit our orchards and see just how they are handled. 



Kieffer. — A seedling of Chinese Sand Pear, sup- quality it combines extreme juiciness with a 

 posed to have been crossed with Bartlett. Fruit sprightly sub-acid flavor and the peculiar aroma of 



large to very large, skin yellow, with a light ver- 

 milion cheek; flesh brittle, very juicy, with a marked 

 musky aroma; good quality. It is unfortunate that 

 the merits of this fruit have been underestimated 

 from the haste in which it is hurried to market in 

 an immature condition, and often before it has at- 

 tained the proper size. When allowed to hang upon 

 the trees until the beginning of October, and then 

 carefully ripened in a cool, dark room, there are 

 few pears which are more attractive. In point of 



the Bartlett. It is then an excellent dessert fruit- 

 excellent for all uses. Some praise it very highly, 

 while others do not think so much of it, but the 

 fact that the large fruit growers are planting whole 

 orchards of it proves it to be a profitable variety. 

 Its large and handsome appearance cause it to sell 

 readily in market. It is apt to overbear, which 

 makes the fruit small, and in order to prevent this 

 the fruit should be thinned. One of the comforts 

 of winter. 



THE CHERRY 



Dozen. 



Hundred. 



Thousand 



$3.50 



$25.00 



$200.00 



3.00 



20.00 



150.00 



2.50 



15.00 



100.00 



4.00 



30.00 



250.00 



The cherry succeeds on most soils and in nearly all localities throughout this country, but attains its 

 greatest perfection upon those of a light, gravelly or sandy nature, provided they are in good condition. 



PRICE OF CHERRY TREES. 



Each. 



First-Class, 5 to 6 feet $0.35 



First-Class, 4 to 5 feet .30 



First-Class, 3 to 4 feet .25 



Extra, 5 to 7 feet .40 



HEART AND BIGGARREAU— 

 SWEET. 



Windsor. — Fruit large, liver-colored, 

 distinct, flesh remarkably firm and of 

 fine quality; tree hardy and prolific; 

 a valuable late variety. July. 



Black Tartarian. — Very large, black, 

 juicy, rich, excellent, productive. Last 

 June. 



srapoleon. — Large, pale yellow or 

 red; firm, juicy, sweet and productive. 

 July. 



Bockport. — Large, pale amber, light 

 red in sun, sweet, good; tree erect; 

 beautiful. June. 



Governor Wood. — Large, light red, 

 juicy, rich, delicious; tree healthy and 

 productive. June. 



Yellow Spanish (Biggarreau or 

 GraflEion). — Very large, often an Inch 

 in diameter; pale yellow, with a hand- 

 some light red cheek next to the sun; 

 flesh firm, with a fine, rich flavor; a 

 general favorite. June. 



DUKE AND MORELLO— SOUR. 



Baldwin. — Fruit very large; almost 

 round; dark red, slightly sub-acid; 

 the sweetest and richest of the Mo- 

 rello type. Remarkable 'for earliness, 

 quality, vigor, hardiness and product- 

 iveness; particularly profitable in the 

 West. June. 



Dye House. — Fruit medium; skin 

 bright red; flesh soft, juicy, tender, 

 rather rich, sprightly sub-acid; very 

 productive, ripening a week before 

 Early Richmond. June. 



;Barly Biclimond (Kentish, Virginia, 

 May). — Medium size; dark red; melt- 

 ing. Juicy, sprightly acid flavor. This 

 is 'Ohe of the most valuable and popu- 

 lar 'Of the acid cherries, is unsurpassed 

 for 'Cooking purposes and exceedingly 

 productive. June. 



JSnglish Morello. — Large; dark pur- 

 plish red; very juicy, rich and acid; 

 a remarkably productive sort, ripen- 

 ing at the end of the cherry season. 

 This must not be confounded with 

 the old "Common Morello," which is 

 of very little value. First of August. 



Montmorency. — A popular market variety; good 

 for all purposes; vigorous grower, very productive; 

 fruit large; light red; ten days later than Early 

 Richmond. Last of June. 



Iionis Phillippe. — Very productive; large, round- 

 ish, regular; color rich dark, almost purplish black 

 red; flesh red, tender, sprightly; mild acid; good to 

 best. Middle of July. ^ 



late Duke. — Large, light red; late and fine. Tree 

 a strong, upright grower. Last of July. 



May Duke. — Large; dark red, juicy, rich; a supe- 

 rior and productive old sort. June. 



Olivet. — Large, globular, very shining, deep red 

 sort; flesh red, tender, rich and vigorous; sweet sub- 

 acid flavor. June, 



Ostheim (Russian). — Rather slender grower; very 

 hardy; skin dark red; flesh reddisn, tender, juicy, 

 sub-acid; valuable where extra hardy varieties are 

 required. June. 



Beine Hortense. — Very fine, large, bright red; 

 juicy, delicious and productive. July. 



Wrag-gf. — Claimed to be much hardier than Eng- 

 lish Morello, otherwise it seems to be an exact 

 duplicate of that variety. July. 



