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Wild Goose should be fertilized by the com- 

 mon Chickasaw kind to have it bear well. 

 Price, five to six feet high, 25 cents each, 

 $2.50 per dozen; ^15.00 per hundred. 



Mariana Pin 111. 



Apricot Plum. Prunus Simoni — This 

 plum comes froai North China. The fruit, 

 when ripening, shines like apples of gold, 

 and becomes a rich vermilion when ripe. It 

 is very firm and mealy, and equal to any 

 plum, and has never been attacked by the 

 Curculio. It will carry any de.'sired distance. 

 Tree very thrifty, upright, early and abun- 

 dant bearer. Price, one year old trees, 30c. 

 each, $3.00 per dazen. 



Wild Goose Plum. A nanve variety 

 from Tennessee, where it is highly esteemed 

 for market. It is a strong grower, the fruit 

 is large and of good quality. Price, 25c. 

 each, S2.50 per dozen. 



Kelsey's Japan Plum. The Kelsey 

 Plum is from two to two and a half inches 

 in diameter, heart-shaped, rich yellow, with 

 purple cheek. Parties who have been fruit- 

 ing it here in the South pronounce it the 

 most magnificent plum they have seen; it 

 weighs from 4 to 6 ounces. It excels all 

 other plums for canning and drying, and 

 will carry for a long distance better than 

 any other kind. Matures middle of August 

 to September. Price, 30c. each. $3 per 

 dozen. 



Japanese Mespilus Plum- Eryslo- 

 thria Japonica. — The Japanese Mespilus, 

 which by the way is an old stand-by in our 

 climate, has been cultivated here for over a 

 century, and is too well known to require 

 any description. By special arrangement 

 with one of the best nurserymen we have 



been enabled to secure a lot of very fine 

 branched trees, which we oflFer at 50c., 75c., 

 $1 and %2 each. 



Baily Plum. 30c. each, ^3 per dozen. 



Burbank Plum. The best and most 

 profitable among growers for market; ripens 

 ten to fourteen days after Abundance. Tree 

 hardy, sprawling, vigorous grower, un- 

 equalled in productiveness; bears young. 

 Fruit large, excellent quality; cherry red 

 with lilac bloom. 30c. each, I3 per dozen. 



Abundance Plum. — One of the 

 oldest and best known Japanese varie- 

 ties; hardy and productive. Fruit large, 

 lemon yellow, with heavy bloom; good 

 quality. 30C. each, $3.00 per dozen. 



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, Meeches' Prolific and 

 Japanese varieties, which we sell at 40c. 

 each. 



Peach Trees. We have a fine assort- 

 ment of Southern grown trees, selected 

 from a very reliable nursery. They con- 

 sist of the following varieties, viz: 



FREE STONE. 



Jessie Kerr. 

 Ainsden. 

 Alexander., 

 Elberta, 

 Early Louise. 

 Fleitas St.Jokn, 

 Mountain Rose, 

 Foster^ 



Early Rivers, 

 Lady Ingalls, 



Honey 



Amelia, 



Stump the World, 

 Thurber, 

 Old Mix on. 

 Crawford's Late, 

 Sfnock. 



PicqueVs Late, 

 Lady Parham, 

 Crawford' s Early, 

 Early Sneeds, 

 Peach. 



CLING STONE. 



General Lee., 

 Old Mix on. 

 Heath, 

 Butler, 

 Chinese, 



Stonewall Jackson. 



Lemon, 



Nix White Late, 



Sanson's October, 



Colutnbia, 



Indian Cling. 



As they follow in the list they ripen in 

 succession. Price 25c. each, $2.50 per doz.; 

 $15 per hundred. 



Peach Seedlings, 20c. each, Si. 50 per doz. 



Souod Peach Pits. In the South the 

 Peach Pits are usually planted in January 

 or February. Any nurseryman knows how 

 to plant feach seed; they should be planted 

 in row-s 3 feet apart and 4 to 6 inches apart 

 in the rows aind about 3 to 4 inches deep. 

 They come up in the spring and the seed- 

 lings are budded in June, July and August, 

 if desired. Price, 25c. per pound, 6 pounds 

 forSi. 



Garden Implements of all kinds, See List in this Book. 



