DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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APPLES— Russian and otliers of Special 

 Merit. 



One year grafts cut back for mailing. 25 cents each ; 

 5 for $1.00. 



Alexander, Emperor Alexander, Russian Em- 

 peror, &c.— A large, beautiful, red apple. September. 



Bottle Greening.— Fruit medium ; greenish yellow, 

 shaded with dull crimson ; sub-acid, almost melting. 

 January and February-. 



Duchesse of Oldenburg.— Large, striped yellow and 

 red. Popular everywhere. September. 



Dutch Butter.— A beautiful, even sized, sweet, red 

 apple, admirably adapted for apple butter. December 

 to March. 



Haas.— Large size; splashed and mottled light red; 

 juicy acid, rich, extremely hardy. November to March. 



Lawver.— large, dark bright red. Flesh white, crisp, 

 sprightly, aromatic, sub-acid. Januarj- to May. 



Mcintosh Red.— A new, hardy variety, of Canadian 

 origin. Fruit medium, dark red ; very handsome, fine 

 grained, juicy, tender and mild. January. 



Mann.— A good sized apple of the Greening type, 

 keeping until June or July. 



Pewaukee. — Medium size; bright yellow, splashed 

 and striped dull red; sub-acid, with a rich, aromatic 

 flavor ; perfectly hardy. December to March. 



Red Canada.— This is the old Richfield Nonsuch. A 

 handsome, red, winter apple, but difficult to propagate. 

 December to February. 



Smith's Cider. — Very desirable ; medium, striped, 

 productive. November to March. 



Seedless. — Medium sized; greenish yellow, with 

 dark carmine cheek in sun. It is entirely seedless, and 

 quite a novelty. November and December. 



Shiawassee Beauty.— Fruit medium, white, mar- 

 bled, splashed and striped with red. Flesh firm, verj- 

 white, tender, juicy, brisk, refreshing, sub-acid. Octo- 

 ber to January. 



Stump. — Medium, roundish, conical, smooth, white, 

 shaded with bright red, splashed and striped with crim- 

 son. Flesh white, tender, juicy and pleasantly sub-acid. 

 September and October. 



Tetofsky . — An early. Russian apple, ripening in July 

 and" August ; bears extremely early. Fruit handsome, 

 medium to large ; yellow, striped with red ; juicy, pleas- 

 ant acid, aromatic. 



Walbridge. — Medium size ; handsome, striped red ; 

 one of the hardiest. March to June. 



Wealthy.- A native of Minnesota ; perfectly hardy; 

 fruit large, red, sub-acid. December to February. 



HYDE'S KING OF THE WEST.— Large to very 

 large ; handsome, yellowish green ; good quality, a re- 

 markable keeper. Apples of crops of 1878 and 1879 were 

 exhibited side by side at the win*er meeting of the Ohio 

 State Horticultural Societ}', held at Canton, in Decem- 

 ber of 1879. and attrac'.ed great attention. Time of 

 keeping, all the year round One year trees, suitable 

 .for mailing, 40 cents each ; 3 tor $1.00. 

 APPLES -Crab. 



One y«»ar grafts cut back for mailing. 25 cents each ; 

 5 for Si.co. 



Aucubifolia, Marengo, 



Briar's Sweet, Pov,-er's Large Red, 



■Chicago, Transcendent. 



Golden Beauty, Van V/yck's Sveet, 



Hyslop, Whitney's No. 2c, 



>Iontreal Beauty, Yellow Siberian, 



PEARS— Standard. 



Plant 20 feet apart each way. 108 trees to the acre. 

 One year grafts cut back for maihng. 40 cents each ; 3 

 for $1.00. 



SUMMER. 



Bartlett, Madelaine, 



Brandywine, Osband's Summer, 



Dearborn's Seedling, Tyson & Clapp's Favorite. 



4 AUTU.MV. 



BufFam, Howell, 



Beurre d'Anjou, Louise Bonne de Jersey 



Beurre Clarigeau, Seckel, 



Belle Lucrative, Swan's Orange, 



Duchesse de Angouleme, Sheldon, 



Steven's Genesee. 



WINTE?^. 



Mt. Vernon, 



Vicar of Wakefield. 



Flemish Beauty, 



Beurre Easter, 



Columbia, 



Law^rence, 



PEABS-New. 



Price 50 cent? each, except where noted. 



Beurre de I'Assumption. — Fruit large and melting, 

 ripening early in August. 



Brockworth Park.— Large, pale yellow, flushed and 

 streaked with red on the sunny side ; flesh white, but- 

 tery, melting ; ver\- juicy, vinous and rich. September. 



Duchesse de Bordeaux. — Medium to large ; sweet 

 and pleasant. December to February. 



Frederick Clapp. — Above medium size ; clear lemon 

 yellow ; fine grained, juicy, melting, sprightly, rich and 

 aromatic ; ver}- good to best. October. 75 cents. 



Souvenir du Congress. — A seedling of the Bartlett, 

 ripening before it, and larger. The fruit is very fine, 

 and of immense size, but unfortunately the tree blights 

 badly. 



Goodale. — Fruit large, light yellow, with a blush in 

 the sun ; juicy, melting, vinous. October. 



Keiffer's Hybrid. — A cross between the Chinese 

 Sand Pear and a choice variety supposed to be Bartlett, 

 the tree partaking of the hardiness of the Sand Pear, 

 which is absolutely blight proof, and the fruit partaking 

 of the characteristics of our choicest varieties. Mr. 

 Meehan. editor of the Gardener's Mo7it/ily, says: "I 

 have eaten fruit of Keiffer's Hybrid, that was equal in 

 luscious richness to any pear I ever ate. I have never 

 tasted a bad or indifferent pear of this kind, every one 

 was delicious. I regard it the most wonderful produc- 

 tion of the age." As yet no case of blight on Keiffer 

 has been known ; dwarf trees, §1.50. 

 PEARS— Dwarf. 



Plant one rod apart. 160 to the acre. Leading sorts, 

 one j'ear buds, cut back for mailing, 40 cents each ; 3 for 

 $1.00, except Keiffer's Hybrid $1.50; Frederick Clapp 

 75 cents, and others in list of new pears 50 cents each. 



CHERRIES. 



I Plant Hearts and Bigarreaus 20 feet apart each way ■ 



j 108 trees to the acre. 



' Plant Dukes and 3Iorellos 10 to 12 feet apart ; 363 

 trees to the acre. 



One year from bud, cut back for convenience in mail- 

 ing to about one foot. 40 cents each ; 3 for $1.00. 



LEADING SORTS. 

 Black Eagle, Gov. Wood, 



Black Tartarian, May Duke, 



Belle Magnifique, Napoleon, 



Carnation, Ohio Beauty, 



Early Purple Guigne, Reine Hortense, 



Early Richmond, Rockport, 



Elton, Yellow Spanish. 



English Morello, 



NEW CHERRIES. 

 Empress Eugenie.— A new variety from France of 

 great excellence ; a profuse bearer. 50 cents. 



