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Normand Plum. 



Fruit medium to large, obtusely conical, 

 with heart-like base and short stem; skin 

 clear, golden yellow; flesh firm and 

 meaty, yellow, of high quality. Tree 

 symmetrical; prolific. 40c. each, $4.00 

 per dozen. 



Wickson Plum. 



Fruit remarkably hanasome, very large, 

 long, heart-shaped, color deep maroou 

 red covered with white bloom; flesh 

 firm and meaty, yellow, rich and aroma- 

 tic; cling; pit. 40c. each; $4.00 per 

 dozen. 



Red June Plum. 



Recommended as "by all odds the best 

 Japanese, ripening before Abundance." 

 One of the vigorous, upright growers; 

 productive; fair size; vermillion red; 

 pleasant quality. Ripens a week before 

 Abundance. August. 40c. each; $4.00 per 

 dozen. 



"Juicy" Plum. 



This glorious new Plum is a cross be- 

 tween Botan and Robinson. The fruit iB 

 the size of the former and three times 

 larger than the latter, and of perfect 

 shape. Skin thin and transparent, light 

 yellow, underlaid with scarlet — as beau- 

 tiful as wax. In quality it seems to us 

 that there is no other fruit which can 

 approach it. It has a delicious sweetness, 

 mingling with a sprightly acid and a high, 

 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. 40c. 

 each. 



Quince Trees. 



Wo 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 Japan- 

 ese varietie's, 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. 

 We 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. 



Jessie Kerr, 



Amsden, 



Alexander, 



Elberta, 



Early x^ouise, 



Fleitas, 



St. John, 



Mountain Rose, 



Foster, 



Early Rivers, 



Lady Ingalls, 



Amelia, 



Stump the World, 



Thurber, 



Old Mixon, 



Crawford's Early, 



Early Sneeds, 



Crawford's Late, 



Smock, 



Picquet's Late, 



Lady Parham, 



Honey Peach. 



Cling Stone. 



General Lee, 

 Old Mixon, 

 Heath, 

 Butler, • 

 Chinese, 

 Stonewall Jackson, 



Lemon, 



Nix White Late, 



Stinson's October, 



Columhia, 



Indian Cling, 



As they follow in the list they ripen in 

 succession. Price 35c. each, $3.00 per 

 dozen; $25.00 per hundred. Extra large 

 size, $L00 and $1.50 each. 



Peach Seedlings, 25c. each, $2.75 per 

 dozen. 



Peach Pits, 50c. per pound. 



Grape Vines. 



Have some select varieties for the 

 table and for making wine. The follow- 

 ing 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. — Well 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 fullj' 

 ripe; fine as best foreign, and sell equal- 

 ly well; melting pulp, small seeds, vigor- 

 ous as Concord, of which it is a hybrid 

 seedling. Rarely it rots; stands pre- 

 eminently at the head as a late table 

 grape. Price, 25c. each. Extra large 

 size, 50c. each. 



Frotsclier's Lone Star Water IVLelon, the Southern Favorite. 



