DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Brockworth Park.— A new English variety ; large, 

 pale yellow, flushed and streaked with red on the sunny 

 side ; flesh white, butter^', melting ; very 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 ; line grained, juicy, melting, sprightly, rich and 

 aromatic; verj' good to best. Season, October 15th to 

 November ist. Price §1.00 each. 



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. vinou:>. October. 



PEARS-Dwarf. 



Leading sorts, one year buds, i to i^ feet, 30 cents 

 each ; 4 for $1.00. 



CHERRIES. 



Plant Hearts and Bigarreaus 20 feet apart each way ; 

 loS trees to the acre. 



Plant Dukes and Morellos 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. Price 30 cents each ; 4 for $1.00. 



LEADING SORTS. 

 Belle Magnifique, Gov. Wood, 



Black Eagle, May Duke, 



Black Tartarian, Napoleon, 



Carnation. Ohio Beauty, 



Early Purple Guigne, Reine Hortense, 



Early Richmond, Rockport, 



Elton. Yellow Spanish. 



English Morello, 



NEW CHERSXES. 



Enapress Eogenie.— A new variety from France of 

 gr^t excellence ; a profuse bearer. 50 cents. 



Montmorency Ordinaire. — A sort of quite recent 

 introduction of the Early Richmood clas^. but larger 

 and later, and a prodigious bearer. A variety of great 

 value. 50 cents. 



Luelling. — A new seedling from Oregon, suppo-ed 

 CO be a cross between Napoleon Bigarreau and Black 

 Tartarian, having the firm flesh of the former and the 

 color of the latter ; claimed to be the largest cherry 

 known. Specimens measuring three and a half inches 

 in circumference. 50 cents. 



Olivet. — Large globular ; a shiny deep red ; tender, 

 .--ich and vinous ; cne of the largest of its cla-s. 50 cents. 



Louis Phillippe.— J.,arge ; dark red. almost black ; 

 te-.ider, sprightly, mild acid ; stone small ; tree vigorous 

 a^id ver}' productive ; ripens middle to last of July. 50c. 



PLUMS. 



Plant 16 to 18 feet apart each way. One year buds I 

 cat back for convenience in mailing. - rent- -^ach. 



LEADING SORTS. 

 Cxje's Golden Drop, Magnum Bonum Yellow 



Dennison's Red, Pond's Seedling, 



German Prune, Prince's Imperial Gage, 



General Hand, Reagle's Union Purple, 



Imperial Gage, Reine Claude, 



Italian Prune, Shropshire Damson, i 



jefierson, Smith's Orleans. 1 



Lombard, i 



^^^Improved varieties of American plums on peach 

 stecks. c:o cents each. I 



De Cardeuc— Medium, round, slightly flattened ; 

 skin yellow, nearly covered with red; flesh melting, 

 sweet and vinous. End of June and first of Ju!j'. 



Newman. — Medium oblong ; skin a beautiful glossy 

 red. with delicate purple bloom ; flesh somewhat coarse 

 but juicy. August and September. 



Wild Goose.— Well adapted to peach stocks ; an im- 

 proved variety of the ChickaFaw ; large, deep red, with 

 purplish bloom ; flesh melting and good. 



Weaver.— Fruit large, purple, very prolific ; regular 

 bearer. This tree is very hardy, and will thrive in the 

 very northern limits of the XJnited States. Ripens 

 August. 



PEACHES. 



Plant 15 to 18 feet apart. One year buds cut back for 

 mailing. 15 cents each ; 8 for $1.00. 



LEADING SORTS. 

 Amsdens June, Mountain Rose, 



Alexander Early, Old Mixon Cling, 



Barnard's Y'lov/ Rareripe, Old Mixon Free, 



Crav.'ford's Early, 

 Crawford's Late, 

 Coolidge Favorite 

 Chinese Cling, 

 Early Beatrice, 

 Early Louise, 

 Early Rivers, 

 Foster, 



George the Fourth, 

 Hale's Early, 

 Hill's Chili, 

 Jacques' Rareripe, 

 Large Early York, 

 Lemon Cling, 



Red Cheek Melocoton, 



Richmond, 



Snov/, 



Smock's Cling, 



Smock's Free, 



Steadley, 



Salway, 



Scott's Nonpareil, 



Stump the 'World, 



Sturtevant. 



Susquehanna, 



Troth's Early, 



Ward's Late Free, 



Yellow Rareripe. 



NEW PEACHES. 



Bower's Early.— A magnificent, large, freestone 

 peach, specimens measuring over nine inches in cir- 

 cumference ; light colored flesh with a beautiful, dark 

 red cheek ; of excellent quality, ripening in July. 35 

 cents each. Mr. Thomas Meehan, of the Gardener s 

 Monthly, says of it ; " It is a great pleasure to see so 

 large a size with so early a fruit. The flavor was exqui- 

 site ; so far as it is possible to judge, we should say this 

 was a long way h. advance of our best early kind." 



Beers' Smock. — Very large orange yellow, with a 

 red cheek ; juicy and enormously productive. Last of 

 September and first of October. 35 cents. 



Bilyeu's Late October, — A large, white flesh peach 

 with a be i-.tiful flush cheek ripening two weeks later 

 than Smock. Freestone, and an excellent shipper, hav- 

 ing been shipped successfully to Euroi>e. 35 cents. 



Honeyv/ell, — An exceedingly early peach, ripening 

 about with Alexander. Fruit medium, with a fine red 

 cheek; juicy half-melring, sweet and vinous; adheres 

 partly to the stone. - rents. 



Downing, \ .Seedlii.g- rai-ed by H. M. Engle. They 



Saunders, > resemble Alexander and Amsden, are 



W^ilder, ' of good quality, and are claimed to be 

 ven,' valuable acqui'iitions. Downing is said to ripen 

 fully two weeks earlier than Hale ; Saunders 10 to 12 

 days, and Wilder 8 to 10 days before Hale's Early. ^ 

 cents each. 



Marshall's Late. — A new variety, originated by Mr. 

 Raphael M trshall. which bids fair to be a great acqui- 

 sition, ripening midway between Smock and Salway, 

 filling a ver^' important r-'p. Fruit very large, deep 

 vellow : immenselv vrndn tie. co cents. 



