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D. M. FER RY & GO'S 



Nectarines and Apricots. 



A _ 

 cents ea<.h 



iNectarines ana rvpricoLs. 



good assortment. Plant 15 t-o 18 feet apart. 50 

 ea<.h. 



QUINCES. 



Orange. — Suitable size for mailing. 30 cents. 

 Angers. — Suitable size for mailing. 30 cents. 

 Reas Mammoth. — Suitable size for mailing. 50 cts. 



NUTS. 



American Sweet Chestnut. — 6 to 10 inches. 10 

 Cc::-.ts each; 40 cents per 10; §2.5operioo. Among all our 

 nut bearing trees there is none so valuable as ilie Sweet 

 Chestnut. It is found growing naturally over a wide 

 extent of country, and is perfectly hardy. It will grow 

 on almost any dry soil, affording the most valuable tim- 

 ber, and I he sweetest and most delicious nuts that are 

 grown in this country. 



Spanish Chestnut. — 6 to 10 inches. 15 cents each ; 

 8 for $t.oo. A sulendiJ, large nut, worthy of general 

 planting, but not a^ ^weet as the American. 



Butter.iut, White W^alnut. — 6 to 10 inches. 15 

 cents ea.!i ; 8 for $1.00. 



Blacit Walnut. — 6 to 10 inches. 15 cents each ; 8 



fo: Sl.XJ, 



English W^alnut, or Madeira Nut. — 6 to loinches. 

 20 cents each ; 6 f .r ^i.oj. 



Al.no.ids, Soft a.id Hard Shells. — 2 foot trees cut 

 back. 50 cents each. 



Pecans. — i to 1% feet. 50 cents each. 



Hickory Nut, Shell Bark. — 6 inches. 15 cents 

 each 10 for $1.00. 



MULBERRIES. 



White. — 12 to 15 inches. 25 cents. 



Downing's Everbearing. — 12 to 15 inches. 75 cts. 



New American. — 12 to 15 inches. 75 cents. 



NET7 GPuAPES. 

 We offer the following named new grapes, which we 

 consider very great acquisitions to our list of hardy, 

 native grapes. Each has been fruited for some years, 

 and the fruit of all has been before our leading horticul- 

 U al societies and pomologists, and has universally re- 



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Mulberry, Downing's Eveibearing. 



ceived commendations, which our limited space prevents 

 our publishing here. 



Lady Washington. — This showj' and beautiful 

 white grape was originated by Mr. Jas. Rii.ketts of 

 Newburgh, N. Y., wl.o says he is confident it will vie 

 with the Concord as. 10 health, vigor, growth and pro- 

 ductiveness. Bunch and berrj- veiy large; color yellow- 

 ish white, with a tinge of delicate pink where exposed 

 to the sun ; covered with a f'.un, white bloom ; flesh soft, 

 tender, juicy, sweet an ! good ; ripens before the Con- 

 cord, and is one of the mo.->t celiciotis white grapes it 

 has ever been our pleasure to taste. $2.00 each. 



Worden.— A splendid, large, black grape of the Con- 

 cord type, but eailier; larger in bunch ;.nd beriy, and 

 of decidedly better quality ; vine hardier than that old 

 standby, the Concord, and every way as healthy. 50 cts 



Prentiss. — A new, hardy, white grape; Ininch large, 

 not often shouldered, compact. Berr^- medium lolaige, 

 yellowi.-^h green, sometimes with a rosy tint c- side next 

 to sun; skin thin but very firm; flesh tender, sweet, 

 melting, juicy, with a very pleasant and musky aroma ; 

 free from foxiness ; little, if any, pulp ; seeds few and 

 small; foliage healthy and thick; vine a good grower 

 and \ery productive, inclined to overbear, and clusters 

 should be thinned luiless jiruned close ; vines hardj', 

 and buds uninjured with thermometer 15° to 20° b^ h'W 

 zero. The grape is an excedent keeper, and was exhih- 

 ited before the Western New York Ho; ticultural Society, 

 at Rochester, January 22, 1879, i" perfec condition. ]i ip- 

 ens with Concord. The fruit has ^old in New York 



