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mon Chickasaw kind to have 

 Price, 5 to 6 feet high, 25 cents 

 per dozen; $15.00 per hundred. 



t bear well, 

 each, $2.50 



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Mariana Plum. 



Apricot Plum. Prunus Simoni — This 

 plum comes from North China. The fruit, 

 when ripening, shine like apples of gold, 

 and becomes a rich vermilion when ripe. It 

 is very firm and mealy, and equal to any 

 plnm, and has never been attacked by the 

 Curculio. It will carry any desired dis- 

 tance. Tree very thrifty, upright, early 

 and abundant bearer. Price, one year old 

 trees, 30c. each, $3. 00 per dozen. 



Wild Goose Plum. A native 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, $2.50 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. 



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 

 fruiting it here in the South pronounce it 

 the most magnificent plnm 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, $3.00 per 

 dozen. 



Japanese Mespilus Plum. Eryolo- 

 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 arrangememt 

 with one of the best nurserymen we have 

 been enabled to secure a lot of very fine 

 branched trees, which weoffer at 50c;, 75c, 

 $1 and $2 each. 



Bailey Plum. 30c. each, $3 per dozen. 



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 



Jessie Kerr, 

 Amsden. 

 Alexander, 

 Elberta, 

 Early Louise, 

 Fleitas St. John, 



STONES. 



Amelia, 



Stump the World, 



Thtirber, 



Old Mix on, 



Crawford' s Late, 



Smock, 



in the list they ripen ia 

 25c. each, $2.50 perdoz.; 



Mountain Rose, PicqueVs Late, 

 Foster, Lady Par ham, 



Crazuford-s Early. 



CEING STONES. 



General Lee. Stonewall Jackson, 



Old Mixon, Lemo?iy 



Heath, Nix White Late, 



Butler, Sanson's October, 



Chinese. 



As they follow 

 succession. Price, 

 $15 per hundred. 



Peach Seedlings. 20c. each, $1.50 per doz. 



Sound Peach Pits. In the South the 

 Peach Pits are usually planted in Jannary 

 or February. Any nurseryman knows hovv 

 to plant Peach seed; they should be planted 

 in rows 3 feet apart and 4 to 6 inches apart 

 in the rows and 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 

 for $1.00. 



Grape Vines. Have some select vari- 

 eties for the table and for making w&ie. 

 The following is a list of them, viz: 



MOORE'S Earey— lyarge size and very 

 early; good for table use. Price, 25c. each. 



Delaware— Well known. Regarded as 

 best American Grape; it does well in the 

 South, with good soil and high culture. 

 Price, 20c. each; %2 per dozen. 



GOETHE — Light pink, very fine for table 

 use. It is the best of the Rogers' hybrids. 

 Price, 20c. each; $2 per dozen. 



Triumph — This is a late variety, bunches 

 very large, golden when fully ripe; fine as 

 best foreign, and sells equally well; melting 

 pulp, small seeds, vigorous as Concord, of 

 which it is a hybrid seedling. Rarely it 

 rots; stands pre-eminently at the head as a 

 late table grape. Price, 20c, each. 



Norton's Virginia — An unfailing, never 

 rotting red wine grape of fine quality. 

 Price, 20c. each; $2 per dozen. 



Get our selection of 15 large Papers assorted Flower Seeds for $1.00 and you 



will be pleased. 



