D. M. Ferry 8l Go's Descriptive Catalogue. 



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Missouri Pippin. — Medium to large ; pale, whitish 

 yellow, splashed with light and dark red ; flesh whitish, 

 crisp, moderately juicy, sub-acid. January' to April. 



Ontario. — This handsome and excellent apple was 

 originated by Charles Arnold, Paris, Ontario. Fruit 

 large ; skin whitish yellow, nearly covered mth bright, 

 rich red ; flesh fine, tender, juicy, sub-acid, refreshing, 

 slightly aromatic. January to April. 50 cents. 



Pewaukee. — Medium size; bright yellow, splashed 

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

 vor ; perfectly hardy. December to March. 



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

 handsome, red, winter apple, but dif5cult to propagate. 



Seedless. — Medium size, greenish yellow, dark car- 

 mine cheek in the sun ; entirelj' seedless. November 

 and December. 



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. 



Shiawassee Beauty. — Fruit medium, white mar- 

 bled, striped and splashed with red ; flesh firm, "very 

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

 tober to January. 



■Wealthy. — A native of Minnesota ; perfectly hardy; 

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



Walbridge. — Medium size ; handsome, striped red ; 

 one of the hardiest. March to June. 



Yellow Transparent. — A new Russian variety im- 

 ported in 1870, by the Department of Agriculture, and 

 promises to be valuable as an early fruit, ripening a 

 weekyor two before Tetofsky ; skin clear white, chang- 

 ing to pale yellow when fully ripe ; flesh whita, tender, 

 juicy, sprightly, sub-acid ; good to very good. 50 cts. 



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

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

 markable keeper. Apples of 1880 and 1S81 were exhib- 

 ited side by side at the winter meeting of the Ohio State 

 Horticultural Society, held at Warren, in December of 

 1881, and attracted great attention. Time of keeping 

 all the year round^ One year trees, suitable for mailing, 

 40 cents each ; 3 for Si. 



AI»F»t,HS-Crato. 



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

 5 for 8r.oo. 



Briar's Sweet, Red Siberian, 



Ge.".eral Grant, Transcendent, 



Golden Beauty, Van Wyck's Sweet, 



Hyslop, Whitney's No. 20, 



Montreal Beauty, Yellow Siberian, 



Power's Large Red, 



Beurre Easter, 

 ♦Lawrence. 



rER. 

 *Mt. Vernon, 

 *Vicar of Wakefield. 



PEARS. 



SXAJ*»DAIILI> and OWAR.K. 



All can be supplied as standards, and those starred can 

 also be supplied as dwarfs, at same price as standards. 

 Plant 20 feet apart each way, 108 to the acre. One year 

 grafts cut back for mailing. 40 cents each ; 3 for $1.00. 



SV.M.MER. 



Bartlett, *Osbund's Summer. 



*Brandywine, *Tyson. 

 *Clapp's Favorite, 



.^UT•^.•^:^". 



*Buffam, Flemish Beauty, 



'Belle Lucrative, *Howell, 



=^Beurre Anjou, "Louise Bonne de Jer- 

 ^Beurre Clairgeau, sey, 



"^Duchess d'Angouleme, Sheldon, 



Dover.ne Boussock, *Seck;!. 



i»EAii.S-:r<ew. 



50 cents each, except where noted. 



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

 ripening early in August. 



Brockworth Park. — Large, pale yellow, flushed, 

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

 tery, 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 lem- 

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

 and aromatic ; very good to best. October. 75 cents. 



Souvenir du Congress. — A seedling of the Bart- 

 lett, 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. 



Kieffer's Hybrid. — This new and unique pear was 

 raised from seed of the Chinese Sand Pear, accidentally 

 crossed with the Bartlett or some other kind grown near 

 It. Tree has large, dark green, glossy leaves, and is of 

 itself ver>- ornamental ; an early and very prolific bearer. 

 The fruit is of good quality, wonderfully showy, and is 

 valuable for the table, canning and market. Standard 

 trees, $1.00; dwarf $1.00. 



Le Conte. — This is another seedling of the Chinese 

 Sand Pear and some one of our standard varieties ; re- 

 sembles the Bartlett somewhat in fruit and time of rip- 

 ening ; considered ver>' promising. Has proved very- 

 profitable at the south. Standard trees fi.oo. 



OR-IElKXAt, FEARS 



Are remarkable for their vigorous growth, luxuriant 

 foliage, extreme hardiness and freedom from disease, 

 and, although their fruit is not of the best quality, it 

 has a peculiar quince like flavor, which, combined with 

 firmness, makes their hybrids superior for canning pur- 

 poses. One 3^ear trees cut back, suitable for mailings 

 75 cents each. 



Daimyo, Sha Lee, 



Mikado, Smith's Hybrid, 



Madam von Siebold, Garber. 



CHERRIES. 



Plant Hearts and Eigarreaus twenty feet apart each 

 way ; 108 trees to the acre. Plant Dukes and Morellos 

 ten to twelve feet apart ; 363 trees to the acre. One 

 year from bud, cut back for convenience in mailing, to 

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



LE.^DING SORTS. 



Black Eagle. Gov. Wood, 



Belle Magnifique, May Duke, 



Black Tartarian, Napoleon, 



Carnation, Ohio Beauty, 



I Early Richmond, Rockport, 



I Early Purple Guigne, Reine Hortense, 



Elton, Yellow Spanish. 



English Morello. 



>iE'\VER. CHERR-IES. 

 Empress Eugenie. — A new variety from France, of 

 I great excellence ; a profuse bearer. 50 cents. 

 1 Montmorency Ordinaire. — A sort of quite recent 



introduction of the Early Richmond class, but larger 



and later, and a prodigious bearer. 50 cents. 



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

 , tender, rich and vinous ; one of the largest of it class. 

 1 150 cents. 



