Choice Trees, Shrubs and Hardy Plants. 



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Winter Apples— Continued. 



Rhode Island Greening, large, 



green. Dec. to April. 

 Rome Beauty, red and yellow. 



Dec. to May. 

 Roxbury Russet, green, russet. 



Dec. to June. 

 Seek-No-Further, dull red, light 



dote. Nov. to Feb. 

 Smith's Cider, large, red. Nov. to 



April. 



Spltzenburg, deep red, fine. Nov. 

 and Dec. 



Coral, red. Nov. to Feb. 

 Hyslop, crimson. Sept. 

 Lady, yellow. Nov. and Dee. 

 Large Yellow, pale yellow. Sept. 

 Large Red Siberian. Sept. and Oct. 



Stark, yellow and red. Jan to 

 May. 



Sutton Beauty, waxy yellow. 



Nov. to April. 

 Swaar, light yellow, dark clots. 



Nov. to May. 

 Tolman'e Sweet, pale yellow. Nov. 



to April. 



Tompkins King, red, large, fine. 



Nov. to Jan. 

 Twenty-Ounce, large, showy 



stripes. Oct. to Jan. 



Crab Apples. 



Marengo, very fine. Jan. to June. 

 Montreal Beauty, bright yellow. 



Sept. and Oct. 

 Oblong, crimson. Sept. 



SELECT PEARS. 



Vandevere, yellow with redstrlpea. 



Dec. to May. 

 Wagener, deep red. Dec. to May. 

 Walbrldge, striped red. Mar. to 



June. 



White Pippin, greenish white. Jan. 

 to June. 



Wine Sap, deep red. Dec. to May. 

 Yellow Bellflower, yellow and red. 



Nov. to April. 

 York Imperial, white and red. 



Nov. to Feb. 



Red Siberian, yellow and red. Sept. 

 Transcendent, red and yellow. 

 Sept. 



Y'ellow Siberian, golden yellow. 

 Sept. 



The following are the best of all the hardy Pears. All Pears should be gathered from 10 days to two weeks 

 before they are ripe, as ripening on the tree is Invariably at the expense of the finest quality of the fruit. 

 Proper thinning of the fruit soon after It is well set Is Important. 

 For Trained Pear Trees for Garden and Fruit Houses see page 72. 



Prices : Standard trees, $i to f 6 per dozen ; extra, $9 to f 12 per dozen ; extra fruiting sizes, f 15 to f 20 per 

 docen. Dwarf trees, $3 to f 10 per dozen, according to size and variety. Both Standards and Dwarfs are sup- 

 piled per 100 and per 1,000 at special low prices. 



Summer Pears. 



Andre De3porte8, pale green. Aug. 

 Bartlett, large size; one of the best. Aug. and Sept. 

 Beurre Glffard; very fine. Aug. 

 Clapp's Favorite, large yellow. Aug. 

 Doyenne de Ete, yellow and red. July and Aug. 

 Eliot's Early, medium-size fruit; fine and early. 

 Koonce, Juicy, sweet. July and Aug. 

 Lyerlie, seedling of the Bartlett; large, sweet and Juicy. 



One of the best newer varieties. $1 to f 2. 

 Manning's Elizabeth, rich and excellent. Aug. 

 Margaret, yellow with brown dots. Aug. 

 Osband's Summer, yellow and red. Aug. 

 Seneca, large, light yellow. 

 Souvenir du Congres, yellow. Sept. 

 "Tyson, bright yellow. Aug. 

 Wilder Early, medium size. Aug. 



Autumn Pears. 



Beurre Bosc, russet, very fine. Sept. and Oct. 

 Doyenne Boussock, yellow. Sept. 



Duchess d'Angouleme; a magnificent large Pear. Sept. 

 and Oct. 



Flemish Beauty, fine. Sept and Oct. 



Frederick Clapp, lemon yellow. Oct. and Nov. 



Howell, light yellow. Sept. and Oct. 



Idaho, fine quality. Sept. and Oct. 



Kleffer; fine for market. Oct. and Nov. 



Lady Clapp, handsome, large, yellow. Sept. 



Louise Bonne, yellow. Sept. and Oct. 



Mme. Hemmlngway, Juicy and good. Sept. 



Onondaga, rich yellow. Oct. and Nov. 



Seckel, small and dark, color very fine. Sept. and Oct. 



Sheldon, red and russet, one of the best. Oct. 



Vermont Beauty; medium size, good. Oct. 



Worden-Seckel, a seedling of the Seckel, which It sur- 

 passes In size, beauty and keeping qualities and in 

 the abundance of fine fruit; quality unexcelled. 

 A valuable acquisition. Oct. $1 to f 1.50. 



Early Winter Pears. 



Beurre de Anjou, large. Nov. and Dec. 

 Beurre Clairgeau, red and yellow. Nov. and Dec. 

 Colonel Wilder, large, delicious, late. 

 Dana Hovey, small and fine. Nov. to Jan. 

 Doctor Reeder, yellow russet. Nov. 

 Lawrence, golden yellow. Nov. and Dec. 

 Mt. Vernon, medium size, light russet, late. Dec. 

 Vicar, large, very late. Nov. to Feb. 

 Winter Nellls, dull russet. Dec. and Jan. 



Worden-Seckel Pear. 



Beurre Easter, rich yellow. Jan. to 

 March. 



Dorset, good quality. Feb. to 

 May. 



Late Winter Pears. 



Fred Baudry, large, fine flavored. 



Dec. to Feb. 

 Josephine of Malines. Dec. 



Olivier des Serres. Dec. to Feb. 

 President Mas, large yellow. Dec. 



and Jan. 

 P. Barry, large. Dec. to April. 



The fruit trees supplied me last year were entirely satisfactory. T. G , Newport, R. I. 



