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Arthur T.Boddington. 342 West 14th St.. New Vork City 



PEACHES 



Dachess of Cornwall. An early Peach, medium size ; freestone. 



Skin creamy yellow, with a red-striped cheek. Melting and delicious. 

 Dymond. A large Peach, finely colored and richly flavored ; hardy 



and prolific. 



izrosse Mignonne. Large; melting and excellent; forcing well, 



and is one of the finest sorts in cultivation. 

 Hale's Early. Large; melting and very good. 



Peregrine. A distinct mid-season variety. The fruits are large 

 and liandsonie. with a brilliant crimson skin ; the flesh rich and 

 highly flavored. 



Princess of Wales. Very large. One of the largest and best 



Peaches known, and one of the most beautiful ; its color is cream 



with a rosy clieck: melting, rich and excellent. 

 Thomas Rivers. \ large round Peach, with a bright red cheek. 



Flesh firm, juicy and of good flavor ; a remarkably heavy fruit. 



Freestone, Forcts well. 



Prices for above varieties, $3, $5 and $7.50 each F. 0. B. N. Y. 



NECTARINES 



English Pot-Grown Grape- Vines, Peaches, Nectarines 



and Other Fruit Trees 



We import these plants on advance orders only, from the best and most reliable growers in England, Thomas Rivers & Sons. Stock 

 can be relied upon as being absolutely true to name. Bivers' Catalogue of varieties mailed free on application. 



The following is a short list of fruit trees, recommended by a most successful grower in this country, for growing here vuider glass, and 

 will fruit the first vear. 



GRAPE-VINES 



BLACK VARIETIES 

 Alnwick Seedling. An e.xcellent late variety. 



Appley Towers. A late black Grape succeedmg Black Hamburgh ; 



of good flavor and keeping qualities 

 Barbarossa. Berries rourid and large, bunches of immense size; 



late. 



Black Alicante. Bunches medium, berries very large. 

 Black Hamburgh. The most useful and popular Grape. 

 Black Muscat, or Muscat Hamburgh. Excellent and richly-fla- 

 vored Grape. 

 Diamond Jubilee. Berries large, oval ; late. 



Gros Colman. A very handsome Grape; berries and bunches of 



enormous size ; hangs verj- late. 

 Gros Maroc. Is now recognized as one of our finest Grapes. The 



berries are large, of a deep black-purple, beginning to color as 



early as the Black Hamburgh, and hangs as late as the Black 



■Micante. 



Lady Downe's Seedling. One of the best late Grapes. 

 Madresfield Court. Berries very large, of rich flavor. 



WHITE VARIETIES 

 Bnckland Sweetwater. A large, handsome berry and bunch ; a 



good bearer and excellent. 



Duke of Buccleuch. A large-berried, fine, early variety. 



Foster's Seedling. A fine Grape ; sweet flavor. 



Frontignan White. Fine white Grape ; abundant bearer. 



Lady Hutt. Berries round and white ; of excellent quality; hang- 

 ing late. 



Muscat of Alexandria. Flesh firm and rich, berries large ; a 

 superb variety ; requires heat to ripen. 



Prices upon any of the above ^^^^ y>oz. 



Strong 2-year-old planting canes $5 co $50 00 



Extra strong fruiting canes 7 50 75 00 



Advance. An early green-fleshed Nectarine ; medium size ; rich 

 and good. 



Cardinal. A valuable Nectarine, adapted for forcing only; of good 



medium size, very brilliant in color and excjuisite liistinct flavor. 



Forms a compact sturdj- tree and bears very freely. The fruit 



ripens ten days before Early Rivers. 

 Chaucer. Medium to large ; a fine-flavored Nectarine ; green flesh; 



glands kidney-shaped ; flowers small. 

 Early Rivers. Very large ; skin rich crimson next to sun, light 



yellow marked with red on the shaded side ; flesh green, tender 



and juic}-. 



Humboldt. A very large Nectarine ; fine flavor. 



Newton. Fruit of ths largest size ; round; skin transparent green- 

 ish yellow, mottled and blotched with deep brilliant red on the 

 sunny side ; flesh greenish white, pink round the stone, from 

 which it parts freely; sugary, rich and delicious. 



Spencer. One of the largest Nectarines. Fruit beautifully colored 

 a deep brown-red, mottled on the shady side ; very heavy ; round; 

 flesh light green, red next the stone; freestone. Very rich and 

 good ; late. 



Stanwick EIruge. Large ; melting and rich. 



Victoria. Large, roundish oval, flattened at the top ; greenish yel- 

 low, crimson on the sunny side ; very rich and sugary. 

 Prices for the above varieties S3, S5 and $7.60 each, F. 0. B. N. Y. 



APPLES 



Arlington Pippin. A good Apple and an abundant bearer. 

 Coz's Orange Pippin. IMedlum size; a very handsome pippin. 



There is no better .Apple grown. 

 King of the Pippins. Medium size ; very handsome. 

 Lord Suffield. Very large ; nearly white A most abundant bearer. 

 Mr. Gladstone. Very early; scarlet cheek, yellow flesh; bears 



freely. A good early Apple. 

 Mother. ^Iedium size ; an American Apple, juicy, melting and 

 excellent. 



Peasgood's Nonesuch. Very large and handsome , of good qual- 

 ity. One of the largest. 



Red Astrachan. Large; beautiful, with a fine bloom on its rosy 

 cheek. Has a pleasant subacid flavor. Is prolific but not hardy. 



Ribston Pippin. Medium size ; rich, aromatic and excellent. A 

 very well-known Apple. 



Rivers' Early Pe&ch. The fruit is similar to Irish Peach but 

 ripens earlier, and does not ripen its fruit on the ends of the 

 branches. The tree makes a very pretty pyramid and is an abun- 

 dant bearer. 



Scarlet Golden Pippin. Small ; bright red, juicy and excellent. 

 Prices for the above varieties $3 and $6 each F. 0. B. N. Y. 



FIGS 



PEARS 



Beurre Diel. Very large, often weighing 16 to 20 ounces, melting 



and ex( t llent. 

 Beurre Hardy. Large ; fine flavor. 



Doyenne du Comice. Large; a delicious Pear; forms a compact, 

 handsome pyramid. One of our finest I'eaisin cultivation. The 

 fruit is superb both in (juality and appearance ; a good, late variety. 



Louise Bonne of Jersey. Large and very good. 



Pitmaston Duchess. Very large ; of gooil (luality. This Pear is 

 good at all points in an orchard house. 



Princess. A hanrlsome Pear; a seedling from the Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey: large: flesh melting; flavor very good ; in size and color 

 it resembles the p.irent. 



Souvenir du Congress. Very large, weighing from one to two 

 pounds; juicv an<l melting with a fine aroma 



Prices for the above varieties $3 and $5 each F. 0. B. N. Y. 



Brown Turkey. Brownish purple ; large, rich and excellent. Bears 



most abundantly in pots and forces well. 

 Negro Largo. A very large and good Fig; singularly sweet and 



ricli. Requires glass. 

 White Marseilles. Large: greenish white; flesh white; of the 



most luscious sweetness; bears abundantly and forces well. 

 S3 and $5 each 



Apricots. Cherries and Plums 



In excellent varietv 



S3 and $5 each P. 0. B. N. Y. 



Imported Apricot, Peach and Nectarine Trees 



From Open Ground 



Dwarf Maidens. <:i, S5 and S7 50 

 Dwarf, Trained. 



Half-Standard-Trained, .^^s and S7.50. 

 Standard-Trained. $7 5" anil < o. 



Each f . 0. B . N. Y. 



