FRUIT TREES. 



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Wilma. 



New Yellow Peach. Wilma 



PEACHES— Continued 



ROCHESTER. A new yellow free-stone variety having the 

 exceptional merits of being early, ripening about August 10, 

 extraordinary sweetness and early bearing. In other respects 

 compares favorably with the best standard varieites, and is 

 rapidly attracting attention. The fruit is large, yellow, 

 sweet, juicy and of delicious flavor; keeping and shipping 

 well; skin prettily blushed. Tree is strong growing and 

 hardy, an annual and prolific cropper. 



Salway, Large, creamy yellow, crimson red cheek, flesh deep 

 yellow, juicy, rich, sweet. Oct. 



Stearns. A new Michigan peach which originated in South 

 Haven, Michigan, and has been a most prolific grower. A 

 perfect freestone, with yellow flesh and brilliant red skin. 

 As a shipper it cannot be surpassed. Tree is a strong, 

 upright grower, extremely hardy and free from disease. 

 Considered by the introducer as the best market peach 

 grown. Follows Elberta. . 



Stevens. Resembles an enlarged high colored Old Mixon; 

 hardy, exceedingly productive. Late Sept. 



Stump. Very large white, with a bright red cheek. End of 

 Sept. 



St. John. Nearly as large as Crawford, fully equal in color. 

 Fruit round, brilliant, showy; one of the earliest yellow 

 peaches. Aug. 



Triumph. Ripens with Alexander, blooms late, sure and 



abundant bearer; strong, vigorous grower. Fruit good 



size, yellow with red and crimson cheek. 

 Williams. Large, handsome, hardy, very productive. 



Excellent shipper. One of the most profitable clingstones. 



Middle Sept. 



In growth, it is 

 strong and stocky, 

 with large, dark green foliage; 

 buds hardy if entirely dormant. 

 The fruit is large as Elberta (its 

 parent), not quite so elongated; 

 color very much better, and 

 ripens about ten days later. Its 

 more attractive color out-sells 

 Elberta, when side-by-side on 

 the market. Wilma is being 

 largely planted in the great 

 peach belt of . northwestern 

 Ohio, and we believe it one of 

 the coming leading commercial 

 varieties. 



Wonderful. A fine market variety similar to Beer's Smock. 

 Late September. 



GOOSEBERRIES 



Salway 



Downing 

 Gooseberry 



Very profitable, single bushes sometimes bearing half a 

 bushel; always command a good price and rarely in over- 

 supply. 



Set 3 to 4 feet apart, in good rich soil, and give a liberal 

 dressing of manured every season. Regular pruning every year 

 is essential for the production of fine fruit. To prevent mildew 

 spray bushes soon as leaves appear and several times during 

 the summer with potassium sulphide (liver of sulphur) — one 

 ounce to four gallons of water. 



PRICE OF GOOSEBERRIES Each Per 10 Per 100 



Downing, i year $.20 $1.50 $13.00 



" 2 years .25 2.00 ii8.oo 



Houghton, 1 year 15 1 . 20 10 . 00 



2 years .20 1.60 14.00 



Josselyn, 1 year 20 1 . 80 ..... 



" 2 years . .30 2.50 



Downing. Large, handsome, pale green, and of splendid 



quality for both cooking and table use; bush a vigorous 



grower, and usually free from mildew. By mail, 30 cts. 



each; $1.00 for 4. 

 Houghton. Small to medium; roundish, oval, pale red, 



sweet, tender, very good; plants spreading; shoots slender, 



enormously productive. By mail, 20 cts.; 6 for $1.00. 

 Josselyn. Large sized, smooth, prolific and hardy, of best 



quality. Been tested over a wide extent of territory by the 



lade of all the leading varieties, and so far the freest from 

 - mildew, both in leaf and fruit, of them all. A wonderful 



cropper, with bright clean, healthy foliage. Mail size, 



35 cts.; 3 for $1.00. 



