HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I. 



FRXHTS 



DWARF PEARS 



The following varieties, grafted on Quince roots, suc- 

 ceed as Dwarfs, and are valuable for small gardens: 



Clapp's Favorite. See description under Pears. 



Bartlett. See description under Pears. 



Louise Bonne de Jersey. A large, beautiful yellow 

 Pear, with a red cheek; rich flavor. Vigorous grower and 

 an abundant bearer. September and October. 



Angouleme (Duchesse d'Angouleme). One of the 

 largest of the good Pears. October and November. 



Anjou. See description under Pears. 



PEACHES 



For early bearing and general satisfactory results, no 

 fruit tree excels the Peach. They will commence to bear 

 eighteen months after planting, and produce abundant 

 crops nearly every year. Fertilize with wood-ashes or 

 potash. A new supply of trees should be planted every two 

 or three years, in order to keep up a succession. This list 

 is nearly in order of ripening. 



The same skill that has developed the vegetable-growing 

 of Long Island to its high position will make the poorer 

 land of Long Island profitable with Peaches. The local 

 market is never supplied. The railroads should cooperate 

 to develop an extensive Peach industry on the hills of 

 Suffolk county. 



Carman. Large; oval; white with a red tinge; flavor 

 spicy. July. 



Belle of Georgia. A large, white Peach with a red cheek. 

 Flesh firm, of delicious quality. August. 



Early Rivers. Large; white; juicy. 



Champion. Large; creamy white and juicy. Said 

 to be one of the most frostproof of Peaches. An excellent 

 early Peach. 



Mountain Rose. Above medium size; round; white. 

 Tree thrifty and an abundant bearer. 



Early York (Honest John). A large, beautiful, white 

 Peach. A valuable variety. 



Foster. A very large Peach, resembling Crawford's 

 Early, but earlier in ripening. 



Crawford's Early. A magnificent, large, yellow Peach 

 of good quality; tree vigorous and productive. September. 



Oldmixon. A productive variety that succeeds well 

 in all localities. Flesh white, red at the stone, flavor 

 excellent. A favorite canning variety. 



Wheatland. Considered an improvement on Craw- 

 ford's Late, and ripening just in advance of it. 



Stephen's Rareripe. Large; oblong; red skin; white 

 flesh. A heavy bearer, October. 



Reeves' Favorite. Large; yellow; juicy, melting, with 

 a vinous flavor. 



Elberta. One of the finest yellow Peaches; very large 

 and handsome; juicy and of fine flavor. 



Crawford's Late. A standard variety. Large; yellow, 

 red at the stone. 



Stump the World. Medium size; creamy white; 

 juicy and high flavored. Unexcelled for preserving. 



Chair's Choice. Large; yellow, with red cheek; flesh 

 firm and of good quality. The large Peach-growers of 

 Long Island report that this is a valuable variety. 



Globe. Large; golden yellow; firm; sweet and delicious. 

 A rapid grower and good bearer. 



Smock. Medium to large; yellow; moderately juicy to 

 dry; very late; sometimes it does not ripen here. 



JAPANESE PLUMS 



This class of fruit we have thoroughly tested, and 

 strongly recommend planting in gardens and orchards. 

 After one or two years, the trees bear heavy annual crops. 



The peculiarly desirable features presented by these 

 Japanese Plums, on conservative estimate, are earliness 

 and great productiveness. The quality is good when well 

 thinned and ripened, but not always equal to the best of 

 the European Plums. 



Abundance. Medium to large; globular; yellow, 

 mostly covered with red; flesh firm and juicy, sweet and 

 good when fully ripe. The tree is very productive, and 

 the loads of fruit that young trees carry astonish all who 

 see them. The fruit should be severely thinned out and 

 the branches tied up. Ripens in early August. 



Apple. One of the good varieties introduced by Luther 

 Burbank. The fruit is large and attractive, of a deep 

 reddish purple color when fully ripe; flesh red and firm, 

 with a small pit and of very good flavor. It ripens about 

 the same time as the Burbank, and is an excellent keeper. 

 We recommend this as the finest-flavored Japanese Plum. 



View in the Peach orchard of F. A. Sirrine, Riverhead, Long Island. Mr. Sirrine came to Long Island as Entomologist 

 of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, having charge of the Long Island Branch. About ten years ago he started 

 orchards of Peach, Plum, Apple and Pear. His success demonstrates that modern scientific methods will grow perfect fruit 

 on Long Island. 



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