The Et.izabeth Nursery Company. 



SWEET VARIETIES-Continued. 



Rockport Bigarreau— Large, pale amber, with clear 

 red cheek ; a very excellent and handsome cherry ; 

 srood bearer. June. 



Schmidt's Bigarreau— Originated in Belgium. The 

 tree is remarkably vigorous, hardy and produc- 

 tive. Fruit grows in clusters, and is of the largest 

 pize; skin deep black; flesh dark, tender, juicy, 

 with a fine, rich flavor ; stone small. A decided 



acquisition to our list of cherries. June to July. 



Yellow Spanish — Large, pale yellow, with red cheek ; 

 firm, juicy and excellent; one of the best light- 

 colored cherries ; productive. June. 



Windsor— Originated in Canada; fruit large, liver- 

 colored ; flesh remarkably firm, eweet and of fine 

 quality. Tree hardy and very prolific. 



SOUR VARIETIES. 



Belle Magnifique— Fruit large, roundish; skin bright 

 red; flesh tender, juicy, sprightly, sub-add; one 

 of the finest of this class of cherries. July. 



Dyehouse— Partakes of both the Duke and Morello 

 in wood and fruit ; a very early and sure bearer ; 

 ripens a week before Early Richmond ; of better 

 qualitv, and quite as productive, June. 



English Morello— Medium to large ; blackish red, rich, 

 acid, jnioy and good ; very productive. August. 



Early Richmond— Mediutn size, dark red; melting, 

 juicy, sprightly acid flavor. This is one of the 

 most valuable and popular of the acid cherries, is 

 unsurpassed for cooking purposes, and is exceed- 

 inglv productive. June. 



Late Duke — A large, light red cherrv ; late and fine. 

 July. 



Large Montmorency — A large, red, acid cherry, larger 

 than Early Richmond, and fully ten days later. 

 June. 



May Duke— Large, dark red, juicy and rich ; an old, 

 excellent variety ; productive. June. 



Olivet— Of French origin. Large, globular, very shin- 

 ing, deep red sort ; flesh red, tender, rich and vig- 

 orous ; very sweet, sub- acid flavor. June. 



Ostheim — A hardy cherry, from Russia. It has been 

 tested in the severest winters of Minnesota, and 

 has been found perfectly hardy. Fruit large, 

 roundish, ovate ; skin red, dark at maturity ; stalk 

 long ; flesh liver colored, tender, juicy, almost 

 sweet. 



Seine Hortense— Very fine, large, bright red ; juicy, 

 delicious and productive. July. 



"MERCER." The New Cherry. 



BACH. DOZ. 



First Class, $ 4U |4 00 



Extra Size, 5 to 6 feet 50 5 00 



Double Extra Size.. 75 7 50 



The following description is from the originator 



of this wonderful cherry, in Mercer Co., N. J. The 



tree was found growing on an old farm among a 



namberof Mazzard Cherries: 



" It is decidedly different from anything before 



known. It is a very dark red, and early It is one 



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of the most profuse bearers that is grown, and for 

 growth and hardiness it is second to none. It is 

 larger than the Black Tartarian and is finer flavored 

 and, in fact, is a true Heart Cherry of the finest type. 

 It is a sure cropper. The former owner of the farm 

 has lived on the place since birth and cannot remem- 

 ber a single year when that cherry tree did not bear, 

 and for canning it has no equal. It is a splendid 

 shipper, and always brings the highest prices in the 

 market. In 1891 there was a glut in the cherry 

 market but we cleared $2 per basket, and the one 

 tree yielded between 30 and 31 baskets of fruit." 



Another feature of this cherry is, that we have 

 never seen them wormy. The great recommenda- 

 tion for the cherry is the extreme hardiness of the 

 tree, never having a sign of disease in any part of it. 

 In 1892 it again proved its superiority over all other 

 varieties by producing a full crop of fruit free from 

 worms or rot, while other varieties were totally de- 

 stroyed by rot caused by wet weather which pre- 

 vailed through the ripening season, or otherwise 

 made unsalable by wormy fruit. 



" The tree this year was well filled with fruit 

 and it brought on an average $1.50 per baslcet, 

 clear of all expenses, and the tree netted us over 

 $50.00." 



FRUIT GROWERS, WAKE UP ! Think of one 

 tree netting over $50 the past season when it rained 

 almost every day. Farmers, where are you? 



Working hard year in and year out and barely mak- 

 ing a living. You can plant 130 of these trees on an 

 acre and in a few years receive a benefit of |6,500. 

 Ofi" of one acre enough to pay for your whole farm. 

 If we did not personally know the originator of this 

 wonderful cherry we would hardly believe it, but we 

 know whereof we speak and know them to be facts. 



Dwarf Rocky Mountain Cherry. 



Bach. Doz. 



18 inches to 2 feet 25 $2 00 



The fruit is jet black when ripe and in size ia 

 nearly as large as the English Morello. It bears 

 every year, grows to a height of 4 feet and has never 

 been known to be affected by insects or disease. 



Each. Doz 100 



2 to 3 feet $0 10 $1 00 $3 00 



Medium, 3 to 4 feet 15 1 25 7 00 



First- class, 4 to 5 feet.... 20 1 50 10 00 



Extra, 5 to 6 feet 25 2 50 15 00 



Double extra, 6 to 7 feet 60 4 00 18 00 

 Bearing age; some kinds 75 5 00 

 Alexander — Medium size ; skin greenish-white, nearly 

 covered with rich red ; flesh melting, juicy, sweet ; 

 tree vigorous and productive ; ripens two weeks 

 earlier than Hale's Early. 

 Seer's Smock— Fruit medium to large; skin light 

 orange-yellow ; moderately juicy, and rich ; ex- 

 cellent as a late market sort. 

 Crawford Early — This very beautiful and best of 

 yellow peaches is highly esteemed. Fruit very 

 large, oblong ; skin yellow, with fine red cheek ; 



flesh yellow, juicy; sweet and excellent ; a wonder- 

 fully productive and hardy peach. 

 Crawford Late — A superb fruit, of very large size 

 skin yellow, with abroad dark red cheek; flesh 

 deep yellow, but red at the stone, juicy and melt- 

 ing, with a very rich and excellent vinous flavor. 

 This is, undoubtedly, one of the very best yellow 

 peaches. Tree vigorous and productive. 

 Crosby, or Excelsior— The tree is of low, spreading, 

 wiUuwy habit of growth, and often the entire 

 product of a tree, two bushels or even more, can be 

 picked by a man standing on the ground. The 

 fruit is of medium size, bright, orange-yellow, 

 splashed with streaks of carmine on the sunny 

 side, of beautiful appearance, and not so acid m 

 \ most yellow peaches of the Crawford class. It 

 ' ripens between Early and Late Crawford. 



