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TREE SEEDS 
EXCEPT WHEN QUOTED BY THE POUND, 
PRICES GIVEN INCLUDE POSTAGE 
4,000 POUNDS PEACH PITS. 
Enough to make 1,000 Gas Masks. 
When our government called for nut 
shells, peach pits, etc., we found that 
we had 47 sacks, or about 4,000 pounds 
of peach pits in stock. 
As the lives of our boys over-seas 
were dependent on gas masks, we im- 
mediately decided that it would be far 
better to use these pits for gas masks 
than to hold them for next spring 
planting. 
We, therefore, gave the whole bunch 
to the government. The accompany- 
ing picture shows the pits piled up at 
the receiving station. We were very 
glad to give these and believe this was 
the largest individual contribution in 
this part of the country. 
FRUIT SEEDS 
APPLE. Apple seeds do not produce the same 
variety but an inferior, though hardy stock. Upon 
the stock thus raised from the seed are grafted or 
budded the cuttings of such varieties as are desired. 
The seed may be planted in good time in any soil 
during the winter in the South, or early in the spring; 
it must first be frozen which can be done during the 
winter by laying the seed in layers in the boxes and 
covering them with sand, and exposing them to the 
oold freezing weather. After freezing the seed must 
not be allowed to become dry, or many will be spoiled 
if deprived of all moisture. 
French Crabapple lb. $1.00 
RUSSIAN APRICOTS. The hardiest of the 
Apricots. In its native land it flourishes as far 
north as the mountains of Duharia, in Siberia. It 
was brought to the United States about 1857 by the 
Russian Mennonites, and was extensively planted 
by them in their Kansas and Nebraska settlements. 
Fruit medium-sized and of the best quality. 
Oz. 10c; lb. 60c. 
QUINCE. Quinces generally produce the same 
variety from the seed, but occasionally vary. The 
stock is used most for budding and grafting the pear. 
The fruit is used for preserves, pies, tarts, etc. The 
mucilage from the seed is often used as a toilet 
article for the hair. The culture from the seed is the 
same as the apple Oz. 20c; lb. $2.00. 
MAZZARD CHERRY. Another variety used 
extensively for grafting Oz. 10c; lb. $1.00 
MAHALEB CHERRIES. The remarks regarding 
apples are applicable to cherries. This variety is 
considered the best stock upon which to graft the 
choicest sorts Oz. 10c; lb. $1.00 
PEAR. Sow the seeds thickly in the spring in 
drills eighteen inches apart. The soil should be 
deep; a rich moist loam is most suitable. The 
value of the stock depends largely upon a rapid and 
vigorous growth ; take them up in the autumn, 
shorten the tap root and set them in rows four feet 
apart, a foot apart in the row. The next season 
they will be fit to bud or graft, provided they have 
been well grown Oz. 15c; lb. $2.00 
MYROBOLAN PLUM. The direction given for 
planting apples will apply to plums, except they 
should be planted farther apart in the rows. The 
varieties raised from seed will be inferior, but hardy, 
vigorous stock upon which to graft the choicest 
sorts Oz. 10c; lb. $1.00 
GERMAN PRUNES. Treated same as preced- 
ing Oz. 10c; lb. 50c 
PEACH. We gave all of ours to the government 
and have none to sell. 
QIVT AT T TTRTTTTQ CURRANTS, GOOSEBERRY, RASPBERRY, 
OlVl/VJUl^ riitllS STRAWBERRY AND BLACKBERRY 
(We have a fine stock of the above small fruit seeds.) Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
EVERGREENS 
EUROPEAN LARCH. 
This variety is of great value 
for forest planting and is being 
extensively grown in the 
United States. Is easily trans- 
planted if handled while dor- 
mant, but as it starts very 
early in the spring, it is best 
to transplant it in the fall, or 
procure the seeds and sow 
where wanted. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; lb. $2.00 
ARBOR VITAE, AMERI- 
CAN CEDAR. An evergreen 
of very great value for orna- 
mental hedges. Its timber 
is exceedingly beautiful, lasting 
a hundred years in exposed 
situations without showing 
signs of decay. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; lb. $2.00 
CHINESE ARBOR VITAE. A very beautiful 
tree for towns and ornamental hedges, for which 
purpose it has been a long time in cultivation. 
Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; lb. $2.00 
GOLDEN ARBOR VITAE. A variety of the 
preceding species with foliage of golden hue. Very 
pretty Pkt. 5c; oz. 40c ; lb. $4.00 
NORWAY SPRUCE. A very popular variety 
from Europe. It has been very extensively planted 
in this country for ornamental purposes, and also for 
timber and windbrakes. It is easily transplanted 
or grown from seed, and succeeds in a variety of 
soils and climates *Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; lb. $2.00 
HEMLOCK SPRUCE. A well known evergreen 
of high Northern latitudes. It is one of the most 
graceful spruces with a light spreading spray, 
frequently branching almost to the ground. The 
wood is coarse-grained, but is used in great quanti- 
ties for rough work. The bark is very extensively 
used in tanning. It is a beautiful tree for the lawn 
and makes a highly ornamental hedge. 11 
Pkt. . 5c; oz. 40c; lb. $4.00 
