NILES, ALAMEDA COUNTY, CAL. 
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PRUNE — On Myrobolan, Peach and Almond Boots 
KACH 10 100 1000 
1 year, 6 to 8 ft. (French) $0.60 S5.00 ^5.00 $400 00 
1 year, 4 to 6 ft 50 4.50 40v00 350 00 
I year, 3 to 4 ft 40 3,50 30.00 275.00 
1 year. 2 to 3 ft 35 2.50 20.00 175.00 
Conquest — Nrw stonclcss prune. The fruit is ver>* similar to its 
parent, the eommon French prune, in form, size, color and golden, 
sweet, rich flesh. The stone has been eliojinated wholly with the 
exception of a tiny speck. Ripens with the French prune. 
August. 
FellenbersT (Italian Prune) — ^Medium size; oval, tapering at both 
ends; dark purple; fleah greenish yellow, rich and delicious; free- 
stone; fine for drying. September. 
French (Petite d'Agen) — The well-known variety so extensively 
planted for drying; medium size, egg-shai>ed, violet purple; 
juicy, very sweet, rich and sugary; very prolific. August. 
Oerman— Long, oval and swollen on one side; skin purple, with a 
thick blue bloom ; flesh firm, green, sweet, with a peculiar pleasant 
flavor. September. 
Hungarian (Groese Prune, Pond's Seedling) — Very large, dark 
red. juicy and sweet. Its large size, bright color, prmluctiveness 
and shipping <]ualities render it a profitable variety for home or 
distant market. September. 
Imperiale Epineuse— This has proved to be the largest and finest 
prune cultivated in California. With ita uniformly large sito, 
reddish or light purple color, thin skin, sweetness and high flavor, 
it stands ahead of all other prunes. It contains more sugar than 
the French prune. Analysis shows 20.4 per cent for the Imperiale 
Epineuse and 18.53 per cent for the average of the French prune. 
Sixty to eighty per cent of the dried prunes of the Imperiale 
Epmeuse will average 20 to 30 to the pound. Always commands 
the highest price in the markets. August. 
Robe de Sargent— Medium size; oval; akin deep purple, approach- 
ing to black, and covered with a thick blue bloom; flesh greenish 
yellow, sweet and well flavored, sugary, rich and delicious; a 
valuable drj-ing and preserving variety. Dries larger and darker 
than French. August. 
^^-j**^"'^!^*"^*^""**^ of Coe's Golden Drop, with whicli it is almost 
identical. Bears heavily in some districts. September. 
Standard — This is without doubt the best combination drying and 
shipping prune ever grown. Has been kept fully a month in good 
condition in a basket in an ordinary liWng room during our warm 
fall weather and can be shipped when dead ripe with success to 
any part of the United States. September. 
Sugar — ^I^xtremely early, vi^ry large; cures superbly rich, with a 
yellow fle«h. tender and rich in sugar; skin very tender, at first of 
a Hght purple, tinted with green, changing at maturity to dark 
purple, covered with a thick, white bloom. Valuable in localities 
where the French prune ripens too late for sun-drying. Contains 
almost 24 per cent sugar. Tree an unusually vigorous grower 
and very productive. August. 
Tragedy — Medium size: skin dark purple; flesh yellowish green; 
very rich and sweet; freestone. Us early ripening makes it very 
valuable for shipping. July. 
PEACH— On Peach Eoot 
New Varieties 
KACH 10 100 
1 year, 4 to 6 ft $0.60 $5.00 $40.00 
1 year, 3 to 4 ft 50 4.00 30.00 
J. H. Hale-^A valuable new table, shipping and drying peach. 
Smooth skin, almost fuzzless. Very firm, i^hips almost like an 
apple. Yellow freestone; flesh tender, excellent quality. Larger 
than the Elbcrta and ripening about the same period". From a 
California standpoint not in the class of canning peaches because 
it is red at pit and rags in the syrup. August. 
Oklahoma Beauty^ — ^Extremely large; nearly round, with high 
color. Among the finest in quality. Specimens measure 8 inches 
in circumference. June. 
Oklahoma Queen— "Queen of Peaches." Larger than Greesnboro 
m size, and in quality one of the finest early peaches grown. 
Wondcrfullj' productive. June. 
Selma Cling — The peach is a beautiful golden yellow, very uni- 
form in size, desirable for canning, and during the past seaaou 
when so many of the canning peaches were small, the Selma Cling 
averaged a good canning size. Ripens immediately after the 
Tuscan. Somewhat flattened; skin slightly colored when ex- 
posed to sun; flesh a clear yellow to the pit; is fine grained and 
of excellent flavor; the pit is very small, a point which appeals 
very forcibly to those who are engaged in the canning of fruit. 
August. 
PEACH— On Peach Boot 
KAru 10 100 1000 
1 year, 4 to 6 ft $0.45 $:^50 $27.50 $250.00 
I year, 3 to 4 ft 40 3.00 22.50 200.00 
I year, 2 to 3 ft 3S 2.50 18.00 150.00 
FBEESTONE VARIETIES 
Admiral Dewey — Large; yellow with red check; flesh yellow; 
perfect fre<?stonc; flavor good. One of the best early yellows, 
liipcns soon after Triumph. July. 
Alexander — Medium to large; greenish white, nearly covered with 
a deep, rich red; flesh white, very juicy and sweet, with brisk, 
agreeable flavor. Very early. July. 
Bilyeu's Late— Large; white with a beautiful blush; flesh white, 
very firm and of good flavor; heavy bearer and good shipper. 
The latest whit« freestone. October. 
BriggB* May — ^Medimn size; round; white with red cheek; flesh 
white, melting, juicy and very sweet. July. 
Early Crawford— .V magnificent, large, yellow peach of good 
quality. Its size, beauty and productiveness make it one of the 
n)0st popular varieties both for home use and commercial plant- 
ing. August. 
Elberta — -Very large; skin golden yellow where exposed to the sun; 
flesh yellow, juicy, rich, sweet and splendidly flavored; tree very 
prolific and presents a handsome appearance. It is a perfect free- 
stone and one of the most successful market varieties. August. 
Everbearing — ^Very distinct from all other sorts. Blooms and 
bears over a long season. Reddish purple; flesh red next to skin 
and around pit, making it practically a "Blood Free." For home 
use. August. 
Foster — Very large; yellow with red cheek. Much like Early Craw- 
ford, but is larger, earlier and better. Runs very uniform in size. 
A fine yellow freestone. August. 
Hale's Early — ^Large, nearly round; akin greenish white, mostly 
covered with red and can be readily separated from flesh when 
fully ripe. Fleah white, melting, juicy, sweet and most delicious; 
adheres partially to the pit. July. 
Imperial — Medium size; skin very smooth, deep yellow with dark 
red check, making an unusuall.v beautiful fruit; fleah rich and 
firm, with a delightful flavor; perfect freestone. July. 
Late Crawford— Fruit very large, roundish; skin yellow, with dark 
red cheek; flesh deep yellow, juicy and melting, with a very rich 
and excellent vinous flavor. August. 
LoTell— A California seedling; large, almost perfectly round; fleah 
clear yellow to the nit; firm and of excellent quality; a superb 
canning peach and ories well. Very prolific. .4ug\ist. 
Mayflower— Introduced to the Pacific Coast by oimjelvea a few 
years ago as *'thc carHest peach known." Results have fully sub- 
stantiated this claim and it still holds that title. It is absolutely 
red all over, with white flesh of excellent flavor. As large as 
Alexander and ripens two weeks earlier at Niles. June. 
Morris White— Large, oval; skin white, becoming creamy or pale 
straw color w^hen fully ripe, without any red whatever: a perfect 
freestone; flesh white clear to the dark brown pit, remarkably 
tender, juicy, sweet and rich. Beyond all doubt the finest 
flavored peach grown. August. 
Muir — ^An excellent bearer, and does not curl; fruit large to very 
large; skin and fleah uniformly yoUow clear to the pit; a fine 
shipper and one of the best canning peaches in the United States; 
as a drying peach it excels all others ever introduced. August. 
Boyal George — A beautiful and high-flavoretl peach; rather large, 
globular, broad; skin white with deep red cneek; flesh whitish, 
very red at the stone; very rich. August. 
Salway— Large; yellow with crimson cheek; flesh deep yellow; 
very juicy, melting and rich; the most valuable late variety. 
September. 
Sneed — -Large, creamy white, with bhish cheek; tender, juicy; 
valuable for early shipping. June. 
Strawberry— -Medium size: oval; skin marbled with deep rvd; fleah 
whitish, juicy, rich and of a very deficious flavor. August. 
SuBQuebanna — A larRc. handsome variety, nearly globular; skin 
ri ell yellow with bruutiful red cheek; fleah yellow, sweet, juicy, 
with a ricii, vinous flavor. August. 
Triumph — Medium to large; skin very downy, yellow, almost 
covered with red; flesh bright yelhiw, flavor excellent. July. 
