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CALIFORNIA NURSERY COMPANY 
Fruit Department 
TIME FOR GATHERING FRUIT 
For many years we have been making notes and IccepinK close watch to dotermino the approximate date that the fruit in the following 
pages is ready to gather. Following the descriptions, we give the month, not attempting to figure closer than this. This memoranda is 
for Nilos and should he correct for like climate in the Xorthcrn pari of the State along the coast. In the early sections and the iutprior 
valleys it will be found to ripen earlier. For almonds we give the exact blooming date in 1918. These dates may vary slightly in other 
seasons but is a fair average and will enable planters to select varieties for intor-planting for pollination purposes. 
APPLE— General Assortment 
EACH 10 100 1000 
Ivear, 4to5ft SO. 45 S3. 00 «25.00 8200.00 
1 year, 3 to 4 ft 40 2.50 20.00 175.00 
1 year. 2 to 3 ft ^5 2.00 15.00 125.00 
The letter S. F or W following each name indicates that it is a 
Hummer, Fall or Winter variety. 
Alexander (F)^ — Very large; greenish yellow streaked with red; 
medium quality; liaVdy and fairly productive; an excellent market 
sort. August. 
Arkansas Black (W) — Large; round; regular; smooth and glossy; 
yellow where not cc)vered with deep cnmson, almost black; flesh 
very yellow, firm, fiiit^grained, juicy; flavor sub-acid, pleasant, 
rich. A long keeper. October. 
Baldwin (W)— Large, roundish; deep, bright red; juicy, crisp, suh- 
acid, good flavor; very productive. October. 
Ben Davis (W)— Large, handsome, striped, and of fair quahty; 
productive, and late keeper. November. 
Bismarck (\V) — Large; yellow with red cheek; flesh tender, sub- 
acid. Excellent both for cooking and eating. Very prolific and 
comes into bearing quicker than any other kind. October. 
Carolina Red June (S)— Medium; irregular; deep red; good; very 
protluctive and early bearer. July. 
Delicious (W) — -Large; ribbed and irregular; dark red where apples 
color well. A long keeper and of remarkably higli quality in 
favorable locations. November. 
Duchess of Oldenburg (8) — A large Russian apple, roundish; 
streaked red and yellow; tender, juicy and pleasant; best early 
cooking apple. August. 
Early Harvest (S)— Medium size; pale yellow; tender, mild, fine 
flavor; erect grower and good bearer. July. 
Early Strawberry (S) — ^Medium size; elongated; Blmost deep red; 
tender, with a mild, pleasant flavor. July, 
Esopus Spitzenburs (W)— Large; tapering; Ught red, delicately 
eoatcd with light bloom; flesh butter yellow, crisp, rich, sprightly, 
^^nous flavor; one of the best. Novemlxir. 
Fall Pippin (F) — -Very large; roundish oblong; yellow; flesh lender, 
juicy and rich; valuable for all purposes. September. 
Gano (F) — mf*dium large, oblate, irregular; red striped, bandsome; 
sub-acid, brisk, good; medium to late. October. 
Goldridge (K) — ^Large, smooth; palo yellow with crimson blush 
on sunny side; very fragrant, quality good. October. 
Gravensteln (F)— Large; .striped red and orange. Most popular 
early variety on Coast. August. 
Grimes Golden Pippin (W) — ^Medium to large; skin golden yel- 
low, sprinkled witJi gray dots; of beautiful appearance and good 
flavor. November. 
Hoover (F)— Large; dark red with light dots; juioy, acid, crisp and 
good flavor. October. 
JonathaJl (F)— Medium to large; conical; striped, mostly red; 
tender, jiiicy, rich vinous flavor; very productive; good keeper; 
one of the best varieties cither for table or market. October. 
King David (W) (New)— Fruit large, wine-red, blotched yellow. 
Its higli color and delicious flavor are causing it to be a winner. 
October. 
King of Tompkins County (F)— Very large; yellow splashed witli 
crimson; rich, sub-acid flavor. Vigorous grower and good bearer. 
September. 
Lawver (W) —Large; brilliant red with small dots; flavor moderate; 
long keeper; tree vigorous and hardy. November. 
Maiden's Blush (S) — Rather large; solid yellow with clear red 
cheek; fleah tender, white; sprightly, pleasant, sub-acid flavor; 
heavy bearer. August. 
Mammoth Black Twig (Paragon) (W) — ^Large; dark red; good 
keeper. N ovcmber. 
Missouri Pippin {W) — ^Large; pale whitish yellow splashed with 
light and dark red; flesh whitish, crisp, moderately juicy, sub- 
acid. November. 
Northern Spy (W) — ^Large; roundish, somewhat conical; pale 
yellow striped with red; rich, pleasant flavor; rapid and erect 
grower. November. 
Red Astrachau (S)— Large; roundish; deep crimson; very liand- 
some, juicy, good, rather acid; an early and abundant bearer; 
the best early apple. July. 
Red Bietigheimer (F) — Large to very large; roundish; skin pale, 
croiim-eolored ground, mostly covered with puri)lish crimson; 
flesh white, firm, sub-acid, with a brisk, pleasant flavor, Early 
fall. September. 
Rhode Island Greening (F) — ^Large; slightly flattened; greenish 
yellow; flesh yelhw, fine grained and excellent. A regular and 
heavy l>earer in almost all localities. October. 
Rome Beauty (W)— Large; yellow striped with bright red; very 
handwome; flesh tender, juicy, sprightly. October. 
Skinner's Seedling (Skinber's Pippin) (F) — Large; skin tliin, 
pale yellow, often with a blush on sunny side; flesh very tender, 
juicy and sub-acid; tree a close, Wgorous grower. Considered 
one of the best early fall varieties, August. 
Smith's Cider (W)— Large; handsome; red and yellow; juicy, 
acid, A vigorous grower and abundant bearer, November. 
Stayman's Winesap (W)— Large; a seedling pf Wiuesap and con- 
sidered quit* an improvement; yellow, well covered with dark 
red; flesh yellow, sub-acid and of best quality. November. 
White Astrachan (S)— Very large; roundish; very smooth and 
nearly white; a favorite market sort. July. 
White Winter Pearmain (W) — Large; roundish, conical; pale 
yellow; flesh ycillowish, tender and juicy with extra high flavor; 
one of the best. October. 
Winesap (W)— Medium size; oblong; skin smooth, dark red; flesh 
yrllow, firm, erisp, with a rich, high flavor; a productive bearer. 
November. 
Winter Banana (W) — ^Medium to large; golden yellow, usually 
.shaded crimson; flesh fine grained with a very rich, sub-acid 
flavor. Tree healthy and vigorous. Commences bearing very 
young. October. 
Yellow Bellflower (W) — ^Very large; oblong; skin smooth, pale 
lemon yellow, often with blush next the sun; flesh tender, juicy, 
crisp, with a sprightly sub-acid flavor; one of the very best. 
October. 
Yellow Newtown Pippin (W) — Large; yellow with brownish red 
cheek; firm, crisp, juicy, with a very rich, high flavor. Generally 
considered the best winter apple in CaliiForuia. November. 
CRAB APPLES 
EACK 10 100 
1 year, 4 to 6 ft SO. 45 $3.50 S30.00 
1 year. 3 to 4 ft 40 3.00 2'*. 00 
1 year. 2 to 3 ft 35 2.50 20.00 
Hyslop— Almost as largo as the Early Strawberry apple; deep 
crimson; very popular on account of its largo size, beauty and 
hardiness; late; tree remarkably vigorous. August. 
Red Siberian— Fruit small, about an inch in diameter; yellow, 
with scarlet cheek, beautiful; tree an erect, free grower; bears 
when two or three years old. August. 
Transcendent— A beautiful variety of the Siberian Crab; large; 
red and yellow; tree a remarkably strong grower. August. 
Whitney - Large; skin smooth, glossy green, striped, splashed with 
carmine; flesh firm, juicy and flavor very pleasant. August. 
Yellow Siberian— Large; beautiful golden yellow August. 
APPLE— On Northern Spy Roots 
The Northern Spy root is absolutely imininie from the attacks 
of the Woolly Apliis. We have demonstratetl this fully after years 
of experimentation. The expenw of growing trees on this root is 
no small item, therefore the increased cost of the trees grown on 
tliis root. We have a large block of Northern Spy trees which are 
dug up every few j'ears. The roots are cut off and a Northern 
Spy scion is grafted on to this re«iat.ant root. These are planted 
deep enough in nursery rows so that the scion also strikes roots 
where it comes into contact with the root on which it is grafted. 
The trees growing from this combination are budded after becoming 
well rooted with the many varieties listed and priced below. Oe- 
scriptions of vsriotics sanm um the general assortment above. 
KACH 10 UK) 
1 year. 4 to 6 ft «0.50 $4.00 $:^.^ (tO 
1 year, 3 to 4 ft 45 3.50 30 «» 
1 year. 2 to 3 ft , .40 3.00 2»> 00 
Alexander 
Arkansas Black 
Baldwin 
Bismarck 
C-ar. Red June 
DeliciuuB 
I }uehe4s of Oldenburg 
Early Harvest 
Fall Pippin 
Iluuver 
Jonathan 
ited Astrachan 
R. 1. Greenitiji 
Rome Beauty 
Skinner 'b >• 
Wl)ite Avti'" I 
Wuiesap 
Winter Unuaiui 
