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Dupuy cfc Ferguson, 38 Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal. 
FRUIT TREES AND SMALL FRUITS 
APPLE TREES 
The following list of apples will be found to include the varieties 
which have stood the best in our northern climate. 
PRICES OF APPLE TREES 
Standard Trees on free stocks for orchards 5-7 feet, 50 cts. 
each; $5.00 per dozen; $30.00 per 100. 
Summer Varieties 
Duchess of Oldenburg. Vigorous growth; Russian; 
— large; striped, tender, juicy, 
subacid; good; regular and abundant bearer. One of the hardiest 
kinds known. 
Bed Astrachan. — Free growth; large; roundish; deep crimson; 
juicy, rather acid; good; very hardy; highly esteemed on account 
of its fine appearance, earliness and hardiness. 
Tetofsky. — Moderate growth; Russian; medium; yellow and red; 
juicy; sprightly acid; good; very hardy. 
Yellow Transparent. — Free growth; Russian; medium; roundish 
oblate, slightly conical; pale yellow; tender, juicy, sprightly sub- 
acid; good. 
Autumn Varieties 
Alexander. — -Moderate growth; Russian; very large and hand- 
some; crimson; crisp, subacid; good. 
Wolf River. — Very large; beautiful red in the sun, on a yellow 
ground; strong grower and a good bearer. Original tree in 
Wisconsin is 40 years old, very healthy and extremely hardy. 
Wealthy. Fruit medium roundish, skin smooth, mostly 
covered with dark red, flesh white, fine juicy, 
vinous, sub-acid, very good. A free grower and productive. 
A variety of much value on account of its great hardiness and good 
quality. 
St. Lawrence. — -Roundish, oblate, yellowish, green, heavily 
striped and splashed with carmine, size large, flesh white, slightly 
stained, crisp, juicy, tender and vinous. Tree hardy and pro- 
ductive. 
Golden Russet. — Vigorous growth; medium; russet; crisp, juicy, 
mild and subacid; hardy; very good; long keeper. 
Ben Davis.— Vigorous growth; large; striped; moderately juicy, 
subacid; good; highly esteemed. 
Boys' Delight. — A new apple of merit. The fruit which some- 
what resembles Fameuse, from which it originated, is a beautiful 
dark crimson, and is susceptible to a very high polish. The fruit 
is apparently free from scab and other blemishes which can so 
often be found on the Snow apple. Flesh firm and sweet. 
Fameuse. Vigorous growth; medium; deep crimson; tender, 
subacid, melting, delicious; very good; hardy. 
One of the best dessert Apples. 
Gano. — An improved Ben Davis, adding to good qualities of that 
variety, a very handsome fruit of deep dark red, that gives a ready 
sale in the market. 
Grimes' Golden. — Vigorous grower; large; golden yellow; juicy, 
sprightly subacid; very good. Ripening 
Mcintosh Red. Large, roundish, skin mostly covered 
with bright red, flesh tender, subacid, 
sprightly very good. A handsome apple of fine quality. Tree 
vigorous and hardy. For its season the Mcintosh Red is one 
of the best apples grown. 
Milwaukee. — Oblate, fruit large in size; colour yellowish green, 
splashed and washed on the sunny side with bright red and 
crimson; flesh yellowish. Essentially a cooking rather than a 
table apple. 
North Western Greening. — Oblate, nearly round, large, green, 
turning to yellow when fully ripe; flesh yellow, somewhat coarse, 
juicy, subacid; quality good. Tree extremely hardy, having, 
it is said, stood 50 below zero; productive. 
Pewaukee. — Vigorous growth; large; bright yellow with red; 
tender, subacid; good; very hardy. 
Princess Louise. — Fruit medium size; colour greenish, almost 
covered with a handsome rich red, splashed and striped; quality 
first class. Tree hardy and productive. 
Scott's Winter. — Roundish, conical; medium to below medium 
in size ; skin yellowish, well splashed and washed with deep orange 
and purplish red; flesh yellowish, crisp, tender and juicy; acid 
but with pleasant flavor. Tree very hardy. 
DWARF APPLES 
Their habit adapts them particularly for small yards and limited 
areas. Their fruit is similar in quality to the standard sorts. 
They commence bearing much younger. 
Price of all varieties, 75 cts. each; $6.00 per doz. 
Duchess, Yellow Transparent, Fameuse, Mcintosh and 
Wealthy. 
CRAB APPLES 
The Crab Apple has many points of excellence. It makes a- 
fine ornamental tree, perfectly hardy, and will grow in any kind of 
soil. It bears very early and every year. 
First-class Standard Trees, 5 to 7 feet. Each, 50 cts.; 
doz., $5.00. 
Hyslop. — Large size; dark crimson with bloom; very showy; most 
beautiful of the class. Hardy. 
General Grant. — Round, oblate; size large; creamy yellow 
ground with broken stripes, becoming dark red on the sun exposed 
side; flesh white, very mild subacid. 
Whitney. — -Large, averaging 1 y% to 2 inches in diameter. Smooth, 
glossy green, splashed with carmine; flesh firm, juicy and rich; 
a great bearer and hardy. 
PLUMS 
Price of the foUowlng varieties, 50 cts. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Abundance. — Beautiful lemon-yellow ground, nearly over- 
spread with bright cherry and with a heavy bloom, large to very 
large, oblong, tapering to the point; flesh orange-yellow, molting 
rich and highly perfumed; abundant and annual bearer. 
Bradshaw. — A very large, oval, dark violet-red; juicy, sweet 
and good; a valuable market variety. 
Imperial Gage.— Fruit large, oval, skin pale green, flesh juicy, 
sweet, rich and excellent. Tree very vigorous and annually 
productive. 
Milton.— Large, dark red, flesh firm, good quality. Ripens very 
early. Very hardy, very vigorous and very productive. 
Wolf. — Very hardy and a valuable plum for the extreme north; 
rather above medium size, form round oval, colour red, quality 
below medium; very productive. 
Mount Royal. very valuable seedling plum introduced 
by Mr. W. W. Dunlop, Outremont, Que. 
Fruit roundish, flattened at stem end ; colour dark purple with 
numerous small dots; flesh yellow and juicy; firm and sweet; both 
for preserving and dessert. Stone below medium. Quality 
excellent; season early to mid September. Very hardy; vigorous, 
very productive and good shipper ; promises to be one of our best 
varieties. Each, 75 cts. 
PEARS 
Flemish Beauty. — Large, symmetrical, beautiful, juicy, melting, 
rich and fine; in unfavorable seasons scabs freely unless sprayed. 
Very heavy bearer; hardiest of all pears of good quality. 
Bartlett. — Large size, with often a beautiful blush next the sun; 
buttery, very juicy and highly flavoured; bears early and abun- 
dantly; very popular. 
Price, 50 cts. each; $5.00Jper doz. 
CHERRIES 
Early Richmond. — Medium size, bright red, melting, juicy, 
sprightly, acid flavor. This is one of the most valuable and pop- 
ular of the acid cherries is unsurpassed for cooking purposes and 
is exceedingly productive. 
Large Montmorency. — A large red, acid cherry, larger than 
Early Richmond and fully ten days later; very productive, and 
without doubt the most valuable of all sour cherries; tree strong 
grower. 
Orel No. 34. — Tree a medium grower, healthy, hardy, bears early, 
quite productive. Fruit about medium size, dark in colour, 
nearly black when ripe, stem about medium length. Flavor rich, 
spicy, pleasant. 
Orel No. 25. — One of the later importations from Russia; tested 
at the Experimental Farm, Ottawa, and found to be both hardy 
and productive, and fruit of about the same size as Early Rich- 
mond. 
Price, 50 eta. each; $5.00 per doz. 
