DUPUY & FERGUSON, 38 JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, MONTREAL 
FRUIT TREES and SMALL FRUITS 
APPLE TREES 
The foUowmg Ust 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, 75 cts. 
each; $6.00 per doz.; $40.00 per 100. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Duchess of OIdenburg.-~%|f?p-*^«S"; 
Juicv, subacid; good: regular and abundant bearer. One of the 
hardiest kinds kno\vn. . , „ . t, 
Montreal Peach.— This, although grown in the Province of 
Quebec for many years, is a Russian. Fruit medium to large, 
conical, pale straw color, with a fine salmon rose cheek. Se^on. 
early September. Te-tture. all that can be desired m a mst- 
rate apple. Tree very productive, hardy and vigorous. Sree 
from blight. . , , 
Red Astrachan. — Free growth; large; roundish; deep crimson; 
juicy, rather acid; good; very hardy; highly esteemed on account 
of its fine appearance, earliness and hardiness. 
Liveland Raspberry. — Russian. Roundish, medium size, 
flesh white, often streaked with red, juicy, with scarcely any 
soUdity, a good dessert fruit. August to September. Tree, 
upright grower, spreading with age; very hardy. 
Early Strawberry. — Russian, rotmdish, medium to large, 
heavily striped with deep red. flesh tender, agreeable, firm. 
Season end of August. Tree only a moderate grower, good 
bearer and shipper. Very hardy. 
Tetofsky. — Moderate growth; Russian; medium; yellow and 
red; juicy; sprightly acid; good; very hardy. 
Yellow Transparent. — Free growth; Russian; medium; roimd- 
ish 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. 
WaaltViv Fruit medium roundish, skin smooth, mostly 
TTcaiLiiy. 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 productive. 
WINTER VARIETIES. 
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. — -\ 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. 
Fampiise Vigorous growth; medium; deep crimson; 
I aiiicuBc tender, subacid, melting. deUcious; 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. 
1\/I/<Inl-r>cK Rfirl Large, roundish, skin mostly covered 
iviLiULUbn rvcu. .^^^ 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 rovmd, large, green, 
tui'ning 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. 
Northern Spy. — Large, round, striped with red with a pale 
bloom; remarkably tender, juicy, high-flavored and delicious; 
one of the best long-keeping Apples. 
Pewaukee. — Vigorous growth; large: bright yellow with red; 
tender, subacid; good; very hardy. 
Princess Louise. — I'ruit 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. Then- 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, 60 cts.; 
doz., $6.00. 
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, averagmg I H to 2 inches in diameter. 
Smooth, glossy green, splashed with carmine; flesh firm, juicy 
and rich: a great bearer and hardy. 
Transcendent. — Of the largest size of this class of Apples; 
red. showy, excellent and very handsome; one of the most 
desirable. 
PLUMS 
Price of the following varieties, 60 cts. each; $6.00 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, melting 
rich and highly perfumed; abundant and annual bearer. 
Brads haw.— 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 flrm, 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, colom' red, quality 
below medium; very productive. 
TK/I^-.-.^* D ».T.^ 1 A very valuable seedling plum intro- 
iVlOUni I\.Oyai.~duced by Mr. W. W. Dunlop, Outre- 
mont. Que. Fruit roundish, flattened at stem end; colour dark 
purple with numerous small dots; flesh yellow and juicy; flrm 
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, melt- 
ing, 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 
abundantly; very popular. 
Price: 60 cts. each; $6.00 per doz. 
CHERRIES 
Early Richmond. — Medium size, bright 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 exceedingly productive. 
Large Montmorency. — A largo 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. 24. — Tree a medium grower, healthy, hardy, bears 
early, quite productive. Fruit aliout 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 
Richmond. 
Price, 60 cts. each; $6.00 per doz. 
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