FRUIT DEPARTMENT— NUT TREES 
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NECTARINES 
This fruit may be described simply as a 
smootli sliinned peach. It will thrive wherever 
peaches do, and is much superior to the peach 
as a dryer and makes excellent preserves. The 
propagation and management are the same as 
for the peach. 
Boston — Large, roundish-oval; light yellow with 
bright red cheek; flesh yellow to the stone, 
sweet with a pleasant peculiar flavor; free- 
stone; one of the most valued sorts for market. 
Oownton — Large, roundish-oval; pale green 
with violet cheek; flesh pale green with some 
red at the pit; melting, rich and very good; 
freestone. 
QUINCES 
The quince is attracting a good deal of atten- 
tion as a market fruit. The tree is hardy and 
compact in growth and requires little space; is 
productive, gives regular crops and comes into 
bearing early; the fruit is much sought for can- 
ning. When put up in the proportion of one 
quart of quinces to about four quarts of other 
fruit, it imparts a delicious flavor. It will grow 
in any good garden soil, which should be kept 
mellow, and well enriched. Fruit should be thin- 
ned out if it bears too freely. 
Angers — Size medium, pear shaped, golden-yel- 
low, rather acid; tree a thrifty grower and 
bears abundantly. October. 
Bourgeat — Very large, smooth, golden yellow, 
tender and is a good keeper, very productive 
and healthy. October. 
American Sweet Chestnuts 
•Champion — Very large and handsome; flesh 
cooks as tender as an apple without hard 
spots; flavor delicate; tree very handsome and 
bears abundantly; one of the most valuable 
sorts; color greenish-yellow. 
iMeech's Prolific — Very large, bright yellow, 
quality very good and quite fragrant; bears 
early and is very productive; one of the best. 
Mid-season. 
•Orange — Large, roundish, somewhat Irregular 
with a small and short neck at the base; fine 
golden-yellow flesh and of excellent flavor. 
October. 
Rea's Mammoth — Very large, roundish, color 
yellow with pinkish shades, excellent quality; 
tree a strong grower with dark foliage; bears 
well and early. 
MULBERRIES 
The Mulberry is valued as an ornamental 
shade tree and the fruit is quite popular in 
some sections. Should be planted in deep, rich 
sandy loam. Requires little care and is of easy 
culture. The fruit is sprightly and refreshing 
and is a valuable addition to any fruit garden. 
•Downing's Everbearing — A beautiful tree for 
the lawn or street; bears an abundant supply 
of sweet, refreshing fruit for several weeks; 
berries are about one and one-half inches 
long; color blue-back. 
Hick's Everbearing — Much like Downing in color, 
size and quality. 
•New American — Equal to Downing in all re- 
spects and a much hardier tree; vigorous 
grower and very productive; ripe from middle 
of June until September; color black. 
•Russian — A very hardy rapid-growing, limber 
tree of great value, especially in the West; 
foliage abundant and said to be very desirable 
for silk worm culture; fruit good size and pro- 
duced in large quantities. Introduced into this 
country by the Minnonites. 
White — This is the variety used most for 
feeding silk worms; it forms a large 
spreading tree. 
NUT .TREES 
There has been more attention paid to 
the planting of nut trees the last few 
years than e\er before. Few farms but 
contain land, that if planted to nut-bear- 
ing trees, would pay better than anything 
else to which it could be devoted. Besides 
the value of the wood for commercial pur- 
poses, the crop of nuts of nearly all kinds 
command a high price in the market. 
Butternut (White Walnut) — A native of 
the Eastern states. It is a beautiful 
growing tree and yields a large nut with 
a rough hard shell within which are full 
white oily kernels, sweet, rich and of 
the most delicate flavor; tree has a wide 
spreading head, reddish colored, dark 
foliage; is a native of this country and 
well adapted to nearly all sections. 
Chestnuts (American Sweet) — The Amer- 
ican Sweet Chestnut is much superior to 
both the European and Japanese kinds, 
although it does not, as yet, approach 
in size to either of them. Chestnuts are much 
easier to propagate than other nut trees and 
come into bearing earlier. It does not do 
well in lime stone or clayey soils, or In wet 
boggy land. The nut is sweet and well fla- 
vored; makes a valuable shade tree for either 
street or lawn. 
