To Our Patrons: 
These Nurseries were established in 1872, and from a small plant- 
ing have been enlarged until now they cover an area of over 1,000 
acres. Our business has steadily grown until we now have an 
established trade equaled by no other Nursery in the South. Our Nurseries ere in the mountains of Tennessee, 40 
miles north of Huntsville, Alabama, where the soil and climate produce nursery stock of the highest grade, unsur- 
passed and seldom equaled in thriftiness and healthfulness. Peach Yellows, Rosetta, Root-knot, and other diseases are 
unknown in this section, and the San Jose scale has never been known to exist here. 
It is with pardonable pride that we refer to our large plant and our facilities for doing business, which are the result 
of close application and a desire to please our customers. Our packing grounds are upon the line of the N. C. & St. L. 
R. R. A side track runs into our packing grounds, and we load directly into the cars. 
In thanking our friends and customers for their patronage in the past, we wish to say that we shall endeavor to merit 
its continuance by giving the same careful attention to every branch of the business that we have in the past. 
SOUTHERN NURSERY COMPANY, Winchester, Tennessee 
Apples 
We make a specialty of growing fine Apple trees. Our list of varieties is very complete, as we 
list It? carefully selected from the very best. It is always best to leave the selection of varieties 
line. We will always be careful to make selections of varieties best suited to each locality. 
GOLDEN SWEET. 
Summer Apples 
ASTRACHAN, RED. Large ; yellow, nearly cov- 
ered with crimson; flesh tender, juicy, acid and 
pleasant ; tree a splendid grower. June. 
ALEXANDER (Emperor). Of Russian origin. 
Large; deep red crimson; flesh yellowish white, 
crisp, tender; pleasant flavor. Very hardy. Aug. 
CAROLINA RED JUNE. Medium to large, ob- 
long; deep red, sometimes with splashes of yel- 
low; very tender, juicy and high flavored. June 
15 to middle of July. 
EARLY MAY. Ripens among the earliest, the 
trees healthy and productive. May 20 to June 1. 
EARLY RIPE. This fine apple, coming as it 
does immediately after the Early Harvest, fills a 
want long felt by the orchardist. Its large size, 
handsome appearance and good bearing qualities 
combine to make it the most profitable market 
variety of Its season; the tree is hardy and of 
vigorous growth; fruit large, yellowish white; 
flesh white, juicy, subacid; fine for table or for 
cooking. June 15. 
EARLY COLTON. One of the best early Ap- 
ples, ripening with the old Early May. some ten 
days before Early Harvest, and continues to 
ripen for two or three weeks, which makes it a 
valuable family Apple. It Is of beautiful appear- 
ance, medium size. yellowish white, with a 
tint of crimson where exposed to the sun. 
EARLY STRAWBERRY. Medium size, near- 
ly covered with red; flesh tender, with a mild, 
fine flavor; tree a moderate grower and good 
bearer. June and July. 
EARLY HARVEST. Above medium size; 
bright yellow; flesh juicy, crisp and well flav- 
ored. June. 
Rather large; pale yel- 
good. Strong grower and 
lrw; very sweet and 
good bearer. July. 
HORSE. I^arge; yellow, occasional blush next 
the sun; oblate conical; subacid and good. Pop- 
ular for cooking, drying and cider. August. 
MAIDEN'S BLUSH. Generally known. Rather 
large; pale yellow, with red cheek; beautiful; 
valuable for market; one of the best, if not the 
best drying Apple; makes a white product. 
Tree a fine grower; hardy and productive. Aug. 
RED JUNE. Medium to large, oblong, conlr- 
al; dark red. Flesh tender, mild, subacid; com- 
mences to ripen early in June and continues six 
weeks. Splendid eating apple. 
STRIPED JUNE. (Early Red Margaret.) Me- 
dium, conical: red-striped on yellow ground; ten- 
der, rather dry; subacid. Middle of June to 
middle of July. 
SUMMER QUEEN. Medium to large; yellow, 
streaked with red; flesh tender, with an acid, 
aromatic flavor. Last of July. 
SMITH. Originated at Baton Rouge, La. 
Large; yellow, striped with red; unsurpassed as 
a cooking Apple. A vigorous and productive 
tree. Especially recommended for planting in 
South Louisiana and Mississippi and the coast- 
wise country. Ripens June 1. 
WILLIAMS* FAVORITE. Originated at Rox- 
bury. Mass. Highly esteemed. Large; oblong; 
rich; moderate grower and good bearer. July. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. A Russian Apple 
of great value. Above medium size, roundish, 
highly conical; skin clear white, changing to pale 
yellow when fully matured; a remarkably early 
bearer; very prolific; tree a vigorous and upright 
grower; gives general satisfaction ; does well 
everywhere, and ripens among the earliest. July. 
Fort's Prize. 
have a large trade both North and South. Our 
to us. unless you have some experience in that 
Fall Apples 
BAILEY SWEET. Origin, New York. Large 
to very large; surface smooth, mixed and striped 
deep red; flesh yellow, tender, fine grained; fla- 
vor very sweet and rich ; quality good ; also a 
valuable Apple for stock. October. 
BISMARCK. This Is one of the great German 
Apples, of dwarf habit. A young and prolific 
bearer, often bearing at one year of age from 
graft, and wherever grown it has shown aston- 
ishing revelation, not only in high quality, but in 
hardiness, and especially in earliness in fruiting. 
Where grown in pots it makes quite an orna- 
ment for decorative purposes. Fruit brilliant 
color, very handsome: large, tender, pleasant 
subacid and of a distinct and most delicious 
flavor. A fine dessert and cooking apple. 
BE LLFLOWER. Large, yellow, with red 
blush; very tender, juicy, subacid; moderate 
grower and bearer. October. 
BUCKINGHAM (Equinetelee, Kentucky Queen, 
etc). Very large; oblate: yellow, with bright 
red cheek and crimson stripes; flesh yellow, sub- 
acid, very rich and juicy; a magnificent fruit. 
Ripe by end of September, and lasts until De- 
cember; tree compact and vigorous; bears young. 
FALL PIPPIN. Very large; roundish, oblong; 
yellow: flesh tender, rich and delicious, subacid. 
September and October. 
GRIMES* GOLDEN PIPPIN. Medium; oblong: 
rich yellow; flesh yellow, rich, with a very del- 
icate, fine flavor. October. 
ROME BEAUTY. Large; roundish, slightly 
conical, with bright red on a pale yellow ground; 
fine grained, juicy, good quality. 
REBEL. Origin, Virginia. Large size, round: 
bright, clear red, on a yellow ground, covered 
with fine bloom; flesh yellowish white, rich, with 
an agreeable mingling of saccharine and acid. 
An extra-fine dessert apple. Season in Virginia, 
September to November. 
Winter Apples 
ARKANSAW (Mammoth Black Twig). Originated in Arkan- 
sas many years ago; is now being largely planted wherever known 
In nearly all parts of the United States. Size large, roundish, 
slightly flattened; color a bright mottled red on upper half, the 
lower half being reddish yellow; flesh yellow, fine grain with a 
mild, pleasant subacid flavor; tree a strong grower and an abun- 
dant bearer; supposed to be a seedling of the Winesap, and has 
many of the good qualities of that fine variety. An extra-good 
market Apple. 
ARKANSAS BLACK. Tree a beautiful, upright (rower; young 
wood very dark. There is scarcely an apple that is more bril- 
liantly colored; round or slightly conical, regular; smooth glossy, 
yellow where not covered with deep crimson, almost black; flesh 
very yellow, firm, fine grained, Juicy, subacid, pleasant, rich. A 
long keeper. A most profitable and attractive market apple. 
Has been kept till June and later. 
ARKANSAS BEAUTY. A recentlv Introduced variety. Large; 
beautiful light crimson In the shade, darker in the sun; with 
indistinct splashes and stripes over whole surface of dark crim- 
son; flesh fine grained, whitish, tinged with red and yellow; rich 
subacid flavor; quality very good to best. Season, November to 
March. 
ALBEMARLE PIPPIN. Fruit largo, round, lopsided, ribbed, ir- 
regular; surface smooth, yellowish green, sometimes bronzy, be- 
coming yellow when ripe; flesh yellow, firm, brittle. Juicy; flavor 
acid, rich, agreeable; tree a slow grower in the nursery. January 
to April. 
BEN DAVIS (New York Pippin). Large size, round to oblong: 
skin yellow, splashed with bright red; flesh whitish, tender and 
Juicy, with subacid flavor, tree remarkably healthy and vigorous, 
and an early and abundant bearer; a most profitable winter apple. 
Keeps well. 
BLACK TWIG. Resembles the Winesap in every way, except 
that the tree is a better and much more vigorous grower. Is more 
hardy, and the fruit is much larger, many specimens being 12 
inches In circumference. 
BALDWIN. Large, roundish, narrowing a little to the eye: 
skin-yellow In the shade, but nearly covered and striped with red 
and orange in the sun; flesh crisp, Juicy and subacid, rich; tree a 
vigorous grower and bears abundantly: succeeds well In Western 
Maryland and the mountains of Virginia, but drops its fruit too 
early In or near the tide-water section. October to January — 
later In the mountains. 
