HARDY, PRODUCTIVE FRUITS, ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS. ETC.<Ss 
CRAB APPLES. 
MAILING 51ZE, 25c each, $2.50 per doz. postpaid. 
EXTRA HEAVY. 5 to 7 ft., 35c each. $3 50 per doz. 
SECOND SIZE, 4 to 5 ft., 25c each, $2.50 per dozen by express. 
These are valuable on account of their extreme hardiness, their early fruitinjj, their great productiveness and their fine acid fruit which is 
extensively used for jelly, preserves, marinalacles, etc. Many of them hejdn bearing the second year after planting and bear large crops each 
year thereafter. 
TRANSCENDENT 
VAN WYCK 
EARLY STRAWBERRY.— Tree a vigorous, upright, symmetrical 
grower ami very hardy. Kruit, size of Transcendent, striped red, 
crisp and juicy. Fine tor eating and for jelly, 
OEN. GRANT."— Fruit of largest size, bright red. acid, making the 
finest jcUy. Flesh white, tine grained, niikl sub acid. Ripens in 
October. 
HYSLOP. — Large deep crimson. One of the most beautiful in the 
entire list. Flesh vellowish, excellent for cider and fine for market. 
riARENGO.— Of large sij^e, bright red on yellow ground. Flesh crisp; 
acid fiavor; fine for jellies. 
TRANSCENDENT. — 
Trt-c immensely pro- 
d ucti ve, bearing after 
second year, and pro- 
ducing gor)d crops 
by the fourth season. 
Fruit from one and 
a half to two inches 
in diameter, beini; 
large enough to 
quarter and core for 
preserving and dry- 
ing. Excellent for 
sauce and pies, both 
green .ind dried. The 
best of its class for 
cider. Skin yellow, 
st ri pcd w ith red . 
WHITNEY — Extra 
large; skin smooth, 
glossy green, striped 
and "splashed with 
carmine Flesh firm, 
juiev and rich. 
FLORENCE. — This 
grand Minnesota 
variety is a most 
valuable addition to 
the list. Fruit medi- 
um to large, light 
yellow, heavily 
streaked and splash- 
ed with bright red. 
For jelly, as a dessert 
fruit, for marmalade 
and jams, it is extra 
fine, while its large 
size and superb ap- 
pearance a 1 w a y s 
comm^tnd the highest 
market price. 
QU.^KER BEAUTY. — A hardy, strong growing sort, which bears 
large crops of tine fruit. Considered by many large growers one of 
the best. Medium to large, yellow with red check. 
RED SIBERIAN. — About an inch in diameter, grown in clusters. Bears 
when very young and abundantly afterward. Color, yellow with bright 
scarlet cheek. Crisp and acid.' 
SYLVAN SWEET.— Fruit, large pate yellow, with rich blush. Flesh 
white and tender. 
VIRGINIA.— Small, round, diill red, dotted white. Fine lor cider. 
YELLOW SIBERIAN.— Small, bright orange yellow. 
VAN WYCK.- 
MARTHA 
WHITNEY 
FLORENCE 
THE CAPITAL CRAB COLLECTION 
Fruit. 
very large, yellowish 
white, sweet and 
tender. One of the 
finest dessert fruits 
imaginable, and 
most cscclient for 
preserves. Tree a 
vigorous grower and 
perfectly hardv. 
ARCTIC'.— This splen- 
did variety is so per- 
fectly hardy, such a 
vigcjrous g r o w e r, 
and so immensely 
productive that 
every planter should 
include it in his col- 
lection. Fruit medi- 
um to large size, acid, 
crisp and juiev. 
MARTHA.— This su- 
I>erb sort is a seed- 
ling from the Uuchess 
of Oldenburg, intro- 
duced several years 
since by Peter Oideon 
of Kxcelsior. this 
state. The tree is a 
firm, stiff, upright 
grower, of pyramidal 
form and most hand- 
some. A great bearer 
of the most beautiful 
f ru i t we ever saw. 
Be :t u t i f u I glossy 
yellow. shaded bright 
red. Mild, cle:ir tart 
fliivor, surpassing all 
other crabs for culi- 
nary purposes. 
PLANT A CRAB ORCHARD AND REAP A RICH HARVEST. MORE PROFITABLE THAN WHEAT OR OATS. 
A capital investment for thrlftv farmers and fruit growers. They bear early, grow into money while \ on sleep, and in four or five years return 
your investment a hundred fold. There are splendid opportunities awaiting the man who makes a business of growing crab apiifes. 
I ARCTIC. I TRANSCENDENT. These Six choice sorts for $1.35 postpaid, 100 Trees 4 to 5 feet for $18.00. 
I FLORENCE. 1 VAN WYCK. Six. second size, 4 to 5 feet, for $1.25, by express. 100 Trees s to 7 feet for $25.00. 
I MARTHA. I WHITNEY. Six extra heavy, 5 to 7 feet, for $1.75. 
General List of WelUknown Varieties of Apples, 
Seven Feet Trees 30c Each, $3.00 Per Dozen. $22.50 per 100. 
Extra Heavy, Five to 
We can supply the following list of well-known apples in the largest size only. Only those marked 
North and Vorthwest, the others being valuable for the Eastern, Southern and Middle States. 
^Alexander, large red. ;Mann,yellowshadcd red. 
Baldwin, large, late. *Mclntosh Red, choice. 
Ben Davis, large, striped.iNorthern Spy. striped red. 
Bellefleur, rich yellow. |*Pewaukee, yellow, red 
Early Harvest, yellow. 
Early Strawberry, re<l. 
Fall Pippin. large yellow 
Fameuse, deep crimson. 
Oano, Uite. deep red. 
"Oolden Russett, late. 
Gulden Sweet, early. 
Grimes Golden, showy. 
King, extra large, fall. 
Haidens Blush, tall . 
Prices per 1000 
with 
quoted on application 
star are recommended for the 
Rawles Janet, late. 
Red Astrachan. early. 
R. I- Greening, large. 
Roxbury Kussett, choice. 
Sweet Bough, very early. 
Talman Sweet, winter. 
*Tetofsky, sm;ill summer. 
Twenty Ounce, large. 
iWagener. deep red. 
l*Walbridge, striped. 
Garden Fruit Collection. 
t2 CHOICE TREES for city people who wish 
good fruit from their own jiJKrdeu. 
Everyone who owns a carden should plant this 
collection. The expense is small, the care and at- 
tention required to grow them only a pleasure, 
while the returns on your investment are just as 
certain and larger than government bonds, 
I Berlin Apple. i Early Strawberry Crab. 
I Duchess Apple. i Martha Crab. 
I Hibernal Apple. I Ostheime Cherry. 
I Longfield Apple. l Valdimir Cherry. 
I Scotts Winter— See p.8. i Fore.st Garden Plum. 
I Peerless Apple. i Hammer Plum. 
Extra Heavy Trees, s to 7 ft. 
I COLLECTION $4.00. a COLLECTIONS $7.50. 
LINDPIELD 
