CATALOGUE SOUTHERN NURSERIES: 
Nectarines 
This, Ihe most beautiful of fruits, succeeds very well wherever the peach ddes, 
same care is adopted as for the plum. Its perfectly smooth skin and beautiful waxen 
mend it as one of the most superb dessert fruits. Immediately succeeding: the apricot, 
ing i.s a select list of the best varieties: 
Early Violet Cameron Boston Japan Taylor 
Japan Persimmon 
Fruit very large; flesh soft, luscious, with a slight apricot flavor, and without the stringency of 
the common persimmon. In its fresh state the Japan Persimmon ranks with the peach or orange, 
and when dried is equal to the best Smyrna Fig. Like the fig, there are different varieties of the 
fruit Has fruited all through the South, and proved a grand accession to our Southern fruits. It 
is common to see treeg loaded with fruit two years after planting. Of great value to the Cotton 
States, as well as being very ornamental. We grow all the best and hardiest varieties. 
Everbearing Mulberries 
But few know the value of this wonderful and prolific fruit. For poultry and swine there 
seems to be nothing better. Many farmers who have them in bearing claim that one tree is worth 
a barrel of corn each year. Wherever it is known large orchards are being planted. The trees 
commence bearing very young. By the fourth year they are In full bearing. They commence to 
drop their fruit in June, and continue several weeks. Should be on every farm. No one who Is 
acquainted with them can afford to do without them. 
SK-^Ta!!f rnriln^et'lu't' doe^ \^:t%o^^Lllf"''n„in, Us fruit as early In the season as the Black EngUsb. 
'ContinUHS In bearing four months. 
n'liite — Not so large, but equally as valuable. 
Kussian — Dark red; very prolific. , 
?^Zn1S'-^fuuTl''ir2''sX.^^^^^^^^ Stands winter of Western and Middle States. 
Figs 
This fruit is too well known in the South to need a description. We grow the following varie^ 
ti»« The carter's Choice is the largest and finest fig we ever saw. Large, white, with yellow 
bloom very hardy and proUf^^ Celestial is a great favorite and succeeds well all over the South. 
Celestial Carter's Choice NeverfaU Brown Turkey I*mon Brunswick 
Grapes 
The 'gr* pH/thl mort'Slful"^of all fruit and the most highly esteemed for its many uses^ It 
ine Kiapc = . . warden a yard or a wall. It can be confined to a stake, bound 
ra't^eUirrrL^V:: ra"n\rbor^or:xtrndrd u\u ft covers a large tree or building, and still yield 
t/Jlcefurbunches rnd luscious blooming clusters Capable of most extraordinary results under 
its S"^^"*"' also to give the greatest disappointment under bad culture or neglect. 
S her fruuTmar'be l^ld trorpTan^^ know no care; but grapes are only to be had through at- 
tentton a"nd%ore^hought We wUl endeavor to show a few essential points in its successful culture. 
and "rfer the cultivator to other and more extended works for more details. 
eTliLloood graces are grown on various soiis-^andy, clayey, loamy, etc. The soil ^e 
well^rat;;;? and'^here shouW be a free exposure to the sun and air. Hillsides unsuitable for other 
'=''°''^r^:,:Z!cfoo'grrpes°moS^^^ if you would have fine, well-ripened fruit. A vine is capable 
of brtag^Tonly^ certain a^^^^^^ fruit to perfection, proportioned to its size and strength- but 
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SELECT VARIETIES. 
bijACK grapes. 
CarmpbeU's Ear.y-Its strong, hardy vigorous growth^ th.^ 
ant bearing of large and handsome clusters of «f ^"^J^'^^,"*"'^' '=°'"^^|Ss with Moore's Early, but, unlike that 
shipping qualities, form a combination equalled by no otnor grape^ weeks after ripe. In quality It is unrivalled 
variety. It has kept sound and P^>^"=<='v ^oth on and °«<.^^^j^V and berTy of largi size, of a glossy black color with 
from the pulp. 
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