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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
CRAB=APPLES. 
Gen. Grant. Fruit large, round, very 
dark red ; flesh white and tender ; excel- 
lent for dessert. October. 
Hyslop. Large, deep crimson ; popular on 
account of being large and beautiful. Oc- 
tober to January. 
Orange. An annual and abundant bearer ; 
fruit large and delicious. October to De- 
cember. 
Whitney. Large ; averaging two inches 
in diameter ; tree a great bearer, and very 
hardy.' August. 
Quaker Beauty. Bears a large crop of 
fruit, and very hardy. December to May. 
Transcendent. Immensely productive, 
bearing a good crop in fourth year ; one 
of the best. September and October. 
Siberian. Nearly as large as the above ; 
fine golden and amber color. September 
and October. 
Hewes’s Virginia. Esteemed for cider. 
October. 
Kentucky Red. One of the best cider 
Crabs. October. 
Prices same as in general list. 
GEN. GRANT CRAB-APPLE 
Peaches. 
The neach-tree reauires a well-drained, moderately rich soil— a warm, sandy loam is probably best. To 
nreserve^ the conUnued ^healthy growth of the trees ancf the fine quality of the fruit, the trees should have the 
KSto so as to preserve a round, vigorous head with plenty of young wood ; 
and the land should not be seeded tb grass, but kept in constant cultivation in h ^fol!owing are the best among 
one hundred sorts in bearing 
CHAMPION PEACH. 
SPECIAL VARIETIES OF 
MERIT. 
THE CHAMPION PEACH. 
The champion originated at Noko- 
mis, 111 ., on the grounds of Mr. I. 
G. Hubbard. It has been care- 
fully tested during a series of 
years. The feature which first at- 
tracted attention to this new 
variety was the regularity of its 
bearing, which, in a section not 
specially adapted to peach-culture, 
indicated a quality which alone 
gave it a place at the head of the 
list of profitable sorts for the 
orchardist. But the crowning 
event in the history of this great 
acquisition was the production of 
a full crop in 1S90, when the peach 
crop was a universal failure. The 
scarcity caused the handsome, lus- 
cious fruit of the Champion to be 
regarded a s a novelty almost. 
Champion stands at the head in 
other points, also, particularly size 
and quality. Many specimens 
have measured ten inches in cir- 
cumference. The flavor is deli- 
cious, sweet, rich and juicy, sur- 
passing all other varieties. Skin 
creamy white, with red cheek. It 
is strikingly handsome in appear- 
ance. It ripens at place of origin, 
Nokomis, 111 ., about August 5. 
First-class, 3ods. each,$3perdoz., 
$15 per 100; second-class, 25 cts. 
each, $2.50 per dot., $12 per 100. 
Mailing size, postpaid, 20c. each. 
During the winter of 1S77-8 
the Champion withstood a tem- 
perature of 18 degrees below zero , 
and produced an abundant crop 
the following season. 
