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GENERAL LIST OF QUINCES. 
First-class £ acl ’ Dozen Per ioo 
Second-class 3° $3 °° $18 oo 
. . . . , 2 5 2 5 ° IS oo 
“T“' ssmf " •aartr* *—'• *« 
November. — ^ 
Orange. Large, roundish, bright golden yellow ; cooks ten- 
der, and is of excellent flavor. Very productive ; the 
most popular and extensively cultivated variety. October. 
Rea’s Mammoth. A seedling of the orange quince, one- 
third larger, of the same form and color. October. 
MULBERRIES. 
Teas’ Weeping. A very thrifty, vigorous grower, perfectly 
hardy, forming a natural unibrella-shaped top or head • 
foliage handsome ; a fine ornament for the lawn ; new and 
valuable. $1.50 each. 
New American. This we consider equal to Downing’s in 
all respects, continuing in bearing fully as long, and a 
hardier tree. Fruit jet black. 50 cts. each, $5 per dozen. 
Russian. First-class. 35 cts. each, $3 per dozen. 
Downing Everbearing; a handsome lawn tree, with 
delicious berries ; fruits at four and five years of age ; con- 
tinues in bearing three to four months of the year, making 
it very desirable. Price, by mail or express, 50 cts. each, 
$5 per do z., $30 per 100. 
’ 1 NEW AMERICAN MULBERRY. 
CUSTARD APPLE, or NORTHERN BANANA. 
PAW-PAW TREE ( Asimina Triloba). 
... , This ' s a small tree, indigenous to the middle and southern states from western New York to southern 
ani ? S0Uth '. Vard u t0 middle. Fl 9 rida and eastern Texas, but rare near the Atlantic coas° It aUaTns its 
greatest development in the Mississippi Valley, and especially along the tributaries of the lower Ohio River 
IS hardy around New York, it is only precariously hardy north of there The p a wpaw treebelongs 
two nr th 1 d M PP 6 fai "' y of , P Ian ts, and is the only arborescent species of the genus belonging to this country- 
1 As a ™! m. S ii eC !> S| 0,1 y ° w S n rubs > also oc . cur in the southern states, but are not hardy in the North ‘ ’ 
as we» L lor ts fruit well worth growing for its shapely form and ample, abundant and fine foliage, 
as well as lor its fruit. Fust-class, 35 cts. each, $3 per doz. ; second-class, 30 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
APRICOTS. 
First-class, 4 to 5 feet 
Second-class, 3 to 4 feet 
Moorpark. Orange, red cheek ; firm, juicy, rich 
August. 
Alexander. Very hardy, an immense bearer; yel- 
low, flecked red. July. 
Alexis. Very hardy, yellow, red cheek; rich and 
luscious. July. 
Catherine. Hardy, vigorous and productive. July. 
Breda. Orange and red ; juicy, rich. August. 
Elarly Golden (Dubois). Small ; pale orange, juicy 
and sweet, hardy and good. July. 
Each Doz. Per 100 
$0 25 $ 2 00 $15 00 
20 1 75 13 00 
Gibb. Tree hardy ; yellowish, subacid, juicy and 
rich. June. 
Hemskirke. Orange, red cheek ; one of the best. 
July. 
J. L. Rudd. Strong grower and profuse bearer; 
white, red cheek. August. 
Large Early. Medium, orange, red cheek. July. 
Peach. Orange, dark cheek, high flavored. August. 
Roman. Remarkably hardy and prolific. July. 
Royal: Yellow, orange cheek ; good. July. 
NECTARINES. 
A most delicious smooth-skinned fruit, which thrives wherever peaches will grow, but is liable to be stung 
by the curculio, and requires the same treatment as plums. 
B ° S flavor * br i g u l “H? 1 , 1 an< ? '“ottlings of red; sweet and of a peculiar, pleasant 
a\or, treestone, the laigest and most beautiful variety known ; hardy and productive. September. 
Plt bm S r t e °ri 11 ^ Jin 1 -' 1 larg - e ’ sk ! n t rich orange-yellow, with a brownish red cheek ; flesh deep yellow, 
ut ted at the stone, melting, juicy, rich, sweet and of excellent flavor ; free. September. 
Prices : First-class, 23 cts. each, $2.50 per doz., $12 per 100. 
I11 askiug for rates, state the grade you wish ; 
live-eighths to three-fourths of an inch and up 
»V2. caIIed first-class stock, but there is much 
difference in the rate, and many nurserymen 
do not sell three-fourths and up, but call their 
nrst-ciass stock live-eighths to three-fourths. 
Persons buying nursery stock have to wait 
so long 011 many things that they cannot cor- 
rect errors in a year. See, then, that you place 
your orders in trustworthy hands. There are 
many nuryseryinen who are in business for a 
few years to “ do ” the people. 
