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ALBANY NURSERIES 
APRICOTS, Continued. 
ium to large, white, sweet and melting. A hand- 
some, valuable variety. July. 
Peach, (Marysville Peach.) Very large, hand- 
some and of delicious flavor, skin deep orange, 
mottled with dark brown, flesh of a fine saffron- 
yellow color, juicy, rich and high-flavored. One 
of the best. August. 
Royal. Large, oval, slightly compressed, yel- 
low, with orange cheek, faintly tinged with red, 
flesh pale orange, firm and juicy, with a rich vin- 
ous flavor, exceedingly productive. July. 
Tilton. New. We have pleasure in introducing 
this Apricot to the public. Its large size, rich 
Apricot color, high flavor, uniform ripening, sure 
and unusual productiveness, with frost resisting 
qualities and vigorous growth, easily place it far 
in advance of all other varieties. For drying or 
canning it is much superior to any of these older 
varieties. 
QUINCES ( Cydonia vulgaris ) 
The quince is, of late, attracting a good deal of attention as a market fruit. 
Scarcely any fruit will pay better in the orchard. The tree is hardy and compact in 
growth, requiring but little space. Productive, gives regular crops and comes early 
into bearing. The fruit is much sought after for canning for winter use. When 
put up in the proportion of about one quart of quinces to four quarts of other fruit, 
it imparts a delicious flavor. Especially desirable for jellies and preserves. 
It flourishes in any good garden soil, which should be kept mellow and well en- 
riched. Prune off all the dead and surplus branches and thin out the fruit if bear- 
ing too freely. 
Apple, or Orange. Large, roundish, bright 
golden yellow, cooks tender and is of very excel- 
lent flavor. Valuable for preserves or flavoring; 
very productive. The most popular and exten- 
sively cultivated of the old varieties. October. 
Angers Somewhat later than the preceding. 
Fruit rather more acid, but looks well. Tree a 
thrifty grower and abundant bearer. 
Bourgeat. A French variety. Very productive, 
healthy and thrifty. It grows in tree form, like 
pears or plums. It has almost perfect foliage, 
leaves green and fresh until the end of the season. 
The fruit is very large, smooth, golden yellow, 
of the best quality, tender, ripens just after the 
Orange and will keep past midwinter in perfect 
condition. 
Champion. Fruit very large, fair and hand- 
some. Tree very handsome, surpassing other va- 
rieties in this respect, bears abundantly while 
young, flesh cooks as tender as an apple and with- 
out hard spots and cores, flavor delicate, impart- 
ing an exquisite Quince taste and odor to any fruit 
with which it is cooked. One of the most valuable. 
Orange. See Apple. 
Pineapple. Originated by Luther Burbank. The 
name comes from the flavor, which is suggestive 
of the pineapple. The fruit in form and size re- 
sembles the Oregon Quince, but is smoother and 
more globular. Makes a superior jelly. Can be 
eaten raw and is said to cook as tender in five 
minutes as the best cooking apple, possessing a 
most exquisite and delicious flavor not equaled 
by any other Quince. 
Luther Burbank says: “Quinces can probably 
be grown with less expense than any other fruit, 
and if the quality could be improved, would be 
extensively grown and more generally used. A 
more promising fruit for improvement cannot be 
named. For about 15 years we have been work- 
ing in this direction and have succeeded in ob- 
taining the Pineapple, a Quince which will cook 
as tender in five minutes as the best cooking ap- 
ples and with a flavor never before equaled. Jelly 
made from it is superior to that made from any 
other known fruit -absolutely unapproachable — 
something which could never have been thought 
of until it was brought into existence. The fruit, 
in form and size, very much resembles the Orange 
Quince, but is smoother and more globular, in 
color much lighter yellow, average weight about 
three-quarters of a pound each. The tree is a 
strong grower and as productive as the Orange. 
Some one may produce a better Quince, we never 
expect to.” 
Rea’s Mammoth. A seedling of the Orange 
Quince, one-third larger, of the same form and 
order, fair, handsome, equally as good and said 
to be as productive. Tree a hardy and healthy 
grower. 
NECTARINES ( Prunus Persica, or P. laevis ) 
A most delicious, smooth-skinned fruit, which thrives wherever peaches will 
grow. Much superior to the peach as a dried fruit, and excellent for preserves. 
Commands a high price in the eastern market, as it is somewhat of a novelty. 
Boston. Very large and handsome, deep yel- 
low, with a bright blush and mottles of red, flesh 
yellow to the stone, sweet, with a pleasant and 
peculiar flavor, freestone. One of the most val- 
uable sorts for market. 
Early Violet. (Violet Hative.) Medium size, 
yellowish green, with a purple cheek, flesh pale 
green, melting, rich and highly flavored, free- 
stone. August. 
Lord Napier. Large, cream-color, dark red 
