OF FRUIT, ORNAMENTAL TREES , ETC. 
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“Spate Amari llo. Much grown for dessert and culinary use in East Poland and North Silesia, 
where it is noted for its regular and bountiful crops. Tree smaller than English Morello with 
pendulous habit. Trees from five to six feet in height have borne heavy crops of fruit. Fruit 
medium to large, color dark purple when ripe. Flesh and juice colored. It is excellent for 
canning, and when fully matured is desirable for dessert use. Season about the 20th of July. 
•Wragg. Originated in Iowa. Medium to large in size, long stem, dark purple when fully ripe. 
A variety well adapted for the high latitude and prairie regions of the northwest. July. 
NECTARINES. 
A most delicious, smooth skinned fruit, which thrives wherever peaches will grow, but it is 
liable to be stung by the curculio, and requires the same treatment as plums. 
Boston. Large, deep yellow, with a bright blush and inottlingsof red, sweet and peculiar, pleasant 
flavor; freestone; the largest and most beautiful variety known ; hardy and productive. Yig. 
August. 
Klruge. Medium size; pale green, with a dark red cheek; flesh pale green, very juicy and rich. 
Free. First of August. 
Hunt’s Taw lie). Medium, pale orange ; juicy, rich and excellent ; very early and productive; the 
best of its season, and worthy of general cultivation on account of its hardiness; freestone. 
Vig. First of August. 
Bed Homan. Large size, greenish yellow, with a dark, dull, red check; flesh yellowish, fine and 
rich ; productive. Vig. September. 
APRICOTS. 
A delicious fruit of the plum species, valuable for its earliness. It is liable to be attacked 
by curculio, and requires the same treatment as the plum ; it bears immense crops; ripens in July 
and August. 
’' Acme. A new Apricot from Northern China which was given to Prof. J. L. Budd by a returned 
missionary. The tree is an immense grower, very hardy and productive : fruit the very largest 
size; a sweet and delicious freestone ; yellow with red cheek. 
Breda. Small, dull orange, marked with red; juicy, rich and vinous; productive and hardy. 
Free. First of J uly. 
Knrly Golden. (Dubois). Small, pale orange ; juicy and sweet ; hardy as the Russian Apricot, and 
productive. Vig. First of July. 
’•Harris. A new variety, recommended for its good bearing qualities and extreme hardiness. It 
was brought into notice by orcliardists at Geneva, X. Y., who prize it highly as a market va- 
riety. It is equal in size and quality to the best cultivated sorts and should take the place of 
the Russian Apricot. 
.Moorpark. One of the largest; orange, with a red cheek; firm, juicy, with a rich flavor; very pro- 
ductive. Vig. July. 
Peach. Very large; orange, with a dark cheek; juicy and high flavored; similar to Moorpark 
Vig. July. 
Koyal. Large; yellow, with an orange cheek; juicy, rich and delicious; a very fine variety, and 
well deserving a place in. collections. Vig. July. 
Russian Apricot. A new variety of recent introduction, valuable on account of extreme hardiness 
of troes and fine quality of fruit. 
IMPROVED RUSSIAN VARIETIES. 
■Alexander. An immense bearer; fruit of large size, oblong;, yellow flecked with red, flavor sweet 
and delicious; tree hardy; one of the best. July 1st. 
