ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
PEACHES. 
Hokaka. 
Fitzgerald. Originated on the 
North shore of Lake Ontario and 
in that cold region the original 
tree bore five successive crops. 
Tree will bear the second year 
from planting The fruit is large, 
skin bright yellow, suffused with 
red, fiesh deep yellow and of the 
nest quality; seed very small. 
Freestone. August ioth. 
Greensboro. The largest and most 
beautitul colored of all the early 
varieties. Double the size of 
Alexander, ripening at same time. 
Parts clear from seed when fully 
ripe. Flesh white, juicy and 
good. 
Golden Drop. Large, good quality, 
hardy, profitable market sort; 
follows Crawford’s late. 
Hill’s Chilli. Medium size, dull 
yellow; tree very hardy; a good 
bearer. September. 
PLUMS. 
Berckllian’s. (True Sweet Botan.) One of the best, medium size (larger if thinned). 
Obtuse conical; deep blood red if ripened in sun; very sweet, moderately juicy, excellent 
quality, Ripens with Abundance, or a little before. 
Cheney. (Native.) Vigorous, prolific, large, red; earliest of this class; excellent. 
Charles Downing. (Native.) Wild Goose American cross. Very vigorous, healthy tree; 
fruit large, handsome, excellent. One of the best of the Wild Goose type. 
Ookara No. 8. Raised from seed 
received from Rokara, Asia. The 
hardiest Peach known; has been 
in bearing for several years in 
central Iowa, a.d produced fruit 
after twenty-eight degrees below 
zero. Fruit measured over seven 
inches in circumference. Yellow 
with red cheek, skin tough, flesh 
of good quality; a perfect free- 
stone. Prof. Budd says; “They 
are thirty per cent hardier than 
the old strain of peaches.” Sep- 
tember 1st. 
Bailey. Successfully grown in Iowa 
for forty years; very productive, 
of medium size, flesh white and 
good quality, season medium 
early. One of the hardy va- 
rieties. 
