Stevensville, Michigan. 
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Cherries. 
A pleasing fruit is the luscious cherry which thrives in almost anv well 
drained soli, sandy or loam being most favorable to its growth. Sweet cherries 
make a beautiful shade tree and therefore are very desirable for dooryard plant- 
ing. 
SOUR OR SUB>ACID VARIETIES. 
£AAIiY RICHMOND. — This is one of the most valuable of the acid cherries. 
The fruit is good size, dark red color, melting and juicy with a slightly acid fla- 
vor. Tree is a good grower, exceedingly hardy and productive, often bearing 
when others fail. Ripen in June. 
ZiARGz: MONTMORENCY, — -Another grand variety. Fruit Is good size; flne 
flavor, bright red, smooth and handsome; its extreme hardiness, like the Early 
Richmond, makes it very valuable in the north; it is larger than that cherry 
and about ten days later. Its size, beauty, and time of ripening combine to 
make it one of the most profitable. Last of June. 
MAY DUKE, — A large red handsome cherry one of the most popular of all the 
Dukes. Flesh tender, meltnng, with a rich flne flavor. The tree is a very vigor- 
ous grower, fairly hardy and exceedingly productive. A most excellent cherry, 
high, reliable. Midseason. 
HEARTS AND BI GARRE AUS. 
BI.ACK TABTABIA17. — Large, purplish-black; Juicy, rich, mild and sweet; 
vigorous grower. Early. 
GOV. WOOS — Large, yellow shaded with light red; juicy, verv delicious. A 
vigorous grower. Midseason. 
— Very large; pale yellow and red; firm, sweet and profitable. A 
vigorous grower. Mldseason. 
WIBSSOB. — Large; dark liver-color; Arm, solid, rich, and of good ciualitv. 
Hardy and productive. Late. 
FBICB OF SOUB AND SWEBT CHEBBIES. 
First class, No. 1 — each, 40 cents; dozen, J4.00; hundred, $35.00. 
First class, medium — each, 36 cents; dozen, $3,50; hundred. $30.00. 
Apples. 
The foilowing list are all well tested sorts and we believe includes the best 
for general planting and market use. Apple trees will thrive on nearly all well 
drained soils. Give them care and spray in due season and they will surely be of 
profit to the grower. 
EABZiV HABVEST. — Medium to large, roundish; bright straw color; flesh 
nearly white, tender, juicy, crisp, with rich, sprightly, sub-acid flavor. Tree a 
moderate grower and very productive. Taking all Its qualities into consideratian 
this has no superior among early apples. June to July. 
TEIiSOW TBANSFABBNT. — Above medium size, roundish, oblate, slightly 
conical; skin clear white, changing to a pale yellow when fully matured; a re- 
markably early bearer; very prolific, does well everywhere and ripens among the 
earliest. Julv, 
EABI.Y STBAWBEBBY. -Medium size, roundish, bright red, flesh tender, 
with a mild, flne ‘flavor, quality very good and valuable for home use, but rather 
small for much profit. July to August. 
BED ASTBACHAN. — Rather large, approaching conical, covered with deep 
crimson, overspf-ead with a thick bloom; flesh juicy, rich and acid; from Us ear- 
nness, handsome appearance. Its excellent culinary qualities and the vigor of the 
^**®^.*^ » worthy of general cultivation. One of the best early apples to plant for 
profit, ripening with Early Harvest. Above the medium size, skin pale yellow: 
flesh white, tender, juicy and of excellent quality, tree is a vigorous and upright 
grower, gives general satisfaction, does well everywhere and ripens among the 
CAROLINA RED JUNE. — (Red June.) — Medium size, red, flesh white, tender, 
juicy, sub-acid; an abundant bearer. Last of June. 
AUTUMN APPLES. 
, BliUSH. — Rather large, oblate, smooth, regular, with a flne evenly 
shaded red cheek or blush on a clear pale yellow ground.flesh white, tender and 
sprightly with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. This variety forms a handsome rapid 
growing tree with a fine spreading head and bears large crops. Valuable for 
market, also for drying. September to November. 
