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Nectarines 
A most 
liable to be 
vigorous 
_Karly \ Medium size; yellowish green, 
with a purple cheek; flesh pale green; melting, 
rich and highiy flavored. Freestone. Last of 
August. 
peaches will grow, but is 
treatment as plums. Trees good, 
KIruge. Medium size, pale green, covered 
with dark red; flesh greenish white, melting, 
very juicy, with a rich, high flavor. Free- 
stone. Beginning of September. 
delicious, smooth-skinned fruit, which thrives wherever 
stung by the curculio, and requires the same 
growers. 
Quinces 
The (juince is well known and highly esteemed for c;ooking and preserving. One of the 
most prohtable for orchard planting. 
The trees are hardy and compact in growth, require but little space, productive, give reg- 
ular crops and come early into bearing. . t,* c icg 
They require a good deep soil, which should be kept clean and mellow, with an occasion- 
al diessing of manure, but do not need severe pruning; a careful thinning out of the old 
decayed wood will be sufficient. 
Keep a \igilant search after the borer, and thin out the fruit if bearing too freely. 
Bourgoat. A new variety, of the best quali- 
ty, tender and good. Ripening shortly after 
Orange, and keeping till past midwinter. 
Largest size, rich golden color, smooth, no 
creases. Rich velvety skin, with delicious 
quince odor. Foliage healthy. The strongest 
grower of the quinces, making a tree as large 
and thrifty as plums or pears, and yielding 
an immense crop. 
Champion. The fruit is very large and pro- 
ductive. Young trees, tw'o years old from bud. 
are often loaded with fruit. The skin russeted 
around the stem; below, a lively j^ellow color. 
Its flesh cooks tender; season Is about two 
weeks later than the Orange. In growth it is 
very strong, stout and rugged. 
Orange. Large, roundish, bright golden yel- 
low; cooks (luite tender, and is of very excel- 
lent flavor. Valuable for preserves and mar- 
ket. Very productive. October. 
Rea (Rea’s Missouri Mammoth). A seedling 
of the Orange Quince, one-third larger. Pair, 
handsome, and equally as good and productive. 
Boureeat Quince. Tree a healthy, thrifty grower. 
Apricots 
This is one of the most beautiful and delicious fruits, and its value is greatly enhanced 
by the season of its ripening, between cherries and peaches. 
Liable to attack by curculio, and requires the same treatment as applied to plum trees. 
Karly ♦folden. Small; pale orange; juicy 
and sweet; hardy and productive. First of 
J uly. 
Karl.v .Moorpark. Jledium; rich; juicy, very 
fine. 
Harris. Originated in Geneva. Free; per- 
fectly hardy; comes into bearing young, and 
is very productive. Fruit large, rich golden 
yellow; ripens middle of .July. 
Montgamet (Large Montgamet). One of the 
finest early varieties. Large. 
Moorpark. One of the largest; orange with 
a red cheek; firm, juicy, with a rich flavor; 
very productive. August. 
St. .\iiibroise. A good grower and very pro- 
ductive. of good quality; freestone. Excellent 
for drying or canning. Ripens about middle 
of .luly. 
Russian Varieties 
The following varieties are the best that 
have been brought out; as a class they are 
sufficiently hardy, but they are not as desir- 
able as those named in the foregoing list. 
.Mo.xandcr. Fruit yellow, flecked with red; 
very beautiful and delicious. .July. 
Build (.1. L. Budd). Strong grower and pro- 
fuse bearer; white with red cheek; sweet, 
juicy; the best late variety. August. 
Mulberries 
The Mulberry is one of the most valuable of tree.s. As valuable for shade as for its fruit 
often growing 6 to 8 feet in one season. 
Perfects hardy. Ihe uit ripens in July and continues for three months. It is rarely picked 
trees, as it falls as soon as ripe, and it is therefore the custom to keep the surface 
below in a short turf, and the fruit is picked from the green grass. Invaluable for planting 
in yards where chickens are kept. 
.American (New American). Tree very vig- 
orous and productive, surpassed by none; 
possesses a rich, sub-acid flavor; continues 
in bearing a long time. Fruit one and one- 
quarter of an inch long and nearly half an 
inch in diameter; color maroon or an intense 
blue-black at maturity; flesh juicy, rich, sugary. 
Downing. Superseded by New American, 
W'hich is hardier and better. 
lliissian. Very hardy, shrub-like in form 
of growth, valuable for feeding silk worms 
and for fences in severe climates. 
Tca’.s AVeeping. See ornamental trees. 
