W. R. Strong & Co., Sacramento, Cal. 
APPLES. Winter — Continued. 
WHITE WINTER PEAEMAIN Above medium size, skin pale yellow, flesh yellow, crisp and juicy, 
very good; ripens in October to February. Best in the Coast Counties. 
•NICKAJACK Large, roundish, skin striped with crimson, flesh yellow, sub-acid flavor; November to 
February. A Southern apple. 
JONATHAN Above medium size, conical shape, red striped, sometimes quite red; a good keeper, 
especially in the Coast Counties. 
HOOVER A large, deep red apple, good flavor, good bearer and fine keeper, one of the best; Novem- 
ber to March. Does splendidly near the Coast. 
*MERKLEVS RED A seedling variety of great promise. Original tree growing in the orchard of 
R. J. Merklty, on the Riverside road. Fruit large size, dark red, excellent flavor, crisp and juicy: a 
superior market variety. 
TWENTY OUNCE PIPPIN A very large, conical shaped apple, covered with dull red stripes, has a 
fine crisp sub-acid flavor, will cook well when only half grown, a very profitable market kind, tree a strong 
vigorous grower with upright habit. 
Crab Apples. 
YELLOW SIBERIAN Fruit about an inch in diameter, fine rich yellow; good for jelly. 
TRANSCENDENT A beautiful variety of large size, yellow flesh, with red cheek; very productive. 
HYSLOP A large, beautiful red crab, one of the best. 
Special Variety. 
C^THE VIOLETT This is a new apple raised by J. W. Yiolett, of lone. It is one of the largest 
apples grown, averaging nearly as large as the Gloria Monda; conical shape, a beautiful red nearly all 
over, solid, firm and crisp, good flavor, fine shipper; September to January. Tree strong grower with up- 
right habit; bark, on new wood, smooth, glossy and light, chestnut color, leaves quite peculiar— a rich 
glossy green. 30 cts. each. $20 per 100. 
PEARS. 
We do not propagate a long list of pears. Our experience has been that only a few of the leading 
varieties are the most profitable. The following list includes most of the kinds that have proven valuable. 
PRICE OF TREES — Leading sorts. 
2 year. No. 1 — 4 to 6 feet, branched 
1 year. No. 1 — 4 to 6 feet 
1 year, extra — 4 to 6 feet 
I year 4 to 6 feet, special varieties 
each 10 
$0 .30 $2 50 
20 1 80 
25 2 00 
40 3 50 
100 lOOO 
$20 00 $160 
16 00 120 
18 00 140 
30 00 ... 
PEARS— Summer. 
MADELINE Medium size, pale yellowish green, flesh white, melting, juicy; 20th of June. 
DEARBORN’S SEEDLING Small to medium, light yellow, flesh white, very juicy and melting; ripens 
20th of June. 
BARTLETT One of the most popular pears; large size, clear yellow skin; flesh fine grained, juicy, 
buttery and melting, with a rich, musky flavor; the best early pear, and has no competitor as a market and 
canning fruit. Tree vigorous, bearing early and abundantly. August. 
PEARS— Autumn. 
KIEFER'S HYBRID A large roundish pear, recommended highly, but we have not tested it suffi- 
ciently to judge of its merits. 
BEURRE HARDY Fruit large, skin greenish, covered with light russet, flesh buttery, melting and 
juicy, one of the best, ships well; August. 
SECKEL Small to medium, skin dull yellowish brown, with russet red cheek, flesh white, very juicy, 
perfection of flavor; last of August. 
BEURRE D’ANJO Large round pear, one of the best, good shipper. 
LOUIS BON DE JERSEY A very sweet, delicious Autumn pear; shaped much like the Bartlett only 
more elongated, greenish yellow with bright red cheeks; flesh fine-grained and exceedingly fine flavored, 
good for drying, canning or shipping. 
CHINESE PEAR Fruit large, flavor not good, but tree highly ornamental, foliage large, rich green 
till late in Fall, when they turn red and hang a long time. The Chinamen will pay 12 to 15 cents a pound 
for the fruit; trees 1 year. No. 1, $1 each. 
