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W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
Crab Apples. 
TELLOW SIBERIAN Fruit about an inch in diameter, fine rich yellow; good for jelly. 
TRANSCENDENT A beautiful variety of large size, yellow flesh, wdth 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 -I. W. Violett, of lone. It is one of the largest 
apples grown, averaging nearly as large as the Gloria jlonda; conical shape, a beautiful red nearly all 
over, solid, firm and crisp, good flavor, fine shipper; September to January. Tree strong grower with iip- 
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 
varieties are the most profitable. 
list of pears. Our experience has been that only a few of the leading 
The following list includes most of the kinds that have proven valuable. 
PRICE OP TREES— Leading sorts. 
2 year. No. 1 — 4 o 6 feet, branched 
1 year. No. 1 — 4 to 6 feet 
I year, extra — 5 to S feet 
1 year — 3 to 4 feet 
each 100 1000 
$0 .30 $25 00 $175 
25 20 160 
30 25 
, 20 15 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 sufiS- 
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 PEARS. Fruit large, flavor not good, but tree highly ornamental, foliage large, rich 
green till late in Pall, 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. 
PEARS— Winter. 
BEURRE CL.VRGE.4U. Fruit very large, skin yellow covered with russet dots, flesh yellowish, good 
flavor, good shipper; September to December. 
EASMER BEURRE. Fruit large, skin yellowish green, with russety dots, flesh white, rich flavor, 
long keeper. 
WINTER NELIS. Medium size, greenish, russet, melting and juicy, rich flavor, good shipper, 
October to December. 
BEURRE BOSS. Large long russet pear, good flavor and good shipper, one of the very bast, Oc- 
tober to April. 
WINTER SECKEL. Above the medium size, shaped much like the Bartlett and nearly as large, 
color and flavor much like the Fall Scckel, long keeper, good shipper. 
P. B.VRRY. A California seedling, originated by the late B. S. Fox, of San Jose; a very large 
elongated russet pear, quite late, and a long keeper, can be kept till March; an excellent pear for Eastern 
shipping, fine texture and excellent flavor when fully ripe. 
