Fruit Department 
Since oiir last Catalo5!:ue was issued we have taken several varieties from our 
lists as not proving worthy of cultivation, and others we have taken from our descrip- 
tive list, as we consider that it was too large ; but we shall still continue to grow them 
in limited numbers, and if any of these varieties do well in any particular locality we 
shall be able to furnish them, but advise to coniine your list to the descriptive kinds. 
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Select Apples 
'I'he first fruit, both in importance and general culture, is the Apple. Its period, 
unlike that of other fruits, e.xtentls nearly or quite through the year. l!y planting 
judicious selections of summer, autumn and winter sorts, a constant succession can be 
easily obtained of this indispensable fruit for family use. 
As fruit has become cheaper on account of the increased sup])ly, a large and con- 
stantly increasing Kuropean demand has sprung up, which affords highly remunerative 
prices for the best .selected specimens of our orchards, while the new process of 
evaporation of fruit has become a recognized au.xiliary to the horticulture of the land. 
With the immense consum|)tion by this process of evaporation, it may be doubted if 
Apple orcharding will ever, in any season, be less than highly remunerative. All the 
surplus of orchards, all “ windfalls" and defective specimens, can at once be gathered 
and sold at a fair jirice to the evaporating establishments, which now e.xist in almost 
every town in all fruit-growing sections. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
American Summer. (American .Summer 
Pearmaiu. ) Medium size, obloug, nearly- 
covered with streaks and dots of red ; flesh 
tender, juicy, with rich subacid flavor ; 
fine. Tree a slow grower, but bears early 
and abundantly. Continues in use for 
several weeks, l.ast of July and Aug. 
Benoni. Medium size, round, deep red; 
flesh yellow, tender, subacid. An e,xcel- 
lent Apple. July. 
Bough. (Sweet liough.) Large, round- 
ish, sometimes conical; pale yellow ; flesh 
white, very tender, with an e.xcellent, 
sweet flavor. Tree moderately vigorous 
and very productive. July. 
“ I was handed a letter !)>• your a^jent here re<iuestinK a recommendation for your stock, which I can 
cheerfully give. Heitig a fruit-vrower on a large scale, I buy trees from several other nurseries, and 1 
find your trees to be by far the nest ever sold in this state by any nursery. F. Martin Walcott, 
Ark., S, 1904. 
