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EARL FERRIS NURSERY, Hampton, Iowa 
You Will Get Big Crops of Fruit From 
Our Hardy Cherry Trees 
The Price is Amazingly Low This Year 
Let’s have more of those juicy Cherry Pies—America's 
most popular dessert! And why not? It’s an easy prop' 
osition if you plant a few of Ferris’ strong, hardy, well' 
rooted Cherry Trees this spring, at these remarkable 
bargain prices. Quick to bear, and such big fine crops— 
all the children will want to eat, plenty to can, and pies 
to your heart’s content. The Cherry is so easy to estab' 
lish—likes good, well drained soil, and should be planted 
at the same depth as in the nursery row. You can plant 
it anywhere on the lawn, for the tree is ornamental as 
well as fruitful. 
We are offering you here the three best, hardy Cher' 
ries. Every home planting should contain a clump of 
our extra select Cherry Trees. 
EARLY RICHMOND. The earliest of them all, and a 
general favorite. Fruit medium size, bright red and 
juicy, rich acid flavor, and especially fine for cooking. 
Heavy bearer, and extremely hardy. 3}4 to 4 ft. 
average, select, No. 1 trees, 30c each; 10 for $2.50; 
100 for $17.50. 
MONTMORENCY. A beautiful, large, red Cherry of Montmorency Cherry, 
the finest acid flavor, and ripens 10 days later 
than the Early Richmond. A heavy annual 
bearer, and very hardy; there is always a strong demand for Montmorency. 3}£ to 4 ft. average, 
select, No. 1 trees, 30c each; 10 for $2.50; i00 for $17.50. 
YELLOW GLASS. The finest and hardiest of all Sweet Cherries. It has a beautiful golden yellow 
color, with firm, juicy meat, and is of superb flavor and sweetness. It fruits well as 
far north as Des Moines, and for our customers who live in the Sweet Cherry 
country, we cannot acclaim it too highly. 4-4}£ ft., select, No. 1 trees, 75c each; 
5 for $3.00; 10 for $5.00. 
Selected Pears 
Lincoln 
Pear. 
Our new prices on all Pear trees, excepting Lincoln: 
Strong, well-rooted, averaging 4 to 4}<j ft. high, 35c each; 
10 for $2.50. 
BARTLETT. Large, yellow Pear of fine flavor. Very popular. 
KIEFFER, Well known canning Pear. Hardy; prolific; fruit 
large and yellow. 
SECKEL. A rather small Pear of unusual sweetness and 
fine flavor. Very productive. 
PATTEN. A wonderful, hardy Pear, doing well even in the 
North. Attractive, large fruit, green in color with reddish 
blush. Flesh is very tender, juicy, sweet, and rich. We rec' 
ommend the Patten highly. 
LINCOLN. The very finest Pear ever produced. Quality is 
as good or even better than the luscious Bartlett, very 
hardy, and a heavy cropper. Beautiful large fruit of clear 
yellow flushed with bright red, and whether canned or 
eaten fresh its flavor is delicious. 4 to 4}& ft., No. 1 trees, 
75c each; 10 for $5.00. 
Choice Peaches 
Our new prices on all Peach trees, averaging about 4 feet in height, 35c each; 10 for $2.50; 25 for $5.50. 
CRAWFORD’S EARLY. A fine'flavored Peach of large 
size; yellow blushed red. Freestone. 
CRAWFORD’S LATE. Excellent quality; fruit large, 
a beautiful yellow with red cheek. Freestone. 
ELBERTA. The market favorite. Large yellow fruit, 
blushed, and of fine flavor. Freestone. 
J. H. HALE. A beautiful large Peach, yellow blushed 
red; solid yellow flesh of delicious flavor. Freestone. 
