Pears-Cherrics-Phims 
The Linn County Nurseries 
PEARS 
Pears are best on gravelly clay upland soils. On rich loams they blight seri¬ 
ously. More than one variety should be planted to insure pollination. The stand¬ 
ard. or large growing trees, should be spaced 18 to 20 ft. apart; the Dwarfs, 10 ft. 
The following list is arranged in approximately their order of ripening: 
Wilder Seckel Douglass 
Clapp’s Favorite Smyth Kieffer 
Bartlett Flemish Beauty Patten 
Lincoln Bose Anjou 
Phelps 
PRICES of all standard Pears: Each Per 10 
5 to 6 feet _$0.50 $4.00 
4 to 5 feet _ .40 3.00 
3 to 4 feet _ .30 2.50 
DWARF PEARS are grafted on Quince roots, which dwarf and bring them into 
bearing earlier. They are most useful where room is limited. Duchess does par¬ 
ticularly well as a dwarf. 
Duchess Seckel 
Bartlett Clapp’s Favorite 
% in. and lip, mostly 4 ft. and up _$0.50 $4.50 
CHERRIES 
(In order of ripening) 
Early Richmond — Ostheim Yellow Glass 
Montmorency English Morello 
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Early Richmond and Montmorency are the most dependable and the most 
planted. Yellow Glass is a true sweet cherry and is more tender than the others. 
English Morello is very late and very dark in color. 
These are standard grades. . Each Per 10 
The caliper governs. Bushy trees in. mostly’5 ft. & up. $0.50' $4.00 
often are shorter than rated. T ° s —^ in. mostly 4 ft.- & up. .40 3.00 
Beatty 
Damson 
Desoto 
Elliott 
German Prune 
Lombard 
PLUMS 
Loring Prize 
Oka 
Reine Claude 
Richland 
Superior 
Surprise 
Terry 
Toka 
Tonka 
Underwood 
Wachampa 
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Terry, Beatty, and Desoto are all pure American varieties of splendid quality 
for all purposes, and are very dependable for the far North. 
Elliott, Tonka, Loring Prize, Underwood, and Superior are splendid large new 
hybrid varieties with very small seeds and high quality, but do not pollinate one 
another. T^jrsecure pollination plant Surprise, Desoto and Toka among them in the 
proportion of one or more of these to nine of the hybrids. 
Oka and Wachampa are hybrids of the Western Sand Cherry produced by Pro¬ 
fessor Hansen, and make very crooked trees. The fruit is of medium size, has 
purplish flesh, very small pits, and is very fine for canning. Oka is a very dwarf 
tree or bush. 
German Prune, Lombard, Damson, and Richland are European or Blue Plums, 
and splendid for canning. 
PRICES of Plum Trees: Each Per 10 
5 to 6 feet _$0.50 $4.50 
4 to 5 feet _ ___ .40 3.50 
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