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Valdesian Nurseries, Bostic, North Carolina 
Fruit Trees 
Apples 
Parties desiring to plant commercial orchards 
will do well to correspond with us before plac¬ 
ing their order. We can make special prices 
on most all varieties in quantity lots. 
Price, 40c each, $3.50 per 10 unless otherwise 
noted. 
Red June—A well known and good variety, 
ripening the last of June. 
Early Harvest—Medium size yellow apple; 
ripening about harvest time. Tender, delicious 
and of good quality. 
Yellow Horse—Begins to ripen in July and 
continues until late in August. A good eating 
and cooking apple. 
Fall Pippin —Large, with creamy-white flesh, 
extra quality. 
Baldwin—This is one of the best apples for 
commercial purposes and justly so, as the tree 
is a strong grower and produces heavy crops 
of large fruit of rounded form, deep" red in 
color, flesh rich, crisp and juicy. 
Red Limbertwig—Succeeds better in the 
mountains or hilly sections of the country, 
where it is a good bearer and one of the best 
keeping apples. In the cotton belt or low¬ 
lands it is a good bearer but does not keep 
well. 
Grimes Golden—Originated in Virginia. Keeps 
well until last of January. It has a vigorous, 
upright spreading habit and is an annual bear¬ 
er of fruit above medium size. Rich golden- 
yellow with flesh yellow, firm, crisp, aromatic 
and rich; of the best and most valuable winter 
sorts. 
Mammoth Black Twig—Many claim this valu¬ 
able variety excels Winesap. It is a better 
grower, more hardy, the fruit larger, color a 
darker red and flesh firmer. Valuable keeping 
variety. 
Stayman’s Winesap—This variety is attrac- 
ing much attention and is a profitable market 
sort, of large size, bright red color, very pro¬ 
ductive and of the best quality. The tree is a 
good grower, drooping in habit and adapted to 
all soil and situations. A good keeping variety. 
Hollow Log—Originated in Rutherford county, 
North Carolina, being a seedling found near a 
hollow log, hence its name. This is a valu¬ 
able variety and a strong grower. Makes an 
upright and well formed tree that, owing to 
its lateness of bloom, seldom fails to produce 
annually an abundant crop. Another strong 
point in favor of this variety is in its ripening 
period, beginning to ripen last of June and 
continuing through July and into August. It 
is almost a sure bearer of large fruit, deep 
yellow in color, tender, crisp, very juicy and 
with a most delicious aromatic spicy flavor. It 
has no superior as an eating and cooking apple. 
Wherever known, it is said to be the best apple 
in cultivation. We have only a limited num¬ 
ber of these trees and have never been able to 
supply the demand. Parties desiring same had 
best place their orders early. We have sold 
these trees to many different sections of the 
country and we have never had a complaint 
from them. We believe they will succeed 
wherever other apples succeed and more gen¬ 
erally so on account of their late blooming 
period. Do not fail to plant some Hollow Log. 
Price, $1.00 each, 6 for $5.00. 
Peaches 
Peach growing is becoming a most profitable 
industry in the sand hills and many other sec¬ 
tions in North Carolina. The trees bear so 
young and thrive so generally over the entire 
country that it is little wonder so many peo¬ 
ple have engaged in the growing of them. 
Peaches cannot be expected to bear every season 
in all sections, but where one does not grow 
them for commercial purposes it usually pays 
an owner of even a small lot to plant a few 
peach trees as they can be planted close to¬ 
gether and take up little room and may be ex¬ 
pected to bear most every season. Even a few 
trees well cared for will give one lots of pleas¬ 
ure and fruit. If a tree is worth planting, it is 
worth taking care of afterwards. To avoid 
scale and fungus diseases, spray with Bordeaux 
mixture or Lime Sulphur Solution. The En¬ 
tomologist of your state will be pleased to send 
you bulletin on request, giving information and 
directions for spraying. Price, 3 to 5 feet, $3.50 
per 10. 
Mayflower— The earliest peach. A cling of 
rich red color which makes it valuable for 
market and most salable on account of its 
ripening so early. Excellent for home too, as 
older people as well as children look forward 
to the ripening of early peaches. It is said to 
be one of the best bearers owing to its being 
the latest to bloom which makes it most free 
from frost and more certain to bear. 
Greensboro—Flesh is very juicy, white and 
tender, good quality for early variety. Ripens 
about ten da|ys after the Mayflower. 
Red Bird Cling— One of the best early cling 
peaches. Medium size and valuable early cling. 
Bell of Georgia—Large, skin white, with red 
cheek; flesh white, firm, and of excellent flavor. 
Free bearer and a good shipper. Rapid grow¬ 
ing tree. One of the most popular for both 
home use and commercial orchards. 
J. H. Hale—A flue looking peach. Lage, 
round, yellow, with pink sides, sometimes near¬ 
ly covered with red. Firm, and a good shipper. 
Triumph—-The earliest yellow flesh peach. 
Late bloomer and bears many times when others 
are killed by the frost. Ripens about the first 
of July. 
Carman —Large free-stone, creamy white with 
red cheek, flesh tender, white, tinted with red 
near the seed. Does well in many localities 
where many peaches fail. It belongs to the 
hardy North China group. It is like the El- 
berta, but ripens early in July. 
Foster—Yellow meated, free-stone, sweet and 
juicy and excellent flavor. Fine for home use 
but not a good shipper. Ripens last of July. 
Elberta—Everybody knows this variety and 
hence it needs no description. Ripens about 
August first. 
Chinese Cling —This is a well known variety, 
good for home or shipping. Ripens about the 
time or a little later than the Elberta. 
Lemon Cling —Pale-yellow cling with dark 
red cheek about as large as Elberta. One of 
the best for eating and canning. 
Indian or Blood Cling —Large, dark with deep 
red veins. Flesh red and very juicy. An old 
and valuable variety. No better cling grown. 
Stinson’s October Cling —Large and of fine 
quality, the best peach in cultivation, either for 
home or market. 
