DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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Brockworth Park.—A new English variety ; large, 1 
pale yellow, flushed and streaked with red on the sunny 
side ; flesh white, buttery, melting ; very' juicy, vinous 
and rich. September. 
Duchesse de Bordeaux.—Medium to large ; sweet 
and pleasant. December to February. 
Frederick Clapp.—Above medium size ; clear lemon 
yellow ; fine grained, juicy', melting, sprightly, rich and 
aromatic; very good to best. Season, October 15th to 
November 1st. Price $1.00 each. 
Souvenir du Congress.—A seedling of the Bartlett, J 
ripening before it, and larger. The fruit is very fine 
and of immense size, but unfortunately the tree blights 
badly'. 
Goodale.—Fruit large, light yellow, with a blush in 
the sun ; juicy’, melting, vinous. October. 
PEAM-Dwaif. 
Leading sorts, one year buds, 1 to 1feet, 30 cents 
each ; 4 for $1.00. 
CHERRIES. 
Plant Hearts and Bigarreaus 20 feet apart each way ; 
108 trees to the acre. 
Plant Dukes and Morellos 10 to 12 feet apart; 363 
trees to the acre. 
One year from bud, cut back for convenience in mail¬ 
ing, to about one foot. Price 30 cents each ; 4 for $1.00. 
LEADING SORTS. 
Belle Magnifique, 
Black Eagle, 
Black Tartarian, 
Carnation, 
Early Purple Guigne, 
Early Richmond, 
Elton, 
English Morello, 
Gov. Wood, 
May Duke, 
Napoleon, 
Ohio Beauty, 
Reine Hortense, 
Rockport, 
Yellow Spanish. 
NEW CHERRIES. 
Empress Eugenia. — A new variety from France of 
groat excellence ; a profuse bearer. 50 cents. 
Montmorency Ordinaire. —A sort of quite recent 
introduction of the Early Richmond class, but larger 
and later, and a prodigious bearer. A variety of great 
value. 50 cents. 
Luelling. — A new seedling from Oregon, supposed 
to be a cross between Napoleon Big.irreau and Black 
Tartarian, having the firm flesh of the former and the 
color of the latter; cUime.1 to be the largest cherry 
known. Specimens measuring three and a half inches 
in circumference. 50 cents. 
Olivet. — Large globular ; a shiny deep red ; tender, 
rich and viuous ; one of the large t of its cla^s. 50 cents. 
Louis Phillippc. — Large ; dark red, almost black ; 
tender, sprightly, mild acid ; stone small ; tree vigorous 
and very productive ; ripens middle to last of July. 50c. 
PLUMS. 
Plant 16 to 18 feet apart each way. 
cut back for convenience in mailing. 
LEADING SORTS 
One vear buds 
cen t each. 
Coe’s Golden Drop, 
Dennison’s Red, 
German Prune, 
General Hand, 
Imperial Gage, 
Italian Prune, 
Jefferson, 
Lombard, 
Improved varieties of American plums on peach 
stocks, so cents each. 
ivlagnum Bonum Yellow 
Pond’s Seedling, 
Prince’s Imperial Gage, 
Reagle’s Union Purple, 
Reine Claude, 
Shropshire Damson, 
Smith’s Orleans. 
De Cardeuc.—Medium, round, slightly flattened ; 
skin yellow, nearly covered with red ; flesh melting, 
sweet and vinous. End of June and first of July. 
Newman.—Medium oblong; skin a beautiful glossy 
red, with delicate purple bloom ; flesh somewhat coarse 
but juicy. August and September. 
Wild Goose.—Well adapted to peach stocks ; an im¬ 
proved variety of the Chickasaw ; large, deep red, with 
purplish bloom ; flesh melting and good. 
Weaver.—Fruit large, purple, very prolific; regular 
bearer. This tree is very hardy, and will thrive in the 
very northern limits of the United States. Ripens 
August. 
PEACHES. 
Plant 15 to 18 feet apart. One year buds cut back for 
mailing. 15 cents each ; 8 for $t.oo. 
LEADING SORTS. 
Amsden’s June, Mountain Rose, 
Alexander Early, Old Mixon Cling, 
Barnard’s Y’low Rareripe,Old Mixon Free, 
Crawford’s Early, 
Crawford’s Late, 
Coolidge Favorite 
Chinese Cling, 
Early Beatrice, 
Early Louise, 
Early Rivers, 
Foster, 
George the Fourth, 
Hale’s Early, 
Hill’s Chili, 
Jacques’ Rareripe, 
Large Early York, 
Lemon Cling, 
Red Cheek Melocoton, 
Richmond, 
Snow, 
Smock’s Cling, 
Smock’s Free, 
Steadley, 
Salway, 
Scott’s Nonpareil, 
Stump the World, 
Sturtevant. 
Susquehanna, 
Troth’s Early, 
Ward’s Late Free, 
Yellow Rareripe. 
NEW PEACHES. 
Bower’s Early. —A magnificent, laigc, freestone 
peach, specimens measuring over nine inches in cir¬ 
cumference ; light colored flesh with a beautiful, dark 
red cheek ; of excellent quality, ripening in July. 35 
cents each. Mr. Thomas Meehan, of the Gardener s 
Monthly , sa>s of it ; “ It is a great pleasure to see so 
large a size with so early a fruit. The flavor was exqui¬ 
site ; so far as it is possible to judge, we should say this 
was a long way in advance of our best early kind.” 
Beers' Smock.—Very largq orange yellow, with a 
red check : juicy and enormously productive. Last of 
September and first of October. 35 cents. 
Bilyeu’s Late October,—A large, white flesh peach 
with a bo utiful flush cheek, ripening two weeks later 
than Smock. Freestone, and an excellent shipper, hav¬ 
ing been shipped successfully to Europe. 35 cents. 
Honeywell, — An exceedingly early peach, ripening 
about with Alexander. Fruit medium, with a fine red 
cheek ; j -irv half-melting, sweet and vinous; adheres 
partly to the stone. - > ents. 
Downing, 1 Seedli mi cd by H. M. Engle. They 
Saunders, > resemble Alexander and Atnsden, are 
Wilder, ^ of good quality, and are claimed to be 
very valuable acquisitions. Downing is said to ripen 
fully two weeks earlier than Hale ; Saunders 10 to 12 
days, and Wilder 8 to 10 days before Hale’s Early. 35 
cents each. 
Marshall’s Late.—A new variety, originated by Mr. 
Raphael Marshall, which bids fair to be a great acqui¬ 
sition, ripening midway between Smock and Salway, 
filling a very important " p. Fruit very large, deep 
yellow; immensely 1 mdu ti e. so cents. 
