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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
The Dwarf Rocky Mountain Cherry* 
_ This wonderful fruit was discovered in 1878, in the moun¬ 
tains of Larimer County, Colorada. It is one of the most 
productive fruits that grow. It is not uncommon to pick 15 
to 20 quarts of fruit from a three-year-old-bush, and 80 cher¬ 
ries have been counted on a branch 12 inches in length from 
a two-year-old bush. The fruit, when ripe, is jet-black and 
of a size as shown in the cut. In flavor it is much like the 
sweet cherries; when ripe is conceded superior to any other 
variety. It is ornamental as well as useful, both in flower 
and fruit. It bears every year, grows to a height of four 
feet, and has never been affected by insects or disease. On 
account of its small growth it can be grown in a little space, 
where there would not be room to plant a larger growing 
cherry or other tree, and is a superb thing to plant on the 
lawn or among shubbery. It is one of the most startling 
noveltities of recent years. As it blooms and bears fruit when 
only a foot high, it may be grown in a pot, if desired, like the 
Otaheite Orange. Price, 25c. each; 5 for $i.oo. 
Qairjce* 
Wleech -s Prolific— This Quince is remarkablelfor its early 
bearing, as small trees standing in nursery row will often 
produce a large crop. They are wonderfully productive 
and sure to bear every season. The fruit is also remark¬ 
able for its rare combination of beauty of form and color, 
great size and fragrance. Its size is large, and shaped 
like a handsome Pear; skin smooth and of a bright 
orange-yellow. Under good culture the fruits average 
12 to 15 ounces each. Flesh delightfullv fragrant and 
most delicious in flavor. One or two fruits, when fully 
ripe, will fill a large room Avith its delicious aroma. For 
cooking, it is tender and quite free from hard lumps, so 
objectionable in most varieties. The tree is really very 
ornamental, as well as useful. In the first place, its 
flowers are large and showy, and its foliage is abundant 
and luxuriant, and when loaded with fruit it is indeed a 
splendid sight, and looks much like an Orange tree in 
bearing. Price, 25c. each; 5 for $1.00. 
Childs’—This is a most remarkable new sort, as it is such 
an improvement over all varieties of Quince. The fruit 
grows to an enormous size, larger than the largest Apples. 
In shape it is nearly round, resembling an Apple very 
much, Avith smooth skin. It is of very mild, pleasant 
flavor, so much so that Avhen ripe it is delicious to eat 
raw from the hand, as one Avould eat a good Apple. For 
cooking it is superb. Its flesh is so tender that it will 
bake or stew as readily as an Apple, and in less time. 
The tree is a large, rank, luxuriant grower, with heavy 
foliage, and bears enormously, beginning when they 
stand in the nursery rows and only a few feet in height. 
Originated by Luther Burbank. Price, 60c. each. 
Eleagpns L°Pgipes. 
This is a neAV fruit from Japan, and was, we think, first 
seen in fruit at the summer residence of Mr. Chas. A. Dana, 
late editor of the New York Sun. For tAVO or three years 
many people have been to see it and to taste it, and it seems 
that no one ever tires of praising it. It has fruited elegantly 
in our own grounds now for four summers, and as a rare or 
fancy fruit it is one which is sure to delight its possessor. It 
is a shrub, fruiting when only three or four feet high, and 
probably never exceeds five or six feet when fully grown. 
The fruit is borne in quantity the whole length of the 
branches, is oblong or olive shape, and about the color of a 
dark red cherry. It has a small pit and an excellent flavor, 
being rich, juicy, sprightly, and more lusicious than the 
cherry. It ripens in July and August, and the fruit remains 
in good condition a long time before dropping. The bush 
is perfectly hardy and robust. Price 20c. each; 6 for $1.00. 
