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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
Quince. 
Meech's Prolific—This Quince is remarkable for Its early 
bearing, as small trees standing in nursery row will 
often produce a large crop. They are wonderfully pro¬ 
ductive and sure to bear every season. The fruit is also 
remarkable 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 delightfully fragrant 
and most delicious in flavor. One or two fruits when 
fully ripe will All a large room with 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 holds its attractive green color until 
late in autumn, 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. 
Qhilds— 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, large than the largest 
Apples. In shape it is nearly round, resembling an 
Apple very much, with smooth skin. It is of very mild, 
pleasant flavor, so much so that when ripe it is delicious 
to eat raw from the hand as one would eat a good Apple. 
For cooking it is superb. Its flesh is so tender that it 
will bake or stew ns readily as an Apple, and in Ipss 
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, 80c. each. 
pear. 
Idaho— The king of Pears. Fruit grows to an enormous 
size, often weighing a pound and a half, and entirely 
coreless and seedless. It is yellowish in color outside, 
while the flesh is nearly snow-white and of the very 
richest quality found among Pears. Its wonderful size, 
luscious quality, phenomenal bearing qualities, even 
when trees are very young, and the fact that the fruit is 
entirely coreless, brought it 
at once into great promin¬ 
ence. It is hardy and vigor¬ 
ous flourishing alike in hot 
and cold climates. Price, 
50o. each; 3 for $1.25. 
Koonce — The earliest Pear 
known, and one of the very 
finest new sorts ever intro¬ 
duced. Size medium to 
large, exceedingly hand¬ 
some, yellow, with bright 
red cheek ; spicy, juicy, 
sweet. It is a most vigorous 
grower, and free from 
blight; heavy and product¬ 
ive, bearing immense crops 
every year, even when trees 
are only a few feet high. 
One of the finest of all recent fruit introductions. 40c. 
each; 3 for $1.00. 
Ne\V $jpP les * 
It was our good fortune a few years ago to come into con¬ 
trol of several new Apples of superior quality. They are so 
valuable that they will become leading favorites, and we 
advise our customers to plant a few if only to get grafts. 
The Senator— It is only now and again that there comes a 
new apple of such superlative merits as to delight at 
once the pomologist.s and the “ plain people”also. But 
this rare combination is given to the world in the sen¬ 
ator— the most admired and best liked apple shown at 
the World’s Fair. B’or rare beauty and singularly fine 
quality the choicest of every beholder. Bears every year; 
began at four vears and outbears Ben Davis. Trees 
simply look like a pile of .apples; 16-year trees averaged 
24 bushels first class apples: limbs bend to the ground, 
but don’t break. Finer quality than Klnnaird, don t 
6 cab- good keeper. Size very large; shape nearly round; 
color brightest red with small yellow markings. 
Two-Faced—We never brought out a more unique novelty 
than this. It originated in Cayuga County, A. v ., and 
the ortginal tree has been known for many years, but 
this Is the first time it has ever been propagated and put 
upon the market The tree bears an apple which is In 
size and shape similar to the Tollman Sweet ; its peoull- 
arity being that every fruit is evenly divided. One half 
is sour, like a Greening, and the other halt is sweet like 
the Tallman. This is one of the most peculiar freaks 
which has ever been observed in vegetation. Its oddity, 
as well as its fine bearing qualities, and the excellent 
quality of the fruit, both the sweet and sour portion, 
will make It immensely popular. 
Bismarck -This new Dwarf Apple is indeed a wonder. Lit¬ 
tle trees a foot or so in height will bear a. few apples of 
enormous size, either growing in pots or in the ground. 
A little tree 12 inches high, which we imported from 
France last winter, bore a fine large apple the following 
summer. Fruit very large of brilliant color, and borne 
freely on trees two years old. A most unique pot plant 
and a fine little tree for the garden, the great apples on 
such very small trees attracting great attention. 
Lorain Sweet- An apple of great size and superb quality. 
It ripens in early fall and is the most delicious Sweet 
Apple grown, flesh being exceedingly tender and melt¬ 
ing" and of the most luscious flavor reminding one of the 
sweetness of honey. Should be in every orchard. 
fffin melt' 
o z7• 77 f. fill* ^ 1 f 
• Gooseberries. 
This is a berry which in England holds first, place, and is 
more extensively grown than any other small fruit, except¬ 
ing only the Strawberry. It is not grown in this country to 
the extent it ought to be, mainly owing we judge to the poor 
quality of the varieties in general cultivation. We have 
several fine varieties such as Industry, Keepsake, Lan¬ 
cashire Red. etc. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 7 for $1.00. 
