SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1 899. 
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Rare F^cy Reaches 
Excelsior —A wonderfully good new Peach, which origi¬ 
nated near Lowell, Mass. The tree is a dwarf of low- 
spreading, willow-like habit of growth, and the fruit buds 
are so hardy that it produces a full annual crop when all 
others fail. Fruit medium to large, rich orange-ye low, 
splashed with carmine on the sunny side, flesh yellow, 
juicy, very sweet tender and rich. Pit small and a per¬ 
fect freestone. The low growth and great beauty of this 
tree make it a desirable ornament for. the lawn or garden. 
Champion— Fruit very large, often 10 inches in circumler- 
ence. Flavor most delicious, juicy, sweet and rich, sur¬ 
passing most other varieties. Color a beautiful creamy- 
white, with a bright red cheek, most strikingly handsome 
in appearance. Its sep«son of ripening is very early. 
The Lemon Peach— A most unique variety, and a tree in 
bearing looks as though it was full of lemons instead ot 
peaches. Extra fine and entirely distinct fruit, being 
oblong or lemon-shaped, pointed at the apex.. Color, pale 
lemon when ripe. It is of large size, fine specimens meas¬ 
uring over 13 inches in circumference, medium early. 
The Orange Peach — This glorious Peach is a highly valu¬ 
able and distinct variety, its enormous fruits. closely re- 
rembling large, luscious oranges, and a tree in bearing 
reminds one of the orange groves of Florida. 
Dwarf Japanese— This is the earliest of all Peaches, matur¬ 
ing in about eight weeks from time of blooming. It is a 
dwarf-growing, very stocky variety from Japan, hearing 
when three or four feet high; a little tree, one year 
planted, matured twenty-four fine specimens. lhe 
blooming season is late, making it free from damage by 
frosts. Fruit large, beautiful crimson and yellow, 
heavily overlaid with red. The flesh is rich, juicy and 
most excellent quality, and of blood-red color. It is the 
most fragrant of all Peaches, a single specimen being so 
sweet as to fill a whole room with the delightful fra¬ 
grance. The trees are very productive. It requires so 
little room that it may be grown on the lawn or in 
any nook or corner which would not accomodate a larger 
variety. It is a perfect gem of a fruit. 
Price, 20c. each; the 5 for 80c.; or $1.50 per dozen. 
Grandest Flunks. 
Since the introduction of our Wineberry and Mayberry, nothing 
been offered in the way of new fruits which can compare in value an 
portance to these new Plums—Burbank’s greatest production. Tht 
crosses with Japan varieties, and possess the most distinct charactei 
are the most beautiful, most luscious, best bearers and keepers, ha 
and best adapted to all soils and climates. 
Delaware or Dwarf-Weeping Plum— A superb and highly orna 
tree of short symmetrical growth and long branches which d/ 
the ground. Owing to its dwarf habit it can be grown in spr 
would not admit of a larger kind. The best Plum in existence 
most exquisite flavor like that of the Delaware Grape. It is dy 
by some as possessing the flavor of the Apricot, Grape, PI* 
Watermelon combined. Fruit of good size, purple flesh and sk 
white bloom. It is exceedingly productive, and ' ene 
Tree hardy and healthy, bearing when but two fer 
gem of a fruit and ornamental tree combined, a^- 3 
lawn and in every garden. It is destined to V 
of the future, as it is certainly the most beam 
Shipper— Tree a large, rank grower, and enormo 
large size, rich, juicy and sweet. Form and c 
but handsomer, and the best Plum for shipping y 
robust and heavy annual cropper. The most pi 
it is of the best quality, largest size, most prolifi. 
Juicy— This glorious new Plum is a cross between 1 
The fruit is the size of the former and three ti; 
latter, and of perfect shape. Skin thin and trans, 
underlaid with scarlet—as beautiful as wax. In qu 
that there is no other fruit which can approach it. 
sweetness, mingled with a sprightly acid, and a hi| 
flavor, surpassing anything we ever saw. When fully 
that when the skin is broken its delicious pulp flows > 
The tree is a hardy, rank, luxuriant grower, though of 
It blooms so late in spring that frost never injures the i 
respect it is valuable beyond estimate. It begins to b 
small—trees scarcely three feet high often producing 
When of fair size it is an enormous yielder, and the fruit 
The fruit keeps a long time after ripening, often fifteen to - 
in hot weather before decaying. 
PRICE of these Three finest Plums, 25c. each; the 3 for GOc.; $1 
