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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. FLORAL PARK. QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Peactjes. 
There is no tree which makes a more rapid growth and 
comes into bearing sooner after planting than the Peach. 
Trees small enough to go by mail will bear in three years 
and their cost is so little that every home in our land should 
be abundantly supplied with this most valuable and deli¬ 
cious fruit. These new varieties are particularly fine, and 
superior in many respects. They are all extremely hardy, 
some of them being able to stand the climate of Canada. 
Excelsior. A wonderfully good new Peach, which origi¬ 
nated near Lowell, Mass. The tree is a dwarf of low- 
spreading. wlllow-like habit of growth, and the fruit buds 
are so hardy that it produces a full annual cropwhen all 
others fail. Fruit medium to large, rich orange-yellow, 
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 ita desirableornament for the lawn orgarden. 
When loaded with its large, luscious fruit, it is one of the 
most strikingly beautiful small trees it is possible to have. 
Dwarf Japanese. This is the earliest of all Peaches, ripen¬ 
ing two or three weeks ahead of Alexander, and matur¬ 
ing in about eight weeks from time of blooming. It is a 
dwarf growing, very stocky variety from Japan, bear¬ 
ing when three or four foet high; a little tree, ono year 
{ lanted, matured twenty-four flue specimens. The 
looming season is later than other varieties, making it 
almost free from the danger of damage by late spring 
frosts. Fruit large, beautiful crimson and yellow, 
heavily overlaid with red, really having the ap¬ 
pearance of blood red. The flesh is rich, juicy and most 
excellent quality, and much the same color as outside. 
It is the most fragrant of all Peaches, a single specimen 
being so sweet as to All a whole room with the delightful 
fragrance. The trees are very productive, bear extreme¬ 
ly young and ran be planted very closely together. It 
requires so little room that It may he grown on the lawn 
or in any nook or corner which would not accommodate 
a larger variety. It is a perfect gem of a fruit, and like 
the Bougonme Apricot, Bismarck Apple and Kocky 
Mountain Cherry, can be grown even in a large pot or tub. 
Champion. Fruit very large often 10 inches in circumference. 
Flavor most delicious, juicy, sweet and rich, surpassing 
most other varieties. Color, a beautiful creamy-white, 
with a bright red cheek, most strikingly handsome in 
appearance. Its season 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 of 
peaches. Extra fine and entirely distinct fruit, being 
oblong or lemon-shaned. pointed at the apex. Color, paie 
lemon when ripe. It is of large size, fine specimens meas¬ 
uring over 13 inches in circumference; medium early, 
and is of the finest quality and immensely productive. 
The Omnge Peach. This glorious Peach is a higlv valu¬ 
able and distinct variety, its enormous fruits closely re¬ 
sembling large, luscious oranges, and a tree in bearing 
reminds one of the orange groves of Florida. 
Price. JSc. each; $1.M per dozen: the 5 for tl.oo. 
N<rvV Apples. 
It was our good fortune a few years ago to come into con¬ 
trol. of three new apples of superior quality. They are so 
valuable that they will become leading favorites, and we ad¬ 
vise our customers to plant a few if only to get grafts. 
Two-Faced. We never brought out a more unique novelty 
than this. It originated in Cayuga County, N. Y., and 
the original tree has been known for many years, but 
this is tile 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 Tallman Sweet: 
I its peculiarity being that every fruit is equally di. 
I vided. One-half is sour, like a Greening, and the 
_ other half 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, und the excellent quality of the fruit, both the 
sweet and sour port ioD, will make it immensely popular. 
Ruby Cem. As its name implies this is an Apple of the 
most brilliant ruby-red color imaginable, and being of 
large size and perfect in form it is the handsomest variety 
“ ' we have ever seen. Every one is as fair and perfect 
as iliough moulded of wax. and the season of ripen¬ 
ing is early autumn. The tree is a heavy bearer. 
I commencing when very small to yield an abundant 
I crop; flesh very tender and melting, juicy and of de- 
licious. pleasant, sub-acid quality. Tree a strong 
grower and heavy annual bearer; a most luscious and 
valuable apple for home use and the most profitable one 
for market, 
Clowlng; Coal. The fruit is enormous in size and as fair as 
wax; one-half bright shining red while the other half Is 
" " intense scarlet, and as they bang on the trees the 
large, beautiful fruit can be seen for a longdistance. 
, glowing almost like a coal among the dense green 
s foliage. It is of extra fine quality, mild sub-acid. 
I and ripens early in September. Tree rank, vigorous 
.. grower, and a great and early bearer. This will be¬ 
come the finest of all Applesfor market. Its great beauty 
and size, as well as its unexcelled quality will place it at 
the bead of all. , 
Bismarck. This new Dwarf Apple is indeed a wonder. 
Little trees a foot or two in height will bear a few apples 
of enormous size, either growing in pots or in the ground. 
A little tree 12 inches nigh, 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 
to grow with the Otaheite Orange, and a tinelittle shrub 
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. 
Price of olwre .fire New Apples, Soc. each; $i.oo per dozen; the 
five for Large tree*, hij erpree s. UOe. each. 
