FALL CATALOGUE OF BULBS THAT BLOOM FOR 1897. 
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NeW Apples* 
It was our good fortune a few years ago to come into con- 
rol of three new apples of superior quality. They are so 
•aluable that they will become leading favorites, and we 
advise 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 the first time it has ever been propagated and put 
upon the market. The tree bears an apple which is in 
size and shape similiar to the Tallman Sweet; its pecul¬ 
iarity being that every fruit is equally divided. 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, and the ex¬ 
cellent quality of the fruit, both the sweet and sour 
portion, will make it immensely popular. 
Ruby Gem 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 wo have ever seen. Every one is as fair and 
perfect as though moulded of wax, and the season of 
ripening is early autumn. The tree is a heavy bearer, 
commencing when very small to yield an abundant crop; 
flesh very tender and melting, juicy and of delicious, 
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. 
Glowing Coni— 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 hang on the trees the large, 
beautiful fruit can be seen for along distinct, glowing 
almost like coal among the dense green foliage. It is of 
extra fine quality, mild sub-acid, and ripens early in 
.September, Tree rank, vigorous grower, and a great 
and early bearer. This will become the finest of all 
Apples for market. Its great beauty and size, as well as 
its unexcelled quality will place it at the head of all. 
Bismarck— This new Dwarf Apple is indeed a wonder. 
Little trees a foot or two in height will bear afewapples 
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. 
Lorain Sweet— An Apple of great size and superb quality. 
It ripens in earlv 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 above five New Apples , 30c. each; $3.00 per dozen; the 
live for $1.35. 
Three Grandest pidiqs. 
. Since the introduction of our Wineberry and Mayberry, 
nothing has been offered in the way of new fruits which can 
compare in value and importance to these new Plums— 
Burbank’s greatest production. They are crosses with Japan 
varieties, and possess the most distinct characteristics; are 
the most beautiful, most luscious, best bearers and keepers, 
hardiest and best adapted to all soils and climates. 
Delaware or Dwarf-Weeping Plum— A superb and highly 
ornamental tree of short, symmetrical growth and long 
branches which droop to the ground, Ow'ing to its dwarf 
habit it can be grown in space that would not admit of a 
large kind. The best Plum in existence, with a most 
exquisite flavor like that of the Delaware Grape. It is 
described by some as possessing the flavor of the Apricot, 
Grape, Plum and Watermelon combined. Fruit of good 
size, purple flesh and skin, with white bloom. It is ex¬ 
ceedingly productive, and ripens very early. Tree hardy 
and healthy, bearing when but two feet high. A perfect 
§ em of a fruit and ornamental tree combined, and should 
e on every lawn and in every garden. 
Shipper— Tree a large, rank grower and enormously pro¬ 
lific. Fruit of large size, rich, juicy and sweet. Form 
and color of Imperial Gage, but handsomer, and the best 
Plum for shipping yet introduced. Hardy, robust and 
heavy annual cropper. The most profitable of all mar¬ 
ket Plums, as it is of the best quality, largest size, most 
prolific and best shipper. 
Juicy This glorious new Plum is a cross beteen Botan 
and Robinson. The fruit is the size of the former and 
three times larger than the latter, and of perfect shape. 
Skin thin and transparent, light yellow, underlaid with 
scarlet—as beautiful as wax. In quality it seems to us 
that there is no other fruit which can approach it. It 
has a delicious sweetness, mingled with a sprightly acid, 
and a high melting plum flavor, surpassing anything we 
ever saw. When fully ripe it is so juicy that when the 
skin is broken its delicious pulp flows out like honey. 
The tree is a hardy, rank, luxuriant grower, though of 
dwarfish habit. It blooms so late in spring that frost 
never injures the crop. In this respect it is valuable be¬ 
yond estimate. It begins to bear when very small—trees 
scarcely three feet high often producing largo crops. 
PRICE of these three Plums, 39c. each; the 3 for 75c. 
Peaches. 
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, 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-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 it a desirable ornament for the lawn or garden. 
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 feet high: a little tree, one year 
planted, matured twenty-four fine specimens. The 
blooming 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 fill a whole room with the delightful 
fragrance. The trees are very productive, bear extreme¬ 
ly young and can be planted very closely together. It 
requires so little room that it may be 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 Bougoume Apricot, Bismarck Apple and Rocky 
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-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, 
and is of the finest quality and immensely productive. 
The Orange Peach. This glorious Peach is a nigly 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, 25c. each; $1.50 per dozen; the 5 for $1,00. 
Boagoaiqe. 
A new sort from Japan, and the finest yet introduced. 
It|is so very dwarf, that it requires no more room than a 
good shrub, yet growing luxuriantly with large, healthy 
foliage in great abundance, and marvelous crops of deli¬ 
cious fruit. It can even be grown in a large pot or tub, like 
a Hydrangea or Oleander, and will fruit abundantly. It is 
perfectly hardy and bears when only two or three feet high. 
Fruit ripens in early summer, before Peaches or any other 
good {fruit, in fact the earliest of the Apricots. Fruit large 
and a beautiful golden color, rich, sweet and juicy, of finest 
flavor, and good, solid flesh. 30c. each; 4 for $1.00. 
The Idaho Pear. 
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. Price, 50c. each; 3 for $1.25. 
peWberries. 
Since we first introduced this valuable fruit several years 
ago, it has become very popular, and is now largely grown in 
all sections of the country. It is, as is generally known, a 
climbing Blackberry, the vine growing very long and may 
be allowed to trail over the ground or may be trained up to 
trellises, like grapes. It is hardy and robust and a sure an¬ 
nual bearer, the berries being larger, sweeter and superior 
m every way to Blackberries. The fruit is borne in great 
quantities, and is of a soft, pulpy nature, sugary and deli¬ 
cate, and seems to melt in one’s mouth like ice cream. The 
berries are very large, often more than two inches in length, 
a glossy sparkling black color. It is perfectly hardy. 
Lucretla (True). We find this to he superior to any other 
variety- 15c. each- 5 for 50c,; 12 for $1.00. 
Crystal White— A new sort, the berries of which 
tal white in color. 15c. each; 5 for 50c 
are crys- 
