W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, GENEVA, N. Y. 
J. H. Hale. Large regular round, lemon yellow over¬ 
spread with attractive dark red, flesh yellow, red around 
pit. Season a little earlier than Elberta. 
Morris White. Medium size, dull creamy white; flesh 
white to the stone; melting, juicy, sweet and rich. Much 
esteemed for preserving. September. 
Mountain Rose. Large, red, white flesh; ripens same 
time as Early York; first quality. Freestone. First of 
August. 
Old Mixon Freestone. Large, yellowish white, deep 
red cheek; flesh white, tender, with an excellent rich, 
sugary, vinous flavor. A popular and valuable variety. 
Middle of September. 
Smock (Beer’s Smock). Large, orange red or yellow; 
flesh red at the stone, moderately juicy and rich, very 
productive and a valuable, late market variety. First of 
October. 
Stump the World. Very large, creamy white, bright 
red cheek; flesh white, juicy and high flavored. Produc¬ 
tive. Last of September. 
Rochester. Tree vigorous, productive, fruit large, 
lemon yellow blushed with deep dark red, flesh yellow red 
near pit. Season a little before Early Crawford. 
Yellow St. John. A grand peach, ripening about ten 
days after Hale’s. Nearly as large as Crawford, fruit 
round, brilliant, showy; bears young and produces 
abundantly. August. 
NUTS 
Butternut (White walnut). A native tree of medium 
size; spreading head, grayish colored bark. Nut oblong 
and rough. 
Filbert English (Hazel Nut). One of the most profit¬ 
able and satisfactory nuts to grow; succeeding on almost 
all soils. Nuts nearly round, rich, and of excellent flavor. 
Chestnut 
Ameiican Sweet. A valuable native tree, both useful 
and ornamental. Nuts sweet, of delicate flavor, and are 
a valuable article of commerce. 
Spanish. A handsome, round headed tree, producing 
abundantly very large nuts that find a ready market at 
good prices. Not as sweet as the American. 
Walnut 
Black. The most valuable of all trees for its timber. 
A rapid grower, producing a large round nut of excellent 
quality. 
English. It produces immense crops of thin shelled 
delicious nuts, which are always in demand. 
Japan. The nuts are considerably larger than the 
common hickory-nut, and borne in clusters of fifteen to 
twenty. The shell is a little thicker than that of the 
English Walnut. 
NECTARINES 
Early Violet. Medium size; yellowish green, with a 
purple cheek, flesh pale green; melting, rich and highly 
flavored. Freestone. Last of August. 
QUINCES 
Bourgeat. Largest size, rich golden color, smooth, no 
creases. Rich velvety skin, with delicious quince odor. 
Foliage healthy. 
Champion. The fruit is very large and productive. 
The skin russetted around the stem; below a lively yellow 
color. Its flesh cooks tender; season is about two weeks 
later than the Orange. 
Orange. Large, roundish, bright golden yellow; cooks 
quite tender, and is of very excellent flavor. Valuable 
for preserves and market. Very productive. October. 
APRICOTS 
Eaily Golden. Small; pale orange; juicy and sweet; 
hardy and productive. First of July. 
Early Moorpark. Medium; rich; juicy; very fine. 
Harris. Originated in Geneva. Free; perfectly hardy; 
comes into bearing young, and is very productive. Fruit 
large, rich golden yellow: ripens middle of July. 
Large Early Montgamet. One of the finest early 
varieties. Large. 
Moorpark. One of the largest; orange with a red 
cheek; firm, juicy, with a rich flavor; very productive. 
August. 
Peach. Very large; orange with a dark cheek; juicy 
and high flavored. 
MULBERRIES 
New American. Tree very vigorous and productive, 
surpassed by none; possesses a rich, sub-acid flavor; 
continues in bearing a long time. Fruit one and one- 
quarter of an inch long and nearly half an inch in diameter; 
color maroon or an intense blue black at full maturity; 
flesh, juicy rich, sugary. 
Russian. Very hardy, shrub-like in form of growth, 
valuable for feeding silk worms and for fences in severe 
climates. 
Tea’s Weeping. See ornamental trees. 
Moore’s Early Grapes. 
GRAPES 
Black and Blue Varieties 
Campbell’s Early. A fine new grape. Clusters large, 
compact and handsome, berries large, nearly round, black, 
with light purple bloom; flesh firm,but tender; quality 
rich, sweet, slightly vinous. 
Concord. Bunch and berries large, round, black, 
thickly covered with a beautiful bloom; flesh moderately 
juicy, sweet pulp, quite tender when fully ripe. Ripens 
from 10th to 20th of September. 
Moore’s Early. Bunch and berry large, with a blue 
bloom; quality better than Concord; ripens ten days 
before Hartford. Its size and earliness render it desirable. 
Worden. Bunches large, handsome; berries large, 
sweet. Ten days earlier than the Concord, and superior 
to it in flavor; ripens well in cold localities. 
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