TUALATIN VALLEY NURSERIES, SHERWOOD, OREGON 
NEW VARIETIES OF GREAT MERIT 
A New Creation — Offered for the First Time 
HUDSON’S GOLDEN GEM 
A new creation and we trust an apple that will be very popular with 
the fancy trade. The original tree was found by our Mr. A. D. Hudson 
in a fence row thicket and was of such unique coloring and of such fine 
flavor that one of our orchard trees was top-grafted to it with the result 
that it developed into what we feel certain to be one of the most satis¬ 
factory and profitable varieties. It is large and conical in shape, with a 
long stem and has hung on the tree until Christmas; not inclined to 
windfall at all. The unique feature of this apple is: it has a pear skin 
and color, the same rich russet as the Bose pear. Almost everybody see¬ 
ing it for the first time exclaim, “What a beautiful pear!” and if not 
apprised of the fact that it is an apple, will fail to notice that it is not a 
pear after eating same, for it is very fine grained, buttery, but more tart 
than a pear, and claimed by those to whom it has become acquainted to 
be of superior flavor of any apple ever eaten by them. Therefore we 
feel certain that this variety will be very popular for it has the quality 
and with its fine size and unique coloring, we feel sure it will bring a 
fancy price wherever offered in the markets of the world. 
Will add further that the tree is an annual bearer, very prolific, and 
the branches will hand so full that it will be necessary to thin heavily. 
Tree a strong grower, having the largest leaves of any in our nursery. 
A better keeper than Delicious. 
NOT OVER TWO TREES TO A CUSTOMER, $1.00 per tree, for 
our supply of trees is limited this season. 
(Patent applied for.) 
Corvallis Peach 
Corvallis (New Peach). This new 
peach comes to us from D. M. Johns of 
Corvallis, Mr. Johns stating that a Doctor 
Alexander planted the seedling sixty-five 
years ago, at Corvallis, therefore we 
consider “Corvallis” to be an appropriate 
name for it. The fruit is very large and 
globular, a yellow T freestone, ripening 
just after J. H. Hale. We feel that the 
great merit of this peach is its large size, 
beautiful coloring and the fact that it 
colors up brilliantly while still firm and 
solid, which should make it a very valu¬ 
able shipping variety, for it will stand 
a lot of handling without being bruised 
or discolored. Not over two trees to a 
customer at $1.00 each. Patent applied 
for. 
Improved Delicious Apple 
Improved Red Delicious. This apple 
originated from a sport of the common 
Red Delicious, comes into bearing young¬ 
er and matures a solid red fruit of 
superb size and quality, outselling the 
common Red Delicious practically 50% 
in the fruit markets of the world. We 
have a few thousand for the coming 
season at 50 cents each, $30.00 per 100 
for the 4 and 6 foot grade; 5 cents less 
for the 3 and 4 foot grade. 
A New Apricot 
Southwick (New Apricot). The orig¬ 
inal tree of this variety, which came 
from a seed planted in 1852 is still 
growing and bearing annually at Rick- 
reall, Oregon, on rather poor, wet soil 
which ordinarily would not maintain an 
Apricot tree at all. The tree is one of 
our best growers of all the varieties of 
apricot in our nursery. The fruit is 
round, very large, with true apricot 
color, slightly red on the sunny side. We 
hope and trust this variety will prove to 
be an iron-clad long lived variety the 
same as the parent tree, which of course 
time alone can prove. Trees, only two 
to a customer at $1.00 each. 
