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The Sarcoxie Nurseries Peony Fields 
c 5 Apple "threes for YH'ome Orchards 
The ripening dates named are the approximate average for 
southern Missouri. Allow 5 to 7 days for each 100 miles 
North or South. The altitude also affects the date of ripening 
Plant 30 ft. apart or more. 
Prices of Two-Year Apples Each Per 10 Per 100 
Standard size, 7/16 to 9/16 in. caliper 
about f>Yi to 4 ft_ .40 3.50 30.00 
X size. 9/16 to 11/16 in. caliper, 
about 4 to 5 ft_$0.50 $4.50 $42.50 
Any 5 or more at the 10 rate, less at the each rate; any 50 or 
more at the 100 rate. 
Summer Apples 
Early Harvest- —Bright straw color; juicy; rich subacid; good; 
very early; bears rather young. 
Autumn Apples 
Maiden Blush —Large, clear yellow, crimson cheek; flesh fine 
grained, moderately crisp, very juicy, subacid; excellent for cook¬ 
ing; hardy; productive; bears rather young. 
Winter Apples 
Black Ben Davis —Large; attractive rich red to maroon, rare¬ 
ly striped; flesh firm, crisp, juicy, mild subacid; ships and keeps 
well; bears young, regularly, abundantly. 
Delicious —Roundish-conic: medium large; pale yellow most¬ 
ly covered with red, splashed and striped dark carmine; moder¬ 
ately fine grained, juicy, mild subacid. 
Grimes Golden —Of best quality; beautiful yellow; medium 
to large; flesh yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, rich subacid, aromatic; 
a fine dessert apple, good for cooking even before ripe; Oct.- 
Dec.; blooms late; bears young; hardy. 
Jonathan —Attractive lively deep red; medium size; flesh 
firm, moderately fine, crisp, juicy, very aromatic, sprightly sub¬ 
acid, excellent; Oct. and later; bears rather young. 
Stayman Winesap —Large; yellowish, striped, often nearly 
covered with dark red; firm, moderately fine grained, juicy, sub¬ 
acid; good; keeps late; bears young. 
Winesap —Bright deep red; flesh yellow; very rich; crisp, 
very juicy, sprightly subacid, very good; Dec.-March; bears 
young. 
Crab Apples 
Transcendent —Large for a crab apple; golden yellow with a 
rich crimson cheek: crisp; juicy, subacid; an excellent jelly crab; 
hardy, productive; Aug.-Sept. 
Qrapes in the SKome Qarden 
Grapes often bear some the second year and should give a 
good crop the third year. In garden or vineyard, cultivated an^ 
pruned regularly, they give more and larger bunches, but bear 
fair crops on arbor or pergola, furnishing shade, ornament and 
fruit; plant 8x8 or 8x10 ft.; they succeed on almost any well 
drained soil of average fertility. 
Agawam —Bunch large, berry large, dark reddish-brown: 
juicy; rich; productive; ripens after Concord. 2 year, 1 for 
20c, 2 for 35c, 3 for 50c, 5 or more at 15c, 25 at 12c each. 
Concord —Large; the most popular black grape; juicy; sweet; 
hardy, productive, vigorous; mid to late Aug. 2 year., 1 for 
15c, 2 for 25c, 3 for 35c, 5 or more at 12c, 25 at 11c each, 
100 at 10c each. 
Moore Early —Black; large; valued for size, hardiness, pro¬ 
ductiveness and season, about 2 weeks before Concord. 2 yr., 
1 for 17c, 2 for 32c, 3 for 45c, 5 or more at 14c each. 
Niagara —Greenish-white to pale yellow: sweet; ripens with 
Concord or a little later; vigorous; productive. 2 yr., 1 for 20c> 
2 for 35c. 3 for 50c, 5 at 1 5c each. 
Rhubarb 
Large, tender, delicately flavored stalks; productive; easily 
grown; the secret of success is well-drained soil; plant 2J4x4 
ft.; cover the crown 2 in. 15c each, 3 for 40c, $1.00 per doz.; 
6 or more at the doz. rate. 
Strawberries 
No other fruit gives such quick re¬ 
sults as strawberries. Planted one 
spring, they give a crop the next, and 
with proper care a patch lasts several 
years. Plant 2 ft. apart in the row 
the rows 3 Yl to 4 ft. apart. These 
plants are well rooted, properly clean¬ 
ed and carefully packed. All varieties 
listed are perfect flowered and will 
bear alone. Not less than 25 of a 
kind sold, g^stage extra if by parcel 
post, except the Home Strawberry Col¬ 
lection. 
Aroma —A heavy bearer; very large, 
conical; deep glossy red; firm; ships 
well; begins midseason and continues 
late; the leading variety in this sec¬ 
tion. 
Btakemore —A variety originated by 
the United States Department of Ag¬ 
riculture which has proven valuable in 
this section; medium size; bright light 
red; good quali.y; firm; perfect flow¬ 
ered. 
Dorsett —Early; fruit conical shape, 
bright red; flavor mild subacid; pro¬ 
ductive. 
Dunlap —Dark glossy red, its color well retained when can¬ 
ned; rich, juicy: one of the best quality strawberries; medium 
size; bears heavily; succeeds almost everywhere; a perfect-flow¬ 
ered Warfield. 
Fairfax -—Early; fruit conical; bright red, becoming darker; 
sweet; productive. 
Gandy —Very large; very late: firm; ships well; excellent on 
new or timber land, not successful on dry sandy soil. 
Michel —Very early; not very large but very productive; 
sweet: rich; good flavor; a good early table berry. 
St. Louis —Of good size and quality for an early berry for 
home use; perfect-flowered. 
Texas —Early; glossy crimson; rich; juicy; productive; per¬ 
fect-flowered. 
PRICE OF STRAWBERRIES: 
25 
50 
100 
250 
1000 
5000 
Aroma 
25c 
45c 
75c 
$1.50 : 
$4.75 
$22.50 
Blakemore 
25c 
45c 
75c 
1.50 
4.75 
22.50 
Dorset 
25c 
45c 
75c 
Dunlap 
25c 
45c 
75c 
1.50 
4.75 
22.50 
Fairfax 
25c 
45c 
75c 
Gandy 
25c 
45c 
75c 
1.50 
4.75 
Michel 
25c 
45c 
75c 
St. Louis 
25c 
45c 
75c 
Texas 
25c 
45c 
75c 
Not less than 
25 
of a kind sold. 
500 or 
over 
assorted, if 
you wish, at the 
1000 rate. 
If by parcel post. 
add ] 
10c for 50, 
15c for 100, 20c for 250, for Missouri and adjoining states. 
SKome Strawberry (Collection 
300 assorted early to late, varieties suitable for your section, 
$1.90 postpaid. 
Everbearing Strawberries 
Mastodon ■—The largest of the Everbearers. Bears the first 
summer. Plant where it may be watered if you can. 60c per 
25. $1.50 per 100. Postage additional. 
YAsparagus 
The earliest of vegetables excepting rhubarb. Easily grown; 
lasts for years; plant 15 in. apart in the row. 
Mary Washington —A commercial variety; large; productive: 
rust resistant; 1 yr., 25c per doz., 40c per 25, $1.25 per 100. 
