COLUMBIA NURSERY CO 
PORTLAND, OREGON 
5 
APRICOTS 
One of most beautiful of the stone fruits. Thrifty 
grower soon making a fine head, producing an abun¬ 
dance of fruit. Requires practically same conditions 
and treatment as peach. 
Standard Size 
Each 
10 
25 
4 to 6 feet. 
.$ .45 
$4.00 
$8.75 
3 to 4 feet. 
.35 
3.00 
6.25 
Extract Select . 
.60 
5.50 
5 at 10 rate; 15 at 25 rate; 
50 at 100 rate; 
300 at 1000 rate. 
BLENHEIM—Fruit is above medium size, oval, deep 
orange. Flesh beautiful yellow, juicy, fine flavored. 
MOORPARK—Fruit large, roundish, about 2 1 ,4 inches 
in diameter. Skin orange in the shade, but deep 
orange or brown'sh red in the sun. Flesh quite firm, 
bright orange, parting from the stone. 
PEACH APRICOT — One of largest; firm fruit, 
juicy, rich flavor ; productive. 
ROYAL—Fine, large French variety; fruit roundish, 
large, oval, slightly compressed. Skin dully yellow 
with orange cheek, very faintly tinged with red. Flesh 
pale orange, firm and juicy, rich, vinous flavor. 
TILTON—Fruit large size, rich apricot color. Bears 
immense crops every year; is considered most prolific 
of all apricots, either for canning or drying. 
QUINCE 
One year old.$ .75 each 
Selected trees . 1.00 each 
ORANGE—Large golden. 
CHAMPION—Very large, bright yellow. 
PINEAPPLE — Flavor is suggestive of pineapple ; 
fruit resembles Orange quince; making superior jelly ; 
can be eaten raw, has a most delicious flavor, not 
equaled by any other quince. 
NECTARINES 
The fruit may be described as a smooth skinned 
peach. Thrives where peaches do and takes, same cul¬ 
tivation and management. Is superior to the peach as 
a dryer and makes excellent preserves. 
Same price as peach. 
Standard Size 
Each 
10 
25 
4 to 6 feet. 
.$ .45 
$4.00 
$8 75 
3 to 4 feet. 
.35 
3.00 
6.25 
Extract Select . 
.60 
5.54 
5 at 10 rate; 15 at 25 rate; 50 at 100 rate; 300 at 1000 rate. 
EARLY VIOLET — Medium size, skin yellowish 
green, with purple cheek ; flesh melting, rich and 
highly flavored. 
BOSTON—Bright yellow, red cheek ; flesh yellow. 
How to Prune Fruit Trees 
For home orchard, trees should be gone over once 
each season and where limbs are crowding, should be 
thinned out enough so they do not rub or interfere 
one with the other. Best results are usually obtained 
when this is done in late winter or early spring. All 
cuts should be made smooth with shoulder which ex¬ 
tends slightly out from body. Do not leave any stubs, 
but cut close up to shoulder. Wounds of an inch or 
more across should be covered with white lead paint 
or good pruning compound. Do not use barn paint or 
any coal-tar paint. 
Do not trim lower limbs off to make high headed 
trees. Low, compact heads stand windy conditions of 
the West better than high-open-topped trees. Just use 
common sense in thinning out limbs, cutting out most 
undesirable, where two limbs are interfering one with 
another. Heavy later pruning can be avoided if care 
is taken the first two seasons after planting, to see 
that heads are properly formed. It is important to get 
the right frame limbs for the tree right at the start. 
If this is properly done less later pruning will be 
required.. 
NUT TREES 
Almost every farm contains land that should be 
planted to nut trees adapted to the soil. Nuts in many 
cases pay better than farm crops or fruits, while most 
kinds are making a growth of valuable timber that 
will of itself pay a large per cent on the investment. 
Our Specialty—Walnuts 
We grow thousands of these yearly and you may be 
assured of getting the best that experience and skill 
can produce. For best results, do not plant much 
deeper than two or three inches to what they grew in 
nursery; grafts should be above ground. Our trees are 
purposely grafted a little high as experience has dem¬ 
onstrated this to be best. 
FRANQUETTE—This variety is grown to the exclu¬ 
sion of all others in the Northwest. All kinds are self- 
sterile ; it will pay to interplant with late blooming 
Meylan in commercial plantings, about 1 to 20 trees. 
Better cross pollination will result, and help to in¬ 
crease yield. 
We grow the Mayette also ; it is a round large nut, 
thin shelled. Does not stand up well in shipping, but 
is planted very widely in some districts. Very fine 
flavored. 
Franquette or Mayette— Each Per 10 
3 to 4 feet.$1.00 $ .85 
4 to 6 feet. 1.25 1.10 
6 to 8 feet. 1.50 1.30 
8 to 10 feet. 1.75 1.50 
Top grafts, heads 6 to 8 feet. 2.00 1.75 
These are grafted to straight California bodies 5 feet 
and up, three or more branches, making rough barked 
bodies that do not get damaged as easy in cultivation. 
Filberts 
Barcelona, DuChilla, White Avaline, Nottingham, 
Alpha, Daviana— 
Tip layered, 2 yr., 3/4 ft.$ .60 $ .50 $ .45 $ .40 
In nursery row, 2/3 ft.50 .40 .35 .30 
Barcelona are usually planted 8 to 2 DuChilla, with 
other kinds for cross pollination. If left to us we will 
proportion properly. 
Chestnut Trees 
AMERICAN SWEET — Bears well, handsome, fine 
shade tree. 
ITALIAN or SPANISH—Excellent on Pacific Coast, 
nuts large, sweet, good quality. 
4 to 6 feet.$1.25 $1.00 
6 to 8 feet. 1.50 1.25 
Almonds 
Two or more varieties of Almonds must be planted 
together, in the right combination, to secure success¬ 
ful pollination. Good combinations are Nonpariel and 
Drake or Texas, Nonpariel and Ne Plus Ultra, Ne 
Plus Ultra and I. X. L. 
4 to 6 feet.$ .60 $ .50 
PLEASE NOTE—If interested in walnut or filbert 
planting in a commercial way, let us know your 
wants and we will give you our special proposition for 
wholesale rates to planters. Walnuts are generally sold 
in commercial districts with no replacement guarantee 
for various reasons ; also filberts are often set out on 
contract basis by experienced planters in the latest 
approved manner, properly pollenized and guaranteed, 
at surprisingly reasonable cost. 
If distance is too great to justify the trip from 
nursery, special arrangements can be made or proper 
information given to interested parties. 
