THREE VARIETIES ON ONE TREE 
The home owner who has very limited space at his command can now have 
home grown fruits of different varieties without crowding his trees. To meet the 
demands of planters who wish a succession of fruits but who have room for only 
a few trees we propagate three varieties on one tree. Four of these triple-budded 
trees in the back yard will provide a succession of twelve different varieties. These 
trees will also give pleasure during the blooming season with their varying flowers. 
We offer only choice home varieties. 
PRICE $3.00 each. 
Varieties: Apples: Gravenstein, Delicious, Spitzenberg. 
Apricots : Blenheim, Hemskirke, Moorpark. 
Cpierries : Black Tartarian, Bing, Lambert. 
Nectarines : Gower, Stanwick, Victoria. 
Pears : Bartlett, Seckel, Doyenne de Comice. 
Peaches : Hale’s Early, Elberta, Foster. 
Plums : Climax, Leib’s Blood Red, Kelsey Japan. 
FIGS 
Figs, as well as being a most popular home orchard fruit, are grown extensive¬ 
ly for commercial drying, canning and preserving, and fresh shipment. We have 
varieties which are especially adapted for coastal districts as well as those which 
thrive best in the interior. By a proper choice of varieties you can enjoy fine fresh 
figs of your own production in almost any part of the state. 
Mature fig trees will stand a winter temperature down to about 15 degrees 
Fahrenheit. Young trees, however, are very tender and must be wrapped each 
winter. Figs are easy to grow after being established. They require very little 
pruning and no spraying. The trees will endure drought but ample irrigation will 
pay—in faster growth and better crops. Caution: The roots of fig tree nursery 
stock are very susceptible to drying out during moving and transplanting. They 
should be kept covered with moist material at all times. 
Calimyrna. (Smyrna). The genuine 
Smyrna fig of commerce. Undoubtedly 
the finest fig of all, either for eating 
fresh, or dried. It also makes a fine 
canned fruit. The fruit is extra large, 
with lemon yellow skin when ripe. The 
pulp is light amber, sweet and rich. 
Regarded by many as one of the finest 
of all fruits. This variety must be capri- 
fied, or pollinized, by use of the fig 
wasp, which dwells in the caprifig. Rec¬ 
ommended only for warmer sections. 
CAPRIFIGS (Non-edible) 
These are the male figs which furnish 
the pollen for fertilizing the Calimyrna 
through the aid of the fig wasp, which 
lives and breeds in the caprifig. With¬ 
out the use of Caprifigs, the Calimyrna 
fig will not bear. Varieties: Roeding 
No. 3, Stanford. 
Note: The Calimyrna fig is the only 
variety requiring pollination, and 
hence all the following varieties ma¬ 
ture without caprification. 
Duro Black. A large black fig which 
does well in coastal sections. It pro¬ 
duces two distinct crops, the first ripen¬ 
ing in June. Popular for home orchards 
and local markets. 
*Kadota. August-September. The lead¬ 
ing canning and preserving fig of Cali¬ 
fornia. Fruit medium size, light green 
in color. Pulp sweet as honey and of 
good quality. Practically seedless. Tree 
bears when very young. 
‘Mission. (California Black). Intro¬ 
duced by the Mission Fathers. The old¬ 
est and best all-purpose fig. A large 
spreading tree and certain bearer of 
two distinct crops. Fruit medium to 
large, dark purple to black in color; 
excellent in quality. 
White Adriatic. August. The leading 
drying fig of the San Joaquin Valley. 
Fruit medium large, white; pulp red¬ 
dish and of good quality. The tree is a 
heavy producer and easy to grow. 
1 to 11 to 50 to 300 or 
Caliper Approx. 10 49 299 more 
y 2 " up 4 to 6' $.50 $.40 $.35 $.30 
H to y 2 " 3 to 4' .45 .35 .30 .25 
V A to y 8 " 2 to 3' .40 .30 .25 .20 
POMEGRANATES 
Wonderful. This is the leading variety 
and the only one which has attained 
commercial rank. The fruit is large, of 
high color, and ships well. Pomegran¬ 
ates are fine for decorative purposes in 
the late fall and their juice makes a 
delightful and invigorating drink. The 
plant is also one of our most ornamen¬ 
tal deciduous fruit trees. It is a tree¬ 
like shrub, with attractive light green 
foliage, brilliant scarlet flowers, and ex¬ 
tremely large crimson fruit. The tree 
does well in nearly all parts of the state. 
Wonderful Pomegranate 
QUINCES 
Quinces are universally popular for jelly making and preserves. They are 
one of the easiest fruits to grozo and do well up and down the coast as well as 
throughout the interior. The trees are tremendous bearers and one or two trees 
will bear enough fruit for jelly throughout the year. The fruit ripens in September. 
QUINCES—On Quince Root. 
Caliper 1 to 10 11 to 49 50 to 299 300 or more 
ih" and up.(Approx. 6 to 8') $ .55 $ .45 $ .40 $ .35 
V 2 to J i" .(Approx. 4 to 6') .50 .40 .35 .30 
y 8 to /z" .(Approx. 3 to 4') .45 .35 .30 .25 
y A to y 8 " .(Approx. 2 to 3') .40 .30 .25 .20 
Apple or Orange. The most popular va¬ 
riety, and a fine all-round sort. It is 
medium in size, apple shaped, and a 
fine orange-yellow when ripe. The flesh 
is fine grained and of high quality. Pro¬ 
ductive. 
Pineapple. Fruit large, smooth, globu¬ 
lar in shape; of high quality with un¬ 
surpassed pineapple flavor. Becoming 
very popular as a commercial shipper. 
Smyrna. A quince of extra large size, 
as well as possessing fine flavor. The 
fruit is oblong, with an attractive lemon 
skin. The flesh is tender and highly per¬ 
fumed. 
The planter of walnuts and similar 
large growing trees is confronted with 
the problem of heavy outlay for several 
years until his orchard comes into bear¬ 
ing. We suggest the interplanting with 
fruit trees which are suitable for the 
area being planted. The stone fruits, 
such as peach, plum, apricot and nectar¬ 
ine offer a solution of a vexing prob¬ 
lem. By planting the permanent orchard 
at a spacing of from 40 x 40 to 60 x 60, 
and interplanting the faster growing, 
shorter lived varieties 20 x 20, the 
planter is utilizing most of the available 
acreage for production, in a short period 
after planting. Many planters set out 
walnut groves in this manner, also using 
part of the acreage for berry, aspara¬ 
gus, or melon crops. By thus using the 
ground, the weight of bringing the nut 
trees into bearing is lightened. Most of 
the above mentioned fruits have passed 
their heavy bearing age before the nut 
trees require the room occupied by them. 
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