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HENDERSON’S NURSERY, ATHENS, TEXAS 
KEIFFER Everybody’s pear. Very large, 
yellow flesh, brittle, juicy with a marked aroma; 
tree very vigorous and prolific; bears young, so 
far has proved to resist blight or other diseases 
better than any other pear. 
AMERICAN HONEY PERSIMMON. The 
fruits are of sugary sweetness, clear yellow, and 
hang on till Christmas. They make fine shade. 
They are seedlings and some of them do not 
bear, so we put in two for each one ordered. 
APRICOTS 
Size 
Each 
Per 10 
1-2 ft. 
$ .20 
$1.75 
2-3 ft. 
$ .30 
$2.00 
3-4 ft. 
$ .40 
$2.50 
4-6 ft. 
$ .50 
$4.00 
6-6 ft. 
$ .60 
$5.00 
EARLY GOLDEN. Deep yellow, medium size. 
One of the ' sure bearers and a good all-round 
apricot June L 
CLUSTER. One of the best apricots for Tex¬ 
as; said to bear when other varieties fall. 
MOORPARK. 
Large yellow, 
APPLES 
with red blush. 
Size 
Each 
Per 10 
2-3 ft. 
.25 
$2.00 
3-4 ft. 
.30 
$2.50 
4-5 ft. 
.40 
$3.50 
5-6 ft. 
.50 
$4.60 
Listed in order of ripening: 
RED JUNE — 
■ Medium size, 
bright red; flesh 
white, tender and juicy; an abundant bearer; 
about the best June apple. 
STRIPED JUNE.—A very fine June apple 
of the best quality; very strong grower. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT — The very best 
yellow June apple. 
BLEDSOE. (Or Smokehouse). A large green¬ 
ish yellow apple of good quality. A very de¬ 
pendable bearer in the southwest, ripening in late 
summer. 
JONATHAN — Healthy grower; prolific; 
medium red; good market; one of the best fall 
and early winter apples. 
TEXAS RED — One of the most highly es¬ 
teemed apples in East Texas; large, striped, fine. 
Good Keeper. Winter. 
DELICIOUS — A very fine fall and early win¬ 
ter apple of the very best quality. The tree is 
a strong, healthy grower and prolific bearer. It 
does well anywhere apples will grow. The most 
popular apple grown. 
CHERRIES 
EARLY RICHMOND. One of our best stand¬ 
ard cherries; good size; dark red, almost black. 
Size Each Per 10 
2- 3 ft. 
3- 4 ft. 
4- 5 ft. 
$ .40 $3.50 
$ .60 $4.50 
$ .60 $5.00 
OPATA. Plum cherry cross. Indian name for 
’’bouquet.” When covered in the spring with a 
gorgeous mass of fragrant white bloom it is in¬ 
deed a bouquet, and again when the branches are 
bent with their load of dark red fruit Good 
quality. Ripe last of May and first of June. 
The larger trees bear the first year. If you 
want ripe fruit in your orchard in 6 or 6 months 
after planting, plant Opata. 
Size 
Each 
Per 10 
Per 100 
1-2 ft 
$ .18 
$1.50 
$12.00 
2-3 ft. 
$ .25 
$2.00 
$15.00 
3-4 ft. 
$ .30 
$2.50 
$20.00 
4-5 ft. 
$ .40 
$3.50 
$30.00 
5-6 ft. 
$ .50 
$4.00 
$35.00 
PERSIMMONS 
Size Each Per 10 
2-3 ft. $ .40 $3.50 
3-4 ft $ .50 $4.50 
JAPANESE PERSIMMON. Every home 
should have some Japanese persimmons planted 
about the house. They are very ornamental; 
bear young and regular; abundant crops of 
orange-red fruit of large size and delicious quali¬ 
ty. 
JUJUBE. A date like fruit of sweetish, pleas¬ 
ant taste. Abundant bearer and very hardy. Its 
glossy foliage and pendulus branches when load¬ 
ed with fruit give it a very striking appearance. 
Price, 2-3 ft., 40c; 3-4 ft, 60c; 4-5 ft, 75c. 
MULBERRIES 
Plant mulberry trees where chickens and 
hogs can get the fruit. They are fine shade trees 
and grow quickly. Price, 4 to 6 feet, 35c each, 
10 for $3.00; 6 to 8 feet, 50c each, 10 for $4.00. 
BLACK ENGLISH. A luxuriant grower, bears 
at two years old; has large berry. April and 
May. 
FIGS 
This much neglected fruit should find a place 
in every orchard. In the north half of the State 
and adjoining states, plant Celestial. Farther 
south Magnolia is the variety to plant. Even this 
variety may be planted with profit where it 
freezes down for it will sprout from the roots 
and bear the same season. Price, extra large 
plants, bearing size, 40c each, $3.00 per 10; medi¬ 
um size, heavily rooted trees, 30c each, $2.50 for 
10; small size, 20c each, $1.50 for 10. 
CELESTIAL. Medium to small, immense 
bearer; purple, the sweetest, most delicious and 
hardiest of all figs. 
MAGNOLIA. Fruit very large, yellowish 
white with purple netting. Good quality, prolific. 
GREEN ISCHIA. Light, transparent green; 
flesh white, shading to crimson around the seed; 
best very late fig; comes into bearing early and 
is very prolific. 
GRAPES 
BUNCH GRAPES 
Strong plants, 20c each; $1.50 for 10; $12.50 
per 100. 
CONCORD. Vigorous, large, black, for table 
and market. 
NIAGRA. One of the most profitable white 
grapes grown, bunch and berry large, of good 
quality. 
R. W. MUNSON. One of the best large black 
grapes for the South. It should have some other 
variety planted with it as its flowers do not 
pollinate well. 
MARGUERITE. A grape that is as hardy and 
strong grower as a mustang; medium size bunch 
and berry; dark pink; almost black. Quality 
good. 
MUENCH. Vine vigorous and free from all 
diseases. Large clusters of purplish-black ber¬ 
ries. Very fine quality. Well adapted to this 
climate and should be planted in preference to 
Concord in the Southwest. 
FERN MUNSON. Strong grower; large bunch 
and berry. Dark red; quality excellent 
MUSCADINE TYPE GRAPES 
Extra heavy plants 40c each, $3.00 per 10; 
medium plants, 25c each, $2.00 per 10. 
SCUPPERNONG. Large, yellow, of musca¬ 
dine type. It is free from disease, and good 
quality. Fine for arbors. 
SAN ALBA. Large fruit, fine quality white 
grape. 
EDEN. Large, black; large cluster; early 
bearer; fine quality; productive; free from 
disease. 
BLACKBERRIES 
Price, 45 cents per dozen; $3.00 per 100. 
DALLAS — A standard berry in Texas; large, 
fine quality, productive. Early to mid-season. 
