APRICOTS 
PEACHES 
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THE FRESNO 
NURSERY CO. 
French. (Petite Prune d’Agen.) Medium 
size; purple; sweet and rich; standard for 
drying, and more extensively planted than 
any other. August. 
German. (Quetsche.) Long; purple, with 
blue bloom; flesh green, sweet; freestone. 
August and September. 
Hungarian. Tree is a vigorous grower and 
heavy bearer. Very large; reddish violet; 
juicy and sweet; profitable for shipment. 
August. 
Imperial Epineuse. (Imperial.) Very large; 
violet-purple; exceedingly sweet. Valu¬ 
able market variety on account of size and 
quality. September. 
Robe de Sargent. Large; deep purple; flesh 
rich and sugary. A fine prune, about ten 
days earlier than the French Prune. Au¬ 
gust and September. 
Silver Prune. Largest size; pale yellow; 
profitable for bleaching and canning. Sep¬ 
tember. 
Sugar. Dark purple; flesh yellow, tender and 
rich; valuable for shipping green. Early 
August. 
Tragedy. Dark purple; flesh yellowish green; 
very rich and sweet. Valuable as an early 
shipper. Early July. 
APRICOTS. 
Hemskirke Apricot. 
The culture of this fruit is one of the 
most profitable industries in California. 
The climate being so well adapted to its 
growth, and the demand so great, it is 
now in the front rank of profitable paying 
fruits. We offer the following varieties, 
being the best for market, canning and 
drying. There are many varieties of 
Apricots catalogued by nurserymen which 
we do not include in our list; we have 
tried them all and the following are the 
best sorts introduced to date. Any other 
variety of Apricot other than those we 
name below are “freaks” tried and found 
wanting. 
Blenheim. Above medium; deep yellow; juicy 
and rich flesh. In great demand both for 
canning and drying. Trees regular and 
heavy bearers. Middle of June. 
Hemskirke. (Alameda Hemskirke.) Almost 
as large as Moorpark, but earlier and more 
prolific; flesh bright orange; tender; plum¬ 
like flavor. June. 
Large Early Montgamet. Large; deep golden 
yellow. Tree somewhat drooping. Early 
June. 
Moorpark. Very large; red on the sunny 
side; flesh bright orange. The finest Apri¬ 
cot grown. Late June. 
Newcastle Early. Medium; fine quality; good 
shipper and very valuable. First of June. 
Pringle. Small; clingstone; good quality; 
very early. Middle of May. 
Royal. The most extensively planted va¬ 
riety. Medium; flesh pale orange, with 
rich, vinous flavor. Early June. 
Routier's Peach. (Peach, Bergetti’s French.) 
Yellow; flesh yellow, juicy. June 15. 
Tilton. Orange-yellow, with pronounced 
flavor; valuable for canning and shipping 
June. 
PEACHES. 
The Peach is one of the fruits that has 
made California famous as a fruit pro¬ 
ducing state. The large, fine and luscious 
Peaches grown in California are enough 
to make anyone enthusiastic over fruit 
culture. The trees do best on a well drain¬ 
ed, sandy loam, rather than on land in¬ 
clined to be moist. Twenty feet apart is 
a good average distance to set Peach 
trees. When too many fruits have set, 
the only remedy is to thin them out. 
Thinning is done before the pit has 
formed. 
Admiral Dewey. Large and handsome; the 
best early yellow-fleshed variety; fine tex¬ 
ture. Middle of June. 
Alexander. Large; greenish white, shaded 
deep maroon; juicy and sweet. Early 
June. 
Australian Saucer. Medium; flat; white 
shaded crimson; flesh white, sweet. July. 
Bilyeu’s Late. Large; white with blush 
cheek; flesh white; excellent shipper. Oc¬ 
tober. 
Blood Cling. Medium; clouded purplish red 
flesh deep red; esteemed for preserving. 
July. 
Brigg’s Red May. Greenish white, with red 
cheek; flesh white. Middle of June. 
Crosby. Orange-yellow, splashed with car¬ 
mine; valuable for shipping. Late August. 
Early Imperial. Deep yellow, with dark red 
cheek; flesh juicy and firm. Last of June. 
Early Crawford. Very large; skin yellow, 
red cheek; flesh yellow. Middle of July. 
Elberta. Very showy and one of the best 
market and table varieties. Last of July. 
Foster. Large; yellow, dark red cheek; fine 
for drying, market or canning. July. 
George's Late Cling. Large; yellowish white, 
splashed with red; flesh firm. September. 
Hale’s Early. Large; skin greenish, mottled 
with red: flesh white, juicy and sweet, 
Early July. 
