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Follenizacion.-— We have found in our orchard that the LeConte is the best pollenizer, and there should 
be at least one-tenth of these trees scattered over the orchard of Le Conte to make the orchard profitable. 
We take great pains in caring for this orchard, and cut our grafting wood and buds from same, which 
gives us a chance to select from the best trees to propagate from. We believe in this way we have raised 
the standard of Kieffers until the strain that we now offer to the public is the very best that can be pro¬ 
duced at the present time. However, we hope to be able to improve the quality by cross-polinization. 
We will be glad to have you visit our orchards and see just how they are handled. 
Kielfer.-— A seedling of Chinese Sand Pear, sup¬ 
posed to have been crossed with Bartlett. Fruit 
large to very large, skin yellow, with a light ver¬ 
milion cheek; flesh brittle, very juicy, with a marked 
musky aroma; good quality. It is unfortunate that 
the merits of this fruit have been underestimated 
from the haste in which it is hurried to market in 
an immature condition, and often before it has at¬ 
tained the proper size. When allowed to hang upon 
the trees until the beginning of October, and then 
carefully ripened in a cool, dark room, there are 
few pears which are more attractive. In point of 
quality it combines extreme juiciness with a 
sprightly sub-acid flavor and the peculiar aroma of 
the Bartlett. It is then an excellent dessert fruit— 
excellent for all uses. Some praise it very highly, 
while others do not think so much of it, but the 
fact that the large fruit growers are planting whole 
orchards of it proves it to be a profitable variety. 
Its large and handsome appearance cause it to sell 
readily in market. It is apt to overbear, which 
makes the fruit small, and in order to prevent this 
the fruit should be thinned. One of the comforts 
of winter. 
THE CHERRY 
The cherry succeeds on most soils and in nearly all localities throughout this country, but attains its 
-greatest perfection upon those of a light, gravelly or sandy nature, provided they are in good condition. 
PRICE OF CHERRY TREES. 
Each. 
Dozen. 
Hundred. 
Thousand, 
$0.35 
$3.50 
$25.00 
$ 200.00 
.30 
3.00 
20.00 
150.00 
.25 
2.50 
15.00 
100.00 
.40 
4.00 
30.00 
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First-Class, 5 to 6 feet 
First-Class, 4 to 5 feet... 
First-Class, 3 to 4 feet. 
Extra, 5 to 7 feet. 
HEART AND BIGrGARREAU— 
SWEET. 
Windsor.—Fruit large, liver-colored, 
distinct, flesh remarkably firm and of 
fine quality; tree hardy and prolific; 
a valuable late variety. July. 
Black Tartarian. —Very large, black, 
juicy, rich, excellent, productive. Last 
June. 
Napoleon. — Large, pale yellow or 
red; firm, juicy, sweet and productive. 
July. 
Rockport. —Large, pale amber, light 
red in sun, sweet, good; tree erect; 
beautiful. June. 
Governor Wood. —Large, light red, 
juicy, rich, delicious; tree healthy and 
productive. June. 
Yellow Spanish. (Biggarreau or 
Graffion).—Very large, often an inch 
in diameter; pale yellow, with a hand¬ 
some light red cheek next to the sun; 
flesh firm, with a fine, rich flavor; a 
general favorite. June. 
DUKE AND MORELLO—SOUR. 
Baldwin. —Fruit very large; almost 
round; dark red, slightly sub-acid; 
the sweetest and richest of the Mo- 
rello type. Remarkable for earliness, 
quality, vigor, hardiness and product¬ 
iveness; particularly profitable in the 
West. June. 
Dye House. — Fruit medium; skin 
bright red; flesh soft, juicy, tender, 
rather rich, sprightly sub-acid; very 
productive, ripening a week before 
Early Richmond. June. 
Early Richmond (Kentish, Virginia. 
May).—Medium size; dark red; melt¬ 
ing, juicy, sprightly acid flavor. This 
is one of the most valuable and popu¬ 
lar of the acid cherries, is unsurpassed 
for cooking purposes and exceedingly 
productive. June. 
English Morello. —Large; dark pur¬ 
plish red; very juicy, rich and acid; 
a remarkably productive sort, ripen¬ 
ing at the end of the cherry season. 
This must not be confounded with 
the old “Common Morello,” which is 
of very little value. First of August. 
Montmorency. —A popular market variety; good 
for all purposes; vigorous grower, very productive; 
fruit large; light red; ten days later than Early 
Richmond. Last of June. 
Bouis Phillippe. —Very productive; large, round¬ 
ish, regular; color rich dark, almost purplish black 
red; flesh red, tender, sprightly; mild acid; good to 
best. Middle of July. 
Bate Duke. —Large, light red; late and fine. Tree 
a strong, upright grower. Last of July. 
May Duke. —Large; dark red, juicy, rich; a supe¬ 
rior and productive old sort. June. 
Olivet. —Large, globular, very shining, deep red 
sort; flesh red, tender, rich and vigorous; sweet sub¬ 
acid flavor. June. 
Ostheim (Russian).—Rather slender grower; very 
hardy; skin dark red; flesh reddish, tender, juicy, 
sub-acid; valuable where extra hardy varieties are 
required. June. 
Reine Hortense. —• Very fine, large, bright red<; 
juicy, delicious and productive. July. 
Wragg. —Claimed to be much hardier than Eng¬ 
lish Morello, otherwise it seems to be an exact 
duplicate of that variety. July. 
