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FRUIT DEPARTMENT—PEACHES 
FREESTONE PEACHES— Continued. 
SUMMEROUR, or ATLANTA. Very large, round; deep 
yellow; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet and of good quality. 
Maturity from middle to end of oeptember. This 
Peach Alls a gap which has long been open in the 
season of maturity, because it ripens after all the 
good freestones are gone. It is, no doubt, destined 
to become a very valuable market variety, and large 
commercial orchards have been planted of this kind 
in north Georgia, where it originated. 
THURBER. Large to very large; skin white, with 
light crimson mottlings; flesh very juicy, vinous and 
of delicate aroma; of exceedingly fine texture. Ma¬ 
turity 10 to to 20th of July. A seedling of Chinese 
Cling, which it resembles in size and beauty, but is 
perfectly free. This variety has seldom f-ailed to 
yield a crop of fruit when other varieties failed, and 
is highly prized as a market sort. 
WADDELL. Of medium size, fine shape; skin greenish 
white, almost covered with red; flesh white and 
juicy; very prolific; a fine market sort. Ripe June 
25. 
WONDERFUL. Very large; deep yellow, with carmine 
blush; flesh yellow, firm, good. Good for late mar¬ 
keting. 
CLINGSTONES 
DEMMING’S SEPTEMBER. Large, oblong, with a 
protuberance; yellow, with red cheek; flesh yellow, 
red near the stone; juicy, vinous and good; re¬ 
sembles Lemon Cling, but one month later. 
Eaton’s Golden. Medium; skin golden yellow, with 
occasionally a few pink spots; flesh yellow, sweet, 
juicy, apricot flavor. Middle of September. Superior 
for canning. 
GENERAL LEE. Improved Chinese Cling. Above 
medium, oblong; creamy white, with carmine wash; 
flesh very fine-grained, melting, very juicy, and of 
high flavor; quality best. Juiy 1 to 10. 
Heath Late White (White English, Eliza Thomas, Pot¬ 
ter’s September, Rauy, White Globe, Henrietta, etc.). 
Large, oval, with sharp apex; skin creamy white, 
very seldom with any red; flesh pure white to the 
stone, juicy and sweet, with good aroma; very popu¬ 
lar for preserving. Ripens beginning of September. 
Juno. Very large; deep yellow, mottled with orange- 
crimson; flesh yellow, fine-grained, very juicy, 
vinous, subacid; quality best. August 10 to 20. 
Oriole. Large; yellow, rich, buttery. Middle of August. 
A yellow-fleshed Chinese Cling. 
Pendleton. Very large; yellow; very good quality. 
Beginning of September. 
Pineapple (Lemon, Kennedy’s Carolina, Allison Early, 
Lemon Cling, etc.). Large; oblong, with a pro¬ 
tuberance like a lemon; skin golden vellow, tinged 
with dark red; flesh yellow, slightly red at the stone, 
juicy, subacid, of excellent quality. Middle of 
August. 
STINSON’S OCTOBER. Large; white, with red cheek; 
of very good flavor. The best very late Peach. The 
most profitable late Peach yet introduced for south¬ 
ern markets. Middle of October. 
PEARS 
This list of select varieties is reduced to such as have been well tested and proved valuable throughout 
the largest section of the South. 
Prices of trees: Each 10 100 
Standard, 2 years, 5 feet and up, well branched. . . $0.35 $3.00 ka 
Standard, 1 year, 4 feet and up, whips or partly branched, or 2 years medium.25 2.00 17.50 
Distance for Planting—Standard trees, 20 to 25 feet apart each way. 
ORIENTAL VARIETIES 
This type is peculiarly adapted to the South. We 
offer an immense stock of thrifty, well-grown trees. 
KIEFFER. Fruit large to very large; skin yellow, with 
a light vermilion cheek; flesh brittle, very juicy, 
with a marked musky aroma; quality good. Matures 
from September to October. Tree very vigorous and 
very prolific. Begins to bear when four years old. 
As a fall Pear there is no varietv as yet dissemi¬ 
nated which has given such profitable returns, and 
the wonderful fertility of the tree is surprising. If 
allowed to hang upon the tree until the beginning 
of October, and then carefully ripened in a cool 
dark room, there are few Pears which are more at¬ 
tractive. In point of quality it combines extreme 
juiciness with a sprightly subacid flavor and the 
peculiar aroma of the Bartlett. It is then an ex¬ 
cellent dessert fruit. 
Garber. Resembles the Kieffer in size, appearnce and 
quality, but matures here in August and between the 
LeConte and the Kieffer. A thrifty grower and val¬ 
uable variety. « 
Hawaii (or Sandwhich Island). Medium; round, Ber- 
gamont shaped. Very prolific; foliage luxuriant; 
fine tree. Valuable for cooking and canning pur¬ 
poses. October to December. 
LeConte, or Chinese Pear. Fruit large, pyriform ; 
skin smooth, pale yellow; quality very variable, usu¬ 
ally of second quality, but if allowed to mature 
slowly in a cool, dark room, or drawers its quality 
improves remarkably. Maturity from July 20 to 
the end of August. Trees begin to bear fruit when 
five years old. 
Smith’s. Almost identical with LeConte, in size, shape 
and quality, but a few days earlier. 
EUROPEAN VARIETIES 
SUMMER 
Alamo. Origin, Texas. Large; yellow, bronze cheek. 
Tree vigorous grower; bears young. 
Bartlett. Large; buttery, melting, of rich flavor; very 
popular. Ripens end of July and during August. 
Belle Lucrative (Seigneur d’Esperen, Fondante d’Au- 
tomne). Large; melting, delicious; fine grower; 
bears abundantly And regularly. End of July and 
August. 
Clapp’s Favorite. Resembles Bartlett, but ripens a 
few days earlier. Fine flavor. Tree a vigorous 
grower. , _ 
Doyenne d’Ete. Small; melting; very good. iree a 
moderate grower. Beginning of June. 
Flemish Beauty. Large; melting, sweet; handsome. 
August. 
Koonce. Medium to large; very handsome; juicy, 
sweet, very good. Tree a vigorous grower. Middle 
of June. At 
Seckle. Of exquisite flavor; perhaps the standard of 
quality in Pears. Tree a stout, slow grower. August. 
Wilder. Small to medium; yellow, with dark red 
cheek, melting, sweet and very good. A very attrac¬ 
tive Pear. Beginning in June. The tree is of 
vigorous and symmetrical growth; a valuable early 
market fruit. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER 
Beurre d*Anjou. Large: juicy, melting. Fine tree 
and regular bearer. September. 
Beurre Supcrfin. Large; melting, subacid. Fine tree 
and regular bearer. August. ... . 
Duchess d’Angouleme. Very large; melting, juicy and 
well flavored. Tree a vigorous grower and most 
reliable bearer. Middle of August to September. 
Lawrence. Very large; melting, rich. Tree a remark¬ 
ably fine grower. September and October. 
N. B.—In addition to the varieties listed above, we 
can supply a fow trees each of ten other desirable kinds. 
