AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 
Fruit Department 
Apples 
Clay or clay loam ia the best soil for growing 
Apples. The land should be plowed well and deep 
before setting the trees. It should, of course, be 
well drained and kept thoroughly cultivated. Too 
much emphasis cannot be put on the importance of 
drainage; recent investigation has shown that a 
surplus of water in the orchard produces fruit of an 
inferior quality and flavor. The expense of tilling 
or ditching is not to be compared with the profits 
that are derived from an orchard that is properly 
drained and cultivated. 
Plant Apple trees 25 to 40 feet apart, each way, ac¬ 
cording to soil. 
PRICES: Each 10 
Standard, one-year, 4-5 feet 
whips ... ... $ .75 $6.50 
Summer Apples 
Varieties for Market Orchards in Capitals 
EARLY HARVEST. (Early June-Eating; Yellow 
Harvest). Medium to large; bright yellow; tender, 
juicy, well-flavored. An excellent home-market 
apple; invaluable in any orchard. June 5, and lasts 
two or three weeks. 
HORSE. (Haas; Summer Horse; Yellow, Red or 
Green Horse, etc.) Large; green; acid. Good for 
cooking and drying. Known everywhere. A very 
productive variety. July and August. 
RED ASTRACIIAN. (Red Ashmore, Early Rus, etc.) 
Large; yellow, nearly covered with crimson, and 
fine bloom; juicy, crisp, acid; a beautiful fruit. 
Tree a thrifty and fine grower; excellent and pro¬ 
fitable. Ripens end of May and continues through 
June. 
RED JUNE. (Carolina Red June, etc.) Medium con¬ 
ical; deep red; juicy. Very productive. June 15 
to end of July. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. (White Transparent, 
Grand Sultan, etc.) Medium; yellow; good quality. 
A productive, excellent and popular variety. Tree 
of dwarfish habit. Bears young. June. 
Autumn Apple 
GRIMES (Grimes’ Golden). Medium, round, oblate; 
skin yellow, with small dots; flesh yellow, crisp, 
rich, sub-acid, very good. October. 
Winter Apples 
DELICIOUS. A remarkably popular variety in the 
West. Fruit large, nearly covered with dull dark 
red; fine grained, crisp, juicy; quality best; a 
spendid keeper and shipper; vigorous grower. 
GANO (Black Ben Davis, Red Ben Davis, Peyton). 
Roundish; oblate, large; color deep, dark red; 
flesh yellowish white; mild, subacid. Quality good 
and a profitable market variety. 
ROME BEAUTY (Royal Red Phoenix, etc.). Large; 
yellow and bright red; medium quality; moderate 
grower; a good bearer; an excellent market sort. 
Ripens in October. Keeps well. 
STAYMAN WINESAI* (Stayman). A seedling of 
Winesap. Dark red; flesh firm, fine grained, crisp, 
subacid; quality best. Strong grower. 
WINESAP (Holland's Red, Winter Winesap, etc.). 
Small to medium; rod, vinous; quality very good. 
A good keeping appls. 
YATES (Red Warrior). Small, dark red, dotted with 
small white dots: flesh yellow, firm, juicy and very 
aromatic. Very heavy bearer and good keeper. 
Apricots 
Apricots are best adapted for planting in city gardens, or where trees are • protected by surrounding 
buildings. They are among the most delicious of fruits, and, therefore, a little extra care should be given 
in protecting the flowers from the late spring frosts. The trees, when planted in orchards, seldom last long 
here, unless protected by surrounding timber or tall-growing fruit trees, but in many sections of the South¬ 
west this is one of the most desirable of orchard fruits. The period of maturity extends from the begin¬ 
ning of June to the end of July. 
PRICES OF TREES: Kach 
4 to 5 feet ..... _ .., _ T . ....... $1.06 
MOORPARK (Dunmore, Temple’s, DeNaney, etc.). 
Fruit large; skin orange, brownish red on sunny 
side; flesh bright orange; freestone, juicy, rich 
and luscious flavor. Very productive; an unusu¬ 
ally hardy variety, having produced fine crops as 
far north as Jdaho. 
SUPERB. Light salmon color, medium size; ex¬ 
cellent quality, very productive and of good flavor. 
WILSON. About ten days earlier than Moorpark, 
originating in Colorado, where it is regarded as the 
most prolific and profitable of all the apricots. 
It is renly an improved Moorpark. 
Figs 
This fruit adapts itself to a wide range of soils and climates. By protecting the plants during winter 
some varieties have been successfully grown in the state of New York. 
The trees should be planted 12 to 18 feet apart, according to character of soil, and they should be trim¬ 
med so as to admit plenty of light and air into the center of the tree. Figs bear early, and the ripening 
period covers the season from June until November. 
PRICKS: 
Two years, heavy 
One year, heavy .. 
Each 10 
$ .75 $6.00 
.50 4.00 
BROWN TURKEY. Medium; brown; sweet and ex¬ 
cellent: very prolific. Most reliable for field-cul¬ 
ture. One of our hardiest varieties. 
BRUNSWICK (Madonna, Broughton, etc.). Very 
large; violet: pulp thick; quality good; produc¬ 
tive and hardy. 
CELESTE (Sugar, Celestial, etc.). Medium; pale vio¬ 
let, with bloom; sweet and excellent; prolific; 
early. Hardiest of all figs. 
GREEN ISCHIA (White Ischia). Medium to large, 
green with crimson pulp; excellent, prolific. Pro¬ 
duces fruit from middle of July until frost. 
LEMON. Fruit medium to large, flattened, slightly 
ribbed, yellow, flesh white, sweet; early. Strong 
-ower and very prolific. A favorable for canning. 
