FRUIT DEPARTMENT—Miscellaneous Fruits. 
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STRAWBERRIES—Continued. 
Mrs. Cleveland. Very large, regular in shape; g#od 
quality; plants healthy and prolific; an excellent berry 
for family use. Ripe April 30. 
NICK OHMER. Bright red; smooth, round berry; 
best quality. A desirable new sort. 
SAMPLE (P). Of large size; good quality. An enor¬ 
mous bearer and continues to produce fruit for a long 
time. A fine variety. 
TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. Large;dark red; flesh red; 
firm; berries average; even in size; quality very good; vig¬ 
orous grower and an excellent pollenizer. 
TUBBS. Large, deep red; best quality; productive 
and healthy growth. This is considered as a rival of the 
Wilson’s Albany Ripe May 1. 
WILSON’S ALBANY. Large; always regular; high 
fiavor; subacid; prolific; vigorous grower No variety 
combines more good qualities. In 1857 we received 6 
plants from Mr. Wilson, and our present stock is directly 
descended from these pl.mts. Ripe May L 
Miscellaneous Fruits 
EL JE AGNUS—JAPAN OLEAS¬ 
TER 
(Gumi Fruit of the Japanese.) 
ELA2AGNUS EDULIS (Longipes.) 
Strong, field grown plants, 18 to 24 inches, 25 cents each, 
$2 for 10, $18 per 100. 
A low-growing shrub. We have specimen plants about 
10 feet high and 15 feet spread, which have for a number 
of years produced immense quantities of fruits, which 
ripens here early in May, and continues through a period 
of four weeks. Fruit about one-third inch in length, 
oblong; bright red and covered with minute white dots. 
This plant is well worthy of cultivation, both for orna¬ 
ment and for its fruit, which is juicy and edible, with a 
sharp, rather pungent, agreeable flavc/; makes a beauti¬ 
ful jelly. Foliage light green, silvered beneath. Flowers 
fragrant. Plant perfectly hardy, almost evergreen. 
ELiEAGNUS SIMONII (Simon’s Oleaster.) 
Pot grown, 15 to 18 inches, 25 cents each, $2 for 10. 
Fruit larger than edulis; matures here in March. Ow¬ 
ing to its early blooming properties the fruit is apt to be 
killed by late frosts. The plant is an evergreen and is 
very ornamental. 
ERIOBOTRYA—JAPONIC A 
(LOQUAT) (MEDLAR) 
IBiwa of the Japanese.) 
POT GROWN. 
4 years, 3 to 4 feet, heavy.75 cents each, $5.00 per 10. 
3 years, 24 to 30 inches.50 cents each, 3.00 per 10 
2 years, 18 to 24 inches.35 cents each, 2.50 per 10. 
2 years, 15 to 18 inches.25 cents each, 2.00 per 10. 
Japan Medlar. Trees of medium height, with long glossy 
leaves, which are evergreen; flowers white, in spikes; and 
produced in winter; fruit of the size of the “Wild Goose plum; 
round or oblong; bright yellow and produced in clusters; sub- 
acid and refreshing. Maturity from end of February to April. 
Not fruitful north of Charleston, but tree otherwise perfectly 
hardy here. This is well adapted to the coast belt. 
Giant Japan Medlar. 5 to 6 inches, 60 cents each. Grafted 
plants, all pot-grown. Same as above, but fruit four times 
as large. 
MULBERRIES 
25 cents each, $2 for 10, $15 per 100. 
Downlngg, Fruit of a rich, subacid flavor; lasts six weeks. 
Stands winters of Western and Middle States. 
Hicks’ Everbearing. Wonderfully prolific; fruit sweet, 
insipid ; excellent for poultry and hogs. Fruit produced dur¬ 
ing four months. 
MULBERRIES FOR SILK WORM 
CULTURE 
Mortis Alba And Moretti 
Transplanted trees, 5 to 6 feet, bushy, 25 cents each, $2.00 for 
10, $17.50 per 100. 
These two varieties are the ones used in Europe for si'k worm 
culture. We offer a limited quantity at above price. 
Morus Multicaulua. 5 to 6 feet, well branched. $1.50 for 
10, S8 per 100. This is one of the varieties used for silk worm 
culture. 
OLIVE—Pi choline 
POT AND FIELD GROWN PLANTS. 
24 to 30 inches, bushy.50c each, $4 lor 10, $35.00 per 100 
15 to 18 inches high.25c each, 2 for 10, 17.50 per 100 
A variety much esteemed in California for its rapid growth 
and early bearing. The tree is also less subject to damage by 
iusects than most other varieties, and ripens its fruit in twelve 
months, thus bearing a crop annually. Makes excellent oil, 
and stands as the best for pickling. 
Olives have been cultivated on the coast of Georgia and 
South Carolina for many years, and an excellent quality of oil 
has been produced. A peculiarity of the Olive is that it flour¬ 
ishes and bears abundant crops on rocky and barren soils, 
where no other fruit trees are successful. 
POMEGRANATES 
25 cents each, $2 for 10, $17.50 per 100 
Purple Seeded or Spanish Ruby. Large, yellow, with 
crimson cheek; flesh, purplish crimson; sweet and of the best 
quality. 
Subacid. Very large, highly colored. Pulp very juicy; 
subacid. 
THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS 
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of hybridizing and crossing, and also the many different modes by which cultivated plants may be propagated aad multiplied. 
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