RAMSEY’S AUSTIN NURSERY 
AUSTIN, TEXAS 
Apricot 
Japan Persimmons 
Each 
Dozen 
100 
2 
to 
3 
feet. 
.$ .35 
$3.50 
$25.00 
3 
to 
4 
feet. 
.50 
5.00 
38.00 
4 
to 
5 
feet. 
.60 
6.00 
45.00 
Apricots do especially well planted in back yards, 
or where they are cultivated only with hoe or spad¬ 
ing fork, keeping down weeds and grass, and also 
in well-kept orchards. Fruit failures are due largely 
to late frosts. 
CLUSTER. June 20. Originated in our orchard 
over fifty years ago. Vigorous and hardy, of beauti¬ 
ful, symmetrical growth, heavy bearer. Fruit medium 
size, yellow, with occasional fleck of red. Excellent 
quality. 
EARLY GOLDEN. July 1. Large, beautiful, yel¬ 
low, delicious. 
MOORPARK. June. Large, orange, with red 
cheek. 
Some of these should be planted by almost every 
family. Fruit large, often ten inches around, yellow 
or red, ripening August to October. Trees very 
ornamental. Trees should be planted two inches 
deeper than in nursery. Cut tops back half way or 
more, and mound soil up on stems six inches or 
more above level of ground. Each, 50c; per dozen, 
$5.00. 
HACHIYA. Very large, oblong, pointed. Flesh 
yellow, skin red. 
HYAKUME. Large, round. Skin, orange-red; flesh, 
brown. Very sweet. 
TANE NASHI. Large, oblong. Orange-red skin; 
yellow flesh. Almost seedless. 
TRIUMPH. Medium, round, red. Becomes edible 
on tree before frost. 
YEMON. Large, flat, tomato-shape, yellow. Good 
quality. 
Mulberry 
Each Dozen 
4 to 6 feet.$ .50 $5.00 
6 to 8 feet.75 7.50 
Every farm should have Mulberry trees about the 
back yard, and where the chickens run. They make 
a quick, long-lived shade, and produce abundance of 
fruit. They commence to ripen before peaches and 
plums and continue six to eight weeks. 
BLACK ENGLISH. April and May. Luxuriant 
grower, bearing at two years after planting, with 
large fruit. 
HICKS. April 
everbearing. 
and May. Tree 
extra 
hardy; almost 
Prunes 
Each 
Dozen 
100 
2 to 3 feet. 
.$ 35 
$3.50 
$25.00 
3 to 4 feet.. 
..50 
5.00 
38.00 
4 to 6 feet.. 
.60 
6.00 
45.00 
Commencing 
west of Fort 
Worth 
, Prunes are 
valuable farther West and North. 
TRAGEDY. Medium, dark purple skin, with green¬ 
ish flesh. Sweet. 
Pears 
Each 
Dozen 
100 
2 to 
3 
feet. 
.$ .45 
$4.50 
$30.00 
3 to 
4 
feet. 
.60 
6.00 
40.00 
4 to 
6 
feet.. 
.75 
7.00 
50.00 
Pears, 
as 
a rule. 
do not 
come into 
bearing until 
five or six years after planting, but live longer than 
any other fruit trees, except perhaps Apples. Pears, 
however, will not thrive in soil infested with root 
rot, the fungus that kills cotton. Otherwise, they are 
good in all soils. Tops should be cut back every 
winter somewhat for two or three years, to make 
more spreading growth. 
Pears, Figs, and Berries will do better on low, 
poorly drained land than other fruits. 
BARTLETT. July. Well-known, old pear of fine 
quality. Does best in western and northern parts 
of Texas, and should not be planted in South Texas, 
or to much extent in Central Texas. 
GARBER. August. Tree most vigorous grower; 
fruit large, firm. A fairly good eating pear. 
KIEFFER. September. The universal pear for 
America. Robust, handsome tree; fruit large and 
of good quality when ripe. Surest bearer; fruit of 
beautiful yellow color. 
Chinese Jujube 
(Zizyphus) 
Seedling, or sucker plants. 
Each Dozen 
2 to 3 feet..,$ .35 $3.75 
3 to 4 feet....50 5.00 
LANG JUJUBE. Improved variety. Each, $1.00; 
per dozen, $10.00. 
A fruit from the high interior of China. Adapted 
in all kinds of soil from the Gulf Caost to the Cen¬ 
tral States. Tree is very hardy, slightly resembling 
the Prickly Ash, of upright growth, extremely orna¬ 
mental. Leaves rich, glossy green. 
Fruit is chocolate colored; of different shapes, 
round and oblong; of the texture of an apple, and 
of a flavor comparable to nothing else, and can be 
eaten fresh, preserved, cured as dates or candied. 
Ripens from July to October. 
For real quality and size, we recommend the im¬ 
proved variety called LANG. Trees from the seed¬ 
lings or sucker plants will vary in size and shape, 
although of good quality. Such trees are as orna¬ 
mental as the better variety. 
LECONTE. July. Medium, bell-shape. Creamy yel¬ 
low, with blush. Nearest approach to good eating 
pear in most of Texas. 
NOTE: Except for Bartlett, whose range is lim¬ 
ited, most successful pears are hard, and make 
the finest preserves. But if picked with cotton glove* 
on hands, wrapped in paper and stored in cool place, 
the fruit will become mellow and delicious and keep 
for a long time. 
From R. D. T., Houston, Texas: 
The corrective order shipped by you has been received, 
and the plants are all fine. I want to thank you for your 
fairness and courtesy in this entire matter, and when / am 
again in the market for trees, etc., I shall call on you. 
From Mrs. D. P. K., Robert Lee, Texas: 
/ appreciated very much your replacing the plant which 
I recently wrote you about. I can recommend your nursery 
for fair dealing, having been your customer for a number 
of years. 
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