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EARLY GOLDEN. Deep yellow, medium size. 
One of the sure bearers and a good all-round 
apricot. June 1. 
CLUSTER. One of the best apricots for Tex¬ 
as; said to bear when other varieties fail. 
APPLES 
Size 
Each 
Per 10 
2-3 ft. 
$ .25 
$2.00 
3-4 ft. 
.30 
2.50 
4-5 ft. 
.40 
3.50 
5-6 ft. 
.50 
4.50 
Listed in order of ripening: 
RED JUNE. Medium size, bright red; flesh 
white, tender and puicy; an abundant bearer. 
STRIPED JUNE. A very flne June apple of 
the best quality; very strong grower and bearer, 
ripening its fruit from the middle of June to 
August — abundant bearer. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. A yellow June 
apple; moderate grower, and good bearer. 
BLEDSOE (or Smokehouse). A large greenish 
yellow apple of good quality. A very dependable 
bearer in the southwest, ripening in late summer. 
EARLY HARVEST. Medium size, prolific, 
good quality, yellow apple ripe in July. 
JONATHAN. Healthy grower; prolific, medi¬ 
um red; good market; one of the best fall and 
early winter apples. 
DELICIOUS. A very fine fall and early 
winter apple of the very best quality. The tree 
is a strong, healthy grower and prolific bearer. 
It does well anywhere apples will grow. The 
most popular apple grown. 
YELLOW DELICIOUS. Large as the gen¬ 
uine Delicious, golden in color, delicious flavor, 
trees bear very young and does well wherever 
apples succeed; best quality; ripe in October. 
RED DELICIOUS (Blood Red). Identical 
with the regular delicious apple but much deeper 
color. 
KING DAVID. A dark red apple ripening in 
late fall; seems to succeed well over the South¬ 
west; good bearer; excellent quality and comes 
into bearing early. 
TEXAS RED. One of the most highly es¬ 
teemed apples in East Texas; large, striped, fine 
quality, good keeper; one of the most regular and 
abundant bearers — winter. 
CRAB APPLE. Very useful for preserves and 
jelly. We have a yellow one of local origin that 
is well adapted to the Southwest. 
CHERRIES 
Size Each Per 10 
2- 3 ft. $ .40 $3.50 
3- 4 ft. .50 4.50 
4- 5 ft. .60 5.00 
EARLY RICHMOND. One of our best stand¬ 
ard cherries; good size; dark red, almost black. 
HYBRID PLUM-CHERRY 
Size 
Each 
Per 10 
Per 100 
1-2 ft. 
$ .18 
$ 1.50 
$12.00 
2-3 ft. 
.25 
2.00 
15.00 
3-4 ft. 
.30 
2.50 
20.00 
4-5 ft. 
.40 
3.50 
30.00 
5-6 ft. 
.50 
4.00 
35.00 
Waneta. 
A Hansen 
hybrid 
described by 
Professor Hansen as follows: “It is probably the 
largest of over 10,000 seedlings; about 2 inches in 
diameter; weight, 2 ounces; good red color and 
delicious flavor. Has borne the past 4 successive 
years.’’ It often bears in the nursery row; the 
quality is really flne. 
Sapa. Very fine, perfectly hardy, new plum. 
Color, dark purplish skin; deep purplish-red 
flesh; early and abundant bearer. 
OKA. One of the most fruitful of the plum- 
cherry hybrid and one of the surest bearers on 
the list. 
OPATA. Plum cherry cross. Indian name for 
“bouquet.’’ When covered in the spring with a 
gorgeous mass of fragrant white bloom it is in¬ 
deed a bouquet, and again when the branches are 
bent with their load of dark red fruit. Good 
quality. Ripe last of May and first of June. 
The larger trees bear the first year. If you 
want ripe fruit in your orchard in 5 or 6 months 
after planting, plant Opata. 
PERSIMMONS 
Size Each 
2- 3 ft. $ .40 
3- 4 ft. .50 
Per 10 
$3.50 
4.50 
JAPANESE PERSIMMON. Every home 
should have some Japanese persimmons planted 
about the house. They are very ornamental; 
bear young and regular; abundant crops of 
orange-red fruit of large size and delicious quali¬ 
ty. 
AMERICAN HONEY PERSIMMON. The 
fruits are of sugary sweetness, clear yellow, and 
hang on till Christmas. They make fine shade. 
They are seedlings and some of them do not 
bear, so we put in two for each one ordered. 
JUJUBE 
JUJUBE. A date-like fruit of sweetish, pleas¬ 
ant taste. Abundant bearer and very hardy. Its 
glossy foliage and pendulus branches when load¬ 
ed with fruit give it a very striking appearance. 
Price, 2-3 ft., 40c; 3-4 ft., 60c; 4-5 ft., 75c. 
MULBERRIES 
Plant mulberry trees where chickens and 
hogs can get the fruit. They are fine shade trees 
and grow quickly. Price, 4 to 6 feet, 35c each, 
10 for $3.00; 6 to 8 feet, 50c each, 10 for $4.00. 
BLACK ENGLISH. A luxuriant grower, bears 
at two years old; has large berry. April and 
May. 
FIGS 
This much neglected fruit should find a place 
in every orchard. In the north half of the State 
and adjoining states, plant Celestial. Farther 
south Magnolia is the variety to plant. Even this 
variety may be planted with profit where it 
freezes down for it will sprout from the roots 
and bear the same season. Price, extra large 
plants, bearing size, 40c each; $3.00 per 10; medi¬ 
um size, heavily rooted trees, 30c each; $2.50 for 
10; small size, 20c each, $1.50 for 10. 
CELESTIAL. Medium to small, immense 
bearer; purple, the sweetest, most delicious and 
hardiest of all figs. 
MAGNOLIA. Fruit very large, yellowish- 
white with purple netting. Good quality, prolific. 
GREEN ISCHIA. Light, transparent green; 
flesh white, shading to crimson around the seed; 
best very late fig; comes into bearing early and 
is very prolific. 
