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Fruit Tree Department 
APPLES 
The varieties offered below are some of the best 
known and proven sorts. Clay or clay loam is 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 thor¬ 
oughly cultivated. Each. Doz. 100. 
3 to 4 ft. Trees.40 4.00 25.00 
4 to 6 ft. Trees.60 6.00 35.00 
Summer Apples 
EARLY HARVEST. Medium to large, bright yel¬ 
low, tender, juicy, well flavored. Ripens early June 
and lasts 2 or 3 weeks. 
YELLOW TRANSPARENT. Medium, yellow, good 
quality. A productive, excellent and popular variety. 
Tree of dwarfish habit. Bears young. June. 
PERKINS. Fine eating sort; light yellow; tender. 
White flesh; mild acid. 
RED ASTRACHAN. Large; yellow, nearly covered 
with crimson, and fine bloom; juicy, crisp, acid; a 
beautiful fruit. Tree a thrifty and fine grower; ex¬ 
cellent and profitable. June. 
Fall Apples 
FALL CHEESE. Large green striped with red, 
flesh white. Subacid flavor with rich aroma. 
SHEEP NOSE. Fruit large at base, tapering to 
apex; brown russet red; tender and fine. August. 
Winter Apples 
DELICIOUS. Medium to large; roundish, skin dark 
red with yellow background. A heavy bearer and 
good keeper; extra fine. 
YELLOW DELICIOUS. A very fine apple, similar 
to the Delicious in flavor and time of ripening. 
MAMMOTH BLACK TWIG. A seedling of Wine- 
sap ; fruit darker red and larger size; strong, up¬ 
right grower; fine flavor. One of the best Apples. 
STAYMAN’S W I N E S A P. Also a seedling of 
Winesap; dark red, firm flesh, fine grained, crisp, 
sub-acid ; quality best; strong grower. 
WINESAP. The old-fashioned Winesap. No better 
apple to be had; needs no description. 
Crab Apples 
HYSLOP CRAB. Large, deep crimson; one of the 
most beautiful of Crabs; very popular. 75c each. 
PEACHES 
A well-drained, sandy loam with a clay sub-soil is 
an ideal soil for the Peach; however, the Peach has 
the faculty of adapting itself to almost any soil, 
provided it is well drained. 
3 to 4 ft.40c each 4.00 dozen 
4 to 6 ft.50c each 5.00 dozen 
Varieties in Order of Ripening 
MAYFLOWER—Early Wonder. Originated in 
North Carolina. An excellent variety. Fruit small 
to medium; round, entirely covered with red. 
Blooms late, very hardy; bears early, and, so far, 
ripens ahead of any other variety. May 15th to 
June 1st. 
PEACHES—Continued 
SNEED. Medium, white, excellent quality, produc¬ 
tive. The earliest variety after Mayflower. 
RED BIRD CLING (Early Wheeler). Very early, 
white, cling, extra large with a bright red blush; an 
excellent shipper. 
GOLDEN JUBILEE. A high quality, early, yellow, 
freestone peach. The value of this peach to the East¬ 
ern and Southern grower cannot be estimated. A typi¬ 
cal Elberta type fruit, highly colored, ripening before 
Carman or about four weeks before the regular 
Elberta. 3 to 4 ft., 50c; 4 to 6 ft., 60c. 
CARMAN. A very hardy peach, ripening about the 
middle of July; skin pale yellow, with blush on sunny 
side; flesh white, tender, sweet and melting. Ships 
well. Best early market peach. 
HILEY. Ripens about a week before the Belle of 
Georgia, also a seedling of the Belle. Tree very 
hardy; a large creamy white peach with rich blush 
on sunny side. Freestone. 
CHAMPION. Very large, sweet, rich and juicy, 
creamy white with red cheek; very hardy. Last of 
July. 
BELLE OF GEORGIA. Ripens the first to fifteenth 
of August. Fruit is large, white with red cheek; 
flesh white, firm, of excellent flavor. Tree a rapid 
grower and very productive. One of the very best 
market sorts. Freestone. 
J. H. HALE. One of the best sorts for market or 
garden. Fruit is very large, round, quality, excellent. 
Skin_ yellow, finely colored; flesh yellow, sweet and 
melting. Ripens just before the Elberta. A very 
good one. 
EARLY ELBERTA. Having all the desirable quali¬ 
ties of the Elberta but ripening earlier. 
ELBERTA. Midseason. A valuable large peach, of 
good quality; fruit large, yellow with red cheek; 
juicy and extremely high flavored; flesh yellow; free¬ 
stone. The leading market variety. Ripens here about 
the middle of August. 
WHITE HEATH CLING. Ripens about September 
10th to 15th. An old variety of cling peach; has never 
been excelled by any other of its class. Fruit extra 
large roundish; flesh white, exceedingly juicy. 
SMOCK FREE. Large, yellow and red, bright yellow 
flesh. Valuable for market. Late September. 
CHERRIES 
4 to 6 ft. Trees. 1.00 each 10.00 dozen 
Sweet Cherries 
BLACK TARTARIAN. Late, large, purplish black; 
tender, juicv. sweet. July. 
ROYAL ANNE. Large, light yellow and red, known 
as Wax Cherry. June. 
Sour Cherries 
LARGE MONTMORENCY. Largest and strongest 
grower of all sour cherries. Ripens after Rich¬ 
mond. A leading market sort. 
PEARS 
3 to 4 ft. trees.45c each; 4.50 dozen 
4 to 6 ft. trees.60c each ; 6.00 dozen 
BARTLETT. 1 arge. yellow, most popular. August. 
