Flowering Fruit Trees 
An important specialty with us but space permits description of only a few. For all others 
see Part II. Incidentally please note that prices quoted are for the usual type of young trees. In 
addition to these we have a wide assortment of heavier specimen plants of most kinds for local 
use in San Francisco Bay Region. (It is not practical to ship them.) These may of course be 
seen at the nursery. 
** APRICOT Early Double White (Prunus mume var.), (6). In our breeding work on the 
Japanese Flowering Apricots a few years back we were mainly interested in trying to get a fine 
double white. The best was Rosemary Clarke described below. This one however is far from 
bad and much earlier. 6-8 ft. $1.25, 5-6 ft. $1.00, 4-5 ft. 85c. 
** APRICOT Peggy Clarke (Prunus mume var.), (6). Out of all our Apricot breeding this is 
the only double, deep rose-colored variety that we obtained, in fact it is the only one we know 
of its color. The flowers are of medium size, somewhat cupped and of course very fragrant like 
all the varieties of P. mume. Blooms very profusely a week or so after Rosemary Clarke. 6-8 ft. 
$1.75, 5-6 ft. $1.50. 
APRICOT Rosemary Clarke (Prunus mume var.), (6). Originated by us and first offered in 
1938. We consider it by far the best double white variety to date. The snow-white flowers are 
fairly large; have a striking red calyx, unusually long stamens, and are borne well around the 
stems. Intensely fragrant. Blooms here in February. 6-8 ft. $1.75, 5-6 ft. $1.50. 
CHERRIES. Although we have made a specialty of Japanese Flowering Cherries for many years 
we are almost sold out of young stock of erect growing varieties this season but are still able to 
supply for local use in San Francisco Bay region a fine assortment of specimen trees in a wide 
range of varieties, sizes, and prices. 
CHERRY PARK WEEPING (Benishidare) Prunus aequinoctialis pendula), (5). The Japanese 
name means Pink Weeping. It is certain that this variety was not in America until trees were 
imported for the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915. Since then it has been widely distributed. 
Although the branches are most decidedly weeping, some of the central ones keep rising more or 
less before they start to droop so that the tree gradually gains height. The small single flowers 
come early, before the leaves and are a pronounced pink. During the winter the bare tree is very 
beautiful owing to the artistic silhouette of the gracefully irregular branches against the sky. 
Heavy heads on 5 ft. stems $2.50, on 4 ft. stems $2.00; usual heads on 4 ft. stems $1.75. 
PEACH Aurora, (4). Large double flowers of soft, pastel pink. Color unique among flowering 
Peaches. Early, very vigorous and, strange to say, bears excellent, freestone white-fleshed fruit. 
Widely admired. Originated here. 6-8 ft. $1.25, 5-6 ft. $1.00, 4-5 ft. 80c, 3-4 ft. 65c. 
PEACH Helen Borchers, (4). This should entirely supersede that fine old variety Clara Meyer 
which it somewhat resembles but surpasses in every way. Flowers are unusually large, some- 
times 214 inches in diameter although they won't average that; clear pink with ruffled, incurved 
petals. It is an astonishingly free bloomer and keeps remarkably well when cut. Many good 
judges have been kind enough to rate this as surpassing all previous flowering Peaches. Unlike 
Clara Meyer it makes a healthy, vigorous tree. Originated here and first offered in 1939. 6-8 ft. 
$1.50, 5-6 ft. $1.25. 
PEACH Iceberg, (4). Our fine large fairly early snow-white variety. Easily the best of its color. 
8-10 ft. $1.50, 6-8 ft. $1.25, 5-6 ft. $1.00, 4-5 ft. 80c. 
