
NURSERY VIEW—A FIELD OF “C. & O.””’ CHERRY TREES 
APRICOTS 
Blenheim. Medium size, oval shape, skin orange with deep 
yellow tinge; flesh yellow, juicy and rich. Good shipper, canner 
and drying. Ripens about middle of June following Royal. 
J. L, Budd. Fruit small, a Russian apricot, very hardy, will 
grow where other apricots fail. 
Moorpark. Fruit large, but not as large as Wenatchee. Skin 
orange shaded deep orange red. A standard variety; excellent for 
canning, drying and fresh shipment. Ripens July. 
Phelps. Fruit extremely large, averaging considerably larger 
than Wenatchee-Moorpark. Color apricot-yellow with attractive 
blush. Ripens approximately week ahead of Wenatchze-Moor- 
park and is one of the earliest ripening commercial apricots on 
the market. Quality medium, flesh firm, making it a good ship- 
per. This apricot has been produced commercially by a few 
Eastern Washington growers who report it to be profitable. 
Riland. See page 4. 
Royal. Medium size, skin dull yellow, flesh yellow, excellent 
flavor. A favorite with canners, excellent for drying. Good ship- 
per. Ripens few days ahead of Blenheim. 
Tilton. Large size, extra good quality delicious flavor. Orange 
yellow, tinged shell pink. Flesh clear yellow. One of the best 
canning, drying and shipping. Ripens crop uniformly. Trees 
hardy. 
Wenatchee. Very large, good quality, beautiful yellow color. 
A dessert apricot. One of the leading commercial shippers of the 
Wenatchee Valley. Trees hardy, very productive. (Formerly 
called Wenatchee Moorpark.) 
Yakimene. (Acme) A Japanese apricot. Large, early, attrac- 
tively colored, distinctive flavor. Excellent dessert. 

TILTON APRICOT 
H. W. DONAHEY, 
Fruit Grower and Shipper 
Yakima, Washington 
Columbia & Okanogan Nursery Co., 
Wenatchee, Wash. 
August 28, 1940. 
Gentlemen: 
I thought it might be of interest to you to know the results 
obtained from a car of Riland apricots shipped to the New York 
auction this last July. 
The greater part of the apricots in this car were grown on 
two-year-old trees in their third growing season. The car aver- 
aged $1.60 per crate, New York. However, the larger sizes sold 
as high as $2.25 per crate in New York. 
After deducting the freight and packing charges the net re- 
turn was six cents per pound ($120.00 per ton) on the larger 
sizes and three cents per pound ($60.00 per ton) on the entire car. 
The broker who handled the car in New York commended the 
quality very highly and stated that it looked as though some- 
one had used a paint brush—the Riland fruit was so highly 
colored. 
Very truly yours, 
H. W. DONAHEY. 
J. HOWARD WRIGHT, WASHINGTON: 
“T am a grower of the Riland apricot. My orchard has 350 trees of 
this variety planted in the spring of 1935. These trees bore 8 tons of 
fruit in the season of 1938. 
“The Riland apricot is a strong growing tree and with a pollenizer is 
a heavy bearer. It is very highly colored, making a very attractive 
package. The flesh is deep yellow and firm, and the pit quite small. 
Compares well with the Wenatchee Moorpark for size. 
“Ripens evenly, as high as 90% having been picked at one time, and 
about one week earlier than the Wenatchee Moorpark.” 
NECTARINES 
Many people have the impression that the Nectarine is a 
hybrid—the result of crossing the peach with some other fruit. 
In reality nectarines are smooth skinned peaches of extraordinary 
flavor. Nectarines are adaptable wherever peaches grow. Their 
habits of growth and soil requirements are similar to peaches. 
Nectarines are exceedingly delicious dessert fruit. 
Boston Red. (Cling) Fruit large size, deep yellow with bright 
red blush and rich creamy white flesh, more red than Quetta. 
The yellow fleshed Nectarines, while not quite so spicy as the 
white fleshed varieties, have a sweeter and richer flavor. Ripens 
Quetta. (Cling) Fruit large, yellowish green splashed with 
brilliant carmine. Flesh yellowish white streaked with red near 
pit. Juicy and of fine texture with a rich, delicious flavor. Season 

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COLUMBIA & OKANOGAN ("C. & 0O.’’) NURSERY CO. 

