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FRUIT TREES 
Shipping season, 
April and May 
We furnish high-quality, clean plants which, if treated with average care, are sure to succeed. When received they should be planted at once in rich prepared 
soil, the roots being carefully separated and spread. If dry weather follows planting, they must be watered. 
| STANDARD FRUIT TREES 
These have a main stem and are 5 to 7 feet tall. $3.50 each, $38.50 per doz. 
APPLES 
They should produce fruit the fourth year after 
poms and continue to do so for forty years, 
asily grown im any good soil. Plant 40-feet apart. 
Spray in winter with Lime-Sulphur and Scalex. 
Just as the first buds begin to burst, spray again 
with these two along with Black-Leaf 40. Spray 
with arsenate of lead when the buds show pink, 
again when the petals begin to fall, and finally two 
ory after all petals have fallen—five sprayings 
in all, 
Baldwin. (Late.) Deep red. AII purpose. 
Delicious. (Late.) Dark red eating Apple of de- 
lightful flavor. 
Greening. (Winter.) Large yellow-green fruit. 
Favorite cooking variety. 
Hyslop. (Crab.) Red and yellow striped. The best 
Crab-Apple. 
McIntosh. (Late.) Dark red, white-fleshed eating 
Apple. Extra quality. 
Williams’ Early Red. 
early summer sorts. 
Yellow Delicious. (Late.) Large; golden yellow. 
. Yellow Transparent. (Early Summer.) Fruit 
medium to large, with a brilliant yellow, waxy 
skin. Flesh is tender, crisp, and juicy. 
PEACHES 
Should begin eae fruit the second year after 
planting, and usually live ten to fifteen years. Plant 
20 feet apart. 
Gum exudations and sawdust at the base will 
suggest borers; dig out with a wire, or inject Borer- 
kill mto the hole. In early September make a ring 
of Paradichlorobenzene 2 ches from the trunk. 
Spray in winter with Lime-Sulphur. Spray again 
with Wettable Sulphur, Hycrated Lime and Ar- 
senate of Lead in spring when the husks or old calyx 
rings are shucking. 
Belle of Georgia. (Late.) White freestone. Juicy 
and of fine flavor. 
Elberta. (Midseason.) Yellow freestone. Attrac- 
tive and excellent quality. 
Hiley. (Early.) White freestone. Dependable all- 
purpose: Peach. 
J. H. Hale. (Midseason.) Yellow freestone, Large 
attractive fruit of extra quality. 
(Early.) One of the best 

‘ give good results almost anywhere. 
CHERRIES 
Sweet Cherries do well on rather light land and 
eventually grow into larger trees than the sour 
variety, which thrives in heavier soil. Plant from 
20 to 30 feet apart, the sour Cherries closer than the 
sweet kinds. 
Spray with Lime-Sulphur im late winter, again 
with Wettable Sulphur and Arsenate of Lead when 
the petals fall; once more when the calyx rings 
shuck off. When color first appears on the fruit, 
spray may be repeated. 
Black Tartarian. (Early; sweet.) Large black 
fruit of best quality. 
Governor Wood. (Early; sweet.) Large yellow 
fruit with red cheek. 
Improved Montmorency. (Midseason; sour.) 
Attractive red fruit with firm flesh. The best 
sour Cherry. 
Sweet September. Patent No. 94. (Late; sweet.) 
Fine-quality dark red fruit ready to pick in early 
autumn. 
Yellow Spanish. (Early; sweet.) Amber-yellow 
flushed red. Firm sweet flesh. 
PEARS 
Will grow on any good loamy soil, preferably one 
on the heavy side. Plant 20 feet apart, and they 
should begin to yield the third year after planting. 
Pears are attacked by ‘‘Fire-Blight,” the black- 
ened leaves looking as if they had been burned in a 
fire. Remove immediately and burn_ blighted 
branches. The spray program for Apples above 
may be followed for Pears. 
Anjou. (Late fall.) Large yellow Pear blushed red. 
Bartlett. (Late summer.) Large yellow fruit. 
Seckel. (Late summer.) Small brownish fruit. 
PLUMS 
Plums do best on rather heavy clay soils but will 
Superfluous, 
broken or diseased branches are pruned out late 
each winter. 
Spray just before the buds burst with Sunoco Oil 
Emulsion. An application of Wettable Sulphur and 
Arsenate of Lead may be made after the shucks have 
fallen, followed by another one week later. 
Abundance. Flesh light yellow, very sweet. 
Burbank. Large dark violet fruit. 
Prune. Large dark blue fruit. 
STANDARD FRUIT TREES. $3.50 each, $38.50 per doz. 

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NEW YORK 8,N. Y. 
Dig hole 2 ft. by 2 ft. Have earth-mark on tree on 
work soil around roots. Fill hole nearly to the top; 

The ideal home garden—standard fruit tree center foreground, also vegetables and flowers 




e inch below surface; 
then water copiously. 
DWARF FRUIT TREES 
$4 each, $44 per doz. 
Dwarf Fruit Trees 
These require only one-fourth the space 
occupied by a standard tree, and are there- 
fore the ideal thing for the suburban garden. 
When mature they are not over 10 feet high, 
and you can keep them to 6 feet by pruning. 
They yield abundantly, and the fruit is easily 
picked. On delivery they are 2% to 3% feet. 
APPLES 
Yellow Delicious. 
Prolific. September. 
Gravenstein. Large early. 
orange-yellow, striped red. 
King David. Handsome large red; for winter. 
PEACHES 
Elberta. Popular freestone variety, with 
yellow fruits. Midseason. 
J. H. Hale. Yellow freestone. 
CHERRIES 
Lambert. Dark red fruits are sweet and 
mildly subacid. Large. 
Large golden yellow. 
Fruits are 
Midseason. 
Royal Ann. Late variety. Yellow fruits 
with red cheek. Sweet. 
PEARS 
Bartlett. Large fruits, sweet and juicy. 
Ready in September. 
Gellert Butter. Large yellow fruits are 
russeted and very sweet. Early fall. 
DWARF FRUIT TREES. $4 each, $44 per doz. 
FRUIT ON BUSHES 
Hansen Bush Cherries. A real novelty of merit. 
You can now have Cherries even though your 
gardening space is limited. Though the fruit of 
this Bush Cherry closely resembles a plum im 
size and shape, it comes in clusters completely 
covering the branches. The bush grows 5 to 6 feet 
tall and will usually bear fruits the second year, 
and yearly from then on. The fruit is of good 
flavor and is excellent for eating and making 
jams and jellies. 2-yr. ‘plants, 18 to 24 in., 
75 cts. each, $8.25 per doz. 

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