22 GRESHAM’S NURSERY 

Cfruit Trees 
Due to the uncertainty of crops, fruit prices are left out of this catalogue. Will be 
priced on request. 
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 thoroughly 
cultivated. 
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SUMMER APPLES 
Early Harvest. Medium or large, bright 
yellow, 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. 
WINTER APPLES 
Delicious. Medium to large; roundish, 
skin dark red with yellow background. 
A heavy bearer and good {SSSsoe ex- 
tra fine. 
Yellow Delicious. A very fine apple, 
similar to the Delicious in flavor and 
time of its ripening. 
Mammoth Black Twig. A _ seedling of 
Winesap; fruit darker red and larger 
size; strong, upright grower; fine 
flavor. One of the best apples. 
Stayman’s Winesap. Also a seedling of 
Winesap; dark red, firm flesh, fine 
grained, crisp, sub- acid: el 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. 
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, pro- 
vided it is well drained. 
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VARIETIES IN ORDER OF 
RIPENING 
Belle of Georgia. Ripens the first to fif- 
teenth 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 El- 
berta. A very good one. 
Elberta. Midseason. A valuable large 
peach, of good quality; fruit large, 
yellow with red cheek; juicy and ex- 
tremely high flavored; flesh yellow; 
free-stone. The leading market vari- 
_ety. Ripens here about the middle of 
' August. 
CHERRIES 
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SWEET CHERRIES 
Black Tartarian. Late, large, purplish 
black; tender, juicy, sweet. July. 
Royal Anne. Large, light yellow and 
red; known as Wax Cherry. June. 
SOUR CHERRIES 
Large Montmorency. Largest and strong- 
est grower of all sour cherries. Ripens 
after Richmond. A leading market 
‘ sort. 
Early Richmond. 
PEARS 
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Bartlett. Large, yellow, most popular. 
August. 
Garber. Large, pretty yellow with red 
cheek. Resembles Kieffer, but ripens 
last of August. A thrifty. grower and 
valuable sort. es 
Kieffer. Large to very large; skin yel- 
low with a light vermillion cheek; flesh 
brittle; very juicy, good quality. Be- 
gins to bear at 3 to 4 years old. One of 
the surest bearers. 
Seckel. Of delicious, sweet flavor; melt- 
ing; tree a stout, slow grower. Au- 
gust. 
