FRUIT ool, 
Bring The Delicious Taste 
Of Far-Away-Lands Into 
Your Own Home — 
EVERBEARING FIG 
‘3-220 — Our Dwarf Fig is par- 
ticularly adapted to growing in 
the north as it does well in 
either tubs or in the open 
ground. The root is perfectly 
hardy. Should tops freeze, it 
can be cut to the ground, and 
when it begins growing again 
it will produce fruit on the 
new wood. We recommend tub 
culture north of Philadelphia. 
Plants bear the first year they Hardy Chinese Dates 
are set out, and abundantly 
each year thereafter. The fruit 
is of good size, sweet and de- HARDY CHINESE 
licious, with flesh that is firm ‘ 
and meaty. Is an_ excellent DATES (Jujube) 
fruit for making preserves, _ : ¢ 
jams, canning, drying or to eat 3-219 — Coming from the high 
fresh. Price: 2-3 ft. trees, $1.10 interior of China, it is quite 
Pynchon Fi each; 2 for $2.00 hardy, the U. S. Dept. of Ag- 
A et rat at : Bye: riculture bulletins reporting 
it has withstood 22 degrees 
OLD-FASHIONED PAW PAW below zero without injury. It 
is adapted to a wide range 
= 39355. (Michigan Banana Tree). A handsome of territory and all kinds of 
tree attaining a height of about 20 feet. Has soil. 
large purple flowers, which are very beautiful 
and fragrant. Makes a handsome tree for the 
park or lawn as the foliage is large and dark 
green. Produces good size yellow fruits which 
have the flavor of the banana and are very 
delicious. Although the fruit is somewhat 
shorter and thicker than the banana, the re- 
semblance is very close. Trees are hardy and 
can be grown anywhere in the U.S. Price: 3-4 
ft. trees, $1.45 each; 2 for $2.65. 
It blooms very late in the 
spring. The tree is a heavy 
and constant bearer, com- 
mences to bear at an early 
age; four-year-old trees hav- 
ing produced 150 pounds of 
fruit. The chocolate-colored 
fruit is one to two inches 
long. Delicious eaten fresh or 
cured like dates. Price: 2-3 ft. 
trees, $2.65 each; 2 for $5.00. 
BARGAIN NO. 26 
1 Hardy Chinese Date, 2-3 ft. 
1 Amer. Persimmon, 2-3 ft. 
1 Everbearing Fig, 2-3 ft. 
$3.25 
Net, not prepaid 
Old-Fashioned Paw Paw 
HARDY AMERICAN PERSIMMON 
' 3-224 — Bright golden orange fruits with a rich, spicy and de- 
licious flavor, which are highly prized when gathered after 
the frosts. Bear at an early age. Hardiest variety grown. 
Highly ornamental. Price: 2-3 ft. trees, 70c each; 3 for $1.95. 
Hardy American Persimmon 
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