California-Grown D 5 Cc f D U @) U S 
In these times, with high prices of fruits and vegetables, as well 
as other commodities, many are turning to home gardening as a 
means of cutting the cost of living. And rightly so, for the quality 
of home grown fruit is much superior to that from the market. 
These few back yard trees add a glorious touch to the spring 
garden with their handsome blossoms and later with their colorful 
fruits. 
For commercial plantings ask for quotations and varieties not listed 
here. 
Trees are priced bare root at $1.00 and up. 
Slightly higher in containers. 
ALMONDS 
For best results, two different varictics should be planted in close 
proximity for cross pollination. 
—_ “a Jordanola. A recent introduction. Bears abundant crops of large, 
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WINESAP APPLE 
long, soft-shelled nuts. 
Ne Plus Ultra. Popular kind with large soft shelled nuts. Pollinates 
Nonpareil. 
Nonpareil. Is the leading commercial variety. Popular for its paper 
thin shells. 
Mission (Texas). Medium sized, rather hard-shelled, but a sure 
bearer. Good pollinizzr for soft-shelled varieties. 
APPLES 
Apples are a satisfactory home garden fruit in this area. Orna- 
mental as well as fruitful. 
Bellflower. Waxy yellow, often with pink blush. Tender, juicy and 
crisp fruit. Subacid. Plant with Pippin for pollination. October. 
Gravenstein. Summer ripening apple of medium siz2. Skin yellow 
with red stripes. White flesh. Excellent for cooking and eating. 
Jonathan. Fall ripening medium size apple with crisp, juicy flesh. 
Solid red when rip2. Bzars when young. October. 
Newtown Pippin. Very large rounded apples. Late ripening. White 
flesh, sharp flavored, is fine for eating if friut is picked early. One 
of the best cooking apples. 
Red Delicious. Large tapered fruits of exceptionally deep red color. 
Most delicious of all eating apples. Late. 
Red June. Medium size, red suffused with yellow; flesh white and 
tender. A good variety for interior valleys. 
Red Rome Beauty. Very good apple for cooking. Bright red in color. 
Ripens very late. 
Winesap. Medium; dark red; prolific bearer. Best keeping apple. 
—_— meen Good market variety in West. 
BLENHEIM APRICOT Yellow Delicious. Similar to the popular Delicious apple but the 
skin a deep rich yellow. Better for our warmer climate than the 
red variety. 
SANTA ROSA PLUM 
STANWICK NECTARINE 
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