Michell’s Select Fruits 
APPLES 
Apple varieties may be classifted roughly 
as self fruitful, partially self fruitful, and self 
unfruitful. Delicious and Wealthy are two 
good self-pollinators. 
Delicious. A good late variety with rosy 
red fruit of good size. Truly delicious. 
Grimes Golden. Late. Good size; yellow, 
and of fine flavor. 
Jonathan. Winter. Fruit medium to large; 
brilliant red; flesh juicy, fine grained, 
tender and very highly flavored. Bears 
heavy crops every year, and comes into 
bearing early. 
McIntosh. Winter. Medium size; nearly 
covered with bright red; flesh white, tender, 
juicy, sub-acid. Hardy, vigorous, healthy. 
Rome Beauty. Late. Yellow shaded red; 
solid and juicy. 
Stayman’s Winesap. The best winter 
variety. Large, juicy, semi-sweet. Fine for 
eating and cooking. Prolific. 
Wealthy. Late. Round, red, 
good keeper. 
Yellow Delicious. Winter. Tree comes into 
bearing early, producing heavy crops. 
Very thrifty, hardy, and vigorous. An out- 
standing golden commercial variety. 
Yellow Transparent. Early and desirable. 
Good color; juicy and semi-sweet. 
Apple trees, 5 to 6 ft., each $2.50; 
doz. $27.50 
Quick-crop size: 6 to 7 ft., each $5.00 
CRAB APPLES 
Hyslop Crab. Large, round, deep red fruit. 
The best variety for jelly. Sept. 
Crab Apple trees, 5 to 6 ft., 
each $2.50; doz. $27.50 
sweet. A 
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Quintuplet Apple Trees 
24-1-in. cal. and up. 
The popular 5-N-1 Apple varieties on 
each tree: Anoka, Red Jonathan, Red 
Delicious, Yellow Delicious and Trans- 
parent. Each $6.00. 
APRICOTS 
Early Golden. Orange-yellow, with faint 
blush; firm, coarse flesh. One of the best. 
4 to 5 ft., each $3.00. 
PEACHES 
Peach varieties are generally self fruitful, 
but J. H. Hale produces impotent pollen. For 
that reason it is desirable to interplant with 
varieties bearing potent pollen. 
Belle of Georgia. White, red cheek; flesh 
white, of good flavor. Freestone. Sept. 
Champion. A large, handsome early white 
variety with red cheek; sweet, juicy. Aug. 
Elberta. The standard market variety. 
Large; flesh yellow, juicy, and of high 
quality. A heavy bearer. Sept. 15. 
Golden Jubilee. Resembles Elberta. Skin 
yellow with red flesh; flesh golden yellow, 
juicy and sweet. Freestone. Early Aug. 
Hale-Haven. Ripens two weeks _ before 
Elberta. Very hardy. A perfect freestone of 
high color, yellow fleshed, large in size, 
good shipping qualities. Heavy bearer. 
J. H. Hale. Larger than Elberta. Deep 
yellow with carmine blush; wonderful 
flavor. Stands shipping. Sept. 10. 
Salberta. Late. Large yellow freestone. 
Ripens 10 days to two weeks after Elberta. 
Planted commercially in many sections. 
All Peach trees, 4 to 5 ft., 
each $2.50; doz. $27.50 
Special quick-crop size: 6 to 8 ft., 
each $5.00 
CHERRIES 
Sweet Cherries need cross . pollinization; 
use two varieties. Sour Cherries are satis- 
factory when planted alone. 
Black Tartarian. Sweet. Very large; black; 
rich and juicy. 
Early Richmond. Sour. An early variety 
of medium size; dark red fruit. Early June. 
Montmorency. Sour. Large, dark red 
fruit, about 10 days later than Richmond. 
Napoleon (Royal Ann). The best and most 
profitable yellow sweet Cherry. Flesh very 
firm, juicy, and delicious. 
All Cherry trees, 4 to 5 ft., each $3.00; 
doz. $33.50 
Quick-crop size: 5 to 7 ft., each $6.00 
PEARS 
Most varieties of Pears are self unfruitful, 
or self incompatible. Duchesse d’Angouleme 
has proved to be a desirable pollinator for the 
other varieties that we offer. Bartlett and 
Seckel will not cross pollinate; use Duchesse 
d’Angouleme if either or both of the above 
two are being planted. 
Summer Varieties 
Bartlett. An old favorite. Juicy, well flavored 
and a good bearer. Aug. 
Clapp’s Favorite. A fine large yellow va- 
riety stained red; flesh fine-grained. Aug. 
Fall Varieties 
Anjou. Large and handsome, yellow with 
red blush; good flavor. Late keeper. Oct. 
Duchesse d’Angouleme. Large; flesh but- 
tery, rich, and juicy. A good standard 
variety. Fine keeper. Oct. 
Kieffer. Late. Rather coarse-grained, but 
when well ripened is good for both eating 
and preserving. Good keeper. Oct. 
Seckel. A_ well-known, dark brown, small 
variety; flesh very sweet and juicy. Oct. 
All Pear trees, 5 to 6 ft., each $3.00; 
doz. $33.50. 
Quick-crop size: 6 to 7 ft., each $6.00 
PLUMS 
Abundance. A _ very productive, large 
variety of light cherry-red color. Aug. 
Burbank. Fruit round, cherry-red, with 
lilac bloom. Heavy bearer. Sept. 
Diamond. Enormous, dark purple fruit 
with a beautiful bloom. Sept. 
Green Gage. Large, greenish, sweet fruit 
of good flavor. An excellent variety. Sept. 
Shropshire Damson. Late. Medium-sized 
fruit, in thick clusters. A strong grower and 
very productive of dark purple-colored 
Plums. The popular old-fashioned Damson. 
All Plum trees, 5 to 6 ft., each $3.00; 
doz. $33.50 
Quick-crop size: 6 to 7 ft., each $6.00 © 
DWARF FRUIT TREES 
Grafted on selected Malling stock No. 9. 
The ultimate size of these trees ts 5 to 8 feet— 
ideal for home gardens. These trees are 3 
years old, well branched. 
G Good pollinator for other sorts 
S Summer ripening 
F Fall ripening 
W Winter ripening 
*Please mark orders stock “*L”’ 
All varieties, each $7.00; doz. $80.00 
DWARF APPLE TREES 
Cortland. GF Golden Delicious. GW. 
Cox Orange. W Stayman’s Winesap. W. 
Delicious. *SW Wealthy. GF. 
DWARF PEARS 
Bartlett. GS. 
Clapp’s Favorite. S. 
Kieffer. F. 
DWARF QUINCE 
Orange (Apple). F. 
Champion. F 
DWARF SWEET CHERRY 
Black Tartarian. *GS. 
Yellow Spanish. S. 
Napoleon. S. 
DWARF SOUR CHERRY 
Early Richmond. ‘*S. 
Montmorency. *S. 
GRAPE VINES 
Caco. Red. Most delicious; perfectly hardy. 
Bunch of good size and form, compact. 
Rich tn sugar, excellent in flavor. Vines 
very strong, vigorous growers, healthy and 
prolific. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 
Catawba. Red. Deliciously flavored, 
dium-sized berries. 
Concord. Purple. The popular standard va- 
riety that succeeds wherever Grapes grow. 
Delaware. Light red with violet bloom. 
Bunches and berries are small but com- 
pactly set, sugary and delicious. 
Fredonia. Large black berry with heavy 
bloom. Cluster about medium size. Very 
early; good quality; new and promising. 
Moore’s Early. This is really an early 
Concord and is the standard early blue 
Grape. The vines are vigorous, healthy, 
and productive, bearing delicious fruit. 
Niagara. Light greenish white. A strong 
grower. Bunches very large and compact. 
Berries Jarge, semi-transparent; has very 
little pulp and is sweet to the center. 
Portland. White. The earliest of all. Large 
bunch and berry; flesh sweet, juicy and of 
fine flavor. A valuable early Grape for the 
home garden. Each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 
All Grapes, 2-yr. vines, each 75c.; doz. $8.50, 
except where noted 
BLACKBERRIES 
Alfred. For the home garden, Alfred is the 
ideal Blackberry. The bushes are loaded 
with tremendous berries, practically free 
from seeds, coreless and extremely juicy. 
Eldorado. Remarkably strong grower and 
an enormous producer of extra-size berries 
which are brilliant black and retain their 
color well. Very sweet and without core. 
All Blackberries, extra-strong plants, 
doz. $3.00; 100, $20.00 
BLUEBERRY 
Plant in acid but well-drained soil; space 
the plants 5 feet apart. The parent plants 
in our nursery have been inspected and found 
to be free of Blueberry “‘stunt disease.’”? We 
me- 
~ offer the followimg varieties: 
Concord. Bush of upright habit, at maturity 
exceeding 6 feet in height. The berries are 
large. 
Jersey. Very large and vigorous tn habit. 
The light blue berries are very large. 
Rancocas. Slender, vigorous, upright habit, 
rarely surpassing 5 ‘feet in height. The 
berries are earlier and larger than Rubel. 
Rubel. Well-developed bushes stand 6 feet 
or more high. The large berries are of fine 
blue color; bears a good crop every year. 
Ripens about two weeks later than Concord. 
All Blueberries, 15 to 18 in., each $1.75; 
doz. $18.00 
HENRY F. MICHELL COQO., 
516 AND 518 MARKET ST., 
PHILADELPHIA 5, 
PA. 69 
