Tilton Apricot 
FRUIT TREES 
Fruit trees from dormant bare root stock are available for planting 
from late December to mid-March. In any other season most va- 
rieties are available growing in containers at slightly higher prices. 
APRICOTS 
Few fruits give as satisfactory returns to the home gardener as do the 
apricots. Small trees bearing enormous crops in early summer. 
‘Blenheim. Large, attractive fruits, well formed and delicious. Trees are 
steady producers of high-quality drying, canning and fresh fruits. 
~Moorpark. Large round deeply colored fruits. Best for eating. Fine along 
the coast. Shy bearer. July. 
Royal. Large well formed attractive fruit. The flesh is delicious and deep 
orange in color. Sweet. One of our best varieties and a favorite for home 
planting. June. 
Tilton. Richly colored heart-shaped fruits. One of the latest to ripen. 
Best in dry hot valleys. 
CHERRIES 
Either Black Tartarian, Montmorency or English Morello must be planted 
with Royal Anne or Bing to insure pollination. 
Bing. Large heart-shaped sweet fruits. Glossy skin. Firm flesh, almost 
black. Fine canning variety. June. 
Black Tartarian. Swee juicy purplish black cherry. Heavy bearing, large 
tree. Pollinizes other sweet cherries. 
English Morello. One of the best home varieties. Small round headed tree 
with dark red fruits, almost black when ripe. 
\Montmorency. A very hardy sour cherry tree that bears immense crops at 
an early age. The shining red fruits are large, of fine flavor and valuable 
everywhere. Preferred as canning variety. 
Royal Anne. Large light amber cherries suffused with red when ripe. Fine 
for canning. 
FIGS 
Brown Turkey. Large, long rich purplish-brown fig. Strawberry red flesh 
is sweet and juicy. Prune heavily. 
Kadota. All-purpose white fig—drying, pickling or eating fresh. Medium 
pale yellow skin, sweet amber flesh. 
Mission, California Black Fig. Medium size to large figs long necked deep 
violet-black figs with brownish-red flesh. Prune lightly. Does well in all 
sections. 
White Adriatic. The best white all-purpose fig in many coastal areas. Fruit 
is medium to large, white; pulp reddish, of good quality. 
NECTARINES 
Freedom (Pat. Pend.) . Very large, highly colored Freestone Nectarine, flesh 
golden yellow, firm, juicy, good for shipping, canning and home table, 
excellent flavor. Ripens late July. (Add $1.50 Royalty. ) 
Gold Mine. Large white, red blushed freestone; juicy white fleshed with 
excellent flavor for home use. Early August. 
John River. Medium to large size, crimson colored on exposed cheek; 
flesh greenish white. Good semi-freestone. Mid-June. 
Stanwick. Pale green shaded with purple. Commercial variety. Early 
August. 
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