Deciduous Fruit & Nut Trees 
Armstrong Quality For nearly 70 years the production of fine 
fruit trees has been a major effort here at Armstrong’s. Top quality is 
always a part of every Armstrong tree and that means better performance 
Planting Instructions To get your new trees properly started 
and to enjoy the greatest success with them, be sure to follow the plant- 
ing instructions which accompany each order. Generally, what pruning 
over the years for you. is necessary will have been done before shipment. 
Shipping We prepay the transportation charges on all orders con- Planting Distances 
sisting entirely of bare root stock when it is shipped to any point in the Variety Feet Apart Variety Feet Apart 
United States by mail, express, or freight. For local delivery data, see Apricots, Peaches 20 to 25 Apples, Pears 20 to 35 
page 42. * Plums, Figs, Prunes 20 to 25 Walnuts, Pecans 40 to 60 
Almonds 
To get good crops you must plant the right 
combination of varieties for cross-pollination. 
Crisp Apples Crabapple 
For the low altitudes of Southern California, ~\ transcendent No other apple will make finer 
Beverly Hills, Valmore, and the new Pettingill jelly, preserve, or sweet pickles, and no apple 
are particularly good. Everywhere, larger crops will produce such abundant crops consistently. 
will result if two or more kinds are planted It never fails to bear plenty of medium-sized 
for cross-pollination. flattened fruits of waxy yellow which are hand- 
somely striped with red. A handsome tree and 
its bloom is one of the most beautiful of all 
apple blossoms. $2.50 each, $22.50 per 10. 
All Almonds: 1-year trees, caliper %-inch and 
up, $2.00 each, $17.50 per 10 of one variety. 
Jordanolo A large vigorous tree which bears All Apples: 1-year trees, caliper Y%-inch and 
well in California. Large, long, soft-shelled nuts up. Prices (except Valmore and Pettingill): 
of a superior quality. Pollinizer, Ne Plus Ultra. $2.25 each, $20.00 per 10 of one variety. 
\\ Drake An extremely prolific and consistent \ 
bearer everywhere. Medium-sized rounded nuts 
with big plump kernels. A good pollinizer for 
Nonpareil or Texas. 
Cherries 
Richmond and Morello, the so-called “‘pie” 
cherries, and the bush cherries, will bear well 
in Southern California. The sweet cherries need 
the colder longer winters of such places as 
Yucaipa, Beaumont, etc. Also, the sweet vari- 
eties need another kind planted nearby for 
cross-pollination. 
Beverly Hills Originated at the University of 
California at Los Angeles—especially good for 
Southern California. The attractively colored 
fruit, striped red and yellow, is of medium size 
and has an excellent flavor. August. 
X Nonpareil Bears huge crops of giant papershell - 
nuts with big plump kernels—the kind you pay 
most for in the market. A smaller tree than 
other almonds. Pollinizer, Drake or Texas. 
Delicious Most everyone is familiar with these 
large conical fruits of bright shining red. The 
flesh is fine-grained and all that the name 
implies. November. Prices on all cherries (except bush cherries): 
1-year, caliper %-inch up, $2.25 each; $20.00 
per 10 of one variety. 
™ Ne Plus Ultra Very large attractive nuts with 
a soft corky shell. Plant with Jordanolo or -\ Pettingill Originated at Seal Beach, this is a 
Nonpareil. variety which seems to do exceedingly well all { 
over the Southland—coast and inland. The 
fruit is very large, rounded, attractively colored, 
deep red flecked with yellow. See page 59. The 
flesh is crisp, juicy, and sub-acid in flavor. | 
Marvelous for eating fresh, or for sauce or pies. 
August. Patent rights reserved. 
$3.00 each, 10 for $27.00. 
Juicy Apricots ‘Red Gravenstein Big, round, greenish-yellow 
fruits, striped with red. The flesh is crisp, juicy, a) 
and delicious—long-keeping, too. August. 
Richmond Handsome wine-red fruits with a 
sprightly flavor. Excellent for canning or 
pastries. Rather small tree which bears heavy 
crops consistently. 
“\ texas Smaller nuts with a thicker shell but 
the kernels are round and plump with a fine 
flavor and the crops are abundant. Ripens late. 
Morello Beautiful, large, dark wine-red fruits 
Plant it with Nonpareil or Drake. 
similar to Richmond but slightly larger. Late 
June. 
The Sweet Cherries 
You enjoy early ripening apricots most when 
you can pick them fully ripened from your 
own trees. 
Black Tartarian The big, juicy, sweet, black 
fruits ripen early in the season when cherries 
taste the best. The tall robust tree bears heavily 
in all cherry growing areas. Plant Bing with it. 
Early June. 
“Valmore It is a variety we can recommend 
for the lower altitudes of Southern California. 
Prices on all apricots (except Reeves): lI-yr., cal- Colored bright red with flecks and stripes of 
iper 3%-inch and up, $2.00 each, $17.50 per 10 yellow. It is deliciously flavored, sweet and 
of one variety. juicy. Fine for eating or for cooking, too. See 
a te illustration on page 59. July. Plant Pat. No. 
Moorpark The fruit is extremely large, deep 238. 
orange in color, with a deep red blush on the 
sunny side. Best in the coastal belt. Early July. 
\ Bing Very large dark red fruit, deliciously fla- 
vored and firm enough to can or ship well. 
Tartarian pollinates it. June. 
Royal Ann Big pale yellow cherries with a 
a5 00 each O fous oo, bright red cheek. Leading commercial kind and 
good for home planting, too. Plant with Tar- 
Yellow Bellflower A standard market variety, : 
tarian. Late June. 
excellent for eating, and particularly good for 
cooking. Yellow skin with crisp juicy flesh. 
“ Royal Most popular commercial apricot in 
California, and just as good for home planting, 
too. Medium to large, deep orange fruit with 
rich, sweet, juicy flesh. Does well most any- 
where. Late June. 
.Yellow Delicious One of the most highly Bush Cherries 
prized apples anywhere. Similar in flavor to 
the famous Delicious, it is sweet and juicy, 
and full of apple tang. Does quite well in 
Southern California, exceeding Red Delicious 
in this respect. See illustration on page 59. 
September. 
Now, you don’t have to plant a tree to enjoy 
cherries anywhere, but only a handsomely foli- 
aged deciduous shrub, small enough to fit into 
any garden corner. Lovely white cherry blos- 
soms in spring ate followed by big crops of 
delicious large cherries ripening in July. Plants 
are vigorous, easy to grow, and cold, wind or 
heat will not keep them from fruiting regularly. 
™ Tilton Beautiful, big, heart-shaped fruit, highly 
colored and richly flavored. Ripens evenly and 
colors to an attractive deep orange. Better 
suited to the warm interior valleys. Early July. 
Best for Southern California 
“Reeves This new variety, originating right 
here in Southern California, seems thoroughly 
adapted to this area. It has the very valuable 
quality of early ripening—several weeks before 
Royal. The big, round, orange-yellow fruits, 
with their delightful rosy blush, are deliciously 
flavored. Needs another variety planted nearby 
for cross-pollination. Royal will do the job and 
Reeves and Royal are the best varieties for 
Southern California. Plant Pat. No. 693. 
$2.75 each, $25.00 per 10. 
~ Dwarf Apples 
Either variety below—5-gal. tins, $4.75. Bare 
root plants, $3.75 each, 10 or more, $3.35 each. 
These dwarf apple trees are exactly what you ~ 
need where space is limited. Special root-stock 
and a double budding operation keeps them 
small—seldom over 10 feet tall. But they bear 
very heavily, and the quality of the fruit is 
fully equal to that from a regular tree. 
Korean Cherry No. 20 The taller growing of 
the two—about 5 to 6 feet. Excellent fruit with. 
a fine flavor though slightly more acid than 
No. 60. Plant No. 60 with it for consistently 
larger crops. See page 59. 
Bare root, 2 to 2Y2 ft. 
All Dwarf Apples, Y%-inch and up, $3.75 each. \ Korean Cherry No. 60 Smaller (3 to 4 feet). 
Fruit is large, deep maroon to black when fully 
ripe. Sweet and richly flavored. 
Bare root, 11/2 to 2 ft. 
Beverly Hills, Valmore, Delicious, Yellow 
Delicious, Pettingill. 
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