NUT TREES 
ALMONDS 
~ NE PLUS ULTRA. Kernels of this variety 
considered to have the highest quality. ‘Thin 
shells and meats are elongated and tapering. A 
good pollenizer for Nonpareil. 
™ NONPAREIL. The best known almond va- 
riety, and a good producer. Shells thin and 
easily cracked; meats plump and good eating. _ 
Plant with Ne Plus for ample crops. 
WALNUTS 
6-8 ft.: $3.75. 
“ FRANQUETTE (Hartley Strain). The finest 
commercial and home orchard variety in 
Northern California. Tree grows upright, 
spreading with age, and when mature, pro- 
duces large crops of high quality nuts. 
PAYNE. A popular variety in most sections 
because of its earlier commercial production. 
‘Tree is low and spreading and seldom fails to 
produce a bumper crop, even when young. 
Quality good. 
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SWEENEY, KRIST & DIMM 
GRAPE VINES 
50c each, 6 for $2.00 
~CONCORD. The best-known and most widely 
planted of all the “slip-skin” varieties. Black 
fruits have a distinctive flavor with universal 
appeal. Mid-season. 
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MUSCAT. Large white grape with unusual 
and delicious flavor. Mid-season. 
RIBIER. Very large round black grape, al- 
most seedless, excellent flavor. Late. 
RISH BABA. The famous ’Lady-finger” 
grape. Large, white, thin-skinned, sweet and 
juicy. Mid-season. 
THOMPSON SEEDLESS. Small white tape: 
fruits, have thin skin and no seeds. Early. — 
TOKAY. The famous red, crisp-fleshed grape 
of the Lodi area. Large fruits. Mid-season. 
ARTICHOKES, R 
and ASPARAGI 
35c each, 3 for $1.00 
GLOBE ARTICHOKE. The finest commer- 
cial and home garden variety. Large plump 
buds. 
STRAWBERRY RHUBARB. Rose-pink stalks, 
tender and excellent in flavor when cooked. 
ASPARAGUS MARY WASHINGTON. The 
leading home garden variety. Very produc- 
tive, beginning second year. 12 for 60c, 100 
for $3.50. 
THOMPSON SEEDLESS GRAPE 
HOW TO PLANT FRUIT TREES 
PLANTING. See Figures 1 and 2. Dig holes 
more than large enough to accommodate the 
root system. Fill the bottom of the hole with 
topsoil and set the bud wnion exactly at 
ground level. Fill in with more topsoil, to 
which has been added peat moss if your soil 
is heavy. Irrigate at once with a slow stream 
of water in the basin constructed after plant- 
ing. Add more soil as required. 
PRUNING. At planting time, all trees should 
be cut back at 24 to 36 inches above the bud 
FIGURE 2 
HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS, PORTLAND, OREGON 
union. All of the side branches should be 
eliminated from apricots, plums and prunes. 
Two or three buds should be left on three or 
four well-spaced branches on peaches, necta- 
rines and almonds (see Fig. 1). Apples, pears 
and cherries usually are whips with few or no 
side branches, but should there be any, cut 
them off. 
Figure 3 shows the development of the average 
fruit tree after the first season’s growth, and 
how it should be pruned. 
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