Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. BSS] o - acne (ee dae Z a ee iff - = a} BO es Dm. 5 > Lula ase ~ pasion Pad i ii = a a eee a0) ce “g alien as > Qc E O | ve Riis a = = SS Si Haron Gaur ef GEN a eg nse Ag S ‘o ; Ta, Seni ay ® aki fread, bie et ) S iver unin ienges | ee : sb Mussina Co ait gee a ¢ = ya = Lu Ld oo ince ABNER GREEN. We are much pleased to see our patrons of former years continuing to favor us with their patronage, for it indicates that we have served ! Our desire is to © One thing | them to their satisfaction. give all good value for their money. you may depend on—what you buy of us will prove true to name. We do not claim to have all of the thousands of varieties that you may call for, and know that no one nursery has all | such, but what we send will be correctly lab- | Our reputation is established on this — eled. point. People write us-that they send their orders to Green's. Nursery because they know | they will get varieties true to name. Extra Plants or Trees Free. BERRIEN Co,, MICH., Oct. 24, 1887. Green's Nursery Co. -=My erape vines came all right, in nice shape and are splendid sorts, and as nice as any eversaw. Have got them set out in good shape, and am very much obliged for the extra shrubs you sent. I think I have always got the worth of my money when I have bought of you. Yours very truly, J. W. GRAHAM. MONTGOMERY CITy, Mo., Oct. 24, 1887. Dear Sir:—I received Currant cuttings and Blackberry root cuttings on the 22d, and was | very much pleased with them and the way they were packed, which was as Se as I ever saw. Respectfully yours, W. S. CHAPIN, a-—* Ruins of the House where Charles A. Green, the | _ Editor of ES s Fruit Grower, was born. | of books: | times purchased three copies of ‘‘How to Prop- Ls gente a Grow Fruit, ee ean : , a Sas Fs | long ore some one ee | longer I keep one the wes: like it, te Bee Sb m Rae | not be without one if i oe ed pee 5) = | me terms for one-half ozen. 6 of Le ee Ey Ls to- Propagate and Grow =I. D. Pie rs es: ford, Brown Co., Wis., » Sept. 5, 2 Me ee Fe * + Ero? eee ee - AE Le eee ori Siva ae a a 2 y) S 4a ; é ™ - 2c 5 ne = oN 4 34 ) % = Mag iN 3 KR ° | : N t on i] } Ss * 6 & ‘ec - ~ G Nt Ne = a a < Fa ee *2 - —a + _* mE \= - A 5 2 F e aS - =: = -. = Large or Small Trees, ¢ = eee & We sell any size ordered. Our. “smallest ~~ trees, going to the most. distant. territories, often give the best satisfaction, Sma: L-trees cost much less than large, cost less for boxing — and shipping, and have more roots in PEDpOE- - tion to their size. Many wri US AS: follows : Dear Sir:—This 10 of trees are forsale to- | - others and I shall want fair sized a ay SS was going to set for myself I should not want — anything better than the Leas en: Foch sent me two years ago. When I got. them they. - were but little over tivo feet high, now they ~ are 8 to 10 feet high. —Chas. Haward ate N.H., Oct. 26, 1887. $ : ijThe order I received from “ db? ast gt ring - Ls satisfactory in ev oF respect. —Ji BES 4 Dd * ™ McJunkin, ores 2 fi oe. “October 24, 187 ; . eS Dear Sir: + hve received. you tree and is. well please with them, I think they give satis- ae faction in every way. . People that-have seen’ 7 | _ them said they were very nice trees, andIam= very well pleased with them, They give me satisfaction and am pleased with them Yours. © 43% truly, Walter 5 es eventon, Carbon _ Co. ae : = — Our Books on Prui ; Culture. =a & BS ¥ | We have several ergs on fruit. estore =e - _ which have proved of great value tot ‘about to- pent for home ise or for Oeke: These books answer more questions: than we could answer with our pen in six months. Oar: : patrons say they have saved $50 i cent one of these books that cost. eae a : . will find in this catalogu sep % the Raspberry and Blackberry ae ast . Green’s Plum and Sone the fy ae rea mi -Green’s Raspberry and Black Green’s Ss pine and Pear Ca = Mr. Charles i fore a= aS 2 ees FALL PLANTING OF FRUITS. PRICES WILL BE ADVANCED NEXT SPRING. Reasons for Planting in the Fall. We have determined to advance the prices of our trees and plants, being convinced that we have been selling too low. Our patrons have been astonished at the noble trees we have sent them, expecting smaller trees for the low prices paid. Our business each spring has so enlarged that we cannot secure skilled men enough to pack the orders. But to all who buy this fall we will continue former low prices. There are many inducements for fall plant- ing, but the fact that we have more time to attend to you then, and that we have a more complete and full assortment, should alone urge you to order now. Ben. Perley Poore, says: “‘Autumn is, so far as my experience teaches me, a better season for transplanting trees and shrubs thanspring. Any trees, even the most delicate, may be successfully trans- planted in autumn, if a little protection is given by covering the roots during the first winter, after planting, with strawey manure. If you appreciate the advantages of fall planting, you will buy vines and trees at no other season. Here are eleven reasons why you should plant in the fall: 1st, You can buy cheaper in the fall. 2nd, You can then get better attention from nurserymen, for it is not their busiest season. 38d, You can get a better assortment of varieties, and often better stock. 4th. On account of cool weather the stock bears shipping better. 5th, Stock can be sent by freight in the fall, whereas, the haste of urgent spring shipping would often neces- sitate sending by express at greater expense. 6th, People south of us should order in fall, as their spring season opens far in advance of ours. 7th, If you are not ready to plant, you can receive your stock in the fall, and heel it in the garden, having it on hand just when wanted inthe spring. 8th, Plan ahead and get ready to plant in the fall, for then the trees and plants get settled in the ground and ready to begin root growth long before you could get ready to plant in the spring. Fall planted trees, etc., will form numerous new roots before the soil can_be cultivated in the spring, and will often make double the growth of those planted in the spring. 9th, Fallisa season of leisure. Spring 1s a season of great pressure withall. 10th, if you postpone plant- ing until spring you will probably not plant at all, being continually surprised with work crowding the spring season. ith, The loss incurred in delaying the planting of fruits one season is often more than the cost of the trees, etc. Some people postpone planting from fall to spring, then from spring to fall, until ten years have passed, and yet they have no orchards or vineyards. Do not delay. Make your plans to plant this fall, and go ahead. Plant your orchards and other fruits on up- lands. and not on wet lands in valleys. ; We do not advise planting strawberries largely in the fall, but we do advise planting other things. Follow our instructions and you will not regret it. Chas. A. Green. | Special Rules for Fall Pianting. All small fruits and small shrubs should have the earth banked up around them at least two-thirds their height the first winter. This prevents the frost heaving them out and sheds the water. This coating should then be shaded by scattering over the earth loose, strawy manure. The trees should have the earth banked up around them one foot or eighteen inches, These protections must all be removed in early spring, as soon as the frost has left the ground. eS ae How to Winter Trees Procured in the Fall. The practice of procuring supplies of trees in the fall is becoming more and more gen- eral as each season demonstrates its wisdom. It is a more favorable time than spring, be- cause of the cooler and less fickle weather, and the lighter pressure of business with nur- serymen, the freighting companies and the planter. Even when fall planting is not desirable by reason of the severity of a far northern climate, the trees, etc., may be pro- cured in the fall, and thus be on hand ready for the proper moment in the spring. To in- sure success you have only to get the trees be- fore freezing weather and bury them in the following manner : Choose a dry spot where no water will stand during the winter, a dry knoll is preferable, | and with no grass or rubbish near it to invite mice. Dig aitrench, throw out enough dirt to admit one layer of roots below the surface, and place the trees in it, inclined at an angle of forty-five degrees or more. Widen the trench, throwing the fine soil among the roots in position. Place another layer of trees in the trench, reclining the tops on the others, and so on until all are inthetrench. Then finish by throwing up more soil. It is also well to bank up the earth around the sides to insure more thorough protection. Care should be taken to fill solid all the interstices among the roots. In the spring the roots will be found to have formed the granulations neces- sary to the production of new spongioles and when planted at the proper time will start to immediate growth. Use only finely pulver- ized soil. The above cut illustrates the usual method of heeling-in trees. Where the climate is not very cold this method is suecessful, if the ‘ soil is well drained and on an elevation. 2 GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. a eee i ep aie wae ee eos 7 ; ae; WEZAZIZLAEZ Viggo DZLZS- Sp ine, 7 ZL <= ELLE toa FZ 2 LA AB tae The next cut gives a better method. Here the trees are laid down slanting, all of the trunks of the trees being covered with earth, and the tops lying so low as to enable the owner to cover them easily with evergreen boughs. When protected in this manner there is no danger of injury, provided there is no rubbish or brush piles, etc., near by, to at- tract mice. Prizes for Jessie Strawberry. At the exhibition of the Farmers’ Institute, New York City, June 2ist, 1888, Green’s Nur- sery Company, of Rochester, N. Y., received a special prize for the Jessie Strawberry ; also first premium for an exhibit of the “‘ Jessie.”’ It was described by the judges as having “‘ ex- cellent flavor, good quality, high color, fine growth.”’ The plants from which the above were picked, were grown in matted rows, with or- dinary culture and no irrigation, and the ground was disturbed by digging most of the plants for sale. There was prevailing a pro- tracted drouth, no rain for months, and which destroyed the crop of other kinds of strawber- ries. This is not the first time that the Jessie has shown its ability to withstand drouths.. We do not hesitate to pronounce the Jessie the most desirable and profitable early berry we have. : ——__$0___— NIAGARA PLUM.—‘‘ This noble variety was first brought to notice in Niagara county, N. Y., by James Mooney, and by this name it is still known in many localities. He brought it from Canada, where it originated in his garden. He propagated and sold a few hun- dred trees. But little notice was taken of it for years, until by its good qualities it has be- come a general favorite. My attention was first called to it by Mr. Tower, who had one tree from the first lot of Mr. Mooney’s. Its productiveness and general appearance so im- pressed me that I top-grafted an orchard of 200 trees, and the yields have been astonishing. My commission men write as follows: Dear Sir—Too much cannot be said in favor of the Niagara Plum. After handling it four years we believe it has no equal. Its earliness brings it into market before the rush of peaches and other fruits. Its large size, fine appearance, good shipping qualities, must make ita profitable market plum. We sell your crop here at an average of $2.00 per basket, or a trifle over $1.50 net to you. Our customers can hardly believe them home grown, but call them California plums, and claim them better than the real California ym we had been furnishing, the size very | ‘large, dark red, flesh yellowish, juicy, fine flavored, exceedingly productive and hardy.”’ Price, 50c, each ; small trees 30c. Premium Offers— Reduction in Price—Great Gifts. Please notice that GREEN’S FRUIT GROWER is reduced to 25 cents per year, without pre- mium, for 30 days, as a test as to what such reduction will result in. Subscribe at_once if you desire to take advantage of the reduced price. Old or new subscribers alike received. . ‘All subscriptions hereafter will begin with January issue, no matter when, received, back numbers being sent. Subscriptions received between now and January 1st will begin with January Ist, 1889. OUR PREMIUMS FOR FALL. 35 cents pays for Fruit Grower one year and Green’s five books on Fruit Culture un- der one cover, embracing Apple and Pear culture, Plum and Cherry culture, Grape culture, Strawberry culture, Raspberry and Blackberry culture. Or, in_ place of above books we will send Forest Leaves, 63 pages with 6 colored plates; or Fisher’s Log Book, 160 pages; or Scribner’s Grain Tables, 160 pages; or Health Hints, 128 pages; or Poul- try for Pleasure and Profit, 48 pages; or | How to Propagate and Grow Fruit, 80 pages, by C. A. Green (but few left); or The Winter Care of Horses and Cattle, by T. B. Terry ; price 40 cents each. Your choice of any of the above books with Fruit Grower one year from January, 1889, for 35 cents if the offer is accepted at once. 35 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower one year and one Wyoming Red Grape vine, by maii, post-paid. This is an extra early red grape, hardy, beautiful and productive. 35 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower one year and one Fay’s Prolific Currant, new and fine; or one Meeche’s Quince, or one Plum Tree, or one Wisconsin Weeping Willow, or one Teas Japan Catalpa, or one Ailonthus Tree, or one Horse Chestnut, or one Blackwalnut, or 6 Victoria Currant - Bushes, if accepted at once. 35 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower and one Niagara White Grape vine, or 6 rare and valuable apple trees, by mail, Chas. A. Green to select variety, suitable to your locality. 35 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower and six Jessie Strawberry plants, by mail. 35 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower and one new Globe Peach tree by mail, or 6 Sweet Chestnut Trees. 35 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower one year and one Clethra Alnofolia, orna- mental bush, or one Rose of Sharron, or one choice Rose Bush. 35 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower one year and one Golden Cluster Hop Root, or a Peppermint plant, or two Sage plants. 45 cents pays for Green’s Fruit Grower one year and one Delaware Red winter apple tree, or one Alexander Russian Apricot, or one Ulster Prolific Grape vine. All premi- ums will be mailed free of postage to pur- chaser. $1.50 pays for Green’s Fruit Grower one year and one Moyer new earliest red Grape vine, with Green’s five books on Fruit Cul- ture, or one Eaton new grape. Remember that these offers are only good for 30 days only. Accept at onceif you want such reduced prices. All are mailed free of cost to purchaser. Address, GREEN’S FRUIT GROWER, RocHEsTER, N. Y. um GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 3 PRICE LIST OF TREES, PLANTS, ETC., FOR FALL OF 1888, —BY— Green’s Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y. REFERENCE: Flour City National Bank, Rochester, N.Y. For 100 and 1,000 rate please write for special prices submitting a list of varieties wanted. Lv ceneugsyeantse 8 NESRAUARUin tess AX Lh x a . at s *, > 2 2 s o 4 s s 6 Saasspars LO SIS TATRA mw emer SSUES errs 4h Se WADERY ts wake RNS eS LSBALS Ls bbe a VEBenet' (een = ae —_ ASAE foe a oy aye S ae Ree try WO r ioe pert Makan Oo hve ie tt B bgt lf Crab.—While on a trip through the Hudson River district, I found several applesthat were new tome. Among them was this crab, the tree being loaded down with large, beautiful and good flavored fruit. The skin is yellow, splashed and striped with lightred. The tree with its load of fruit is a beautiful object, and many would grow it for its ornamental value. CRAB APPLES—HUDSON RIVER, new, large,” handsome, good ‘quality, productive, hardy, vellow skin, striped with light red. 5 to 6 feet trees, 50c. each ; one year 25c. Hyslop, Trans- cendent, Whitney 20, Gen. Grant, Quaker Beauty etc., 5 to 6 feet, 15c.; 4 to 5 feet, 12c. Dwarf Apples, 25c. each. APPLES.—Leading varieties SUMMER— Primate, Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, Gol- den Sweet, Sweet Bough, Tetofsky. FALL— Alexander, Chenango, Fall Pippin, Fameuse, Gravenstein, Haas, Maidens Blush, Olden- burgh, Stump (a beautiful apple but little known,) Gilliflower, Porter, Baily Sweet, E. Strawbury, Colvert. WINTER—Baldwin, Ben Davis, Domine, Spitzenburg, Golden Russet, Grimes Golden, Hubbardston, Lady Apple, Mann, McIntosh Red, Northern Spy, Pewau- Kee, Rambo, R. I. Greening, Roxbury Russet, Talman Sweet, King,20 Ounce, Wagener,Seek- no-Further, Walbridge, Wealthy, Bellflower, Clermont (splendid, like Newtown Pippin), Krouser, Smokehouse, Rubicon, Rambo, Peach, Aucubifolia, Eng. Russet, Smiths Ci- der, Utters Red, York Imperial, Winesap, Fall- water, Blue Pearmain, Stark. Largest size, 6 to 7 feet, 18 cents each; 1st class, 5-8 calibre, 5 to 6 feet, 12 cents. Other varieties, 25 cents each. First class trees, our choice of variety, for top grafting, etc., $8 per 100. One-year-old Apple Trees, 60 cents per 12, by mail, post-paid, if all of one kind ; if two kinds, 70 cents, four kinds, 75 cents per 12. One year old apple trees $3 per 100, by express, or $3.50 per 100 by mail, post-paid, of the follow- kinds only: Red Astrachan, Northern Spy, Baldwin, Primate, Saxton, Sour Bough, Wal- bridge, Mann, Wealthy, Wagoner, Duchess of Oldenburg, Whitney No. 20, Blue Pearmain, Jonathan, Ben Davis, Fameuse, or Snow Apple. These trees succeed nobly everywhere. Delaware Red Winter.—First class, 75 ae one year old, 20 cents, by mail 30 cents each. SALOME, YELLOW TRANSPARENT, first-class, 25¢ ; 1 year, 12 cents. Red Beitigheimer, Blen- heim Pippin (Lord Nelson), Kirkland. Cogs- well, Sutton Beauty, Red Canada, Fanny, Shannon, Schiawasse Beauty, Kentish Fill- basket, Lady Henniker, Wellington, Lady Sweet, Newtown Pippin, Peck’s Pleasant, | Swaar, Ribston Pippin, Willow Twig, Pound | juicy, and pleasant, but not of high quality. Sweet, Borsdorf, Scotts Winter, first-class, 20 cents each; one year old trees, 12 cents each. Wolf River, Orange Winter, Boskoop, McMa- hon White, Enormous, 5 to 6 feet, 25c.;1 year, 3 feet, 15c. each. STANDARD PEARS.— SumMer—Bart- lett, Dearborn, Brockworth Park, Brandy- wine, Clapp’s Favorite, Doyenne de Ete, Madaline, Osbands’ Summer, Tyson. AU- TUMN — Buffum, Lucrative, Angouleme. Howell, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Flemish Beauty (hardiest pear and excellent), Ononda- ga, Seckel, Sheldon (noble, hardy, large and fine quality). WINTER—Anjou, Dana’s Hovey, Lawrence, Dr. Reeder, Duchess de Bordeaux, Vicar, Goodale, President, President Drouard. Above varieties, largest size, 30 cents each. Selected trees, 5 to 6 feet, 20 cents; small trees, 10 to 15 cents each. NEW AND RARE VARIETIES — Mar- guerite, Souvenir du Congress, Bose, Clairgau, Frederick Clapp, Winter Nellis, Chambers’ Early Harvest, Mt. Vernon, Josephine de Malines, largest size 50 cents; selected trees, 5 to 6 feet, 40 cents each; Kieffer, Le Conte, 30 cents. Comet or Lawson; Sugar Loaf, (new from Oregon,) 50 cents; small trees, 25 cents. LAWSON OR COMET. “This remarkable Summer pear is not only the most beautiful in appearance, but also the largest early pear yet produced. The fruit is so beautiful that it sold in the markets of New York the past season, and for many years, as high as $4.00 per half bushelcrate ; and as the tree is a heavy annual yielder, tne profitsto be derived fromit areapparent. As it is a good shipper there is nothing, perhaps, that can be planted by the fruit grower (particularly at the South) that will yield such lucrative returns. The original tree, now supposed to be over one hun- dred years old, sprouted in the cleft of a rock ona farm formerly belonging to John Lawson, in Ulster County, | N. Y., where it still stands; and during its long life has never been affected with blight or other disease, nor iniured by insects; maintaining perfect health and vigoi. ihe fruit may be described as exceedingly large for an early pear,and cannot be surpassed in point of color, which is a most beautiful crimson on a bright yellow ground. ‘‘ [t seems to absorb and reflect the first rays of the morning sun, and becomes more brilliant in clear, dry weather.”’ The flesh is crisp, Ripens ia Central New York from middle of July to first of Au- gust (and of course coreespondingly earlier in locations further South), and possesses supericr keeping and shipping qualities, the tree is a good grower, a prolific annual cropper and begins bearing young.” CRADES OF TREES.— Note that our largest size trees are too large to ship long dis- tances. The first class, 5-8 calibre, trees are ~ the best for general planting everywhere, hay- ing good roots, good bodies, and well branched. 4 PRICE LIST OF TREES, SMALL FRUITS, ETC. DWARF PEARS. — Leading varieties, largest size 20 cents each; firstclass 5-8, 2 years old, 15 cents; small size, handsome trees, 12 cents; $9.00 per 100. Anjou, Duchess, Louise Bonne, Clapp’s Favorite, Buffum, Summer Doyenne, Seckel, Lawrence, B. Lucrative and Tyson do best on Dwarf. Other kinds do not grow well as Dwarf, and are seldom seen. PLU MS.—Leading varieties, such as Bavays’ Green Gage (Reine Claude), Bradshaw, Coe’s Golden Drop, Fellemburg, German Prune, Gen. Hand, Peach Pium, Imperial Gage, Lom- bard, Shropshire Damson, Pond’s Seedling, Quackenboss, Washington and Yellow Egg. Largest size, 5 to 7 feet, 30 cents; 1st class, 5 to 6 feet, 25 cents; medium, 4 to 5 feet, 18 cents each. Hardy plums like Weaver, Wild Goose, Marianna, etc., should only be planted where the better kinds winter-kill. Price of these 30 cents each. Botan, Ogden, Kelsey’s Japan (not hardy), Prunus Simoni, Shipper’s Pride, Niagara. Moore’s Arctic, Guii, Beauty of Naples, Prunus Pissardi, 50 cts. each. Sarato- ga, new, 31.00. CHERRIES. — Leading sweet varieties: Black Tartarian. Coes Transparent, Downers Late, Gov. Wood, Napoleon, Rockport, Yellow Spanish: Leading sour or red varieties, the most hardy and productive: Belle de Choisey, Belle Magnifique, Early Richmond, Empress Eugenie, Late Duke, May Duke, Montmo- rency, English Morello, Olivet, Reine Hortense, Royal Duke. Largest size trees, 30 cents; 1st class, 5-8 calibre, 20cents; handsome +ft trees, branched, 12 cents; 3 feet trees 10 cents each. Windsor Cherry. — New, nearly black, large, productive, and of superior flavor. Larg- est Size trees, 50 cents; 1st class, 5-8 calibre, 35 cents. Dyehouse, Ostheim and Wragg, 40 cents each. PEACHES. — Leading varieties, 15 cents each for largest size ; 1st class, 3 feet trees, 10 cents. eties of peaches, as many kinds closely resemble each other, and others are inferior and disap- pointing. We recommend planters to confine themselves to the following list, ripening in the order named: Alexander, Mountain Rose, Foster, Crawford’s Early, Stump the World, Crawford’s Late, Globe. Globe Peach.—Nevw, largest and best, 25c. each. Send for free colored plate of Globe Peach. By mail, 25 cents, QUINCES.—MEECHES PROLIFIC, 2 to 3 ft. for 35 cents; 3 to 4 feet, 50 cents. APPLE or ORANGE Quince, first class, 25c.; medium size, 18c. each. CHAMPION, first-class, 35c.; medi- um, 25c. ANGERS, very late, 10 to 15 cents. Rea’s Mammoth, 50 cents each. MEECH’S PROLIFIC QUINCE. ‘*The trees of this variety often make a growth of over 5 feet the first year. In 1881, a three-year-old tree grew seven feet and seven inches: and in 1883, bore over half a bushel of quinces, as handsome as the finest oranges, besides making a growth of about six feet. Trees of this variety are remarkable for produc- tiveness. It is preeminently prolific. The trees often blossom the next year afterward with such abundance as to need a vigorous thinning to prevent injury from overbearing. The fruit of Meech’s Prolific quince is superior in every excellence of beauty, size, fragrance and flavor. Its prevailing shape is much like a hand- some pear. It is very large as well as handsome and attractive. Eighty quinces of the largest size that grow bygood culture make a bushel, weighing from twelve to fifteen ounces each. In 1883 a specimen grew toeighteen ounces ona full bearing tree. But large as it grows with fair cultivation, its size is not its chief merit. Its delightful fragrance and its delicious flayor are among its most excellent qualities. A basket of this fruit will perfume a large roam with its aroma.”’ There is no need for a long list of vari- | MULBERRIES.—Downing, 50 cis. each. Russian Mulberry, 3 feet, 15c. each; 4 to 6 feet, 25 cents. APRICOTS AND NECTARINES.— Leading varieties, 25 cents each. RUSSIAN APRICOT.—Hardy and productive, as introduced by the Menonites, 25 cents each. ALEXANDER and J. L. BUDD, improved varie- ties of Russian Apricots, largest size, superior flavor, large trees, 50c. ; small trees, 30c.; by mail 35c. each. STRAW BERRIES.—Bidwell, Captain Jack, Windsor, Crescent, Cumberland, Down- ing, James Vick, Manchester, Sharpless, Mt. Vernon, Wilson (all propagated from a plant that produced superior iruit), Cornelia, Jersey Queen, Jumbo, Kentucky, Lacon, May King, Old Iron Clad, Parry, Prince of Berries, Pi- pers Seedling, Primo, Woodruff and others, 35c. per dozen; 75c. per 100. For 1,000 rates for Strawberries or other stock send for special prices. ——— JESSIE STRAW- BERRY .—New, intro- duced by us, large size, early, finest flavor, beau- tiful, vigorous grower,. and healthy foliage, 35c. per 12; $1 per 100. Spe- cial price per 1,000 to- the trade. Send for free colored plate. For 10c. we will send a book on: Strawberry culture. BUBACH, next to Jes-- - sie in value, late, large,. productive, vigorous. BELMONT, great Bos- ton variety, ONTARIO, largest size, 35c. per 12; $1,00 per 100. Surprise,. Lida, Covel’s Early, New White Strawberry, 35c. per 12; 75c. per 100. Haverland, new, from Ohio, very promising, 75c. per 12; $4.00 per 100. Mammoth, new, 50c. per 12; $2 per 100. The Rochester, N. Y., Horticultural Art- Journal says: The new secretary of the Am- erican Association of Nurserymen, Mr. Green, has been for some time established in business. near this city, is a live, wide-awake, pushing man, and by his energy and ability is fast building up a lucrative business—just the man for the place where his fellow members have placed him. The new officers are so modest that we forbear writing much more about them, but that they will serve the soci- ety well there is no doubt. BLACK CAP RASPBERRIES.—Doo- little, Gregg, Souhegan, Ohio, Tyler, 35c. per 12;. 60c. per 50; $1 per 100. Johnson’s Sweet,$1 per 12. - Struck with the Jessie Strawberry. PRICE LIST OF?7SMALL FRUITS, ETC. Ou NEMAHA, new, largest, latest, and hardiest ; Hilborn, largest early, new, 35c. per12:; $2 per 100. Mammoth Cluster, 35c. per 12; $1.50 per 100. Springfield, new, 50c. per 12; $8 per 100. Johnson’s Sweet, 31 for 12: $6 per 100. GOLDEN RASPBERRIES. — Golden Queen, new, valuable, 50c. per 12; $2 per 50; $3.50 per 100. Caroline, Brinckles’ Orange, Be- eH) bee’s Golden, 60c. per 12; Sper 100. Send 2c. for Colored Plate of Golden Queen. H Red Raspberries © Cuthbert, Hansell, Marlboro, Herstine, Turner(So.Thornless) Shaffer’s Colossal, Philadelphia, Ranco- cas, 35c. per 12; 75e. per 50; S1 per 100. | ERIE BLACK SRIES. — Snyder, _Kittatinny, 35 cts. * ia per 12;$1.25per100 _ TAYLOR, STONE’S Zasa, HARDY, Early J Harvest, Wachu- set Thornless, Wil- son (Wilson and Early Harvest not hardy), Lawton, 50c. per 12; $1.50 er 100. Ancient ritton, Agawam, Wilson Junior, 50 cts. per 12; $2,50 per 100. ERIE, “75 cts. per 12; $5.00 per 100. MINNE- WASKI, 25c. each ; $2 per 12. Lucretia Dewber- ‘ry, 60c. per 12: $3 per 100. Early Cluster $2 for 100. JUNEBERRY.—Improved dwarf. 10 cts. -each; $1 per 12. Success Juneberry, 25c. each GRAPES.—Agawam, Brighton, Cataw- ba, Champion, Clinton, Concord, Cottage, Diana, Hartford, Ives, Iona, Lindley, Mar- | ‘tha, Perkins, Salem, Telegraph, Wilder, Worden, Noah, Oneida, Goethe, Massasoit, Reisling, Janesville, Barry, Merrimace and -others, one year old, 15 cts. each; $1.50 per 12. Two years old. 25c. each; $2 per 12. Wyoming Red.—A valuable early red grape for market, one year, 20c. each; $2.50 per 12. Two years, 25c. each; $4 per 12. Delaware, Duchess, Jefferson, Lady, Lady | Washington, Moore’s Early, Pocklington, Prentiss, Vergennes and others, one year old, 20c. each ; $2 per 12. SS — each; $2.50 per 12. ental, Early Victor 35c. Moyer, grand qual- ass es ity, ees of all, red; Rwi3ess Succeeds everywhere. ag ASS See page 12. Price one BOYS year, $1.50; two year, $2. Newer Crapes.—fmpire State, Pough- Keepsie, Red, Ulster Prolific, Mary, Norfolk, F. B. Hayes, Jessica, August Giant, Amber Queen, Niagara, 1 yr., 30c.; 2 years, 50c. Moore’s Diamond, new, $1 each. Concord, 1 year old, $1.75 per 100, if called for soon. Foreign Grapes, for greenhouses, $1 each; $10 per12. Eaton Grape, $1.50. Woodruff Red, lyear, 50c. 2 years, 75c.; Moyer, valuable early Red. 1 year $1.50; 2 years $2. Milis Grape, $2. Johnson’s Sweet, $1 per 12: $6 per 100. —=2 Two years old, 25 cents | Ori- | VICTORIA. CURRANTS.—VIcTOoRIA, latest, most vigorous and productive, CHERRY, Lee’s Prolific, 40c. per 12; $2.50 per 100, for 1 year: 50c. per 12: $3 per 100 for 2 year plants. VER- SAILLES, White Grape, 60c. per 12; $3.50 for one year; 75c. per 12; 4 per 100, for 2 year. FAY’S PROLIFIC, 1 year, 15c. each ; $1.50 per 12; 2 years, 20c. each; $2 per 12. Write for prices per 1,000 for all kinds of trees and plants. CURRANT CUTTINCS.— Well rooted with new white fibrous roots, sure to grow if well planted and prevented from heaving. Victoria, best of all, 15c. per 12; 50c. per 100. Lower rates per1,000 onapplication. Must be ordered now. None next Spring. Fay’s Pro- lific 75c. per 12, $5. per 100; other kinds, 25ce. per 12, 75c. per 100. If mailed add 5c. per 12, 25c. per 100. CGCOOSEBERRIES.—Garden. Downing, Houghton, Smith’s, one year, 50c. per12; $4 per 100. Two years,7Sc. per 12:. 6$ per 100. Industry Gooseberry, 18c. each ; $2 per 12. NUTS AND SUNDRIES.— American Sweet Chestnut, large trees, 25c. ; small trees, 10c. Spanish Chestnut, 75c. Almonds, 50c. English Walnuts, 50c. each. Butternuts, 25c. Black Walnuts, 20c. each. Filberts, 25c. each. PRICE LIST OF ORNAMENTAL TREES, ETC. GOLDEN CLUSTER HOP ROOTS. The best kind extant, suitable for an orna- ment to the lawn or garden, or for domestic use, 15c. each; $1 for 12. ASPARAGUS ROOTS. — Conover’s Collossal, 1 year, 75c. per 100; two yrs., $1.00 per 100. Barr’s new Asparagus, largest of all, earliest, and fine quality, $2 per 100. See above cut. RHUBARB.—Mysatt’s Linnezus, 10 cents each; $1 per 12. PEPPERMINT.—Plants by mail, 50c. perl2; $2 per 100. Low price in large lots. SAGE PLANTS.—50c. per 12; $2 per 100 by express. NEW JUNEBERRY ‘“‘ SUCCESS.”’’ This variety comes from Kansas and is recommended by one high in authority, and one well known to most of our patrons. He Says it is a superior variety, and that there is great difference in varieties of the June- berry. Price 20c each, $1.50 per 12. WINTER QUINCE. We offer a few large trees of the new Win- ter Quince. The tree is hardy, and the varie- ty is recommended to us by Louis Chase, who says itis valuable. The fruit keeps into winter like a winter apple. Price 50 cents each. LEADING ORNAMENTALS. Ailanthus—(Tree of heaven). A lofty rapid grow- ing tree with long, elegant, feathery foliage. Large trees 25 cents each: small trees, 15 cents Arbor Vite—(American.) $8 per 100; large 25 cach. Austrian Pine—75 cents each. Purple Leaf Beech—Small trees 25c.; large trees $1.00. Birch—Cut-Leaved Weeping. 75 cents. Catalpa—(Speciosa), small trees15 cents large, 25. Catalpa—(New Japan), 3 feet up, 35 cents. Chestnut —Spanish and American Sweet. cents each. Elm—Camperdown, $1. American white Elm. Small, 15 cents; large, 50 cents. Horse Chestnut, 40 cents. Magnolia—Grandifiora and others, $1.50 each. Maple—Norway, 60 cents. Red, 50 cents. Sugar, 35 cents. Mountain Ash—Weeping, $1.00, upright, 35 cents. Maiden Hair Tree—75 cents. Osage Orange—10 cents. Poplar—Silver Leaved, Carolina and Lombardy. 50 cents. 25 | Prunus Pissardi.--(Purple leavyed plum.) 50 cents. Norway Spruce—Small for hedges, $8.00 per hun- dred. Large for lawn, 35 cents each. Thorn—(Double flowering.) 50 cents. Walnut—(Black.) Small, 15 cents; large, 25 cts. Willow—Kilmarnock Weeping, 75 cents; Wis— consin Weeping, 10 to 25 cents. ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. Althea, or;Rose of Sharon—Common, 25 cents. vareigated leaved; very attractive. 50 cents.& Berberry—(Red fruited.) 7 Af{beautiful shrub holding its berries well into winter. Fruit valuable also for preserves or pies, 15 cents. each. Purple leaved, 25 cents. Clethra Alnifolia—Our specialty. A constant bloomer ; the most delightful fragrance of all large plants. 50 cents. Small by mail 50 cents. Calycanthus 25 cents each. Deutzia—Fortunei, Candidissima, Crenata, fl Rosea Pleno. Gracilis, 30 cents each. Dogwood—White flowering, 25 cents. Forsythia—Fortunii, Viridissima. 25 cents. Holley— Evergreen, 25 cents. Honeysuckle—Sinensis, Halleana, Corail, right (or bush honeysuckle) 25 cents each. Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora—Finest hardy shrub in cultivation. 25 cents. Irish Juniper—75 cents. Jassemine—Officinale, 25 cents. Lilac—Alba Grandiflora, Princess Marie, Presi- dent Massart, Prof. E. Stockartd, Mathieu de Bombasle, Mme. Broib. 50 cents each. Com- mon red and white, 25 cents. Purple Fringe or Smoke Tree. 35 cents. Quince—Japan. 25 cents. Roses—Well known kinds, 25 cents each. Rhododendrons, $1.50 cents each. Snowball, 25 cents. Spirea, 25 cents. Syringa—Philadelphus. etc. Tree Peony, 40 cents each. Wiegelia—Isolene, Verschaffelti, Candida, Rosea’ ete. 25 cents each. CLIMBING VINES. Ampelopsis Vietchii, 40 cents. Clematis—Madam Van MHoutte, John Gould Veitch, Lady Carolina Neville, Vitabella, Vit- acella, Fairy Queen, Jackmanii etc. 50 cents. Wisteria— Stelnzers, Abel Carriere, double red: and white, etc. 35cents. Virginia Creeper, 25 cents. Climbing Roses, 25 cents. Golden Cluster Hops—(Few more attractive.) 15 cents each; $1 per dozen. Flowering Bulbs. Lilly of the Valley—50 cents per 12. Water Lillies—40 cents each; $4 per 12. sepa Gladioli— 50c. to 75c. per 12; $3 to $5 per 100. Up- 25 cents. Crocus—Common kinds, 75 cents per 12. Tulips— ee “= 75 cents to $1 per 12. Hyacinths—‘* s $1.25 to $1.50 per 12. Narcissus— ‘ “f 75 cents to $1 per 12. Dahlias—(except from select sorts) 25c. each; $2.50 per 12. Peonies—Herbaceous, assorted colors 25c. each:. $2 per 12. All bulbs mailed free but Peonies, GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. ~ PARTIAL LIST OF PEARS. Louise Bonne de Jersey—Rather large, greenish yellow, with a bright red cheek; juicy, buttery and melting, excellent; very productive. Dwarf and Standard. Septemberand October. Five to six feet trees, 20 cents each. Onondaga (Swan’s Orange)—A very large, melt- ing and highly flavored yellow pear; product- ive. Dwarf and Standard. October and No- vember. Price 20 cents each. Buffum—Medium size, yellow, somewhat covered with reddish brown and russet; buttery, sweet and excellent. Dwarf and Standard. Septem- ber and October. Price20 cents. Chambers’ (Early Harvest or Kentucky)—The best and most profitable market pear of its season. Fruit medium to large; rich golden yellow, with red cheek next the sun, thickly covered with gray dots. Dwarf and Standard. Five to six feet 40 cents. August. Clapp’s Favorite—Very large: yellowish green to full yellow when ripe, marbled with dull red in the sun, and covered with small russet specks. vinous, melting and rich. Dwarf and Standard. August. 20 cents each. Edmunds—Large, bright yellow, often marbled with red in the sun; melting, sweet, perfumed; good bearer. Dwarfand Standard. Septem- berand October. 20 cents each. Flemish Beauty—Large, béautiful, juicy, melt- ing, rich and fine; good bearer: hardy every- where. Dwarf and Standard. September and October. 20 cents each. Sheldon—Medium size; yellow on greenish russet, with a richly shaded cheek; flesh a little coarse, melting, juicy, with a very brisk, vinous, high- ly perfumed flavor: productive. Standard. October. 20 cents each. Seckel—Small: skin rich yellowish brown when fully ripe, with a deep brownish red cheek; flesh very fine grained, sweet, exceedingly juicy, melting, buttery; the richestand highest flavored pear known. September and October. 20 cents each. Brandywine—Above medium, yellowish green; melting; sweet; productive. Dwarf and Standard. August. 20 cents each. Osband’s Summer—Medium, yellow, with red cheek; half melting, mild and pleasant; fine flavor and excellent: productive. Dwarf and Standard. August. 20 cents each. Doyenne d’Ete—Scarcely medium size; yellow- ish, with a fine blush; juicy, sugary and rich; very early, fine on quince. Dwarf and Stand- ard. August. 20 cents each. Beurre d’Anjou—Large, greenish, sprinkled with Russet, sometimes shaded with dull crimson; flesh whitish, buttery, melting, with a high, rich, vinous, excellent flavor ; very productive: succeeds well on the quince; should be in every orchard. Dwarf and Standard. Octo- ber to January. The greatest pear on earth. Five to six feet trees 20 cents each. Duchess d’Angouleme~—Very large, dull green- ish yellow, streaked and spotted with russet; fiesh white, buttery and very juicy, with a rich and excellent flavor; the large size and fine appearance of this fruit makes it a general favorite. Dwarf and Standard. 20 cents each. | PARTIAL LIST OF APPLES. Kirkland—Medium, bright straw color, crisp, juicy, half-tender; sub-acid, hardy, productive; valuable for market and culinary uses. Season January to July. One of the longest keepers. It is a good grower and a great bearer. A cross between the Swaar and the Bell-Flower. We are the only ones who have this variety for sale. Price, 30 cents each. Smokehouse—Large, yellow, shaded with bright red; flesh firm, crisp, juicy and fine flavored. October to November. Price, 12 to 18 cents. Peach (Irish Peach)—Medium size, round or lit- tle flattened; yellowish green; streaked with brownish red. Flesh white, tender and juicy. Tree very hardy; highly prized in extreme North. September. Price 12 to 18 cents. Rubicon—A new apple said to be very hardy and valuable for the North. Fruit roundish, above medium in size; yellow, mostly covered with bright rich red; fiesh yellowish and firm, juicy, brisk sub-acid; very good. February and March. Price 12 to 18 cents. Salome—Tree a strong grower; equals Wealthy in hardiness: holds its fruit firmly, even against strong wind-storms; an early and an- nual bearer, although a heavier crop on alter- nate years; fruit of medium and uniform size; quality very good, which it retains even into Summer; keeps well with ordinary care until July and has been kept in excellent condition until October. Large trees, 25 cents. 1 year, 12 cents. Haas (Gros Pommier, Fall Queen)—Medium to large, slightly conical and somewhat ribbed; pale greenish yellow, shaded and striped with red : flesh fine white, sometimes stained, tender, juicy, sub-acid, good; bears early and abun- dantly. October to November. 12 to 18 cents. Tetofsky—A Russian apple, profitable for market growiug; bears extremely early, usually the second year after transplanting, and bears every year; hardy asa Crab; fruit good size, yellow, beautifully striped with red; juicy, pleasant, acid, aromatic. July and August. 12 to 18 cents. Sutton Beauty—Fruit medium or above; round- ish oblate conic; waxen yellow, shaded, mot- tled and obscurely striped with fine crimson; flesh whitish, crisp, tender, juicy ; sprightly sub.acid. November to February. 20 cents each. Walbridge—A new hardy variety, very desirable for extreme cold sections, haying stood unin- jured in Minnesota, where all but most hardy varieties have failed. Fruit medium size, hand- some, striped with red: quality good. Pro- ductive. March to June. 12 to 18 cents. Bottle Greening—Resembling Rhode Island Greening, but tree a better grower and much hardier. A native of Vermont. December to March. 12 to 18 cents each. Mann—New. Fruit medium to large, deep yel- low: flesh yellowish, juicy, mild, pleasant, sub-acid: good to very good. Will keep as long as Roxbury Russet. MaytoJune. 12to 18 cents. 8 Fanny — Large; deep, rich crimson; tender, juicy, pleasant sub-acid. Tree vigorous and very productive. An apple of great promise as a market and family sort. Price, 20 cents for large trees. Shiawassee Beauty—Medium, whitish, splashed and striped with red; fiesh firm und white ; ten- der, juicy, brisk, refreshing sub-acid ; vigorous and productive. Octoberand January. Price 20 cents. f Pewaukee— Origin, Wisconsin. From seed of Oldenburg. Fruit medium to large, bright yellow, striped and splashed with dark red; flesh white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. HEsteemed for cold climates on account of its hardiness. January to May. Price, 12 to 18 cents. Dominie (Wells of Ohio)—A large, fine striped apple, resembling the Rambo; a vyigorous grower and a profuse bearer; succeeds well in all the Western States; attains great size in Tilinois and Iowa. December to April. Price, 12 to 18 cents. The last four descriptions are from Ellwanger & Barry. Pomme Grise—Small, grayish russet; very rich and highly flavored. Tree a moderate grower, and good bearer; very valuable in the North; is frequently shipped from Canada to England. 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These do well everywhere, and it is seldom that oneever dies. They make the best orchards. GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. | | | | | | | Postage on Plants, Reduced. When ordering stock sent by mail, send additional money to pay postage as follows: Doz. Per 50. Per 100 Strawberries, - - gratis $ .25 §$ .50 Raspberries, - - -§ .10 525 60 Blackberries, - = 5 40 75 Currants and Gooseberries, .10 40 .80 Grapes, oneyearold,- -.10 30 .60 Grapes, twoyearsold, - .20 .60 1.20 In ordering by mail do not try to get too low rates postage, for it is only when well packed and heavy that plants arrive safely. All kinds of trees cannot be mailed,as some are too large. We mail apple trees at 60c. per 12; peach, 15c. each; plums, 25c; apri- cots, 20c. to 35c.; cherries, 35c.; quinces, 25c.; mulberry, 35c.: nectarines, 25c. + o> —___ Freight and Express Kates Heduced. A reduction of freight rates on trees in boxes has been secured this season by a new classification, by which the rate is reduced one-third, causing a saving to patrons of nurseries of $50,000 per year. Our patrons get all the benefit of this. It applies to ali railroads. We also get reduced rates on all express companies. A COMPLIMENT. THE VINEYARDIST,published at Penn Yan, N. Y., pays our manager, Charles A. Green, the following compliment: ‘Charles A. Green, editor and proprietor of Green’s Fruit Grower, published at Roch- ester, N. Y. was recently elected Secretary of the American Assocation of Nurserymen. This Society is a national organization, and in his election to its secretaryship, Mr. Green receives a high and well deserved compli- ment and honor. He isa most thoroughly competent and practical fruit grower and nurseryman—every step in the great progress he has made, and the proficiency attained in his profession, being the result of careful observation, constant thoughtfulness and intelligent, scientific experiment We regard Green’s Fruit Grower, and its special issues, devoted each to an import- ant branch of fruit and grape growing, as among the most reliable horticultural | publications issued in this or any other | country and we extend the hearty congrat- ulations of the Vineyardist to their author, on the just recognition of his professional | merits by his fruit growing brethren who have now extended his reputation to all sec- tions of the United States, and throughout the fruit growing countries of the world ~* GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 9 Dwarf Pears. Dwarf Pears have long been popular, es- pecially for gardens or small grounds where larger trees would be cumbersome or un- sightly. _When trained low (see next page) and headed back each year, they make a beautiful appearance in blossom or when loaded with beautiful colored specimens. Dwarf Pears come into bearing after the second year planted, sometimes giving fine specimens on the young trees before leaving the nursery. They should be in cultivated soil to get the largest fruit, yet a dwarf pear tree near our kitchen door in sod, bears large crops every year. of large, fine fruit, beauti- ful specimens. I canimagine nothing more attractive in the garden than a few rows of well trained dwarf pears. If you desire to remove them in after years you can do so, as they are as easily transplanted as any weed. We offer a rare collection of varieties. Price for largest tree, 20c. ; Ist class % size, 15c. ; smaller size, nice trees, 3 feet high, good roots, 12c. each, $9 per 100. The New Plum Saratoga. You have heard of Saratoga. It is a great resort. People go there by thousands to drink Congress water, flirt, dance, gamble and attend horseraces. The Saratoga Ihave in mind is of greater interest to fruit grow- ers than the place after which it is named. The Saratoga plum originated from a seed planted in a garden near Saratoga, N. Y. I know the man well who planted the seed. The tree grew rapidly, and soon bore fruit that attracted attention from its large size, great beauty, fine quality and productive- ness. Its color is a redish purple, covered with a handsome bloom. In shape it is a cross between Lombard and Bradshaw— longer and larger than Lombard, broader than Bradshaw. Its quality has been espe- cially commented upon by all who have had the pleasure of eating it. Taking it all it is a plum that cannot fail to please our patrons. Plums of all kinds are attracting much attention now, which is remarkable from the fact that ten years ago no one thought of planting them, thinking the curculio would destroy the entire crop. About that time J. S. Woodward stated before our local society that he had decided to what most people would consider a rash thing, which was to plant a plum orchard. He did so and made money. I well remember how he astonished us by his apparent rashness. Since then it has been discovered that the curculio has be- come less numerous, or having more fruit to work upon, does but little, if any, injury. It is a fact that where orchards are planted to plum trees the curculio simply thins out the fruit, doing thereby a good service, for plums are enormously productive, always setting more fruit than should be allowed to mature. A fine plum is a delicious fruit. I can re- call those I ate in childhood. They are good to eat out of hand, to dry, or to preserve. Immense quantities of dried prunes are im- ported each year, that should be grown here. The price for the Saratoga plum is $1 per tree. All who buy $10 worth of trees of us this fall will get one of these noble plum trees free, or one Moyer’s Early Red Grape, your choice, if you claim it at the time. All who buy $5 worth of stock of us this fall will get one Ulster Prolific, new, early red grape free, if claimed. Remember freight rates are one-third lower, and that prices for trees will be advanced next spring. 6 One Year Old Apple Trees. There is nothing that we have sold our patrons that has given more uniform satis- faction than these young trees. Patrons in Utah, Washington Territory, Idaho, British Columbia, Maine, Nova Scotia and every part of the continent have ordered them, often by mail, and thus secured good or- chards at small cost. Imagine a man at Pikes Peak, thousands of miles away, buying 12 apple trees for 70 cents delivered at_ his door, and making every one live and produce fine fruit. Having many roots in proportion to the top they all live. We donot lose one in thousands planted, even under unfavor- able circumstances. We cannot send as large trees by mail as by express or freight, but they live and grow just as well. People living near us or near rail roads can afford to buy larger trees, but for those far away these one year old trees (which means one year’s growth after grafting) are a great boon. A Maine man bought some, not being able to buy larger trees. Hehad to walke through swamps filled knee deep with ice water to get them from the railroad. His neighbors laughed at his small trees, but all lived and grew three to four feet the first year, and then his neighbors proposed getting some of the same kind for themselves. See pages 7-8 for list of varieties. See pages 8 to 8 for descriptions and prices. 10 Hardy and Rot-Proof Cherries. No fruit is so easily raised as the cherry. It succeeds well without cultivation, bears | regularly, and the fruit sells at a profitable | price, either fresh or for canning. The dukes | and morelloes (sometimes miscalled sour | cherries, though some varieties are quite | sweet), are hardy, do not rot, remaining on the trees for weeks after ripe enough for | cooking, and best of all, are not disturbed by birds. long to the dukes and morelloes. profitable. In a cultivated field I had quite an orchard of the Early Richmond, planted seven years ago. These trees commenced bearing the third year after planting, and they have borne every yearsince. This year they bore a remarkable crop. The cherries made a beautiful appearance, the red fruit being Early Richmond, Empress, Louis | Phillip, May Duke, English Morello, Mont- | morency, Reine Hortense, Dye House, Late | Duke, Carnation, Belle Montreouse, all be- | While we | have planted both classes of cherries, we find the dukes and morelloes are by far the most | NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. This is a good sample of Harwy Rot-Proof Cherry. visible a long distance, like bright ribbons strung through the field, and the fruit was fair and free from rot or worms. This is a noble variety, but the Empress, Louis Phil- lip, Reine Hortense, Montmorency, etc., are larger ; some of these cherries become almost black when ripe, and are really delicious. They cover a wide season, some ripening early, others very late. John J. Thomas says: ‘‘The Early Richmond succeeds east and west, and is of excellent quality if al- lowed to ripen fully, which is rarely the case, the fruit being picked as soon as red There are and when two-thirds grown. Hardy Cherry Tree trained as a Dwarf. GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. fuk Windsor Cherry. é some other fine sorts nearly ailied to this one, among which the Dyehouse is worthy of mention. ripens some weeks aiter the more common cherries, is large, hardy, productive and ex- cellent when fully matured. A tree of this variety on my grounds thirty years old, standing near a frequented place, where the curculio does not come, bears an abundant crop every year.”’ Charles Downing wrote as follows: ‘‘ The duke and morello varieties are much less li- able to injury by the weather, and are more profitable for market, and especially valu- able for all cullinary uses. The following give a succession cf fruit in-the order named for nearly two months: Empress Eugene, May Duke, Early Richmond, Montmorency, Ordinaire, Downer’s Late, Reine Hortense, Love Apple or Tomato Shape, Louis Phillip.”’ The American Agriculturist says if you plant only one cherry plant the Early Rich- mond. But no one should keep house with one cherry tree. of them ? If you have no better place plant them along the roadside. One hundred dol- lars’ worth of cherries might be grown by every farmer along the highway bordering hisfarm. The land is his—he pays taxes on itand interest. Why not put it to some use ashe has aright todo. To those who desire to plant largely we can give a special price on application. Price of cherry trees, largest size, 30 cents: 1st class % caliber, 20 cents; handsome 4 ft. | trees, branched, 12 cents; splendid 3 ft. trees, 10 cents each. Boxing extra in all cases. The large English Morello | Why not plant an orchard | CLUB PRICES AND SPECIAL PRICES. | Weare glad to have our patrons offer spec- lial lists of stock wanted for prices. It some- ‘times happens that we can offer lower prices ithan those printed by reason of having a surplus of what is wanted. But ifwe have no surplus, we will, in reply to such cases, simply ‘return our printed list, which, in most cases, iis as low as we can sell such superior stock as iwe handle. Wedo not wish to compete with ‘those who offer poor stock at low prices. We have a reputation for selling good trees, true to name, and such cannot be sold lower than we state. If small trees are wanted;,we can \make lower prices on such. | NOTICE, that on club orders2of $10, or ‘more, 10 per cent. discount will be made, also, that in every case a charge will be made for packing and boxing, to cover actual cost and no more.’ Boxes are worth to the purchaser jall they cost. - Pot-Grown Strawberry Plants. \ oh | THE NEW AND EARLIEST RED GRAPE *# MOYHE. I have recently returned from a visit to the Moyer Grape at Lockport and Fredonia, N. Y., and our J. W. Gilbert has just re- turned from a trip to Canada to seeit. We are both satisfied that the Moyer is the earliest red grape known, that its quality is | nearly equal to Delaware,that it is immense- ly productive, and that it does not mildew, but remains healthy and hardy under the most trying circumstances, even when left sprawling on the ground, where other va- rieties on trellises are mildewing on all sides. It is a seedling of Delaware and resembies the Delaware in all respects, (both in fruit and vine). The berries of Delaware are smaller than Moyer, and the clusters are more compact, but the Moyer fruit would be called Delaware in any ordinary market. It ripens with Champion or 7 to 10 days ahead of Delaware. Weshall plant it large- ly as an early market grape, to be sold and out of the way before other good grapes are thought of. A beautiful colored plate of the Moyer will be sent free to all who apply. C. A. GREEN. The following is the description and his- tory of this very early red grape, as given by | Allen Moyer : The ‘‘ Moyer”’ has heretofore been better known by thename of ‘‘ Jordan,’’ on account | of Jordan having been my former place of | business. As I had named and introduced the ‘“‘ Early Canada’’ Peach, I was advised to call it ‘‘ Karly Canada’’—others suggested ‘*Moyer’s Early,’’ ‘‘ Moyer’s Herald Red,’’ *‘Moyer’”’ and ‘*‘ Jordan ”’ but I have decided to call it ‘‘ Moyer.”’ This grape I had thoroughly tested with a | large number of other varieties at my Jordan Fruit Gardens. I found it extremely early, hardy, productive—frequently having four bunches on one cane—and free from mildew and grape rot, with which I was troubled so mucn in most of the other varieties ; bunches | medium-sized, compact, and _ generally | shouldered ; berries larger than the Dela- | ware ; resembling Catawba in color; covered | with a thick bloom; leaves thicker and darker than the Delaware. I have had it on the trellis, when the thermometer went 35 degrees below zero, and it came out allright. I am satisfied with its hardiness. This grape has two essential qualities—ex- treme earliness and excellent flavor—which no other grape, possessing the hardiness and | ofher necessary qualities for a vineyard | grape has reached. It is my intention to get as many grape-growers, nurserymen, and | other influential men of both countries to- gether as possible, this coming season, to see | my vineyard of 880 Moyer vines in bearing, | near Jordan, on the shore of Lake.Ontario, | Canada, this being the time for its first crop, and. where many other varieties of grapes | can be seen, also in bearing. Those inter- | ested in early grapes will be well repaid for | earlier than the Champion. st K ) rom Canadian Horticulturist, Oct., 1887. In quality it is excellent, as sweet as the Delaware, devoid of the pulpy centre of Wyoming Red and many other early grapes, but not quite as sprightly as the former. The bunch is usually shouldered and fairly close, while the berry is of medium size. The color is a much darker red than either Dela- ware or Wyoming Red. ‘ I was agreeably surprised to find the fruit so early—having the appearance of having been ripe several days—as I failed to find any not already dead ripe, while only a few rods distant scarcely any color could be noticed on Delawares and Concords, and fully as ripe as Champion on the next farm, not more than 100 yards distant, on apparently same kind of soil. Growth of vine and foliage were also little behind that of the Concord, of same age, planted alongside. The fruit I found very sweet, with no pulp; skin, thin and yet tough ; wood, short-jointed and ap- parently as productive as Delaware. Alto- gether, I am fully convinced that such a grape, coming in at the time it does, will command a higher price than any grape grown out of doors at the present time. J. TWEDDLE. Stony Creek, Canada. I find your new grape a decided improve- | ment on the Delaware, on account of its earliness and flavor. With me it ripens two weeks earlier than the Delaware, is very much sweeter in flavor, of a deeper red col- or, a larger berry, a stronger grower, and equal to it in compactness of?bunch. S. H. RITTENHOUSE. Jordan Station, Canada. After fruiting Moyer two years with many other varieties, with only ordinary cultiva- tion, I have come to the conclusion that it is the most valuable early red grape that we have tested. It is eight to ten days earlier than Delaware, larger in berry, and, though not quite as sprightly in flavor, is sweet and melting—free from toughness of pulp. It is a good bearer, hangs well on the vine and cluster, and is remarkably free from mildew, both in fruit and foliage. It will certainly pay as an early market grape. A. M. SMITH. St. Catharines, Canada. I have watched the ripening of the **Moyer,’? which ripened about 400 yards from my champions, on the same kind of soil, and I was surprised to find it so early. TL oonsider the Moyer fully as early as the Champion; and I think, considering that the Moyer is sweet as soonas it shows any color [so different to the Champion in this respect you dare justly call the Moyer It has a nice, coming to see and tasting the MOYER GRAPE. | compact bunch, and is very sweet. The “‘ MOYER” has never been tested in any of the earliest locations in Canada but in from medium to late, and the difference in | these locations is from five to eight days.- | On our latest ground, and reckoning +rom commend it with confidence. J. H. MOYER. Jordan, Canada. This Grapéis just introduced we can rec- Price, 1 year the time when both varieties are fit for™ ar | old $1.50; 2 years old. $2; by mail post paid. ket, there are three weeks between the MOy er and Delaware. ALLEN MOYER. GREENS NURSERY Co., Rochester, N. Y. Uy UU) [la GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. DELAWARE WINTER APPLE.— Price, Large Trees, 75c.; One Year Old Trees by Mail, 30c. by Express, 20c. William Parry writes under date of 23rd July: ‘‘ We find the Delaware Winter Apple in good condition, beautiful red color, large size and fine quality; rich, pleasant flavor, having kept perfectly since last fall until now—past the middle of July. It will make a valuable market variety ; very solid, firm, and good shipper.’’ * Messrs. Rakestraw & Pyle write, under date of July 25th: ‘The fruit of Delaware Winter Apple came to hand to-day in per- fect condition. From all appearances we think it would keep at least another month. We found the quality good—a mild, agree- able sub-acid and juicy apple. One would naturally suppose that an apple of 1886 would be withered and have lost all of its former uatural flavor after being kept in an ordinary cellar more than nine months. For that part of the United States south of the 41st parallel the Delaware winter ought to be- come as popular as the Baldwin or Greening for our northern districts. What more could be desired ? Fine size, beautiful color, good quality, an early and abundant bearer : fruit raised on the 39th parallel and keeping in fine condition until this season of the year. Mr. J. E. Hendrickson, one of the largest dealers in fruit in Philadelphia, writes,under date of 22d July: ‘‘I have to-day seen and eaten specimens of the Delaware Winter Apple grown by Mr. Wm. P. Corsa in 1886; in rich, juicy, quality, and crispness f flesh, | I find it more rich and quite as toothsome as the best of even fresh apples. I am satisfied that its superior as a high-colored, rich, long- keeping apple has never been in this market. On the commercial side of this apple I for- see a promising future as a market fruit.”’ Sees Terms, Payments in Advance. 2 This is the ordinary rule of nurserymen, | and is a reasonable one. We have been years | the public. in building up a business, and are known to Moreover, our success depends on fair and careful dealing. We believe that it depends still more on liberal dealing, and | our old patrons will testify that we have con- sulted their interests as truly as our own. It is our wish and intention that no one shall suffer loss in their transaction with us. We _ prefer taking a liberal course with low prices, to doing a credit business, assured that it is the better course for both parties. Most planters order too many varieties of fruits. They select long lists because they do not know what to order. If you leave the | selection to our Charles A. Green he will | give you the benefit of his experience. Says a recent letter: ‘‘I buy our trees of you be- | cause I know they wil! be true to name.”’ Notice that we have in mailing sizes, peach, plum, cherry, apricot, nectarines and quinces, but no pear trees small enough to mail. Grape vines and berry plants can be mailed anywhere. }RUIT EVAPORATING AND PRESERVING. == EXTRACTS rom the Berea, OH10, April 28, 1888. Box of trees arrived on Zist. Nine days on the railroad is not very fast freight, but thanks to good packing they were in excellent shape. Aw well pleased with the trees, and hope to call on you again. Thanks for free gifis. WW. E. EPECH, CARBONDALE, PA., May 3, 1888. The trees and plants came on the 238d, and I am exceedingly pleased with them. It seems to me that you exceeded my order and sent me more than the money entitles me to. Your trees of apples and pears are the best got from any other nursery in fifteen years. I have had stock of Jas. E. Whitney and of Chase & Co., ot Le Clare, of Lion and Fish and from all those nurseries, and have not seen as good stock. You can count me as one of your pa- trons for the future. JAS. P. QUINN. COLUMBIANA, O., April 26, 1888. The 233 apple and 315 pear trees shipped by you on the 12th, arrived on the 25th in appar- ent good condition. The apples are very nice, thrifty for medium trees, and some ten over the number. Pears are very nice too, and I think all are more than satisfactory. By mail I received six Jessie and one Minne- waski plants, all damp and nice and strong. Thanks!!! A. 8. SNYDER. MANSFIELD, O., April 23, 1888. Currant cuttings arrived safely to-day and in good order. Accept thanks for care in pack- ing, etc. GEO. L. BROOKS. CALHODN, Itu., April 26, 1888. The plants you shipped me on the 21st inst., received to-day in prime condition. I have bought this spring over 5,000 plants, and those I have from you are far nicer and better than any I have received from any other nursery company. The different varieties I ordered of you came nicely bunched and labeled. Respectiully, M. J. HARRIS. INGERSOLL, Canada, May 18, 1888. 1 write to apologize for sending you such a scolding a few days ago. Since I wrote I have | received the strawberry plants anl crab apple | cheapest trees I have ever bought. | plants are splendid. i t | | some like them. trees all right, and 1am well satisfied. The R. WILLS. RICHARDSVILLE, Pa,, May 5, 1888. I received the trees, ete., Tuesday. It all came in good shape. Iam much obliged for the complimentary trees and will do all for you I can. My gardener is well pleased with the goods. SAM. M. HUMPHREY. WEstT VIEW, Pa., May 10, 1888. My order received from you has given me good satisfaction, and many of my neighbors passing by and seeing them desired to order Your name and nursery is totally unknown in this country. I would like to become your representative in this end of the state. Ss. C. LE BANDA. Lewis CENTER, O., May 3, 1888. I finished delivering the trees to-day. They | gave the best of satisfaction. One customer said: “By George that is half price and such nice trees, too.’’ Another, ‘* Well, [did not expect any such trees as those at that price.’’ Another one said, ‘‘ | have been paying twice the money for that amount of trees, and did not get as good trees either,’’ and so on. I have sold those ex- _ tra trees you sent me all ous here at home with- | out any trouble whatever. I believe that-I can sell a great many between this and fall. One man said, ‘* Those fellows ought to make you a present of ten dollars for this advertisement.’ Iam well pleased with my treatment by you. A. J. HAVENS. GEORGETOWN, N. Y., May 12, 1888. I received my plants and trees yesterday. They came right excepting there were two Northern Spy trees that did not come, but there were extras enough to make those right twice over. EK. V. BROWE;, MrsA GRANDE, Cal., May 6, 1888. I have received the Victoria Currants, also one Woodruff grape, for which you have my sincere thanks. You have been too liberal. I will distribute the extra copies of the FRUIT GROWER, and the special issue books which you have sent me,’and will do what I can to get you subscribers and customers. JOHN ANGEL. COLUMBUS, Platte Co., Neb., May 1, 1888. I write to inform you that my trees came to hand on the 27th of April, having been on the way about three weeks; I found them in good condition, and am well pleased with the quality. Accept my thanks for the extras enclosed; I would also say that the freight charges were less than lexpected. The box weighed 160lbs., freight charges only $2.30, making them the My straw- berry plants arrived on the 14th ; they have all started, and are now quite green. I shall always speak a good word for Green’s Nursery Company. GEORGE W. GALLEY. AGENCY, Mo., March 31, 1888. A copy of your excellent paper fell into my hands, | do not know how. We always cut out and put into scrap books such items as we - think valuable. Well, when I was through with your paper, it was cut to pieces. My wife said I had better have left it as it was and put it allaway. Send me your paper one year. S. H. MURRAY, 7) MANY GYK if iY 1 se Up Ye \~“— Uf} tf yay (ye if SS THE JESSIE STRAWBERRY. Pronounced by the press and the people the most remarkable Strawberry of the age. doc, per 12; $1.00 per 100 ; October ceeerseceteeeeers he Saba ste ema rae ; tM Cine e UN gamete, | ey ap ee SN Ti ae ae ri Seherwes |. coe. | 5 eamerctinasasctnees aeae tenet oe Bane oc cee oe eee Sia Cia wk See Se ey eeses seer ze eerzsereees Per cece er eewe deer serereeetreseseseessseerere- | a ! ee ek is eee ereeelia- 3 . ee > ee eres eeere er eer eee eeeeseeerereeereetreereeereeer teense vaee | | Sculendeeccewsiaces ouside sacs +x bbs ve staat 1 |= eS eae feats seeee ej. oP eeeevrerereseeerereeveeuseee 8 || | Saueccect be. lcs sipteie weiste a aie a a6 le Cote Bia ee a eb oiaaeiin win sinaleseas Sols cae nit ne Ueno Sees | ate ae eee ba Ke Se emee ne eel cas Coe eee One ok met ae Rule w eS oe Ce eee eae cee eons at Se COs eee Seratreiats sie - riy age. Secondly, its large size and strikingly handsome color, with perfection in form, mak e it very desirable as a competitor with other good varieties. I would state, however, that which impressed me even greater was the very evident long-keeping qualities, exc eeding in this respect, consider- ing all the desitalie , oints embraced, by far that of any other variety coming under my notice. I have eaten of this fruit in June of the following year after fruiting, finding it capable of being carried much further along It unites the admirable quali- in the season. YW LLL S242 NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. | | ties of being juicy, rich and high flavored. I consider it very valuable for fruit growers,,. amateurs and orchardists.’’ Price in dormant. bud, 25c.; large trees, $1 each. Globe Peach—An accidental seedling from Pennsylvania, which may very properly be called an improvement upon Crawford’s. Late. Its size, beauty and flavor have caused it to be in popular demand, and, although a comparatively new variety, its claims are so just and so well sustained by the opinions of good and experienced horticulturists, that it cannot fail to make a satisfactory record in the minds of all who fairly test it. The tree is a rapid, vigorous grower, and an enormous bearer. Fruit exceedingly large, globular in form, maintaining its size uniformly. Of a rich golden yellow, with red blush ; flesh very firm, coarse-grained, but juicy, yellow, shaded with a reddish tinge towards the pit. Free from the stone, of good quality, pleasant, lus- cious, rich and vinous. Atits home it begins to ripen in the second week of September, and lasts until the first of October. Its good quali- ties have been such that it has never failed to take first premium when exhibited in com pe- tition with other varieties. Itis also of good keeping qualities, the flesh remaining hard and firm after long exposure. Price 20c. each. Duchess of Oldenburg.—One of the hardiest and most valuable of all apples. 18 cents each. SS LL LSS==wBEB—wB — ee 7 = SLAWARE WINTER APPLE.—Price, Trees in Bud, 25c.; Large Trees, $1.09 each, NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES aX ee , 20c Large trees ter apple. 18c. each. inter apple. iful win —A good early red wi iest and most beaut .BLENHEIM PIPPIN WEALTHY —The hard NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. aN; f. “t each. . 20Cc I5c. each, AGAW AM.—One of theJbest of Rogers’ Red Grapes- NOVELTIES AND Russian Mulberry—t15c. to 25c Woodruff Red Grape—lI first saw this handsome-grape at Ann Arbor where it orig- inated. Itis one of the most vigorous grow- ers, with healthy foliage, and appeared to be - one of those varieties that will succeed any- where without nursing. The vine has much to commend the variety. I did not then have .a fair sample to test, but last falla friend sent me a large basket of the Woodruff Red. As I drew the large clusters from the package, I was struck with the beautiful display, large, ‘compact clusters, berries of mammoth size, -and an attractive red color. This grape can not rank high as regards quality. It has a pleasant flavor, but there is too much pulp to please the fastidious, But it improves after picking, the pulp appearing partially to dis- solve and become more tender, It will prove a good keeper and will endure long shipment. I think it will sell well inthe markets. Our patrons should give this grape a trial. It has many strong points that will commend it to .all. People at Ann Arbor think it the grand- est prape ever produced. It is early, and a -seedling of Concord. Price for one year vines, -35 cents ; two year vines, 75 cents. —\_>+e______- How, We Do Business. ‘Our catalogue often goes to people who re- «ceive frequent calls from nursery agents, Our SPECIALTIES. 17 prices are found to be so much lower than the agent’s prices (often one-half what the agent gets) that we are often asked for an-explana- tion. Hereitis: i. We grow our own trees and plants as a rule, thus saving one profit, and we can be more certain that our stock is correctly named. Stock sold by agents is gen- erally purchased of various parties. We often sell to men employing agents. 2. Wedo not pay agents’ salaries. their hotel bills and trav- eling expenses, nor are we at the expense of hiring men to travel to deliver stock. All of this is expensive, yet many people know of no other way to buy, or have not the enterprise to purchase direct of the nurserymen who grow the trees, though he would thus save one-half of his bill. 3. We employ no agents. Our orders all come by mail, without personal solicitation, the money sent with the order in bank draft or postal order. 4. You are deal- ing directly with us, the same as though you were at our office. You get fresh dug plants and trees true to name, saving the immense expense incurred by agents. Each mail brings us a big pile of drafts, postal orders, green- backs, silver and stamps, coming often from the most remote territories, yet often from people in adjoining towns. While agents drum the country for customers, our custom- ers come without urging. Why? Because we have established a reputation for fair dealing and sell at reasonable prices. We get large amounts of money in letters without registry. While we do not advise this we do not remem- ber ever losing such a letter in the mails, so thorough is our mail service. Should any mistake occur in your order you know where to find us, and we are always ready to make amends should such occur (though it is hardly possible) if you announce the same at once. But when buying of agents you seldom know whom to apply to if anything is amiss. In- deed many agents (so called) represent nobody and are utterly irresponsible, having no repu- tation to maintain. Wedeem these explana- tions necessary for the reason that our patrons write that agents misrepresent us and our methods, stating that we cannot sefl good stock at the prices we offer. By our method you pay the express charges, but we always put in extra plants of rare sorts to help out in this respect. If you will order early we can send safely by freight in most cases, unless the order is very small, as in cool weather they can go safely. But when warmer weather comes small fruits should go by ex- press only. When sent by freight don’t ex- pect them so soon, as they go much more slowly. We have special low rates with all express lines enabling us to deliver often with- out change of companies, thus securing the lowest possible prices. Mr. J. S. Wyckoff, Simcoe, Ont., says: ‘‘I could not buy the same trees and plants from agents here for less than $20.00 that cost me but $6.60. You can rest assured that. when I want more you shall have my order.’’ We get hundreds of letters like the follow- ing: ‘‘ Three years ago I sent you wy first or- der [$100] for small fruits and I can heartily say they have more than met my expectations both in quality of plants and fruit. Last Spring I sent you my second order, and also these plants were first-class. Therefore I shall feel safe in recommending Green’s Nursery Co. to all who wish to purchase first-class stock. P. R. Whitbeck, Albany Co., N. Y.”’ (KE y aA Ne © Lea bLey-ROCHNY. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES. 19 Rye Smun LOUIS ARS ~ nN ee te otcrterts4 A BA is \ . Ree ca auaA Waren : aX! Li om MAL TIS TT irts SERRE NEN Wreatten CSUR RUAN A SENSES Araseeem heme ~~ ASOA BIRR ET NWWwaiean an Sy While on a trip through the Hudson River district, I found several apples that were new to me. Among them was this crab, the tree being loaded down with large, beautiful and good flavored fruit. The skin is yellow, splashed and striped with light red. The tree with its load of fruit was a beautiful object, and many would grow it for its ornamental value. But in cold climates, where our best varieties of apples cannot be grown, the fruit of thisapple would be highly prized for its quality, and its value for cooking. have seen many crab apples in fuit, but none that equaled this. We offer it solely on its merits, knowing nothing of its history or origin. Price of trees in bud, 25 cents; or trees 4 to 5 feet, 50 cents each. a Moore’s Diamond Grape. ““'This choice new white Grape is from a lot of 2500 seedlings raised by Jacob Moore Esq., of Brighton, N. Y. (the originator of the well- known ‘Brighton’’ Grape), who considers this the finest and best of the collection. It is a pure native, being a cross between the Con- cord and Iona. Vine a vigorous grower, with large, dark, healthy foliage, which is entirely free from mildew. The parent vine has been ‘in fruiting the past ten years, standing in the open ground near Rochester, N. Y., without the least protection, ripening its wood and coming out sound and bright to the very tip every Spring, even during severe winters, when other varieties considered hardy have killed badly. Twenty-five other vines propagated from it (which have been fruiting the best four years) have proved equally hardy and healthy wt only ordinary cultivation in the opan eld. =It is a prolific bearer, producing large, hand- some, compact bunches, slightly shouldered. The color is a delicate greenish white, with a rich yellow tinge when fully ripe; -skin smooth and entirely free from the brown specks or dots which characterize many of the new white varieties; very few seeds, juicy and al- most entirely free from pulp, which makes it almost transparent when held up to the light. Berry about the size of the Concord, and adheres firmly to the stem. It ripens’three or four weeks earlier than Concord. Price—One year, each, $1.00; doz., $10.00. Two years, each, $2.00.; doz., 00. } ' Eaton Grape. A seedling of Concord from N. H., but said to be of more vigorous growth and fully as productive, whilst the fruit is much larger, more attractive, earlier and of better quality. it is described thus: ‘‘ Bunch very large, compact. Berries very large, round, black, covered with a thick blue bloom. The stem pulls out white likethe Concord. The general appearance of the bunch and berry strongly resembles that of Moore’s Early. The skin is quite as thick as that of the Concord. Very juicy, with some, though tender, pulp. Not as sweet as the Concord, but has less of the native odor.’’ It has been favorably noticed by the Amer. Pom. Society, and the Massa- chusetts Horticuliural Society, and the former Society in its transactions, says of it: ‘‘ The | bunch is very large and handsome; it has been grown to weigh one pound, six and one-half ounces. The largest berry measured an inch diameter.’’ At the Massachusetts Horticul- tural Society exhibition in 1886 a number of bunches were shown, the two largest of which weighed 29 and.30 ounces respectively. Vines are now offered for sale this fall for the first time. One year, each, $1.00. Two years, each, $1.50 a Improved Dwarf Juneberry. The fruit is borne in clusters like the cur- rant; round ; reddish-purple at first and be- comes a bluish-black when fully ripened. Its flavor ap. roaches the huckleberry; a mild, very rich, sub-acid flavor. Most people like its quality and pronounce it delicious. The bush is about the height and form of the cur- rant. It produces fruit in enormous quanti- ties and bears every year. Itis also perfectly hardy, not being injured by wet, cold or dry weather, and needs no special treatment. 10c. each ; doz., $1.00; 100, $6.00. S25 GIFT TO GROWERS OF THE JESSIE STRAWBERRY. This money will be paid as follows: $10 IN COLD To the person growing the largest specimen of Jessie Simaahorey during the season of 1888, and $15 IN GOLD To the person growing the most pounds of Jessie Strawberries from 12 plants in 1888. Plants must be bought of us. A report of awards will be published in GREEN’S FRUIT GROWER, and a marked copy sent to each competitor. Our Chas. A. Green pledges him- self to see justice done to all. Jessie promises to be the largest and most productive straw berry known. GREEN’S NURSERY CoO., Rochester, N. Y. Raspberries and Blackberries. GOLDEN QUEEN RASPBERRY. EDITORIAL. Experience isa good teacher but a dear school. All desire one less wearisome and expensive, therefore, in starting out in any enterprise we seek for the experience of others. When I be- gan fruit growing I was not in search of amusement. I was desperately in earnest,and sought far and wide, high and low for instruc- tion. I spent many days in libraries to gather a morsel, and part of that morsel was specu- lative and theoretical. I spent considerable money in buying all the books I could hear of. Some of these were so fanciful as to be al- together misleading. The great books of Thomas, Downing and Barry, while of the greatest use to me now, were for more ad- vanced workers, and not such as I then most needed. If I desired information on Raspberry, Grape, rap age Pear, Plum or Cherry culture,I found in Downing two pages or less on each subject, and in Barry and Thomas but little more, and that largely pertaining to historical or botanical facts of which I then cared but little, desiring more to learn how to profitably cultivate, what varieties to plant, and which was the best location, etc. These valuable books were written for reference more especi- ally. Teachers often shoot their ideas far over the heads of their readers. They cannot conde- scend to get down to the bread and butter side of the question. Indeed, it is hard work | for one who has overcome the rudiments, and whose desire is to mount higher and —— higher in the realms of the unknown and un- knowable, to get down on his hands and knees, with trowel in hand to teach the novice how to plant. How much more agreeable to teach how the roots force their way through the dark soil in search of food; how the leaves breath, and theories about the feelings of the tree when a careless man peels of its bark with a whiffle-tree. But the beginner doesnot care a fig how the leaves and roots act so long as he succeeds in making his plants and trees thrifty and profitable. He cares but little about poetic or scientific treatment. He de- sires to be told what the writer did when he | was in circumstances similar to his own. If the writer has not had such experience he is not capable of teaching. These considerations have led me to write and edit a series of treatises as follows: No. 1. How to Propagate and Grow Fruit. No. 2. The Strawberry. No.3. The Grape. No. 4. The Apple and Pear. No. 5. The Plum | and Cherry, and this, No. 6. The Blackberry and Raspberry; price ten cents each, certainly within the reach of all. These will be kept in print, and can be obtained any time called for. IT have heard of afarmer, who,when the days’ work of his men was done would give them a rest by setting them shoveling dirt out ofa cellar that he was excavating. Like him, af- ter I had finished more pressing work, when the time had come for a rest, I would work on axes Bae é, At/ 4 WK ON SOR’ NA \ VARIETIES FOR SUCCESSION, 15 SHAFFER’S COLOSSAL. Shaffer’s Colossal. This variety, introduced by the writer, has: become exceedingly popular over a large extent of country. On introducing it I pointed out my fears that while it was reasonably hardy in New York, it might need protection farther North ; but to my surprise it endures the winter of Iowa and other ex- ceedingly cold iocatities. It is more vigorous and yields more fruit than any other red var- iety. It does best on sandy soil, and I have seen it doing its best where the land was so | poor that corn would not get high enough to shade the soil. Fruit very large, roundish, purplish red, turning to brownish red when over ripe; firm when first colored, becoming soft when over ripe; juicy, rich, brisk acid, growing sweeter the longer it ripens; good to very good. Canes strongly erect, often nine to ten feet high, often bearing fruit on new canes the season planted, and can be made ever-bearing by cutting out the bearing canes, or part of them, in the spring. Origin, West- _ ern New York. Season medium; holds on . very late. rf tl. VARIETIES OF BLACK RASPERRIES. 9 OHIO: For evaporation this has been the most popular of all, it being held that it gives more evaporated fruit per quart and acre. It has been planted by the hundred acres by in- dividuals, and by the thousand acres in some towns in Western New York. It was intro- duced quietly, without flourish of trumpets. That it has held its place as a favorite is a re- commendation. Fruit firm, endures shipping, medium in size, black with slight bloom, quality medium. Canes whitish over the pur- ple; exceedingly productive; season medium. TYLER AND SOUHEGAN: These were intro- duced as distinct, but proved to be so near alike as to be indistinguishable by the ordin- ary observer, if, indeed, by the most expert. I have spent much time studying them and could see no difference. Fruit large, black, good quality. Canes somewhat sprawling, but mostly upright; vigorous and productive. Season early. Hardy. Origin of Tyler, New York; Souhegan, New Hampshire. Both are seedlings of Doolittle. . HILBORN: This is a new candidate from Canada. It has fruited hereand proves nearly as large as Gregg,and very early. Iconsiderit a valuable variety. It is thus spoken of by Canadian authorities: “About seven years ago I transplanted a i number of seedlings that came up in an old plantation, when they came to fruit, this was found to have decided merit. I have been fruiting it every year since, and now consider it more profitable than Mammoth Cluster, Gregg, Souhegan, Tyler, or any other I have ever grown. It will average larger than any other black cap, with, perhaps, the single ex- ception of the Gregg.”’ *‘'T. C. Robinson says: ‘‘Thave now fruited the Hilborn, and in spite of poor treatment, I find it a fine grower, and quite productive, while the fruit is very black, large, firm and delicious. Jt certainly merits favorable con- sideration.”’ John Little says: ‘‘The Raspberry plants you sent me are all that can bedesired. Fruit large, and plenty of it. Berry larger than either Tyler or Hopkins, ripening here a few days after Hopkins, and giving fruit when the others are all done.”’ Fruit very large, black, good quality; early. Canes upright, vigorous productive, hardy. Origin Canada. GREGG: This variety created a great sensa- tion, and was creditable to Mr. Ohmer, the originator. Nothing so large had been before offered. There was an immense demand for plants. It was found to have one serious de- fect: It was not as hardy as others. It ri- pened its wood very late, and in low or cold clayey soil did not ripen completely, therefore, it was often injured by the winter. Nemaha possesses all of its good qualities and is far more hardy. Professor Budd, on first seeing Nemaha declared that it was Gregg, but on further examination was convinced it was a distinct variety, and very valuable. Fruit of Gregg very large, partly covered with bloom, quality medium. Canes very vigorous and productive. Season very late. Origin In- diana. See cut page 2. 4-4 Autumn, or Spring Planting? The experience of the last few summers has made much change in the popular idea of the best time for planting trees and shrubs. The teaching of this paper has always been that the chances of success are about equal at either season. If a favorable winter follows the fall, or a favorable summer follows the spring, either season is pronounced the best; when an unfavorable season follows, people say they will never plant at that time again. It is the cold drying winds of winter, or the hot drying winds of summer, and not the season of plant- ing which decides. The last two summers have been dreadfully trying to ee planted trees, while the very best success has been with those of the fall planting. It is remark- able that all the old theories of the best time for pruning were at length reserved into ‘‘Prune when you are ready,”’ and it will have to be that the best time for planting is when you are ready to plant. Get trees with good roots, those which have been several times transplanted, if you can; get thrifty and not half starved trees from poor soil; do not let the roots dry before planting ; prune the tops of the trees a little, and hammer the earth well in when planting, and we can afford to let the ‘* best season for planting ’’ rest with the vil- lage debating societies.—Gardener’s Monthly. PFs jin = fe 10 THE RED RASPBERRY. RED RASPBERRIES. I have mentioned the black raspberries first, not because I have a greater fancy for them, but for the reason that in a commercial sense they are attracting more attention on account of their value for evaporation. Red raspber- ries have not thus far been profitably evap- orated, though they are desirable for the fam- ily when thus prepared. Their defect is in weight. The product is so light that it takes much fruit to make a pound. This fact sim- ply proves that the red raspberry is more largely composed of juice and pulp, which places it nearer the strawberry in an esthetic sense, and makes it more attractive for the table. In color it is far more attractive than its brunette brothers. I know of no more at- tractive feature in the garden than rows of the red raspberry neatly trimmed in the form ofa hedge row, in blossom, in full leaf, or with sprays of bright crimson now partially hidden, now fully exposed, on every side. Indeed all the fruits lend much beauty to their surround- ings, and give grounds a home-like appearance. MARLBORO RASPBERRY. | Who could view a fruit garden as 1 have planned on a preceding page without feeling that he would like to have a home with such luxuries—no [ will say necessities; and how | barren and forlorn is the home with no such \ attractions. Howmuch pleasure the children take among the fruits. In blossom time they enjoy them in anticipation, and watch the flight and visits of the busy bees. As the first red berries ripen they hasten to report the glad news, with hands and aprons well filled, and eyes sparkling with joy. Washington Irving, one of the greatest American writers, in one of his brightest sketches mentions hav- ing been invited to tea by a newly wedded couple. Asthe rural hour for supper arrived the bride went into the garden and with her own hands gathered raspberries of as bright a | red as her own sweet lips, and prepared the re- past with her own hands. While himself a confirmed bachelor he dwells upon the delights | of such simple rural wedded life, of the pleas- ures of partaking of that which one has planted and watched over and gathered. What a contrast between the berries the bride gath- ered: in her own garden, planted by her own husband, and those that the prosaic city man buys at the corner grocery, picked the previous day by dirty hands, carted over dusty roads, melting for hours on hot grocery benches. The red raspberry is as easily grown as the black, and we now have varieties quite as hardy. Some object to the suckers that are apt to spring up along the rows, but if the cul- tivator is kept going frequently the first year, and all suckers kept cut they do not sprout so freely thereafter. They are as easily cut with the hoe when they first spring up as weeds, and should be treated as such. The Shaffer NEW INTRODUCTIONS. 11 sends out no suckers propagating the same as black caps, from tips, while the ordinary red varieties are propagated from pieces of roots, or from suckers springing up from buds on the roots. There is not the slightest trouble in subduing an old red raspberry patch, by sim- ply mowing the canes, burning them, and plowing deep. We once treated a large field this way and grew a fine crop of wheat on the soil immediately after. The wheat stubble was plowed at once after the harvest and no traces of raspberry plants could be seen, but an occasional dead root or stalk. I would not advise planting near a fence in the garden, as the roots might run thither and spring up where the plow could not disturb them. A Ramble Through the Past. How often we see the word sort used in the ple of variety—a new sort of raspberry ow awkwardly it sounds, yet Bryant, Roe and other good writers use the word sort in this connection. ‘* What sort of strawberry is this?’’ ‘‘Isit the Sharpless sort ?’’? Imagine an article headed ‘‘ Sorts of Fruits ’’—horrible. Variety is a better word, referring to variation in the specie. The speed with which a new red, yellow or black raspberry will be disseminated over the country and then be discarded is marvelous and unaccountable. The Hudson River Ant- werp was the first to enter the field and pos- sess it. Great was the enthusiasm it excited. Single boats on the Hudson often carried 2,000 bushels at one trip. Thefruitsold all the way from 20 cents to $1 per quart. The Franconia, another foreign variety, was exceedingly pop- ular at an early day. Both of these required winter protection. They are seldom seen in the gardens of to-day. The Philadelphia was a wonder in its day, enormously productive, hardy, and planted far and wide, yet a plant of it to-day is quite a curiosity, so seldom is it seen. Then came the Clark, bright, hand- some, large, productive, half hardy. Many made money by growing it, and its admirers were numerous everywhere. Who has the Clark now? I havenot seen a plant for years. Next the Brandywine skips upon the stage to receive its brief hour of applause. It was a handsome pale red, hardy, and the firmest of all, but a slow grower, and of poor quality. But it shipped and sold well, was grown with posts and was exceedingly popular, plants at rst commanding fabulous prices. Next came the Cuthbert like a flash of lightning from a clear sky. Its appearance was as mysterious as sudden, no explanation being given by its disseminators of its history. Subsequently it was learned that the Cuthbert originated in Thomas Cuthbert’s garden at Riverdale, N. Y. That Mr. Cuthbert turned it over to Mr. Thompson, a nurseryman, to be introduced, that Mr. Thompson died, after which the Cuthbert was transferred to H. J. Carson and I. J. Simonson, yet none of us planters re- ceived plants of the above men, nor did we hear of them until years after, hence I cannot think that they were active in its dissemina- tion. The Cuthbert soon became the most popular berry the country over, ever intro- duced. It possesses vigor, productiveness, hardiness, large size, beauty, and good quality. It endured the hot sunshine of the south where before none succeeded, yet to-day there are few calls at the nurseries for this noble variety, and the rising generation will probably know little of it, for there appears to be no inclina- tion to turn back and revive interest in good ——$—$_—<—$—— ee old kinds. Indeed it might be difficult to do so. Charles Downing often wrote me of his fears that valuable varieties of plums, apples and pears, etc., would become extinct for the reason that they were slow growers, and un- popular with those desiring quick, straight growth though the fruit was highly desirable. New Introductions. The race is ever towards something new, and the introducer of a valuable new variety is a public benefactor. He must be a man of en- thusiasm and good judgment, a man willing to act and spend money on his own opinion. His is an advance thought, about to be forced upon the public. He cannot get the views of the public before introduction. He must de- cide whether the new variety is worthy, and act quickly. An obscure man finds a supposed new variety in his garden. This man’s jJudg- ment may amount to but little. He does not even feel sure that it is a new variety. Noone can feel certain of this without careful and thorough investigation. He calls the atten- tion of a practical nurseryman or fruit grower to the variety, its value is at once appreciated, it is propagated, and introduced with adver- tising, illustrations and colored plates, which attract such attention as to cause a demand for the new variety in every state and territory. If a valuable variety, it is worth millions of dollars to the country. Other things being equal, if itis perceptably larger, or finer flav- ored, or more beautiful, ormore hardy, or more vigorous, or more healthy—if in any respect it is superior, evenina trifling extent, it is worth much tothe country. For instance a variety of red raspberry a trifle larger than apy other variety can be picked more rapidly, sells for more money, and makes a large difference with the profits of every individual grower over the entire country. Counting the extra value to each grower, and footing up the sum of all we get an idea of the general benefit. There are sharp-eyed men who find valuable new fruits that have previously been unob- served. They have the courage to introduce them. They do a good work and should have full credit. The more thorough and pushing the introducer the more good he does, for then the people hear at once of the improvement, while otherwise it might have been years be- fore the news reached them. Itisnosmallaf- fair to make a new fruit known over the en- tire country in a year or two, yet many do this. The Ganargua, New Rochelle and Shaffer raspberries are a peculiar type, appearing to be crosses between the red and the black rasp- berries, yet many doubt their being crosses. John J. Thomas says he sees no evidence of a cross. These varieties are propagated from the tips the same as black caps, while the fruit partakes largely of the character of the red, but are of a darkercolor. Shafferis the largest and best of this class. It was introduced by the writer, originating with George Shaffer in Henrietta, N. Y.,in 1880. Reliance, an im- proved seedling of the Philadelphia, is worthy of being mentioned in history, as are also Car- oline, yellow; Brinckles’ Orange, yellow, probably the best in quality of all. The more recent introductions, Marlboro, Hansel and Rancocas are valuable in many localities. In the extreme south but few varieties will en- dure the heat. The foliage withers, Cuthbert and Shaffer do the best in the south of the red varieties. There are many other varieties that have done well in certain localities. I cannot omit mentioning the Turner, which does well 12 NOTES ON PLANTING, CULTURE AND HARVESTING. everywhere, the hardiest of all, but it suckers so fearfully as to require constant cutting to keep it in check. It 1s sweet and soft, of good size when suckers are kept down, and enor- mously productive; nor the Herstine, a half hardy variety that attracted great attention when introduced, beautiful and of good qual- ity. ——— Notes on Planting, Culture and Harvesting. The red raspberry plant is sturdierand more mature than the black raspberry tip, but the germ that makes the new canes begins growth so early in the spring, and is so tender and easily broken, it is advisable to plant in the fall, orif not possible then, plant as early as may be done in the spring. Heaving by frost is prevented by banking with earth and cover- ing each plant with strawey manure. I have planted green plants in May and June, suck- ers that had sprung up since winter, but it is difficult to make them live, and the beginner had better not waste time in that manner. Plant in rows four to five feet apart each way, and keep cultivated both ways continually. If left in continuous rows one way the plants get too thick and do not fruit as well. In the garden the spaces between plants in the row must be kept free with a hoe. Remember that the canes of all raspberries dry up and die after bearing fruit, new canes appearing each season to take the place of the old canes, which should be removed as soon as the fruit is gathered. There are so many methods of training the raspberry a man may indulge his fancy to any extent. If a wire is strung along the row directly over the plants the canes may be tied to it, spread out fan-shaped so as to cover the entire wire, or half the canes of one bush and half of the next may be drawn together and tied to one point on the wire, which permits the new canes bearing no fruit to grow by themselves between. The canes can be tied: to a stake pared between the hills in the same manner. y these methods rows in the gar- den can be made very attractive, but in field eulture no wires or stakes are used as a rule. CUTHBERT RASPBERRY. The canes are cut back in the early spring at least one-third, leaving them not over three feet high. This leaves them so stiff as to pre- vent their falling down when laden with fruit, but if there is still any danger the canes can be drawn together and tied with a string, or half the canes on one side can be tied to half of those on the next hill, and thus become self-supporting. If for shipment the fruit should be gathered at least every other day, while for near by market or for home use the the time may be lengthened. The quality is improved by permitting the fruit to get fully ripe, but it grows softer every hour left on the bushes. Red raspberries are usually sold in pint baskets, being too soft to carry in quarts. Strange as it may appear, a pint on the fancy stands will sell for almost as much as a quart. A quart of red raspberries without stems, solid meat, furnishes supper for quite a num- ber of guests, while almost any person can eat a quart of strawberries, as the stems of strawberries occupy considerable space in the basket. When I began fruit growing I sold red raspberries in quart baskets, but when I saw the groceryman turn out the compressed fruit, making two quarts (not full to be sure) of each, I changed my tactics. I believe that every measure should be an honest one, but two full pints will not make a quart when it gets to the market, for the fruit settles and becomes one solid mass, liable to mould and decay rapidly, while in pints the fruit keeps better and looks more attractive. It costs more to pick red raspberries than black, as the black grow more in clusters, and can be gathered more rapidly. Two cents is the usual price. Rich loamy soil suitable for corn is preferable to light sand. If reasonably fertile no manure will be necessary, yet the raspberry responds promptly to yard manure, which may be applied in fall over each hill, after cultivation has ceased. If at all likely to winter kill, winter protec- tion should be given. In any event the fruit is larger and more plentiful when the canes are protected, and the work can be done very rapidly. A man throws a shovelful of earth against the base of the plant, then a boy bends | the canes over the mounds thus made, then of “\4rem 18 THE HARDINESS CI BLACKBERRIES. ground. Often in field cuiture they get no pruning except annual shortening of the sprigs before the foliage appears, the earlier the bet- ter, reducing the upright and side branches about one-third. Suckers must be kept hoed off before getting astart. Numerous suckers reduce the yield of fruit and prevent cultiva- tion. As I gave directions for propagating in my book ‘‘ How to Propagate an row Fruit,” rice 25 cents, I need not say much on the sub- ject here. The suckers properly dug make good plants for transferring. Pieces of roots 3 to 3 inches long, scattered in drills in early spring, covered two inches deep and ‘kept well weeded, will make fine plants. I never give the blackberry any support, except the Wilson and others of the dewberry class, which require stakes or wires. For cutting out the old wood we use a Sharp blade in the form of a hook, attached to a long handle, a slant pull on which brings out the cane. Remember that the cane that springs up this season bears fruit next season, and after bearing fruit it is no further account, and the sooner removed the better, The same is true of raspberries. —__++___ Raising the Blackberry from Seed. Blackberry seeds, like peach seeds, should be frosted before sprouting, says Wm, Parry in Rural New Yorker. Many years ago, when first attempting their propagation, I gnst put the seed on the surface of the ground, placed a large, flat stone on them for protection until Sprnes then, on removing the stone covering, the seeds were nicely sprouted and could be scraped up and planted in a row wherever wanted to grow. More recently I have adopt- ed a plan which I like better, viz: I select the berries, put them in a box or basket for a week or more until they are well ripened or partly rotted or dried up so that the seed can be easily separated from the pulp; then I sow the seeds in a small, shallow box of earth—say one or two feet square and about three inches deep—cover them shallow by putting a little more fine earth or sand over them; then set the box where it will be out of the way, in a shady place, generally in some corner of the greenhouse, give one good watering, which will last a long time—perhaps the whole sea- son. When cold weather arrives carry the box of seed outside and let it freeze solid for a week or more, then bring it insideto thaw and the seeds will soon come up thickly and may soon be potted off and should be ready to transplant in June, WILLIAM PARRY. Parry, N. J. ——__—_—_—_—_—_=>3———____—_—. The Hardiness ot Blackberries. While Snyder, Taylor, Stone’s Hardy and Wachusett Thornless are perfectly hardy in Western New York and inthe eastern states generally, it must be understood that they will require protection in the north-west, where the thermometer cannot be made long enough to record the coldest snaps. But even there they grow fine crops, by giving needed protection, which is done at slight cost. And with protection they succeed with tender va- BGhies, yet I do not advise the planting of such. The Fruit Grower’s Journal speaks as fol- lows on this subject: ‘““We learn from replies given to the Minne sota Farmer by fruit growers in Minnesota, Dakota, and Wisconsin, that none of the blackberries Known to cultivators are hardy in that region; that unless they are protected in winter they are never profitable, not even those esteemed the most hardy with us, such as Snyder, Taylor or Stone’s Hardy can be re- lied upon without protection. One gentleman who had tried to grow blackberries without protection says that he raised two crops of Kittatinny in ten years, and one of Snyder in three years. Most of those who had succeed- ed in raising crops of fruit recommended re- moving the earth from one side of the stalks, bending them over and covering with earth sufficient to hold the stalks in place, and doing this late in the season, so as not to injure the buds by too much moisture before the ground freezes. They also advise mulching the sur- face with manure. When protected in this way the Wilson and Lawton yield large crops and thus become profitable to the cultivator. 3 ~have said that it wa the largest of all. Indeed, I have » picked larger specimens from it than from any other. rice, soc per 12; $2 per 100. MOORE’S ARCTIC PLUM—A new hardy plum which originated on the highlands of Aroostook Co., Me., about forty miles nortan of Bangor,on the grounds of A..T. Moore, Ashland, Me., where. unprotected and exposed to Arctic colds, it has for many years borne » enormous crops, and is claimed to be the hardiest plum \known, and so far free from black knots; tree healthy, vigorous, an early and abundant bearer: branches smooth, olive brown, grayish. Fruit medium, roun- dish, inclining to oval; suture nearly obscure,apex a dot; skin purplish black, thin blue bloom; stalk medium, ratherslender; cavity small; flesh geenish yellow, juicy, sweet, pleasant flavor, but not rich. Season first half of September. Price of large treets, soc. GUII PLUM—This Plum originated with Mr. Hage aman, Lansingburg, N.J. It was cultivated largely by John Geeuay (Guii),and was generally called by this name, but was not much disseminate until quite re- cently; it is now quite extensively grown for market, having proved to be one of the most profitable for that purpose; tree hardy, a very strong, vigorous upright grower, spreading with age and bearing; branches smooth, light brown, grayish. Fruit large, roundish oval, narrowing a little at the apex, which is a dot or small point; suture slight, often without any; skin dark purple, covered with a thick blue boom; stalk long, slender, cavity large, deep; flesh pale. yellow, rather firm, juicy, sweet, sprightly subacid; not a rich table fruit, but valuable for culinary purposes and markei; free stone; season last of August and first September. Price, large trees, soc. 4 Lr“ PRUNUS SIMONI. ' .# Professor Budd, the authority on hardy fruits, bestows great praise upon the merits of the Pru- NuS SIMONI, which he considers a happy cross between the Peach and Plum. He mentions it as be- ing one of the most valuable fruits of recent introduction. It is certainly a great novelty in the fruit line, and is said to be hardy, to fruit early, and to be exceed- ingly productive. Prof. Budd is the best informed person regarding Prunus Simoni and his positive claim for its superior beauty and excellence ives it value in our estimation. rice, for small trees, 35 cents: large, 50 cents each. \, CLETHERA Mr. Parsons, of Flushing, thus calls attention to the Clethera; ‘‘I never knew it to fail to bloom, Cold never harms it. The honey made from it is almost white, thick, .nd of fine flavor. Its leaves are light green ; flowers pure white, in spikes 3 to6 inches long. A group of Clethera will perfume the air fora long distance ; aJhandful will fill a room with delightful fra- == ALNIFOLIA. grance. It blooms from July rst to September ; its cul tivation is simple, thriving where the lilac will suc- ceed. It never fails to bloom after ahard winter. Its effect is impressive in large masses. It isa neat, up- right growing shrub. Its fragrance in a bouquet is as Strong and enduring as the Tuberose.” Price, for strong plants. 50 cents each. Small plants 25c... } BARR’S NEW ASPARAGUS. =) + AMERICAN ARBOR VITZ2. $2 per 100 roots. Price 25c. For Hedges at 10. cach. YY iN s i Mt wt Ay 2 i : x N\ SWEET CHESTNUT. Small trees, by mail, 15 cents ; Jarger trees, 35 cents. SS | | 26 LAWRENCE PEARS IN APRIL. Pear Experience. The Summer Doyenne ripened July 20th. On a branch 15 inches long I have counted 42 pes and other branches were equally pro- uctive. The fruit is uniform in size, small, roundish; quality acceptable at that early date, but not equal to many others later. While many varieties are not annual bearers, this and the Tyson never fail to give a good crop. Last season the Tyson hung upon the dwarf trees in clusters as thickly as cherries. The quality of the Tyson, ripening in August, is superior to that of the Summer Doyenne, and almost equals the Seckel. The Summer Doyenne originated with Van Mons in 1823. The Tyson originated with Jonathan Tyson, near Philadelphia. While neither of these varieties may be desirable for market on ac- count of small size, no home garden should be considered complete without them. Few pears bear so early after planting, and so regularly every season, as the Bartlett, which is the most popular pear for market or home use the country over. Angouleme has been a popular pear in this section, yet it is the most fickle bearer of all, often producing no fruit after blossoming freely. Its quality with us is good, but in some localities is poor. ; Louise Bonne de Jersey is a regular bearer, but I never fancied its astringenttendency. In other respects the quality is good. Souvenir du Congres is very large, firm and productive; a good keeper for a summer pear; quality not so good as Bartlett, which it re- sembles. Anjou bears annually and is entirely satis- factory. We pack the fruit in oats and keep it until January and February. Josephine of Malines, though a poor grower, requiring rich soil and good culture, is a good- keeping winter pear, and has no superior in quality in its season, if at any season. Dana’s Hovey was Charles Downing’s favor- ite. It is small, yellowish-russet, of superior quality. Winter Nelis may be called a weeping pear, so straggling and grape-vine-likeis its growth. We top-bud or graft it on strong-growing va- rieties. It is of superior quality, hardy and productive, but not attractive im appearance. In order to secure good specimens, the fruit of all pear trees should be thinned so that no two pears will touch one another. Pears should be picked before maturity or their best flavorislost. The beauty and quality of pears, more than other fruits.4s affected by the man- ner of ripening’ If placed in close dark draw- ers, with a thick, woolen cloth above and be- neath, a bright golden hue will be secured in most cases. The warmer the room the more rapidly willthey ripen Soto keep them, keep them cold.—C. A. Green in Am, Garden. vee Lawrence Pears in April. We find no difficulty in keeping winter fruits much longer than their reputed period, by ob- serving twoconditions. Thefruitroom, which is part of the basement of the dwelling, is sep- arated from the rest of the basement by an eight-inch brick wall: thesides and bottom are cemented with water lime, and the ceiling is lined with building paper. Theswinging win- dows admit any degree of ventilation, and with the aid of thermometers the temperature is kept near the freezing point. This low tem- perature is one of the two conditions. The other is the selection of long-keeping specimens. Some will ripen much sooner than others, and by placing them in single layers in drawers or in shallow boxes, the ripe ones are taken out for use, and the hard, long-keepers left. In this way we have kept pears the past winter one or two months longer than the ordinary time, and had good specimens of the Lawrence in April. They had lost some of their flavor, but were stili quite good. The Winter Nelisdid not hold its flavor nearly so well. There isa difference in seasons, some bringing the fruit to maturity soonerthan others. Baldwin apples are usually kept in the same way till June; but after the weather becomes warm it is more difficult to keep the fruit room cool, and they soon begin to lose their flavor. Ue ee Pears and Orchards. The Franklin Review and Journal, of Tenn., says: ‘‘W. L. Wilkes has sold hiscrop of Bart- lett pears from fifteen acres, for $3,000 to Mr. Noble, of Cincinnati. This is the second $3,000 crop which Mr. Wilkes has sold from the or- chard within the last four or five years, besides other smaller crops aggregating something near $8,000 in that time, or an average of near $2,000 a year from fifteen acres of land while the expenses of keeping it up had been a mere trifle.’ We are continually citing instances of this kind, and we hope some wise men are taking advantage of the suggestion. Some, indeed many persons, would gladly do these things if they could only think of it. There comes therub. It is the duty as wellas the in- terest of the farmer to think for himself, and if he would, his success could be pointed out as an example, and he wonld thus be a leader in- stead of a follower of men. There are thousands of acres of land well adapted to the growth of fruit, and such land set out in good trees would earn a living forits owner with but little labor, and yet itis surf prising how few homesteads are without or- chards. Why, a manshould plant an orchard, if he never sold a bushel of fruit, for the use of his family. Fruit is indispensable to health in the heat of summer, and children deprived of fruit lose half their enjoyment as well as health. Some men think an orchard issomuch waste ground because they sell nothing off the orchard. It rests entirely with themselves whether or not they sell: They have a mar- ket of some kind, however remote from towns or cities. If he prefers the city he can haul or ship on railroad, or he can get an ‘“‘evaporator’ and dry it. In either way there is ro piece of ground more profitable than the orchard. But in setting out an orchard be certain to select marketable fruit, as inferior apples or peaches are worth simply nothing except for hogs. Itis just as easy to get good as bad, therefore get none but first-class, and if you distrust your own judgment, get the advice of some one who knows. “How do your New York trees do ?’: “‘T have no better trees on my farm. I be- lieve they are preferable to trees grown in . Maine. I have two orchards, set nine years since. One of Kennebec trees, and one of New Yorkers. Both were grafted alike, and the New York trees are ahead to-day in size, gen- eral appearance and in production of fruit.” GREEN’S NURSERY CO.,ROCHESTER, N. Y. 30 ° ose — BOSC PEAR-—-Tree vigorous. Shoots long, brownish olive. Fruit large, pyriform, a little uneven, often tapering long and gradually into the stalk. Skin pretty smooth, dark yellow, a good deal eovered with streaks and dots of cinnamon russett, and slightly touched with red on one side. Stalk one to two inches long, rather slender,curved. Calyx short, set in a very shallow basin. Flesh white, melting, very buttery, with a rich, delicious, and slightly perfumed flavor. Quality, best. Ripens gradually from the last of Sep- tember to the last of October. Price, large trees, soc. MEECH'S PROLIFIC QUINCE. ‘‘The trees of this variety often make a growth of over 5 feet the first year. In 1881, a three-year-old tree grew seven feet and seven inches: and in 1883, bore over half a bushel of quinces, as handsome as the finest oranges, besides making a growth of about six feet. Trees of this variety are remarkable for produc- tiveness. It is preeminently prolific. The trees ofien blossom the next year afterward with such abundance as to need a vigorous thinning to prevent injury from overbearing. The fruit of Meech’s Prolific quince is superior in every excellence of beauty, size, fragrance and flavor. Its prevailing shape is much like a hand- some pear. It is very large as well as handsome and attractive.’ Eighty quinces of the largest size that grow bygood culture make a bushel, weighing from twelve to fifteen ounces each. In 1883 a specimen grew toeighteen ounces ona full bearing tree. But large as it grows with fair cultivation, its size is not its chief merit. Its delightful fragrance and its delicious flavor are among its most excellent qualities. A basket of this fruit will perfume a large room withits aroma.” The above is the originator’s description. Price, one year, stiong, $1.50 each ; or in dormant bud for 50 centse ch. LAWSON OR COMET. ** This remarkable Summer pear is not only the most beautiful in appearance, but also the largest early pear yet produced. The fruit is so beautiful that it sold in the markets of New York the past season, and for many years, as high as $4.00 per half bushel crate ; and as the tree is a heavy annual yielder, tne profits to be derived fromit areapparent. As it is a good shipper there is nothing, perhaps, that can be planted by the fruit grower (particularly at the South) that will yield such ~ lucrative returns. i ope ee The original tree, now supposed to be over one hun- dred years old, sprouted in the cleft of a rock ona farm formerly belonging to John Lawson, in Ulster County, N. Y., where it still stands; and during its long life has never been affected with blight or other disease, nor injured by insects; maintaining perfect health and vigor, The fruit may be described as exceedingly large for an early pear, and cannot be surpassed in point of color, which is a most beautiful crimson on a bright yellow ground. ‘‘ It seems to absorb and reflect the first rays of the morning sun, and becomes more brilliant in clear, dry weather.’’ The flesh is crisp, juicy, and pleasant, but not of high quality. Ripens in Central New York from middle of July to first of Au- ust (and of course correspondingly earlier in locations urther South), and possesses superi'r keeping and shipping qualities, the tree is a good grower, a prolific annual cropper and begins bearing young.” In dormant bud, soc.; one year old, $1; 5to 6 for $2. 008 ‘avok [T ‘od¥vixy OFIMAA BVAVSVIN % go by mail. A LETIEK OF ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES. Mt WAS EE AY. XO). LO. IRSAD. THis CAREFULLY. We get so many letters asking questions, it occurs to us that we may answer them more satisfactorily inthis manner. There are points brought out here that all should be benefited by noting. Especial attention is called to the items marked with a cross. Our desire is to please our patrons and to give them entire satisfaction. We have great solicitude regarding the treatment our patrons receive, and gladly rectify any mis- takes that may occur. We desire however, to guard against imposition, therefore make all claims without a moment’s delay, and make all clear and reasonable. If any- thing appears to be amiss do not suspect trickery and write in anger, but explain fully and expect all to be corrected. | What willexpress or freight charges amountto? Youcan learn thismore easily than we can, by inquiring at your local offices. Remember that on heavy packages much can be saved by sending by freight, but late in the season, or in hot weather strawberry and black raspberry plants cannot go safely by freight. Everything goessafer in cool weather than in warm weather, hence the importance of sending orders early. The weight of trees and plants varies with sizes and varieties, but on an average their weight per 100 when packed will be as follows: Apple, Pear, Plum, Cherry and Peach Trees, 100 lbs.; Peach 3 to 4 feet, Quinces, etc., 50 1bs.; Grapes, Currants and Gooseberries, two years, 80 lbs.; Ditto, one year, 20 lbs.; Blackberries and Red Raspberries, 10 lbs.; Black Raspber- ries, 5 lbs.; Strawberries, in light crates de- signed for the purpose, 25 lbs. per 1,000. Can the stock be sent safely by mail? Strawberry, raspberry, grapes and most small fruits can go safely by mail thou- sands of miles. As it costs no more to send by mail 2,000 miles than one mile, the mail should be used mainly for distant orders. Apple, quince and peach trees of the smallest size can Plum, pear, cherry, etc., are usually too large for mailing but can be sent in dormant bud, which means rooted stocks in which a bud has been inserted the past season, the bud intended to grow and form the tree of the desired variety, the trees to be cut off a few inches above the bud after planus. and all shoots but the one rubbed off. The buyer always pays the postage, which should be added as follows: Doz. Per50. Per 100 $ .50 Strawberries, - -_ gratis $ .25 : Raspberries, - - - §$.15 .40 Ay (5) Blackberries, - - -20 D0 -90 Currants and Gooseberries, .20 .60 1.20 Grapes, one yearold, - 20 50 1.00 Grapes, two years old, co ko 1.50 All premium plants or books must be claimed with the original order. It will be useless to request us to send items as pre- miums that you failed to claim when ordering, as we cannot go back and trace such small matters where they are so numerous. ? We do not make changes in pre- miums. If one premium does not suit you choose another, but do not make up premiums to suit yourself, not offered by us, expecting that we will send them. Long letters. Donot write them. State your business in a few words as possible and write plainly. State full particulars in each letter. Do not refer to other letters expecting that we will remember what you wrote a week ago. Subscribers for other journals re- ceived through us should complain direct to the publishers if their publications do not come regularly, and not to us. Look carefully in the packing mater- ials forsmallitems. Patrons often complain of not finding a new strawberry or currant and afterwards write that they had overlooked it in the moss and litter. : W hatvarieties of fruit shall I plant? This question is often asked, but in most cases you could learn best of fruit growers in your Own vicinity. While we are posted on varie- ties suited to many localities we cannot hope to decide so accurately as an experienced per- son who lives near you. If you cannot get the needed advice at home leave the selection in ordering entirely to our Charles A. Green. ; Order on separate sheet from your letter, and make all plain, attaching the prices, naming Post Office, express or freight office, and state by which we shallsend. Do not say send $2 worth of this or that but state the number of plants and price. Substitution of varieties. There are thousands of varieties of apples, pears and peaches, etc., and you must not expect that any nurseryman hasevery variety of fruit that may be called for. If a nurseryman replies that he cannot supply some varieties, or if he at times substitutes good varieties for those called for that he has not, and cannot get, you should accept this as evidence that what he does send is true toname (correctly labeled). Beware of him who always has everything that you call for—he is apt to beafraud. Thou- sands of rascaily agents defraud the people annually by trees not correctly labeled. Where, in a long list, we cannot supply one or two of the items, we will substitute others as near like those called for as possible, and always varieties of great value, often more valuable than those called for. If you donot want us to do this simply state no substitution then we will simply omit what we cannot sup- ply and return you'the money paid. ny do not piants and papers come? Do not expect to receive plants or papers immediately on ordering. Remember that many are ordering cf us at the same 6 | ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. $$ ~ HABIT ; OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. ShaSo GROWTH Free English Russet—Fruit medium size, very regular; slightly conical ; pale greenish a to. yellow, about two-thirds covered with russet; flesh yellowish white, firm and a crisp, with pleasant, slightly sub-acid flavor. Vig. | Ewalt (Bunock’s Pippin)—A fine, showy apple ; very large, roundish, slightly conical ; Ney to bright yellow, shaded with crimson on the sunny side ; flesh white, tender, brisk, Sake _ sub-acid. Veg Fameuse (Snow Apple)—Medium size, roundish, very handsome; deep crimson; flesh | Nov. to snowy white, tender, juicy, high flavored and delicious. Tree vigorous, produc- Feb. | tive, and very hardy. Vig Fallawater (Tulpehocken, Pound, &c.)—A very large, dull red apple. of good qual- Nov. to ity : productive. pice Free. | Grimes’ Golden (Grimes’ Golden Pippin)—An apple of the highest quality, equal to Jan’y to the best Newtown ; medium to large size ; yellow, productive ; grown in Southern April. Ohio. Mod. Green Sweet—Medium size; skin green, somewhat dotted; juicy and very sweet; one | Dec. to uf the best Winter sweet apples. April. Vig. | Hubbardston Nonsuch—Large, striped yellow and red; tender. juicy and fine. Nov. to | Strong, good bearer. May. Mod. Jonathan—Fruit medium or small, roundish ; skin yellow, nearly covered with dark | Nov. to or lively red; fine grained, very tender and finely flavored. April. Vig. | Kentish Fill Basket—An English apple of great size and beauty ; color greenish yel- Oct. , to | fow, with brown red blush in the sun; flesh tender; juicy, with sub-acid, sprightly Jan’y flavor Free: ()' Krauser—A fine, medium size, yellow apple; originated in Berks County, Pa.; popu- | Dec. to lar in its native locality on account of its handsome appearance and good keeping April. qualities. Vig. King (Tompkins County)—Large and handsome ; striped red and yellow ; productive. | Maal i One of the best. Mod. _ | Lady Apple—A beautiful little dessert fruit ; flat, pale yellow, with a deep red cheek ; | Nov. to juicy, rich and pleasant. May. Mod. Ladies’ Sweet—A large, handsome, red apple ; juicy, sweet and good. Pee Free. Nonpareil—An old English variety; free, upright grower, and productive; fruit | Dec. to. medium, roundish, conical, yellowish green, with patches of dull russet and red in March the sun; flesh crisp, juicy, vinous, aromatic; mild acid. Vig. Monmouth Pippin (Red Cheek Pippin)—Large, greenish yellow, with a fine red | Mar. to- cheek ; juicy, tender and good ; productive. April. Mod. Newtown Pippin—One of the very best apples as to quality. Very juicy, crisp and | Dec. tc highly delicious flavor ; requires manure for the best fruit ; fine-keeper. May. Vig. Northern Spy—Large, roundish, slightly conical, somewhat ribbed ; striped, with the | Jan’y to sunny side nearly covered with purplish red. Flesh white and tender, with a June. mild sub-acid, rich and delicious flavor. The tree should be kept open by pruning so as to admit the air and light freely. Vig. Nickajack—A large, roundish, striped apple of fair quality ; very hardy and produc- | Dec. to- tive; popular in the South. April. Mod. Peck’s Pleasant—Large, pale yellow; very tender and rich, with a Newtown Pippin | Nov. to flavor. Fine bearer. Mar. Vig. Pewaukee—A seedling from Duchess of Oldenburg. Fruit medium to large, obovate, | Jan’y to waved; surface bright yellow, partially covered with dull red; striped and| June. | splashed, covered with a gray bloom, and overspread with whitish dots ; flesh yel- lowish white, breaking juicy; flavor sub-acid, rich, aromatic, spicy, something like | the Jonathan; quality good to best. Mod. Pomme Grise—A rather small and beautiful gray russet apple, with a slight blush | Dec. te next the sun; ficsh tender and high flavored. . April. Mod. Rawle’s Janet (Never Fail)—Medium, roundish, ovate; greenish yellow, striped with ee Me April. red ; crisp, rich and juicy ; one of the best and longest keepers in the South and South-west. Mod. Rome Beauty—Large, yellow, shaded with bright red ; flesh yellowish, tender, juicy, | Nov. to sub-acid. Feb. Vig. | Ribston Pippin—Fruit medium to large, splashed and mixed dull red on yellow, with | Oct. to- slight russet ; flesh yellow, crisp and juicy, with acid, aromatic flavor ; adapted to Jan. | Northern localities. PRICGES—WINTER: Golden Russett, Baldwin, Ben Davis, Clermont, Fameuse, Grimes Golden, Hubbardston, Jonathan, King, N. Spy, Pewaukee, Pomme Grise, R. 1. Greening, Rox Russe:t, Seek no» Further, Smokehouse, Swaar, Talman Sweeting, Wagener, Bellflower, 6 feet 18c., others 25c, IRON - CLADS: Alexander, Mann, Stark, Walbridge, Wealthy, 6 feet 18c., others 25c., except Salome which is- 6oc. each. Smaller sizes rec, ~ HABIT OF GROWTH Mod. Mod. Free. Pree. ‘Vig. | Smith’s Cider—A handsome fruit, large, oblong, somewhat flattened ; skin yellow, OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 7 NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON - Red Canada (Old Nonsuch of Mass., Steele's Red Winter'—Medium, oblate, red: Jan’y to tender, crisp; rich, sub-acid, refreshing and delicious; productive. | May. Rhode Island Greening—Large, greenish yellow ; tender, juicy and rich, with rather | Dec. to an acid flavor ; an abundant bearer. | April. Russet, Roxbury or Boston—Medium to large; greenish or yellow russet ; crisp, | Jan’y to good, sub-acid flavor; productive. Very popular on account of its long keeping. | June. Salome—Tree a strong grower ; equals Wealthy in hardiness ; holds its fruit frmiy, even against strong wind-storms ; an early and annual bearer, aithough a heavier crop on alternate years; fruit of medium and uniform size; quality very good, which it retains even into Summer; keeps well with ordinary care until July and | has been kept in excellent condition until October, Seek-No-Further (Westfield)—Medium to large; slightly russeted, with dull red stripes , tender, rich, spicy and fine. Good bearer. « Nov. to Feb. Dec. to changing to red; flesh tender, juicy, crisp, with pleasant sub~acid flavor. Mar. Smokehouse—Large, yellow, shaded with bright red ; flesh firm, crisp, juicy and fine | Oct. to | flavored. Nov. | | Spitzenburg, Esopus—Medium to large; deep red; flesh yellow, crisp, sub-acid, high flavored. Bears and grows well transplanted in rich soil. Novy. to April. Sutton Beauty—Fruit medium or above; roundish oblate conic; waxen yellow, | Nov. to shaded, mottled and obscurely striped with fine crimson; flesh whitish, crisp, Feb. tender, juicy : sprightly sub-acid. Swaar—Large, pale lemon yellow, with dark dots; tender, with a mild, rich, agree-| Noy to able flavor ; one of-the best. May. Tallman Sweeting—Medium, pale yellow, slightly tinged with red; firm, rich and | Noy. to very sweet. The most valuable baking apple ; productive. April. | | j | Tewkesbury Winter Blush—Small; yellow, with a red cheek; flesh firm, juicy and | | } | | Jan. to fine flavored ; keeps until late in Spring. July. Vandevere—Medium ; yellow ground; flesh light yellow, rich, sub-acid flavor ; early Wace ute bearer. Feb. Wagner—Medium to large; deep red in the sun; flesh firm ; sub-acid and excellent, Meciies very productive ; bears very young. May. Western Beauty—Fruit roundish oblate, conical; greenish yellow, nearly covered | Noy to with pale dullred ; striped with darker shade; flesh greenish white, not firm, ten-| Feb. der, mild, sub-acid, good. / Willow Twig—Large, roundish, greenish yellow, striped with dull red; flesh firm . April to rather tough, early bearer, and considered valuable in the South and West where} May. it is pcpular ; profitable as a late keeper. | Winesap—Medium, dark red; sub-acid, excellent; abundant bearer. A favorite | Dec. to | market variety in the West. May. Yellow Bellflower—Large yellow, with red blush ; very tender, juicy, sub-acid; in Now use all Winter. April. York Imperial—Medium, oblate : white, shaded with crimson. Flesh firm, crisp, Ege as | juicy and sub-acid. A good bearer and keeper ; one of the best Winter apples. Feb. LIST OF TRON CLAD OR NEVER-FAIL APPLES. Alexander (Emperor Russian)—Large, deep red or crimson; flesh yellowish white, crisp, tender, with pleasant flavor. Very hardy. Oct. Aucubafolia—A new Apple of the Russian class. Tree very hardy: an early and| Noy. & | abundant bearer, with distinctly variegated leaves, very ornamental. Fruit good ! Dec. i size, roundish ; slightly conical ; striped, with the side nearly covered with red ; | | flesh fine, brisk, sub-acid. Bethel—Origin, Bethel, Vermont. Esteemed for the hardiness of the tree, and good | Dec. to quality of the fruit ; fruit good size, roundish, oblong; yellow, ground striped | Feb. with beautiful red, and dotted with fine red and white spots; very best quality, and valuable for the North. New. Bottle Greening--Resembling Rhode Island Greening, but tree a better grower and | Dec. to much hardier. A native of Vermont. March. 4 ILLUSTRATIVE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE DWARF APPLES. The planting of Dwarf Apples has been attended with gratifying success. Almost all’sorts succeed equally well when worked upon Paradise or Doucin stock ; the former producing a very small tree or shrub ; the latter a tree of considerable size, reaching sometimes to 1roor 12 feetin height. These com- mence bearing fruit the second year after planting, and being as healthy as standard trees and productive are a great ornament and satisfaction. They should be planted from six to eight feet apart, and will pro- duce fruit without the delay attending standard. Being trained low, they are valuable for the West. Taking uf but little room, they are especially adapted to village gardens of small extent, giving the own- ers a constant and sure supply of choice fruits, far superior to any which can be bought in market. RUSSIAN AND OTHER HARDY APPLES. reat interest is now manifested in what are known as Russian and “ Iron Clad Apples ’’—varieties sufficiently hardy to stand the extreme climate of the North and North-west and yet possessing the merits in quality and size of the standard sorts of amore temperate region. So great has been the development in this direction, and so numerous and valuable have the kinds become that the complaint is no longer valid that good fruit cannot be produced in the far North or North-west. We mention as among the best and most*prominent sorts, Duchess of Oldenburg, Tetofsky, Haas, Pewaukee, Wealthy, Walbridge, Alexander, Mann, McIntosh, Red, Rubicon, Red Beitigheimer, New Brunswick and Yellow Transparent. SUMMER. HABIT OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON, GROWTH Mod. American Summer Pearmain—Medium, oblong; striped and dotted with red ; ten- | Sept. der, juicy and rich; good bearer. Free. Astrachan Red—Large, roundish, nearly covered with deep crimson, overspread | Aug. with a thick bloom ; juicy, rich, acid, beautiful ;a good bearer. Free. Benoni—Medium size, nearly round ; deep red, with rich flavor. Aug. Mod. Carolina Red June (Red ¥une)—Medium size, red; flesh white, tender, juicy, sub- | June. acid ; an abundant bearer. Mod. Early Harvest—Medium size, round, straw color; tender, sub-acid and fine; pro- | Aug. ductive. Mod Early Strawberry—Medium; roundish; handsomely striped with red; excellent ;| Aug. productive. - Free. Early Ripe—A large yellow apple, ripening with or immediately after the Early Har- | July. vest : a popular market fruit. Free Golden Sweet—Large, pale yellow, very sweet and good ; good bearer. Aug. Free Jefferis—Rather large, roundish ; yellow skin striped with red ; very rich, tender and | Aug. & i juicy. This very beautiful variety is unsurpassed for the dessert. Sept. Free. Keswick Codlin—Large, tender, juicy ; excellent for cooking ; productive, and early | July to in bearing. Oct. Mod. Primate—A bove medium, straw color, tinged with blush ; tender, juicy and sub-acid;} Aug. & abundant bearer. Sept. Mod. Sweet Bough—Large, pale greenish yellow ; tender and sweet ; good bearer. Aug. Mod. Summer Queen—Medium to large ; yellow, streaked with red ; flesh tender, withan/ July & acid, aromatic flavor. : Aug. Free. Sops of Wine—Medium size, red; flesh white, often stained; mild and pleasant;/ Aug. & productive. Sept. Mod. Tetofsky—A Russian apple, profitable for market growing ; bears extremely early,| July & usually the second year after transplanting, and bears every year ; hardy asa Aug. Crab ; fruit good size, yellow, beautifully striped with red : juicy, pleasant, acid, aromatic. Mod. Williams’ Favorite—Above medium size; deep red; mild and agreeable; good|July & bearer. Aug. AUTUMN. Free. Autumn Strawberey—Medium streaked ; tender, juicy, fine; productive anu very |} Sept. & desirable. Oct. Vig. | Colvert—A large, roundish striped apple ; flesh whitish, juicy, sub-acid ; valuable for | Oct. & | market. Nov. Vig. Chenango Strawberry (Sherwood’s Favorite)—Color whitish, shaded, splashed and | Sept. & | mottled with light and dark crimson ; flesh white, tender and juicy. Oct. Free. Duchess of Oldenburg—Russian, medium to large size; skin yellow, streaked with | Sept. 1 red, and somewhat blushed, sometimes with a faint blue bloom; flesh juicy and | - good, with a rich, sub-acid flavor; productive. PRICES—DWARF APPLES are of varieties as follows only ; Wealthy, Wagner, Early Harvest, sweet Bough, Haas, Twenty Ounce, Fameuse, (crimes Golden, Mann, Alexander, Baldwin, Red Astra- chan, Duchess of Oldenburgh, King, Tetofsky, Walbridge, R. I, Greening, Maidens Blush ; 2oc, each. Free. Free. Free. Free, Free. Vig. Free. Slow. Slow. Vig. Vig. Vig. Free. Free. OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAI. TREES, &e. 5 } NAME AND DESCRIPTION, | SEASON, Fail Pippin—Very large, yellow ; tender, juicy and rich; fine in all localities. Oct. to Fall Jennetting—Large, greenish yellow, with a faint blush; flesh yetlow, juicy and ain crisp, sub-acid. Now. Fall Orange—Large size, nearly round ; yellow, sometimes a little dull red; rather | Nov. acid; excellent for cooking; a very early and abundant bearer. Gravenstein—Large, striped and beautiful; tender, juicy and high flavored; pro- | Sept. & ductive. Haas (Gros Pommier, Fall‘Queen)— Medium to large, slightly conical and somewhat} Oct. & ribbed ; pale greenish yellow, shaded and striped with red ; flesh fine white, some- times stained, tender, juicy, sub-acid, good ; bears early and abundantly. Jersey Sweet—Medium, striped red and green ; very rich, sweet and pleasant ; good | Sept. & bearer. Lady “Henniker—Fruit very large ; roundish, with blunt angles on the sides; skin | Oct. & yellow on the shady side, with faint blush of red on the side next the sun; fiesh tender, well flavored, and with a pleasant perfume. Valuable for cooking, also as a dessert apple. Tree a_/vee grower, very healthy, and a great bearer. Lord Suffield—An English variety; very large, conical; skin nearly white. A valua-| Nov. ble kitchen apple and a most prolific variety. A moderate grower. Lowell or Orange—Large, roundish, slightly conical, green, becoming rich yellow; | Sept. & surface oily, flesh yellowish white, sub-acid. excellent ; good bearer. ct. Maiden’s Blush—Rather large, oblate, smooth, regular, with a fine, evenly shaded, | Sept. & red cheek or blush on a clear, pale yellow ground, flesh white, tender, sprightly, ct. with a pleasant, sub-acid flavor ; bears large crops. Munson Sweet-—Large, pale yellow, with red cheek; tender, rich and good; fine | Oct. to bearer. . Pumpkin Sweet (Lyman’s)—Very large, roundish ; skin smooth, pale green, becom- | Sept. to ing yellow next to the sun; flesh white, sweet, rich and tender; valuable for| Dec. baking. Porter—Rather large, regular, oblong, tapering to the eye; skin bright yellow,some-| Nov. times a dull blush in the sun; flesh tender, rich, sub-acid; flavor fine ; fair and productive. Rambo—Medium, yellowish, streaked with dull red and somewhat dotted + mild, ten- | Oct. to der, good and productive. Dec. St. Lawrence--Large, yellowish, streaked and splashed with carmine; flesh white, | Sept. & lightly stained, crisp, juicy, tender and vinous ; tree hardy and productive. ct. Twenty Ounce (Cayuga Red Streak)—Very large, nearly round; yellow, striped with | Nov. & red ; quality good ; good bearer; popular as a market variety. Dec. WINTER. American Golden Russet (Bullock’s Pippin, Sheep Nose)—Medium or small, round- } Nov. to ish ovate ; clear golden russet ; very tender, juicy, rich ; more resembles in texture Jan. a buttery pear than an apple; good bearer. Bailey’s Sweet—Fruit large, round, mottled and striped deep red ; flesh yellow and Oct. tender, with a mild, rich, sweet flavor. Baldwin—Large, roundish; deep bright red; juicy, crisp, sub-acid, good flavor; very | Jan. t productive of fair, handsome fruit; one of the best and most popular Winter April. apples. Ben Davis (New York Pippin, Kentucky Streak, &c.)—Large, handsome, striped, and | Dec. te of good quality ; productive; a late keeper ; highly esteemed in the West and March Southwest. Canada Reinette—Extra large size; color light greenish yeilow, with frequently a| Dec. to faint blush on the side exposed to the sun ; many small, dark specks suffused with May. light green beneath the skin ; flesh white, juicy, crisp, sharp, sub-acid. Cranberry Pippin—A strikingly beautiful apple, and excellent for cooking ; smooth, | Nov. to light yellow, with a bright scarlet cheek ; juicy, sub-acid. Feb. Cooper’s Market—Medium size; conical; shaded and striped with red on yellow , ; Dec. to flesh white and tender, with a brisk, sub-acid flavor ; hardy and productive. May. Clermont—New, and said to resemble in appearance the Yellow Newtown Pippin.| Feb. fruit medium to large, somewhat irregular ; skin smooth, except where russet pre- aie h° vails; rich orange yellow when ripe; flesh firm “till fully ripe; rich yellow, fine Sr grained, mild, sub-acid, rich and very good. PRICES—SUMMER: Standard, Astrachan, E, Harvest, E. Strawberry, Golden Sweet, Sweet Bough, Sops Wine, Tetofsky, six feet, price 18 cents, others 25 cents. AUTUMN: Autumn Strawberry, Chenango Strawberry, Duchess, Fall Pippin, Haas, Lady Henneker, Maiden’s Blush, Munson Sweet, Pumpkin Sweet, St. Lawrence, Twenty Ounce, price 18c. each ; medium size 15c., other kinds 2sc. amoment, and that we must have a little time “to reach all. We design that each-order shall take its turn. We do not forget youwin any case, yet always write us promptly if your order is delayed. If you desire plants sent early or late say so, but it is difficult for us to deliver on any certain day. A certain class of persons will wait until they are all ready to set plants or trees, and then on comes their order, jill at once, as my ground is ready— forgetting that nurserymen may have orders on hand, received previously to theirs. As we have been put to much trouble and expense by persons ordering goodsto bereserved for them, and failing to remit, thus throwing the stock upon our hands at the close of the season a total loss, inthe future it will be an invariable ‘rule to accept no orderfrom those unknown to me, unless at least ten per cent. of the amount accompanies the same. ; No name or state given. Thisis one reason why plants and papers are delayed. People often forget to sign their names to let- ‘ters or to name what State they live in, then we must hunt the country over to find them. Only four copies come of CREEN’S FRU it GROWER. Ourreply to this com- plaint is that our paper at present is issued quarterly, four times a year, and not monthly, yet by condensing and careful editing we keep our readers well posted on fruit culture, single copies often being worth $50 to the reader, as our friends write. Our three pamphlets. Many who write to us for advice about fruit growing could be more fully answered by reading Charles A. Green’s three pamphlets: Grape Culture, Strawberry Culture and General Fruit Culture, embracing 170 pages of practical information. In order to save time, and aid you, we will offer these three pamphlets by mail postpaid for 35 cents, which is less tha half the price. After October, 1887, we wil ‘issue a pamphlet on the Apple and Pear, and one on the Raspberry and Blackberry and for the above purpose only we will furnish the five hooks for 50 cents. Shippingseason. Theregularshipping season in Autumn usually begins early in October. During mild winters, such as the present one promises to be, we can ship in in- tervals between periods of cold weather throughout the winter. There is no better season for having Nursery Stock shipped— especially to points south and southwest, as planting in those localities needs to be done early. Inthe manner we pack no fears should be entertained of the plants being injured en route by freezing, particularly if forwarded bx express ormail. Spring packing begins Aprii ist, or before. Wholesale orders. It is a good plan, ~when in need of a large number of one or more varieties, to write for an estimate, being care- ful to name the varieties, number of each and grade (if two or more sizes are offered), and owest figures will be given. Correspondence. Although many write and ask questions that have no bearing upon the business, yet we are always perfectly wil- ling to reply, and feel glad if able to give the desired information whether the reply be of any benefit to us ornot. But we must ask a little consideration at the hands of our inter- rogators. Weare always busy, and the desire for information usually takes the form of in- -gquiry at or near the planting season, when we are under high pressure. Therefore, during ‘October and November, March, April and -May, we are in-honor bound to give our exclu- ct sive attention to the execution of orders in- trusted to us; hence, in those months, can devote no time to giving advice on varieties of fruits or methods of culture. New varieties for testing. If you or any of your neighbors have anything promis- ing in the way of new varieties, we shall be pleased to have a few plants for testing. Large versus small trees. The great mistake with most people in setting out fruit trees is to get the largest size trees, supposing that thereby they will get fruit sooner. In taking up large trees, the roots must be cut off more or less, and the very part that is thus cut off is the end of the roots where all the fine fibres are found. Whilesmall trees have finer and more fibrous roots, and these all growin in a bunch, are all taken up with the tree, a when transplanted the smail trees grow right ahead—not being worked,back and-forth by hard winds, while the large trees ars swaye to and fro by the winds; and, too, 100 smal trees can be packed in a close bunch, with moss all among the roots, and the cost of ex- press or freight light, while large trees cannot be packed so well protected from air, and the freight or express charges are very much more. A five to six foot tree is as large size as we would advise shipping. while we would order for_a long distance, smaller trees. Express orders and gift plants. We prefer that you order stock by express as it gives us achance to furnish larger plants than we could afford to by mail. We also give free plants with orders by express, often giving enough free to fully make up for express charges. These two items furnish strong in- ducements for purchasers not too far distant . to have their orders forwarded by express. Canada orders. The _ International Postal Law is such that no plants can be im- ported by post except such as weigh eight ounces or less. This makes it imperative that Dominion customers order their plants for- warded by express or freight. We understand that the Dominion government imposes a twenty per cent. duty on plants, which the purchaser pays at the express or freight office when the plants are received. Out-door planting. Always choose the most favorable time for planting in your sec- tion, and order accordingly. We can send most plants safely whenever desired, (but fruit and ornamental trees only from October to May, when in dormant condition). As our extended country compasses so many degrees of latitude and such variations of temperature from various causes, it is impossible for us to dictate as to the best time to plant out of doors, our customers must judge for them- selves. Number of trees or plants on an acre. Multiply the distance in feet between the rows by the distance the plants are apart in the rows and the product will be the num- ber of square feet for each plant or hill ; which divided into the number of feet-in an acre (43,560), will give the number of plants or trees to the acre. 30 feet apart each way gives 50 trees, 25 feet apart each way gives 70 trees, 20 feet apart each way gives 110 trees, 18 feet apart each way gives 135 trees, 15 feet apart each way gives 205 trees, 12 feet apart each way gives 300 trees, 10 feet apart each way gives 435 plants or vines, 8 feet apart each way gives 680 plants or vines, 6 feet apart each way gives 1,210 plants or vines, 5 feet apart each way gives 1,745 plants or vines, 4 feet apart each way gives 2,725 plants or vines, 3 feet apart eack way gives 4,840 plants or vines. GREEN’S NURSERY CoO., Rochester, N. Y. FRUIT DEPARTMENT. | The first fruit, both in importance and general culture, is the apple. Its period, unlike that of other fruits, extends nearly or quite through the year. By planting judicious selections of Summer, Autumn.,, and Winter soris, a constant succession can be easily obtained of this indispensable fruit for family use- There is no farm crop wich, on the average, will produce one-fourth as much income per acre as will a good apple orchard. As it takes from six to eight years for an orchard to come into bearing, some peo- ple hesitate to plant, regarding the time and expense in a great measure lost. In reply to this we would quote the remarks made by O. C. Chapman, of East Bloomfield, N. Y.,to J.J. Thomas. He said he considered the yearly growth of each apple tree planted in his immense orchard of over one hundred and fifty acres, to be worth fully one dollar before they commenced bearing. He has had expericnce of nearly half a century, and he says that he considers this alow estimate. At fifty trees per acre, this would make- ayeariy increase of value of fifty dollars per acre, which, no doubt, is quite within the mark. As fruit has become cheaper on account of the increased supply, a large and constantly increasing European export has sprung up which affords highly remunerative prices for the best selected specimens of our orchards, while the new process of ‘‘ Evaporation ”’ of fruit has become a recognized auxilary to the horticulture of the land. With immense consumption by this process of evaporation, it may be doubted if apple orcharding will ever in any season be less than highly remunerative. All the surplus of orchards—all ‘‘ wind-falls ’’ and defective specimens can at once be gathered and sold at a fair price to the- evaporating establishments which now cxist in almost every town in all fruit-growing sections. If apples are planted at the rate of fifty trees per acre, rows of peach trees can be planted between the- apples, which, growing more quickly than the apple trees, soon protect them from the winds, and thus are a great benefittothem. After eight or ten years of productiveness, as the space is needed for apples, the peach trees may be removed, leaving the orchard better for the protection, and at the same time having- yielded the planter a large return for his trouble. TS 3 ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. eS ne 8 ee Oe es Ee * HABIT | OF | NAME AND DESCKIPTION. StsASON, GROWTH | Sees ais eee ld Free. | Clark's Orange—New Iron Clad. Originated in Pewaukee, Wis., where for five | Nov. to successive years it received the first premiums at the State Fair, and was declared Jan. ! entitled to the highest award of the Society, on seedlings. Fruit medium to large, | nearly round like an orange ; skin yeilow, covered partially with vermillion and | carmine striped ; very smooth and beautiful; fiesh white, juicy, sub-acid. Good | for dessert or cooking. Free Fourth of July—A very hardy apple; bears early ; medium size; yellow with a} Aug. & white bloom, striped and splashed with red. Sept Vig. Hastings—Very hardy; good bearer; fruit above medium: skin yellow, nearly | Nov. te covered with deep rich crimson. Excellent quality, very desirable. Feb. Vig Hurlbut—Fruit medium size, oblate, angular; skin yellow with red stripes, and | Oct. to splashed with red ; flesh white, crisp, tender, juicy, sub-acid ; quality very good. Dec. A great bearer. | Free Humphrey—New. A seedling of the Northern Spy, which it strongly resembles in Jan to quality and appearance, but isa much longer keeper. It originated in Northern June. New York; and is very hardy. A most excellent and desirable sort. | Vig. Magog Red Streak—Origin, Vermont. Bears annually large crops ; valuable for its | Dec. to extreme hardiness, vigor, productiveness and long keeping; fruit medium or| March. nearly so; roundish, inclining to oblong; skin light yellow, shaded and faintly striped and splashed with light red over half the fruit; flesh yellowish; a little coarse, moderately juicy; mild, sub-acid. Vig Mann—New. An upright grower, forming a round head; fruit medium to large, May te roundish, oblate ; skin deep yellow when fully ripe, with sometimes a shade of ee brownish red where exposed; flesh yellowish, juicy, mild, pleasant, sub-acid ; good to very good. Will keep as long as Roxbury Russet. Free. McIntosh Red—Originated in Ontario some twenty years since, but not widely | Noy. to | known. Tree very hardy, long lived ; good annual bearer of fair, handsome fruit| Feb | of excellent quality, for home or market use. Fruit above medium, roundish, oblate ; skin whitish yellow, very nearly covered with dark rich red or crimson, almost purplish in the sun. Flesh white, fine, very tender, juicy, mild, sub-acid, very promising. Vig. New Brunswick—New. Fruit above medium ; skin whitish yellow, covered with | Oct. to | dark rich crimson ; flesh very firm ; an excellent culinary and market fruit. Origi-| Nov. Nov. to much prized in Northern New England. Fruit medium, greenish white, striped| Feb. crimson. Flesh tender, juicy, very pleasant; almost white. Peach (Irish Peach)—Medium size, round or little flattened; yellowish green; streaked with brownish red. Flesh white, tender and juicy. Tree very hardy; highly prized in extreme North. Sept. Vig. Plumb’s Cider—An early bearer and very productive; fruit medium, roundish, Sept. to slightly conical ; skin greenish yellow, shaded and rather obscurely striped and Jan. splashed with dull red ; flesh whitish, tender, juicy, mild, sub-acid. Vig. Red Bietigheimer—A rare and valuable German variety. Fruit large to very large, Sept. roundish, inclining to conical ; stalk short, stout, in a deep cavity, caiyx closed in a large, deep basin ; skin pale, cream colored ground, mostly covered wita pur- plish crimson ; flesh white, firm, sub-acid. with < L.isx, pleasant flavor. Tree a *-2€ g.ower ana abundant bearer. This is one of the largest and handsomest apples, and worthy of extensive cultivation. Rolfe—New. Originated in Maine about the 4sth degree. Fruit large, of magnificent | Nov. to appearance ; color dark red ; an abundant and annual bearer, and where known Jan. the fruit outsells all others of its season. Quality prime, both for eating and cook- ing. One of the very best. arcs Rubicon—A new apple said to be very hardy and valuable for the North. Fruit | Feb. & roundish, above medium in size; yellow, mostly covered with bright rich red;] March. flesh yellowish and firm, juicy, brisk sub-acid ; very good. Fr-e. Stark—Grown in Ohio, and valued as a long keeper and profitable market fruit. Fruit large, roundish ; skin freenish yellow, shaded and striped with light and dark red nearly over the whole surface and thickly sprinkled with light brown dots. Flesh yellowish, moderately juicy, mild, sub-acid. Tree, nated in New Brunswick. Free. Nodhead (Jewett’s Fine Red)—A native of New Hampshire. Tree very hardy and } Jan. te May. OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &. G NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. Utter’s Large Red—Large and handsome, very uniform in size; a profuse bearer, | Dec. & ‘quality good. One of the most hardy sorts. Jaz. Vig Walbridge—A new early variety, very desirable for extreme cold sections, having | Mch. to stood uninjured in Minnesota, where all but most hardy varieties have failed. | June. Fruit medium size, handsome, striped with red ; quality good. Productive. Vig Wealthy—A new variety from Minnesota; healthy, hardy and very productive. | Dec. to Fruit medium, oblate, skin smooth, whitish yellow, shaded with deep red inthe] Feb. sun, splashed and spotted in the shade. Flesh white, fine, tender, juicy, lively, _ sub-acid ; very good. Free. Yellow Transparent (Russian Transparent)—A very early Russian apple, of good | July- quality and decided merits ; size medium ; color when ripe pale yellow ; sprightly sub-acid ; great bearer. CRAB APPLES. Are quite profitable for market, coming into bearing quite early—frequently in two years from bud— bearing every year, and the fruit meeting with ready sale. Some of the varieties are not only good for culinary purposes, but are especially desirable for table use on account of their beautiful appearance, their delicate texture, and their delicious flavor. There are several points to which we wish to call attention, and on which we base our recommenda— tion of these hardy fruits: 1st. They can be planted on any kind ot soil, and in the most exposed situations, with perfect safety. 2d. They willstand the severity of the changes of the coldest weather. 3d. They will come into bearing very early, often in the second year from planting, and bear every year. 4th. They are very productive, giving large crops of beautiful fruit. sth. They are unequaled for cider or vinegar. 6th. Some of them are pre-eminently dessert fruits, being of superior quality and strikingly handsome. gth. They can be dried, cooked, canned or preserved with the skin on saving a great amount of trouble. : 8th. The size of the fruit varies from 13¢ to 2% inches in diameter, being large enough to quarter and core for drying, etc. The following are the most valuable varieties. HABIT of NAME AND DESCRIPTION, : SEASON - GROWTH Free. Gen’l Grant—Tree a vigorous and upright grower; fruit large, round, red to very Oct. dark red ; flesh white, tender, mild sub-acid ; excellent for dessert, and one of the best crabs introduced. Vig. Hesper Rose—A good bearer; fruit a little smaller than General Grant; equally | Nov. to good. Jan. Mod. Hewes Virginia Crab—Rather small, round ; dull red and dotted with white ; acid | 2 OcE: somewhat astringent ; esteemed for cider. | Vig. Hyslop—Almost as large as Early Strawberry Apple ; deep crimson; very popular | Oct. to on account of its .arge size, beauty and hardiness. Jan. Vig. Large Red Siberian Crab—About an inch in diameter, grown in clusters; yellow, | Sept. to lively scarlet cheek ; bears young and abundantly. Oct. Free. Lady Elgin—A new and promising little apple ; fruit small, fair and handsome; a Oct. very tender, delightful fruit to eat out of hand. Vig. Marengo—Fruit large ; yellow, shaded with bright red ; flesh white and juicy when | Jan. to ripe ; mild sub-acid. May. Vig. Montreal Beauty—Fruit large ; bright yellow, mostly covered and shaded with rich |} Oct. to red ; one of the most beautiful! of all Crabs in appearance. Flesh yellowish, rich, Nov. firm and acid ; very good. Free. Orion—A new and very desirable Crab. Bright red ; one of the best. Oct. Mod. Orange—An annual and abundant bearer. Fruit larger than Transcendant. Flesh | Oct. to firm crisp. juicy and delicious. : Dec. Vig. Quaker Beauty—A hardy sort ; bears large crops of fine fruit. ee to ay PRICES—CRAB APPLES: Hyslop, Siberian, Transcendent, Whitney, 6 feet 18c., others 2s5c. In all cases where the price is 25c. forapple trees, the varieties are new or rare. NAME. ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. DESCRIPTION. Cooledge’s Favorite |Large White, with crimson cheek; flesh pale, very melting “Crawford’s Early. eCrawford’s Late. ‘Downing. “Early Beatrice. iEarly Canada. Early Louise. Early Rivers. ‘Early York. Early Silver. “Foster. ‘Garfield, or Brigdon George IV. Honest John. Hale’s Early. -Hill’s Chili. _Jacques’ Rareripe. Large Early York. -Lord Palmeston. "Morris White. and juicy, with a rich, sweet and high flavor; beautiful and excellent. Productive. This very beautiful and best of yellow peaches is highly esteemed for market purposes. Fruit yery large, oblong ; skin yellow, with fine red cheek; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet and excellent. Wonderfully productive and hardy. Fruit of the largest size: skin yellow or greenish yellow, with dull red cheek ; flesh yellow ; productive. One of the finest late sorts. A seedling produced by H. M. Engle, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, from an attempt to hybridize Hale’s Early Peach with an Apricot. Fruit medium; greenish white, nearly covered and mottled with red; flesh white, juicy, melting and sweet, A new variety, of fair size, handsome appearance, and very good quality. Color white, beautifully marbled with bright red ; has ripened fully two weeks before the Hale’s Early, and is remarkably free from rot. Many hundred bushels of this variety have been sold at very high prices in New York and Philadelphia markets, fully establishing its char- | acter as a most valuable market fruit. This wonderful early Peach is a native of Jordan, Province of | Ontario, Canada, a chance seedling brought out by the late A. H. High. Ripens one month before Crawford’s | Early. Good samples measure over seven inches in cir- cumference ; unusually hardy for a Peach. ieee than Early Beatrice; a few days later, but of higher quality ; good medium size ; flesh melting, juicy and excel- lent ; but little if any less valuable than the former. Another new variety ; large, light straw color, with delicate pink cheek ; flesh juicy and melting, with very rich flavor. Ripens close after the Louise, and one or two weeks earlier than Hale’s. Medium size, greenish white, covered in the sun with dull! red; flesh greenish white, very tender. Large, melting and rich, with the vinous flavor of the White Nectarine, its parent. One of the best. Originated in Medford, Mass. Large; deep orange red, be- rich and juicy, with sub-acid flavor. Crawford. Very handsome. A new Peach originated in Cayuga Co., N.Y. Flesh yellow, very rich and juicy ; color deep orange red, becoming dark red on the exposed side; very attractive; foliage large, green, glossy and peculiar. ' Large white, with red cheek; melting, juicy and delicious. Moderate bearer. Medium to large; yellow; flesh yellow and of good quality. Tree vigorous and productive, Fruit medium size, skin clear, smooth, white, delicately mar- bled with bright and dark red on the sunny side; flesh very melting, juicy, and high flavored. Medium size, dull yellow, tree very hardy, a good bearer; highly esteemed as a market fruit in Western Michigan. Very large, deep yellow ; has a high reputation. Large, white, with a red cheek fine grained, very juicy, rich and delicious ; vigorous and productive ; one of the best. Very large ; skin creamy white, with a pink cheek; flesh firm, yet melting ; very juicy and rich. Medium, straw color, tinged with red; juicy and delicious | | Earlier than Early , productive. | coming very dark red on the sunny side; flesh yellow, very SEASON. Middle to end of August. Lastof August. Last of Sept. Middle to end of Juiy. Beginning c* August. Middle to end otf. July. Middle of Aug. End of August. Middle of Aug. Early in Sept. Last cf August. Middle of Sept. Last of August. First of Sept. Last of July. Last of Sept. Last of Augus: Last of August. Middle to end of September. Middle of Sept. OF FRUITS AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &e. 07 PLUMS. The Plum tree, like the Pear and other finer fruits, attains its greatest perfection on our heavy soi?.. being entirely free from disease. The curculio, a small, dark brown beetle, often stings the fruit, causing it to drop off, but the following directions, faithfully observed, will secure a good crop of this splendid fruit everywhere. As soon as the blossoms are fallen, spread two sheets under the tree, and give the tree a sudden jar, by striking asmart blow with a hammer upon the stub of a limb, sawed from the tree for the purpose: the insects will drop on the sheei and can be killed. Coliect all the fallen fruit and burn or feed to swine. Repeat the operation every day for two or three weeks. It should be done before sunrise. The cost of protecting large orchards from the attacks of this enemy will not exceed ten cents per tree: for the entire season. HABIT OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. GROWTH Vig. Basset’s American—New. Isaregular bearer; tree very healthy and hardy ; fruit Sept. small, deep crimson, with a heavy white bloom ; sweet, rich and refreshing ; skin thick, which protects it from the attacks of the curculio. Vig. Beauty of Naples—A new variety of the highest promise ; size large; color greenish | Middle yellow. Flesh firm, juicy and very fine flavored ; tree very hardy and prolific. of Sept. Mod. Bleecker’s Gage—Above medium, yellow ; juicy and rich ; productive. | ios of Aug. Vig. Bradshaw—Fruit very large, dark violet red; flesh yeliowish green; juicy and| Middle pleasant ; productive. of Aug- Mod. Coe’s Golden Drop—Large and handsome ; light yellow; firm, rich, sweet; one of | Last of the best late plums. Sept. Free. Columbia—Very large; nearly round ; flesh rich and fine flavored. | Sept. Mod. Damson—Fruit small, oval; skin purple, covered with blue bloom ; flesh melting and Last of juicy, rather tart ; separates partly from the stone. i SSDS Vig. De Caradeuc—Medium, round; skin yellow, nearly covered with red; flesh melting. ; July. sweet and vinous; prolific. Thought to be a hybrid between the Chickasaw anc | a European variety. Represented to be one of the best. { Free, Denniston’s Superb—Medium size, round, dotted with purple ; handsome, quality | Last of- good ; good bearer. _ Aug. Free. Duane’s Purple—Large size, roundish and oblong, color a reddish purple; flesh | Beg. of — juicy and good ; very handsome; bears well. | Sept. Free. Fellenberg—(Italian Prune)—A fine late plum; oval, purple, flesh juicy and delicious; Sept. parts from the stone ; fine for drying. Tree very productive. Vig. Glass’ Seedling—Raised in Guelph, Ont. Tree hardy, very productive; fruit very | Sept. showy, valuable for market and culinary purposes; large, dark, purple, almost black, with a thin, blue bloom. Flesh a little coarse, moderately sweet and juicy. Slow. | Green Gage—Small; considered the standard of excellence for quality. Mice | of Aug. Vig. General Hand—Very large, oval; golden yellow, juicy, sweet and good. : pues j ~ept. Vig. Geuii—Fruit very large, deep bluish purple, covered with thick bloom; flesh yeilow- | First to ish green coarse, Sweet and pleasant; great bearer and very early ; tree a hardy | Middle and rapid grower. This new variety is regarded as very valuable for market by PE SSR growers along the Hudson river. Vig. German Frune—A large, long, oval variety, much esteemed for drying; color dark | Sept. purple, of very agreeable favor Free. Huling’s Superb—Very large and handsome ; yellowish green ; juicy, rich and good. | Middle : of Aug. Pree Hudson Gage—Medium size: yellow, with streaks of green; very juicy, melting, | First of rich and fine ; productive Aug. evVig. Imperial Gage (Flushing Gage, Prince’s Imperial Gage)—Fruit large, oval, skin pale | Middle green, flesh juicy, sweet, rich and excellent. Tree very vigorous and productive. of Aug. Free. Imperial Ottoman—Medium size, dull yellow; early; juicy, sweet and excellent ;| First of great bearer LES Mod. Jefferson—Large, yellow, reddened in the sun; juicy, rich and delicious. One of the iz of best. ug- : —PLUMS: Bradshaw, Coe’s Golden, Damscn, German Prune, Imperial Gage, Lombard, . eed. Purple Egg, Quackenboss, Reine Claude, Smith’s Orleans, Weecen Washington. . Yellow Egg: 6 feet 35c. Medium sized trees of above 20¢., other kinds soc. each. Vig. Vig. Vig. Vig. Vig, ee — ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. Beurre Hardy—A pear of good size; cinnamon russet; melting and fine. Treea | Oct. good bearer. One of the finest pears. D. and S. Beurre Bosc—A large, fine pear, russetty yellow, slight brownish red in the sun ; basins flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet, perfumed ; productive. S. Oct oh Beurre Diel—Large, dull yellow, dotted ; sugary, rich and delicious. D. and S. ty Beurre d’Anjou—Large, greenish, sprinkled with russet,sometimes shaded with dull | Oct to crimson ; flesh whitish, buttery, melting, with a high, rich, vinous, excellent fla- Jan. vor; very productive ; succeeds well on the quince ; should be in every orchard. D. and S. Beurre Superfin—Mediun, pale green ; melting, juicy and good ; very productive. Oct. D. and S. Belle Lucrative (Fondante d’Automme)—A fine, large pear, yellowish green, slightly | Sept. & russetted ; melting and delicious ; productive. One of the best Autumn pears. = Belle de Beaufort—Large, of symmetrical form; beautiful color and fine quality. | Oct. to Tree a good bearer. eee Duchess d’Angouleme—Very large, dull greenish yellow, streaked and spotted with OF —& russet ; flesh white, buttery and very juicy, with a rich and very excellent flavor ; in on young standard trees the fruit is variable, b.t on the quince, to which stock this variety seems well adapted, it is always fine; the large size and fine appear- ance of this fruit makes it a general favorite. D.and S. Doyenne Boussock—Large, lemon yellow, a little russetted ; melting, juicy, witha Oct sprightly, vinous flavor. S. Doyenne White (Virgalieu)—Medium, pale yellow, with a faint blush; fine flavor. Oct. & D. and S. Mow: Doyenne du Comice—Large, yellow, with crimson and fawn cheek, and russet dots; | Oct. & melting, rich, perfumed and luscious ; ‘productive. Nov. Dr. Reeder—Fruit medium, skin yellow, covered with russet; flesh melting, juicy, | Nov sweet, with musky perfume ; tree hardy and very productive ; very good. S. Edmunds—Large, bright yellow, often marbled with red in the sun: melting, sweet | Sept. & perfumed ; good bearer. D.andS. Oct Flemish Beauty—Large, beautiful, juicy, melting, rich and fine ; good bearer ; hardy | Sept. & everywhere. D. and S. Oct Frederick Clapp—Above medium, lemon yellow, sprightly, acidulous, rich, superior Oct. & to Beurre-Superfin ; best. Nov. Goodale—This hardy pear originated at Saco, Maine. Fruit large, flesh white, juicy, Oct melting, of excellent flavor and quality. Tree hardy and upright in growth, and uniformly productive ; a valuable acquisition. Howell—Large, light, waxen yellow, with a fine red cheek ; handsome, rich, sweet, | Sept. & melting, perfumed, aromatic flavor. Anearly and profuse bearer. Very hardy io and valuable. D.andS. Kieffer’s Hybrid—This new and unique pear was raised from seed of the Chinese Oct. & Sand Pear, accidentally crossed with the Bartlett or some other kind grown near she it. Tree has large, dark green, glossy leaves and is of itself very ornamental; is | an early and very prolific bearer. The fruit is of good quality, wonderfully showy and valuable for the table and market. It never rots at the core and is as nearly blight-proof as is possible for any pear to be. D.and S. Louise Bonne de Jersey—Rather large, greenish yellow, with a bright red cheek ; Sept. & juicy, buttery and melting, excellent ; very productive. D.and S. Oct. Onondaga (Swan’s Orange)—A very large, melting and highly flavored yellow pear; ! Oct. & productive. D.and S. Nov. President—Raised by Dr. Shurtliff, of Massachusetts, where it is very popular. Fruit | Nov. large, roundish, obvate ; somewhat irregular ; flesh yellowish white, rather coarse, juicy, slightly v:nous. Good. Rutter—Fruit medium to large, and nearly globular; skin rough, greenish yellow,!| Oct. & sprinkled with russet ; flesh white, moderately juicy, nearly melting, sweet, slightly | Nov. vinous ; good bearer. Very good. Sheldon—Medium size ; yellow on greenish russet, with a richly shaded cheek ; flesh | Oct. a little coarse, melting, juicy, with a very brisk, vinous, highly perfumed flavor productive. S. Seckel—Small ; skin rich yellowish brown when fully ripe, with a deep brownish red | Sept. & cheek ; flesh very fine grained, sweet, exceedingly juicy, melting, buttery ; the Se richest and highest flavored pear known. Urbaniste—Large ; pale yellow, finely russetted, melting and delicious. Best on pear. | Oct. & Nov. OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &¢. 13 OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. WINTER. Mod. |eurre Easter—Large; yellow, sprinkled with brown dots, often dull red cheek; } Dec. to quality good. One of the best Winter pears. Beston quince. D. = So Dana's Hovey—Small size ; color yellowish russet ; flesh yellowish white, juicy, melt- | Nov. & ing, with a sugary, rich, aromatic flavor, too small for a market variety, but as an Dec. amateur sort, most desirable. S. Duchess de Bordeaux—Large size, with a very thick, tough skin, which renders ita | Dec. to most valuable keeper for winter use ; flesh melting, juicy, rich. S. March. Mod. Free. Free, Glout Morceau—Large, sweet, melting,'‘juicy and buttery; one of the best early} Dec. Winter pears ; productive. D. ree. | Josephine de Malines—Medium, yellow, slightly russet; flesh buttery, juicy and | Dec. to | sweet ; a fine keeper; productive. D. March. Free. | Lawrence—Rather large, yellow, covered with brown dots; flesh whitish, slightly | Nov. & granular, somewhat buttery, with a very rich, aromatic flavor, unsurpassed Dec. among the early Winter pears; succeeds well on the quince ; ripens with little care; should be in every orchard ; tree healthy, hardy and productive. S. Tree. Mt. Vernon—Medium size; light russet, reddish in the sun; flesh yellowish, juicy Dec. : and aromatic; early bearer. A very good late pear. D.and S. } Free. | President Drouard—A very good looking and large Winter pear, with a delicate | Mar. to and abundant perfume; melting and juicy. D.andS. May. Vig. Vicar of Winkfield (Le Cure)—Large, long; not first quality, but desirable for its | Noy. te productiveness. Best on quince. D. and S. Jan. Mod. Winter Nelis—Medium size ; yellowish green and russet; fine grained, melting, rich Dec. and delicious ; one of the best Winter pears; very productive. S. PEACHES. The Peach Tree requires a well drained, moderately rich soil—warm, sandy loam 1s probably the best In order to preserve the continued healthy growth of the trees and the fine quality of the fruit, the Peach should have the shoots and branches shortened in every year or two, so as to preserve a round vigorous head ; and the land should not be seeded to grass, but kept in constant cultivation. The following have been selected after an examination of more than one hundred different sorts in bearing, the best only being chosen They furnish a succession for about two months, commencing the early part of August. NAME. | DESCRIPTION. | SEASON. Alexander Early. | From Illinois, from ten days to two weeks earlier than Hale’s| Middle to end of Early ; of good size, well grown specimens measuring ! July. eight inches in circumference, handsome and regular in| form with deep maroon shade, covered with the richest tint of crimson, rich and good in quality with a vinous flavor ; free-stone. _ Amsden. Very early ; three weeks before the Hale’s Early, and ten days before the Early Beatrice. The fruit has remarkably | keeping and carrying qualities. Fruit rather larger than | Hale’s Early; roundish, a little flattened, with a slight suture. Color red, beautifully shaded and mottled witha very dark red, nearly covering the greenish white ground. Flesh white, with a delicious flavor. Barnard’s Early. Medium to large ; yellow, cheek purplish red, flesh yellow, red | First to middle of Middle to end of July. at the stone, juicy, sweet and rich. One of the very best September. yellow fleshed peaches. Clarissa. New, very large, yellow flesh, fine flavor and appearance First October. Conkling. New, beautiful golden yellow, marked with crimson; very | First September. handsome, flesh pale yellow ; very juicy, sweet, vinous and very good. Equal to any yellow flesh peach. PRICES—PEACHES: Alexander, Amsden, Conkling, Crawford’s Early, Crawford’s Late, Early Rivers, Early York, Foster, George 4th., Mountain Rose, Old Mixon, Salway, Stump, Wager, “Wheatland ; largest size 15c., smaller size roc., other varieties 25c. To ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPT(VE CATALOGUE. eeietaeen el HABIT | , : OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASOB ... GROWTH hardy, productive every year. Mr. Gideon says: ‘‘ For sauce it surpasses any apple we ever grew.”’ A great acquisition. . Montreal Beauty—Fruit large ; bright yellow, mostly covered and shaded with rich OF ar . red ; one of the most beautiful of all Crabs in appearance. Flesh yellowish, rich, : firm and acid ; very good. oo Orion—A new and very desirable Crab. Bright red ; one of the best. i ct. Orange—An annual and abundant bearer. Fruit larger than Transcendant. Flesh | Oct. te- firm crisp. juicy and delicious. pene Quaker Beauty—A hardy sort ; bears large crops of fine fruit. ec. Queen’s Choice—Fruit as large as Transcendant, but a little more elongated ; bright Oct. yellow with a beautiful blush cheek ; grows in large clusters ; flesh fine grained, juicy and good. An early and abundant bearer. Soulard—The largest of this class of apples; very valuable as a cooking apple; sour} Jan. to- and astringent as an eating apple, but has, when cooked, a fine quince-like flavor:| June. color green, becoming yellow in the spring; keeps well! until July; very productive. Transcendant—All things considered, this is, perhaps, the most valuable of Crab | Sept. &. : Apples grown. Tree immensely productive, bearing after second year, and pro- Oct. ducing good crops by the fourth year. Fruit from one and a half to two inches in diameter, being large enough to quarter and core for preserving and drying. Excellent for sauce and pies, both green and dried. The best of its class for cider, being juicy and crisp, and is also by many considered a good eating apple. Skin Vig. E Crab—Gideon’s new seedling, No. 5, from Minnesota. Immensely vigorous, | Oct. Free. yellow, striped with red. ; Vig. Van Wyck Sweet—An exceedingly valuable variety. Fruit very large ; skin yellow- | Oct; °& ish white, colored light red, and covered with bloom ; flesh yellowish white ; very | sweet and tender ; small core. Vig. Whitney’s Seedlings Siberian—Large, averaging one and a half to two inches in | Aug. diameter ; skin smooth, glossy green, striped, splashed with carmine ; flesh firm, juicy and flavor very pleasant; ripens latter part of August. Tree a great bearer and very hardy ; a vigorous, handsome grower, with a dark green, glossy foliage. Free. Yellow Siberian Crab—Nearly as large as the above; fine amber or golded yellow | Sept. & color. Oct. PEARS. The cultivation of this noble fruit is extending as its value is appreciated, The range of varieties is such that, like apples, they can be had in good eating condition from August until early Spring. The melting, juicy texture, the refined flavor, and the delicate aroma of the Pear, give it. rank above all other fruits except the grape. But the Pear, like most things highly desirable and valuable, cannot be had without attention, labor and skill, The relative price of the Apple and Pear being about asone of ten, show at the same time the. § superior value of the latter, and the grea er skill required to bring it to p: rfection. One of the most important points in the management of Pears, is to gather them at the proper time. Summer Pears should be gathered at least ten days before they are ripe, and Autumn Pears at least a. fortnight. Winter varieties, if they will hang so long, may be left until the leaves begin to fall. At the present time the demand is for choice fruit—inferior fruit brings scarcely a remunerative price but the best will always pay well., Pears should havethe best kind of cultivation; the fruit should be thinned soas not to over-produce. Care should be used in selecting for market only the best specimens aad with such effort and system on the part of the grower, there will also come a satisfactory profit. The Pear succeeds on most soils, but does best on arather heavy loam. Budded on its own stock, 1c makes a standard tree, and on the French or Angers Quince, a dwarf, the former being best adapted to- large permanent orchards, the latter (requiring garden culture and severe pruning every year) to smaller- orchards, fruit yards and gardens. . Dwarfs must aLways be planted SUFFICIENTLY DEEP to cover the junction of the Pear and Quince two or three inches—the soil made rich and well tilled, and about one-half of the previous Summer’s growth: cut off each Spring. Under this treatment, Dwarfs areeverywheresnccessful. The side branches should not be removed higher than one foot from the ground in Dwarfs, while Stancards may be trimmed to the height desired. Train in pyramidal form. Ripen the fruitin the house. Gather when,on gently lifting the fruit, the stem will readily separate from the limb. Place inadarkrvom untilfully matured. Winter Pears may hang on the trees until there is danger from frost, then place in a dry cellar for maturing. The letters ‘‘D” and ‘‘S”’ appended to the description of varieties, indicate favorable growth either as ‘‘ Dwarfs”’ or ‘‘Standard”’ or both. Those designated as ‘‘ moderate growers’’ are usually smaller: trees. OF FRUIT. AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &e. ir HABIT as NAME AND DESCRIPTION. ' SEASON GROWTH Ey SUMMER. Vig. Bartlett—Large size, with often a beautiful blush next the sun; buttery, very juicy | Aug. & and high flavored ; bears early and abundantly ; very popular. - D. and S. Sept. Free. Bloodgood—Medium ; yellow, touched with russet ; rich and delicious; first quality. | Aug. D. and S. Pree. Beurre Assomption—This is an early French variety ; fruit large and tree produc-| July & tive. D.and S. Aug. Mod. Beurre Giffard—An excellent variety ; medium; greenish yellow, red in the sun; | Aug. very eariy ; very productive. D.andS. Vig. Brandywine—Above medium, yellowish green; melting, sweet; productive. D.| Aug. and S. Free, Brockworth Park, or Bonny d’Ezee—A new, large and beautiful pear; juicy, | Sept. melting and excellent. D.and S. Mod. Chambers’ (Early Harvest or Kentucky)—Originated in Maryland and valued asa} Aug. profitable early variety. Recommended by the Kentucky Horticultural Society as the dest and most profitad/e market pear of its season. Fruit medium to large; rich, golden yellow, with red cheek next the sun, thickly covered with gray dots. D. and S. Vig. Clapp’s Favorite—Very large; yellowish green to full yellow when ripe, marbled Aug. with dull red in the sun, and covered wlth small russet specks, vinous, melting and rich. D.and S. _ Free. Dearborn’s Seedling—Nearly medium size ; light yellow, sprinkfed with small dots ;| Aug. juicy, melting and fine; an abundant bearer. D. and S. ‘Vig. Doyenne d’Ete—Scarcely medium size ; yellowish, with a fine blush ; juicy, sugary | Aug. and rich; very early ; fine on quince, D.and S. “Vig. Kingsessing—Large, greenish yellow; flesh juicy, buttery, with a rich perfumed | Sept. flavor. D.andS. Wig. Le Conte—A cross between the Chinese Sand Pear and some other variety unknown. | Aug. Of remarkable vigor and beauty of growth. The fruit is bell-shaped ; of a rich creamy yellow when ripe; very smooth and fine looking and ships well. Greatly esteemed in some parts of the South. ‘Vig. : Madeleine—Medium ; yellowish green; very juicy, melting, sweet; a fair grower| Aug. and productive. D.and S. \Vig. Manning’s Elizabeth—Small to medium ; bears in clusters ; crimson and gold color ;} Aug. very beautiful, melting, rich, sugary, sprightly, perfumed flavor ; exceilent ; very : productive. One of the best early pears. ) Free. Osband’s Summer—Medium, yellow, with red cheek ; half melting, mild and pleas- | Aug. ant ; fine flavor and excellent ; productive. D. and S. Wig. Petite Marguerite—Medium size, skin greenish yellow, with brownish red cheek,| Aug. & and covered with greenish dots. Flesh fine, melting, juicy, vinous, and of first} Sept. quality. Tree upright grower, and an early and abundant bearer. Succeeds ‘ admirably as a standard or dwarf. One of the finest of the newer pears, and worthy of special attention. ‘ “Vig. Rostiezer—Medium, yellowish green, with a brown cheek; flesh juicy, sweet and | Sept. | excellent. D.and S. .Mod. Souvenir du Congress—Fruit large to very large, resembling in form the Bartlett ; | Sept. skin smooth, of a handsome yellow at maturity, washed with bright red or carmine on the side exposed tothe sun. Flesh much like the Bartlett, having the musky flavor, though in a less degree. D. and S. ‘Vig. Tyson—Medium size, bright yellow ; cheek shaded with reddish brown, buttery, very Sept. melting ; flavor nearly sweet, aromatic, excellent. D.andS. . AUTUMN. Vig. Buffum—Medium size, yellow, somewhat covered with reddish brown and russet ;| Sept. & buttery, sweet and excellent. D. and S. Oct. _Mod. Beurre Clairgeau—Large ; skin yellow, inclined to fawn, shaded with orange and oe & Ov. crimson, covered with russet dots; flesh yellow, buttery, juicy, somewhat granu- lar, with a sugary, perfumed, vinous flavor. The size, early bearing, productive- ness and exceeding beauty, renders this a valuable sort. D. and S. ‘Vig. Beurre Hardy—A pear of good size; cinnamon russet; melting and fine. Treea | Oct. good bearer. One of the finest pears. D. and S. PRICES—SUMMER STANDARD: Bartlett, Brandywine, Clapp’s Favorite, Doyenne d’ Ete, “Madeline, Manning’s Elizabeth, Tyson, 6 feet 35c. each, others soc. AUTUMN: Buffum, Clairgeau, _Anjou, Lucrative, Dr. Reeder, Flemish Beauty, Howell, Keiffer, L. Bonne, Onondaga, Sheldon, Seckel, -6 feet 35c., others 50c. WINTER: Dana's Hovey, Lawrence, Mt. Vernon, Vicar. Josephine, 6 feet 3s5c- Medium sized pear trees, 25c.eachh DWARF PEARS: large 25c., medium 18c,, one year tsc, er ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. PL ee OO +e HABIT mi NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON .. GROWTH Vig. Kington—A fine, handsome plum, originated in Rochester, N. Y. Fruit very large Last of Aug. and showy, usually borne in clusters; of good quality, firm flesh and rich flavor. ng Very fine for preserving. Vig. I.umbard (Bleecker’s Scarlet)—Medium, round, oval; violet red ; juicy, pleasant and | Last of good ; adheres to the stone; productive. A valuable market variety ; one of the Aug. most hardy and popular. Mod Lawrence’s Favorite- -Large, yellowish green, remarkably juicy and melting. One Middle of the best ; productive. bi Ae Vig. McLaughlin—Large, yellow, firm, juicy, luscious; productive. Nearly or quite | Last of equal to the Green Gage. sin Vig. Mariana—An accidental seedling originating in Texas. An unusually strong, rapid | Aug. grower. Fruitlarger than the Wild Goose. Round, and of a peculiar light red color. Its productiveness is marvellous, and it ranks among the best, if not the best of the Chickasaw varieties. Vig. Monroe—Medium, excellent ; vigorous grower and abundant bearer. Sept. : Vig. Mooer’s Arctic—New : originated in Maine, and celebrated for its remarkably hardi- Last 0 ; ve ‘ s Aug. to ness, freedom from curculio and great bearing qualities. Fruit grows inlarge| Dec. clusters ; large, dark purple ; flavor very fine both for preserving and dessert. A long keeper. Niagara—New. Origin uncertain; very large, reddish purple, entirely covered with | Middle gray bloom; flesh deep greenish yellow. Resembles Bradshaw, although a of Aug. stronger grower, more hardy and far better bearer. Peach—Very large and handsome, dull red ; good, very productive. ye of Aug. Pond Seedling—A magnificent English Plum; light red, changing to violet; flesh | Sept. rather coarse; abundant bearer. One of the most attractive in cultivation Purple Egg (Hudson River Purple Egg)—Highly esteemed by growers along the | Sept. & Hudson River’; described as one of the richest and finest flavored plums we have ; ce stone free ; good size, resembles the German Prune—a little larger, with a nice bloom ; good bearer and brings good price in market ; tree bears young. Prince’s Yellow Gage—Above medium size; deep yellow ; flesh yellow, rich, melt-| 4Us- ing and sweet; productive 2 Quackenboss—Large, oblong, oval deep purple, a little coarse, sprightly, juicy, Oct. sweet and excellent.Adheres slightly to the stone; productive. Valuable for market: Red Egg (Red Magnum Bonum)—Large red ; firm flesh ; sub-acid First of Sept. Reine Claude de Bavay—Large, nearly round; pale yellow; marked with red ;/| Last of juicy, melting and excellent ; good bearer. Sept. Schuyler Gage—Medium size ; yellow, dotted and marked with red in the sun ; juicy | Last of _ rich and sweet ; productive. Sept. Smith’s Orleans—Large size, reddish purple; flesh firm and juicy, with arich, fine | Sept. . flavor; productive. Vig. | Shipper’s Pride—A large blue plum ; very hardy and productive and possessing re- | Sept. markable qualities for market. The flavor is fine, and altogether it is one of the greatest acquisitions to the list of plums we have had in many years. Free Shropshire Damson—A Plum of fine quality, as free from the attack of the curculio | Last af as the Common Damson, and of same color. The flesh is amber colored, juicy Sept. and sprightly. In market it has commanded nearly double the price of the Com- ' mon Damson, and is enormously productive. | Free. Victoria (Sharp’s Emperor)—One of the most magnificent Plums in cultivation ; of Sept the largest size, fair quality ; purplish red color ; most abundant bearer. Vig. Weaver—Fruit large, purple, with a blue bloom; very prolific; a constant and regular; Aug. bearer and of good quality. The tree is very hardy, not being injured in ae ; severest winters, and will thrive even to the northern limits of the United States. | Fd OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &. 49 HABIT | OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. | SEASON. GROWTH Free. Washington —Very large ; when ripe, clear yellow, marked with red ; flesh firm, very | Last of juicy and excellent ; very popular ; productive. ae Vig. Wild Goose—Fruit medium, purple with a blue bloom; flesh juicy and sweet. July. Vig. Yellow Egg, or Yellow Magnum Bonum—Very large, egg-shaped ; excellent for | Last of cooking ; good and productive Aug. Vig. Yosemite—New. Highly recommended ; said to yield a crop annually. Sept. CHERRIES. The Cherry tree universally requires a dry soil, and is naturally a hardy tree, succeeding in the light- -est soil or dryest situations. Many varieties of rapid growth with large, glossy leaves. torming fine, pyra- -mid-shaped heads, and producing large crops of luscious fruit; are well adapted for planting along the Streets, or in yards as shade trees. By a proper selection of varieties, they may be profitably grown for market. Many trees produce from five to six bushels per tree. The fruit brings in market, one year with another, $2 to $3 per bushel. HABIT | OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON, GROWTH HEART AND BIGARREAU CHERRIES. Free. Black Eagle—Large black, very tender, juicy, rich and high flavored ; productive. mide } OL July. Vig. Black Tartarian—Very large, bright purplish black; half tender, juicy, very rich, Last of excellent flavor ; productive. | June. Vig. Coe’s Transparent— Medium size, pale amber, red in the sun; tender, juicy, rich, Last of handsome; one of the best ; productive. _ June. Vig. Cieveland (Dr. Kirtland)—Large size, yellowish, covered with bright red ; quality | Last of excellent ; productive. ; June. “Vig. Downer’s Late Red—Large, light red ; tender, juicy and delicious ; productive- | Middle | of June. Free. | Early Purple Guigne (Early Purple)—The earliest fine variety ; medium size, heart- First to shaped ; tender, juicy and sweet; very hardy and productive. | Reape Vig. | Eliton—Large and fine flavor, pale yellow, light red next the sun. | Last of " June. ‘Vig. Elkhorn (Tradescant’s Black Heart)—A fine, large, black cherry, of good aealitge| Middle productive. of July. eVic- Gov. Wood—Raised by Dr. Kirtland, and one of the best cherries ; very large, :ight) Last of red ; juicy, rich and delicious. Tree healthy and a great bearer. June. Free. Great Bigarreau—Large size, very dark red, half tender, sweet and excelient: very} First of productive. | July. Frec. Knight’s Early Black—Large, black, tender, juicy, rich and excelient ; productive. | Middle tolastof June. Free- Luelling—A variety from Portland, Oregon ; of very dark color and finest quality; |} Last of | flesh solid and firm, and adapted to long transporiation. June. Vig. | Mammoth (Dr. Kirtland)—Very large, clear yellow, with some red in the sun; sweet | Last of | and delicious. : June. Free. | Manning's Mottled—Medium, pale amber, very beautifully mottled ; tender and | End of . juic,; ; an estimable variety, producing abundant crups. June. Vig. Napoleon Bigarreau—Very large, pale yellow or red; very firm, juicy and sweet; First of very productive ; one of the best. July. Vig. Rockport Bigarreau—Large, pale amber with clear red ; a very excellent and hand-} Last of | some cherry ; good bearer. | June. Vig. Sparhawk’s Honey—Medium, red; 2 very sweet and melting variety ; ripens late | Last of and will hang for some time on the tree ; productive. June. Free. Yellow Spanish—Large, pale yeilow, with red cheek; firm, juicy and excellent; one | Last of of the best light colored cherries: productive. June. PR ICES—CHERRIES : Tartarian, Gov. Wood, Napoleon, Rockport, Yellow Spanish, Empress, “English Morrello, Early Richmond, Late Duke, Montmorency, Louis Phillippe, May Duke, Olivet ; 35c. “Medium sized trees 20c. each. For general price list see page 32. Other kinds of Cherry trees soc. 20 ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE DUKE AND MORELLO CHERRIES. These are for the most part, round shaped ; fruit generally acid, though some varieties have a very mild, pleasant flavor. The trees are naturally of a smaller growth than the preceding class, and well adapted for Dwarfs or Pyramids. The Morellos are more slender and spreading in habits than the Dukes, which are of stocky, upright growth. Both are more hardy than the Hearts and Bigarreaus, and in large- demand where the latter cannot be grown with advantage. NABIT oe NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. GROWTH June. Free. Belle Magnifique—Fruit large, roundish ; skin bright red, flesh tender, juicy, spright- | Last of ly, sub-acid ; one of the finest of this class of cherries. Tree hardy and very pro- July. ductive. Empress Eugenie—Pruit large, dark red, very rich, tender and sub-acid. A superior First of variety. . July. English Morello—Medium to large ; blackish red, rich, acid, juicy and good; very| August productive. Early Richmond (Kentish, Virginian May)—Medium size, dark red ; melting, juicy, | June. sprightly, acid flavor. This is one of the most valuable and popular of the acid cherries, and is unsurpassed for cooking purposes, and is exceedingly productive. Mod. Mod. Vig. Belle de Choisy—Medium, amber, mottled with red ; tender, juicy, sweet and rich. Last of Free: Mod. Late Duke—Large, light red ; late and fine. Sek uly. \ Free. Large Montmorency—A large, red, acid cherry, larger than Early Richmond, and| End of fully ten days later. June. Free. Louis Phillippe—Very productive; fruit large, roundish, regular ; color rich dark,| Middie almost purplish black red ; flesh red, tender, sprightly ; mild acid ; good to best. of July. Free. Leib—A new Morello, one week later than Early Richmond, and claimed to be very | End of superior. June. Free. May Duke—Large, dark red, juicy and rich ; an old excellent variety ; productive. Middle of June. Free. Olivet—A new variety of French origin. Large, globular, very shining, deep red! Middle sort ; flesh red, tender, rich and vigorous ; very sweet, sub-acid flavor. ana : of June.. Vig. | Ostheim—A hardy cherry, imported from the nurseries of Dr, Regei, of St. Peters- | Middle burg. Russia. It has been tested in the severest winters of Minnesota, and has July. | been found perfectly hardy. Charles Downing thus describes it: ‘t Fruit large, roundish, ovate; skin red, dark at maturity; stalk long; flesh liver-colored, ten- | der, juicy, almost sweet, sub-acid ; very good. Vig. | Reine Hortense—Very fine ; large, bright red; juicy and delicious, and productive. | Middle of July. NECTARINES. A most delicious, smooth-skinned fruit, which thrives wherever peaches will grow, but it is liable to De stung by the curculio, and requires the same treatment as plums. Ripens in August. HABIT OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. GROWTH : | Vig. Boston—Large, deep yellow, with a bright blush and mottlings of red; sweet and a| Sept’r. peculiar, pleasant flavor ; freestone ; the largest and most beautiful variety known; hardy and productive. Free. Early Violet—Medium sized, yellowish green, nearly covered with dark purplish red; | Last of juicy, rich and high flavored. ss | xu: Vig. Early Newington—Large, pale green, nearly covered with blotches of red; juicy, | First of rich and sweet ; probably the best clingstone Nectarine. Sept. Free Elruge—Medium size, pale green, with a dark red cheek ; flesh pale green, very juicy | First of and rich. Sept. Vig. Hunt’s Tawney—Medium ; pale orange; juicy, rick and excellent; very early and | First to productive ; the best of its season, and worthy of general cultivation on account middle . ; of Aug. of its hard:ness ; freestone. Vig. Red Roman—Large size, greenish yellow, with a dark, duli red cheek ; flesh yellow- | First of ish, fine and rich; productive. Sept. OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. &e. 21 APRICOTS. A delicious fruit of the plum species, valuable for its earliness. .«t is liable to be attacked by curculio, and requires the same treatment as the phim» # bears immense crops; ripens in July and August. HABIT OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. GROWTH Free. Breda-—Small, dull orange, marked with red - juicy, rich and vinous ; productive and | First of hardy. Aug. Vig. Early Golden (Dubois)—Smail, pale orange; juicy and sweet; hardy and produc- ae of tive. July. Vig. Hemskirke—Large ; bright orange, with a red cheek ; juicy, rich and (uscious; large | End of and remarkably handsome English variety, and one of the very best. July. Free, Large Early—Medium ; orange, with a red cheek ; sweet, rich and juicy ; one of the | Middle best early sorts. of July. Vig. Moorpark—One of the iargest ; orange, with a red cheek; firm, juicy, with a rich fla- | August. vor; very productive. | Vig. Peach—Very large; orange, with a dark cheek ; juicy and high flavored ; similar to | August. Moorpark. Vig. Roman—A remarkably nardy and prolific apricot, producing good crops where none End of others succeed ; flesh rather dry. | July. Vig. Royal—Large ; yellow, with an orange cheek ; juicy, rich and delicious; a very fine | End of variety, and well deserving a place in collections. July. Vig. Russian Apricot (Prunus Siberica)—Described as the hardiest of all the apricots, | having stood 30° below zero without injury, while the Moorpark and Breda were frozen to the ground. Remarkably free from diseases, worms and insects. In | Kansas and Nebraska, where they have been planted quite largely by the Men- | nonites, it is said not an unhealthy tree can be found, Fruit medium size and of | the best quality. Free. St. Ambrosia—A new variety; large, oblong; very sugary and rich; a vigorous! Middle grower and very productive. ot Aug. QUINCES. The Quince is attracting a great deal of attention as a market fruit. Scarcely any fruit will pay better dn tne orchard. The tree is hardy and compact in growth, requires but fitt®e space, productive, gives regular crops, and comes early into beariag. The fruit is much sought after for canning for winter use. ‘When put up in the proportion of about one quart of quirces to four of other fruit, t imparts to them a most delicious flavor. It flourishes in any good garden soil, which should be kept mellow and well enriched. Prune off ali the dead and surplus branches, and thin out the fruit if bearing too freely. OF NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON. Free. Apple or Orange—Large, roundish; bright golden yellow ; cooks tender anf 1s ot Oct. very excellent favor. Valuable for preserves or flavoring ; very productive; the most pepular and extensively cultivated variety. Vig. Angers—Somewhat later than the preceding ; fruit rather more acid, but cooks well:| Oct. an abundant bearer. Vig. Champion—A new variety originated in Connecticut. The tree is a prolific and con-| Ocs. & stant bearer ; fruit averaging larger than the Orange, more oval in shape, quaisty Nov. equally fine, anda longer keeper. Free. Rea’s Mammoth—A seedling of the Orange Quince ; one-third :arger: of the same Oct. form and color ; fair, handsome, equally as good ~ad productive. a2 ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE GRAPES. The vine comes quickly into bearing, yielding fruit usually the second year after planting ; requires. but little space, and when properly trained is an ornament to the yard, garden or vineyard. It is stated by some of the most eminent physiologists, that among all the fruits conducive to regu- larity, health and vigor in the human system, the Grape ranks number one. We hope soon to see the day when every family shall have an abundant supply of this excellent fruit for at least six months in: the year. The soil for the Grape should be dry; when not naturally so, should be thoroughly drained. It should be deeply worked and well manured, always bearing in mind that it is an essential point to secure a warm, sunny exposure. The best grape vine trellis is probably the wire trellis. This is constructed by planting posts as far apart as you choose to have the length of your trellis, stretch the wires, four in number, about eighteen. inches apart, letting them pass through stakes at. proper distances from each other to support the wire. As the wires are contracted by the cold, and are likely to break or sway the posts from their places, they should be loosened as cold weather approaches. When, however, it is not convenient to make a wire or other trelsis, very good results are had with the old vineyard system of training tostakes. The vines are planted six feet apart, in a place exposed to the sun and protected from cold winds, if convenient, and are trained to an upright stake. This method is as simple as the cultivation of Indian corn. Oftena large and uncomely rock may be converted to use- fulness and beauty by planting a grape vine on its sunny side, and making use of the rock as a trellis. To secure the best results, annual and careful pruning is essential. The following is regarded as the best method : commencing with a good strong vine, such as we furnish, permit it to grow the first season without pruning. In November or December following, cut back the growth, allowing but three or four buds to remain. The following Spring, allow but two of the strongest buds to throw out shoots. These, in the Fall, will be from seven to ten feet long, and should be cut back to within four or five feet of the root. The next Spring the vine should be fastened to the lower part of the trellis. When growth com. mences, pinch the buds so that the shoots will be from ten to twelve inches apart. As these grow, train them perpendicularly to the second, third and fourth bars of the trellis. No fruit should be allowed to set above the second bar of the trellis. During the season when the shoots have reached the upper part of the trellis, they may be pinched to prevent further growth. After the fruit is gathered, and the vine has shed its foliage, the cane should then be cut back to two buds. The following Spring allow but one bud to throw out a shoot, and treat as in the previous year. This system of pruning should be followed each year. After the vine has under- gone the Fall pruning it may be laid upon the ground and covered with boughs, to protect it through the Winter. Grape vines should be top-dressed in the Spring. Grapes may be kept through the Winter, and even al] the year, in small boxes holding three to five pounds, if placed in a cool, dry room, of even temper.:ture; or they may be spread out to dry for two days and then laid in market baskets, and suspended in a cool, dry cellar. COLOR. NAME AND DESCRIPTION. Amber.| Amber Queen—Is very early, hardy, and a strong grower; leaf strong and thick, Aug. & somewhat downy on underside; fruit always eatable in August ; amber color, but Sept. growing darker and richer to the fifteenth of September, when, by its heavy bloom, it becomes a purple grape. Tender to the center and small seeds. Bunch large and shouldered like the Hamburg; berry large, frequently oblong, holds persistently to the bunch, and cannot be pulled off without breaking the skin, and with proper care will keep all Winter. It is a scientific hybrid, between the Marion, a wild frost grape, and the Black Hamburg. Black. | August Giant—A cross between Black Hamburg and Marion, a native frost grape. | Aug. Bunches very large, with rather long and very strong stem ; when shouldered, the shoulders are always short and very double ; berries very large, somewhat oblong, often measuring 1% inches in diameter. Placed in a basket heside Black Ham- burg, the August Giant can hardly be distinguished from it. Fruit, when well grown, has a decided Hamburg flavor ; quite tender to the center ; very rich and fine. Leaf strong and thick, and vine an enormous grower. Ses See | Wl) p> gh 2 it Hs AN ju \\ a I TTR WN AN . ‘is Empire State. 24 ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. a COLOR. NAME AND DESCRIPTION. SEASON - Black. | Bacchus—New. Another of Rickett’s Grapes, who describes it as both a table and Sept. wine grape ; very hardy in wood, leaf and fruit, and pronounced by all committees and amateurs who have tested it as having all the peculiar qualities necessary ina perfect wine grape ; very productive, bunch compact, about six inches long ; berry medium in size; pulp half tender, juicy and sprightly. In 1880 the parent vine bore 1,500 bunches successfully. The must, by Ochel’s scale, has registered 95 to tro for a number of years. The must in 1881, which was not a good year, in two vineyards, 107, 108 respectively. ‘ ’ , Purple. | Brighton—A cross between the Concord and Diana Hamburg. It gives the best of First o satisfaction. Bunches large, berries of medium size, dark red ; flesh sweet, tender, Sept. and of the highest quality. Ripens one week earlier than the Delaware. bunches, which it carried through in fine order. Its crop in 1880 was forty-eight bunches, of most magnificent truit. Grafts inserted in two-year-old Clinton and Champion vines in 1880, produced in 1881, from twenty to thirty bunches per vine, ripening with Hartford Prolificand Moore’s Early. Nearly all of the bunches shouldered, and the finest shade of white ever seen in fruit. A good grower and fruiter in every respect. Bunches large, from six to ten inches long, shouldered ; berry medium to large, roundish oval; color white with very light tinge of yellow, covered with a thick, white bloom ; leaf thick, smooth underside ; flesh tender, juicy, rich, sweet and sprightly, with a slight trace of native aroma, continuing a long time in use; vine very hardy. Its great productiveness, beautiful color, fine quality, extreme hardiness and vigor and healthfulness of vine and foliage, size and compactness of cluster and good shipping qualities make it the best Grape, all things considered, yet produced. (See cut). Black. | Early Victor—This new extra early grape of Kansas origin, is gaining a fine reputa- | Last of tion throughout the entire country. In bunch and berry it is rather belowthe| Aug. average, but ripens verr early, and what is of special importance it is very pure in flavor with very little pulp and without a trace of foxiness, or other unpleasant taste: while it is exceptionally Sweet, sprightly and vinous, never cracks and adheres firmly to the bunch. Further, the vine is hardier even than Concord and one of the few that resist mildew perfectly. Color black with a fine bloom. Black. | Eumelan—A native black grape. Bunches above medium, very handsome double Sept. shouldered and moderately compact ; berries round or slightly oval; in size medium ; in color black. Its flesh is tender to the very center ; its flavor rich, vin- * ous and sprightly. Black. | Burnet—This is a new ard very promising Grape, sent out by the Ontario (Canada) | First to Fruit Growers’ Association, ripening and having equally as good productive qual- | middle ities as the Concord, but in flavor, far superior ; vine very vigorous and hardy. of Sept Purple. | Catawba—Bunches large and loose; berries large, of a coppery red color, becoming ! Last of purplish when well ripened ; ripens with Isabella; requires the most favorable Sept. soils and situations, good culture and warm seasons, to mature pérfectly in West- ern New York. Black. | Champion (Talman)—This variety is valued chiefly for its earliness, being a number | August of days earlier than the Hartford, and nearly or quite equal to the latter in flavor. Black. | Concord—A popular variety where the choice kinds fail to ripen ; universally healthy, | Sept. | vigorous and productive ; flesh somewhat buttery, moderately juicy and sweet. Bunch large, nearly black with bloom ; early. Red. Delaware—Still holds its own as one of the finest grapes. Bunches smali, compact, | Sept. shouldered ; berries rather smal!, round; skin thin, light red; flesh very juicy, with- out any hard pulp, with an exceedingly sweet, spicy and delicious flavor. Vines moderately vigorous, very hardy and productive. Red Dian«—Bunches a little above medium size, compact; berries large, light red, very | Last of juicy and sweet, with distinct, spicy, refreshing flavor; vine a vigorous grower,| Sept. and bears well ; ripens a little before the Isabella. White. | Duchess—The Duchess originated with A. J. Caywood, in Ulster county, N. Y. | Sept. Bunch medium to large, often eight inches long, shouldered, compact; berries medium, round, greenish white; skin thin; flesh tender, without pulp, rich and delicious. Ripens with the Delaware. White. | Empire State—The Empire State isa seedling of the Harttord Prolific, fertilized with | Earlyio the Clinton ; fruited the first time in 1879, and its first crop was thirty-eight Sept. White. | Francis B. Hayes—A new white grape, of medium sized bunch and berry; of first | Sept rate quality and very early ; foliage healthy ; vine vigorous and very hardy. Black. | Hartford Prolific—Bunches rather large ; berries large, globular ; color almost black, August. covered with a beautiful bloom ; flesh sweet and juicy. Ripens four or five days before Concord ; valuable for its hardiness, abundant bearing and early maturity. | OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &c. 25 JOLOR, } NAME AND DESCRIPTION, | SEASON. Red. Iona (Dr. Grant)—Bunches large, long, somewhat shouldered and loose ; berries me- | Sept. | dium, of a fine, clear wine color; skin thin; flesh tender, without pulp, with a | brisk, sweet vinous flavor. Ripens about a week after the Delaware. | Ives—Probably a seedling of the Isabella; hardy and productive, but with a tough, | acid center. Jefferson—Vine very vigorous, very hardy and productive; leaves large, thick, downy ; bunch very large, often double shouldered, very compact ; berries large, roundish, oval, light red, with a thin lilac bloom, flesh meaty or solid, tender, juicy | sweet, slightly vinous, spicy ; best for market. Lady—A seedling of the Concord, introduced by G. W. Campbell, of Delaware, Ohio. First of Of medium size, white and very good flavor ; very early. Sept. Lady Washington (Ricketts)—A new grape,a cross between Concord and Allen’s Sept. Hybrid. Fruit yellow, tinged with pink; bunches very large, often weighing a pound. Vine strong, very hardy, and has so far resisted the attacks of insect enemies without harm. Very highly commended by leading pomologists. Sept. Sept. Martha—A seedling of the Concord, which it resembles in growth and hardiness. Sept. Bunch of good size, and berry large, of pale green or light color; buttery, sweet, juicy, sprightly. Ripens with the Concord . Black. | Monroe—Bunch medium to large, shouldered; something like Concord. Berries large, round ; skin rather thick, black, covered with a thick coating of white bloom, very handsome. Flesh juicy, sweet, vinous and sprightly ; a pleasant, refreshing table | grape, and itis believed will make good wine. The vine is vigorous, with firm, short-jointed, hardy wood, which always ripens well; fine, healthy foliage, which has never shown a trace of mildew. Ripens with Hartford Prolific. | Moore's Diamond—Originated by Jacob Moore, the producer of the Brighton, is | Sept- thus described: ‘‘ Vine a vigorous grower, with dark, healthy foliage, entirely | free from mildew. It isa pure native, being a cross between Concord and Iona. | { White. Has fruited for ten years, near Rochester, N. Y., and endured the winter unin- jured, and without the least protection. A prolific bearer ; bunches large, hand- some and compact, slightly shouldered ; color delicate, greenish white, with rich, | yellow tinge when fully ripe. Skin smooth and free from specks; pulp tender, juicy, and nearly transparent, with very few seeds, Berry about the size of Con- | cord. Quality best ; rich, sprightly and sweet, resembling the foreign Chasselas. Ripens about two weeks before Concord,” Biack. | Moore’s Early—A new hardy grape, a seedling of Concord, combining the vigor, Aug. health and productiveness of Concord, and ten days earlier than Hartford. In quality, hardly to be distinguished from Concord. This grape has taken the first | | prize at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society since 1872, when first exhibited, and the $60 prize of the same society each year for the best new seedling. Prom-_ : ises to be a valuable acquisition. Bunch large, berries very large, black. Purple.| Naomi—New. One of the J. H. Rickett’s seedlings and described by him as one of Sept. the very best table grapes in his collection. Vine very vigorous and productive ; flesh tender, juicy, melting, rather crisp, sweet and sprightly, with a trace of Mus- | cat flavor. Ripens with the Concord. White. | | Niagara—The originators say : ‘* This new white grape originated in Lockport, N. Y.. | Sept. in 1868, and is a cross between the Concord and Cassidy, first fruiting in 1872. I: has since regularly borne large crops of fine fruit. The vine isa remarkably strong ' grower and very hardy ; the leaves are thick and leathery and dark glossy green ; bunches very large and uniform and very compact ; berries as large or larger than Concord and skin thin but tough, which insures their shipping qualities ; quality | good, very little pulp, melting and sweet to the center ; ripens with the Concord. Norfolk—New, and owned exclusively by us. A cross between Black Hamburg and Marion. A strong grower, with thick 'eathery foliage. An abundant bearer of remarkably showy fruit, heavily covered with lilac bloom. Color same as Catawba, | with bunch somewhat larger, usually double shouldered. Ripens two weeks | before Concord. The fruit is of a decided Muscat flavor, very sweet and rich ; holds well to the bunch, but is not as long keeper as Amber Queen, but for home use will be sure of a place in every garden when known. The vines have stood 18 degrees below zero without protection and without injury. | Golden. | Pocklington—Is a seedling of the Concord. Originated and raised from seed by John First of Pocklington, Washington County, N. Y., an elevated, cold, late locality. The Sept. vine thoroughly hardy, both in wood and folace. Strong grower; never mildews | in vine or foliage. Called a white grape, but the fruit is a fee golden yellow, clear, ,uicy and sweet to the center, with little or no pulp; bunch very large, sometimes shouldered: berries round and very large and thickly set; guadity when fully ripe, much superior to Concord. Xt will prove the white grape for the million, both for market and for home nse; ripens with the Concord. (See cut. ) Last of ple. Sept. * gton. ? in ** Goldeu Pockl The “ saath Aiton. OF FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, &. oF j COLOR. ® NAME AND DESCRIPTION. | SEASON Ee eee ee | Red Poughkeepsie Red—A seedling grape, raised by A. J. Caywood; claimed to be a | Sept. cross of Jona with Deiaware and Walter; somewhat larger than Delaware, but resembling it in general appearance. It is fully equal to the Delaware in quality, ripens early, and keeps well. So far as tested, much like the Delaware vine in habit of growth. a White. | Prentiss—A seedling of the Isabella; bunch large, not often shouldered ; compact ; ; Sept. berry medium to large, yellowish to green, sometimes with rosy tint on side next the sun ; skin thin but very firm; flesh tender, sweet, melting, juicy, with a very pine musky aroma; vine a vigorous grower, with thick, ‘heavy foliage, and | very productive. Quality the very best, resembling Renscea. An excellent | keeper. Ripens with Concord; One of the most promising new sorts. White. | Rebecca—A fine and delicious white grape, berry and bunch medium size; vine a | Sept. slow, slender grower and abundant bearer ; not quite hardy. Ripens almost as soon as the Delaware. Red, | Ulster Prolific—A native seediing, grown by A. J. Caywood. A red grape of good | i Sept. quality, healthy growth and great productiveness. Will probably be found valu- | able for general use as it seems to have all the characteristics cf our hardy and heaithy native varieties. Red. Vergennes— This is a chance seedling found in the garden of Mr. William E. Green, : Aug- Vergennes, Vt. Downy and free from mildew: very productive ; clusters large, berries large, holding firmly to the stems; color light amber, flavor rich and | delicious, flesh meaty and tender. Ripens as early as Hartford Prolific, and is an excellent late keeper. : | Black. | Worden—This variety is a seedling of Concord, which it greatly resembles in appear- | Sept. ance and flavor, but the berries are larger. The fruit is said to be better flavored, | and to ripen several days earlier. } ROGERS’ HYBRIDS. Red Agawam (No. 15)—Large, round, early, and of great vigor of growth. Rich, high, Sept. : peculiar aromatic flavor. Considered by Mr. Rogers as the best of his strictly | Red Hybrids. Red. Geoethe (No. 1)—A fine light colored variety, tinged and nearly covered with red when } Las: of: fully ripe. It has more the flavor of its foreign parent than any of the others, | Sept. being tender to the center. Bunch and berry large. Ripens with Catawba. Red Lindley (No. 9)—Resembles No. 3 in appearance, but distinct in flavor. roe Red. Massasoit (No. 3)—Large ; resembles Diana in quality; a little native flavor ; tender, | Last of sweet and good. Said to be the earliest of these Hybrids, and by some highly ee oe esteemed. Sept. Black Merrimack (No. 19)—Very large and earlier than the Diana ; very strongly resembles | Sept. No. 4. Berries and bunches large, compact ; a very strong grower. Red. Salem (No. 22)—Bunch large and compact; berry large, of a light chestnut or} First of Catawba color, thick skinned, perfectly free from hard pulp; very sweet and| Sept. sprightly, with a most exquisite aromatic flavor ; as early as the Delaware, having never failed to ripen in the most unfavorable season for the past six years ; keeps well. Black. | Wilder (No. 4)—Large, bunches generally shouldered ; berry round and large, flesh | Middle buttery, with a somewhat fibrous center, sweet, rather sprightly. of Sept. SELECT FOREIGN VARIETIES. COLOR. NAME AND DESCRIPTION. Black Black Barbarossa—A very profitable variety for market purposes. Bunch large: berries large, oval, black ; juicy, sweet and very agreeable. Black Black Frontignan—Bunch rather large ; berry medium, round, quite black; skin thin with a rich musky flavor. Biack Black Hamburg—The most popular of all foreign grapes. Bunch large, shouldered ; berrics- very large, oval; purplish black ; juicy, sugary and rich. Black Black Prince—Bunch long, somewhat open ; berries large ; black, covered with a blue bloom: l tender, juicy, rich and sprightly. White. | Bowood Muscat—Buneh large and shouldered ; berries large, oval swee’ and rich, with a strong Muscat flavor. Popular. ‘ White Buckland’s Sweetwater—A beautiiul variety for the cold house. Bunch very showv .arge and shouidered. Berries medium ; amber, juicy, melting and delicious. White Canon Hall Muscat—An English seedling from the Muscat of Alexandria; sets its fruit a. little better than the old sort: fine. ! . i x ! H i 1 lin i] H I i h Ty b Pes HH] H ; | q faites” ay fi , H HY Hi \ ODMH, ye wT HH Sane Hin, cape i ae i/) y t} >. oly } oe i iy . i | i .Price, with Green’s Fruit Grower 1 year, 50c. Woodruff Red Crape—See page 17. Lz ULSTER PROLIFIC.—‘“ The Ulster” is here as hardy as any wild variety, ripens Ist to middle of September. 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