Price list for fall 1917-spring 1918

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PEICE LIST FOR FALL 1917— SPRING 1918

CORINTH NURSERIES

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G. W. STRICKLAND, Proprietor
' GROWER OF

General Nursery Stock

CORINTH, MISS.

X^o. 42 — State of Mississippi,

CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION OF NURSERY STOCK

This is to certify that the stock in the nursery of Corinth Nur-
series (G. W. Strickland, Prop.), of Corinth, county of Alcorn,
State of Mississippi, was inspected on Oct. 11, 1917, in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Nursery and Orchard Inspection
Law of the State of Mississippi 'and has been found appareStly”
free from San Jose Scale and other dangerously injurious insect
pests and plant diseases. This certificate expires August 31, 1918.

Dated, Agricultural College, Miss., October 13, 1917.^

R. W. HARNED, Entomologist, Miss. Agr. Expt. Station.

PEACHES

Prices — 2 to 3 feet, 15c ; 3 to 4 feet, 20c ; 4 to 5 feet, 25c.

Mayflower — 25th to last of May ; best of all May Peaches.

Alexander— 1st to 10th of June.

Greensboro — June 10th to 15th ; large and fine.

Early Bell — 15th to 25th of June; fine.

Carman— 25th of June to July. Fine for home use and a very
fine market peach ; red ; a freestone when full ripe.

Belle of Georgia— July. Fine, white, freestone ; fine for market.

Elberta— July and August. Very large, yellow, freestone.

Chinese Cling— July and August. Very large,_ white cling. Will
rot some if planted in rich land ; plant them in hilly land.

Heath Cling— White cling, ripens last of August. Fine for canning

Crawford’s Early — Ripens two weeks before the Elberta.

Crawford’s Late — This is a very fine yellow free stone peach. A
better flavor than the Elberta, but not quite so large. Ripens
in August.

Krummel’s October — -Very fine and late.

APPLES.

Prices — 2 to 3 feet, 15c ; 3 to 4 feet, 20c ; 4 to 5 feet, 25V.

Yellow Transparent or Yellow May'. — Very fine.

Early Harvest. — A very large and fine flavored apple, light yel-
low ; a fine grower.

Ked Astrachan. — A very fine red Summer Apple.

Summer Queen— One of the finest flavored summer apples, also a
very fine grower.

King — A very fine summer apple, ripens in July and August.

Horse — A large yellow apple, ripens in July and August.

(Jrimes Golden — Very fine Yellow Fall Apple.

Missouri Pippin — A very fine Fall apple, yellow.

Kinnard’s Choice— Good size, dark red, 'Winter keeper.Fine flavor

Staymon’s Wine Sap.— This is a big improvement over the old-
fashioned Wine Sap. A. fine flavor and good keeper.

Southern Beauty. — Very much like the Yates,, but is much larger.
It has been kept in this county until April 1st. This apple orig-
inated in this county and I am the only one that has it for sale,
feet only

'Arkansas Black.- — Is a very fine Fall and Winter Apple for the
South. A very dark red.

Delicious — -This is a fine Fall Apple for the South and is a good
Winter- keeper for the North. Its flavor is unsurpassed, and is
sold by some nursery men at 50c and $1.00 each.

M^immoth Black Twig — A very fine grower and a good Winter
keeper.

Johnathan — One among the best Winter keepers.

C6nn — Very fine, winter.

PEARS

Prices — 3 to 4 feet, 25c; 4 to 5 feet, 30c.

Seckles — Or better known as the Small Sugar Pear. One of the
best flavored pears that grows.

Wilder — This pear ripens about the last of June and is one of the
best pears we can get for that, season.

Garber — Ripens from August to October.

Keiffer— Very large and a fine keeper. Ripens in Sept, and Oct.

GRAPES

Prices — 12 to 18 inches, 20c; 18 to 24 inches, 25c.

Moore’s Early — Large early, black.

Concord — The old reliable ; a good black grape.

Lutie — A very fine sweet pink grape.

Niagara — A very fine sweet white grape.

White ScnppernongT— The best of all. 2 year old vines 30e

JAPANESE PLUMS

Prices — 2 to 3 feet, 25c ; 3 to 4 feet, 30c ; 4 to 5 feet, 35c

Variety Time of Ripening

Red June June 10

Abundance June 15

Burbank ....June 20 to July

Variety Time of Ripening

Wild Goose, red July

Shropshire Damson, blue. Aug.

Quinces

Orange, 3 to' 4 ft 25c

Meech, 3 to 4 ft 25e

Champion, 3 to 4 ft 25e

Japan Walnuts

2 to 3 ft. 25c 3 to 4 ft. 35c

Japan Mammoth, Chestnuts

2 to 3 fe^t 35e

Pecans — Paper Shell — Budded

1 to 2 ft. 35c
3 to 4 ft. 70.
5 to 6 feet
Von Deman
Stuart

2 to 3 ft. 40e
4 to 5 ft 75c
$1.00
Pabst
. Schley

English Walnuts

2 to 3 feet 35c

3 to 4 feet 50c

Apricots

Moore’s Park, 3 to 4 ft 25c

Wilson’s Early Golden. . . .25e

Figs

Brown Turkey, 18 to 24 in . . 25c
Celestial, 18 to 24 inches. . .25c

Mulberries

Everbearing', 4 to 5 ffTonTy 35c

Black English

Abundance

Please notice very low prices on best varieties of Budded Paper
Shell Pecans, these are as good as money can buy. Guaranteed
to be first class.

CHERRIES

Prices — 2 to 3 feet, 25c ; 3 to 4 feet, 30c ; 4 to 5 feet, 35c

Early Richmond — A fine, early and good size black cherry.

Large Montmorency — Largest and best bearer of all cherries,
Black in color,

English Morello — A very fine late black cherry.

Terry — Very early.

RASPBERRIES

Kansas Black — Cuthbert Red, each 5c ; 1 dozen assorted 50c;
100 for $3.50.

STRAWBERRIES

Klondyke — $3.25 per 1,000; 40c per 100. This is the very finest
berry ever introduced in this country for home or market use.
Gandy — Very large and late, $3.50 per 1,000; 40c per 100.
GOOSEBERRIES

Houghton — No. 1, fine; 2 year old plants, 15c each.

BLACKBERRIES

Early Harvest — 5c each. 1 dozen 50e ; 100 $3.50.

Snider — -Very large and late.

CURRANTS

Wilder — No. 1, 2 year old plants, 20c each.

SHRUBBERY

Magnolia, nice, 4 to 5 feet, $1.25.

Hydrangea — Panienlata Graniflora, 3 year old, 2 to 3 feet, 35c ;

V /2 to"" 2 feet, 25c. The best Hydrangea that grows.

Snowballs — American, IY 2 to 2 feet, 25c ; 2 to 3 feet, 35c.
Umbrella China Trees— 2 to 3 feet, good heads, 35c each.

Lilac— White, 2 to 3 feet; 30c.

Lilac — Purple, 2 to 3 feet, 25c.

Althes— Bush form 2 to 3 feet, well branched, 20e each. 18 to 24
inches, lightly branched, 15c. Varieties: Admiral Dewey, dou-
ble white ; Amplissima, double red ; Ardens, double violet ;
Carneus Pleneus, double flesh.

HEDGE PLANTS

California Privet — 2 to 3 feet, nicely branched, 6e each or $5.00
per 100 ; 11/2 to 2 feet, 5c each or $4.00 per 100 ; 12 to 18 inch,

' 4c eac-li or. $3..0.0 per 100.

Amoor River Privet— Evergreen anywhere in the South. 2 to 3
feet, well branched, 7c each or $6.00 per 100; 18 to 24 inch, 6c
each or $5.00 per 100. 12 to 15 inch, $3.00 per 100.

BUSH ROSES

12 to 18 inches, 25c ; 18 to 24 inches, 35c

All roses are monthly bloomers except where otherwise stated..

Blumenschmidi, citron yellow 18 to 24 inches

Mamam Cochet, pink 18 to 24 inches

Mamam Cochet, white 18 to 24 inches

Marie Van Houtte, straw yellow 18 to 24 inches

Mrs. B. R. Cant, red 18 to 24 inches

Wm. R. Smith, new, creamy white 18 to 24 inches

White American Beauty, white 18 to 24 inches

This rose does not bloom regular all through summer but
blooms nice in fall.

Marechal Niel, 24 to 30 in., a beautiful yellow climbing rose, 40c.

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