Catalogue of the Litson Nursery / W.H. Litson, proprietor.

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CATALOGUE

OF THE

L1TSON NURSERY

ESTABLISHED 1889

W. H. LITSON, Proprietor

Packing House and Office on West Walnut Street
Five Blocks West of Electric Light Plant

NEVADA, MISSOURI

Our Representative Will Not Annoy You

OUR REPRESENTATIVE, which is
this Catalog, taps at your door i.n a
very modest and unassuming manner. If
you have not time to receive him the
moment of the day he calls, he will wait
unobtrusively for an hour of leisure. We
have no desire that you should purchase

W. H. LITSON
The Man Behind the Trees.

anything that you do not need, but if we
can be of any service to you it will be a
pleasure to wait upon you.

We are positive that, whoever buys our
trees and plants will get back in money,
health or pleasure, many times as much
as he pays out. Indeed, as the years roll
on and age increases, it is a pleasure to
consider how many hundred homes we

have brightened and increased in actual
money value by the products of our nurs-
eries. How unlike the traffic of the to-
bacconist or the distiller of liquors is the
growing of trees and flowering plants.
One tends to degrade — the other to ele-
vate and nourish.

We grow and have for sale all the
leading kinds and varieties of standard
fruit trees, vines and plants, such as
apple, pear, peach, plum, cherry, crab,
apricot and quince, grape, raspberry,
blackberry, strawberry, gooseberry and
currants, evergreens, roses, ornamental
shrubbery shade trees, weeping orna-
mental trees, bulbs and tubers, rhubarb
and asparagus. Cabbage, tomato and
sweet potato plants in season.

We also grow ana have for sale all of
the most promising new kinds of fruit
trees and plants.

Being sole owner of the nursery and
having no other conflicting business, we
give our entire attention to the manage-
ment. We superintend our grafting and
budding in person — use nothing but first-
class healthy roots, and cut well-matured
scions and buds from healthy, young,
bearing fruit trees, as much as possible,
and can furnish budded, grafted, whole
or piece roots, worked on tap root seed-
lings— no side roots used in grafting.

Now is the time to plant. Just one
word more and' we are done. If you are
planning to plant, do not delay. Delays
are dangerous. Now is the accepted
time. A year lost in the growth of your
plants and trees is an unnecessary loss.

Should you favor us with your order,
we pledge our honor that we will serve
you well. We are here to see that no
patron is neglected.

Call on or drop us a card, and make
your wants known.

Nursery on West Walnut Street, five
blocks west of electric light plant.

Correspondence invited. Address

W. H. LITSON,

Nevada, Missouri

THE LITSON NURSERY, NEVADA, MISSOURI

Apple Trees

Sweet June,^<xolden Sweet, Summer
Queen, Duchess^ of Oldenberg, ^Yellow
Transparent, Benoni.

Fall — Maiden Blush, 'Lowell, Rambo, Ful-
ton, Ij)omine,VPa. Red Streak, Bailey
Sweet," Snow.

Winter — Ben Davis, Lvine Sap, Rome
Beauty, Willow Twig,|/G. G. Pippin,
Jonathan, Minkler, Janett, Huntsman,
-"Tallin^n , Sweet, Romanstem VLamsdell
Sweet, 'Little RomaniteXM. B. Twig,
^Gano, Jork Imperial, Ark. Blacl^ Wolf
River, Ingram, Payne’s, Late Keeper.

Crabs — Transcendant, eoulard, Hyslop,
Whitney No. 20.

Cherries

Early Richmond, H^ay Duke, English
Morellcy Large Montmorenci, Late Rich-
mond,^^Dyehouse.

Pears

Standard and Dwarfs, Leading Varieties

Ripening, in the order named: Clapp’s

Favorite, Plowell, Lincoln, Vicar of Wake-

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field,' Bartlett, Duchess D’Angouleme, F.
Beautyj^TCieffer^Seckle, ^Luffum.

Apricots

L-Larly Golden, Moorepark, Russian,
Budd, Alexis, Gibb.

Quince

Angers, Orange, ^Missouri Mammoth,
^--'Champion,1 Lleeches.

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Peaches

Leading Varieties

Named in the order of ripening: Sneed,
Greensboro, Fitzgerald, Alexander, Ark-
ansaw Traveler* Early Rivers', ^Capt. Ede,
Carman, Mt. RoseU Crosby, O. M. Free,

Elberta, Triumph; Early Crawford, Sus-
quehanna, Stump, Wonderful, / Q. M.
Cling, Smock, Chined s^" Cling, Heath’s
Cling^/Champion, lGlobe/Y.ate Crawford,
^yAjiemon Cling, £Ft> steiT Salwa, Piquett’s
Late.

Grape Vines

Brighton, red j'-'Concord, black; Martha,
white; Moore’s Early, black; Niagara,

white; Worden, black. We have other
varieties than the above in small quan-
tities.

Strawberries

I grow my strawberry plants especially
for the plants, not for the fruit alone.
I plant each variety separate and dig
with forked hoes so as not to injure the
roots; therefore you get nice, large, well-

rooted plants — whereas if you buy from
farmers and small fruit growers (those
who grew for fruit alone), you get only
the small plants from the end of the
runners.

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Varieties — Aroma (S), Bubach (P), Cres-
cent (P)j Gandy Dunlap (S),
Warfield (P), ^Tennessee Prolific (S).

Those varieties marked with an S are
the staminate or perfect flowered varie-
ties.

Those marked P are the pistillate or
imperfect flowered variety.

For further explanation, see page 16
of my hand book, “How to Plant and
Grow Fruit.”

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Blackberries

Early King, Early Harvest, Mercereau,
Blowers, Kittatinny,I'''Erie.

Raspberries

Black Caps — Souhegan, early; Ohio, mid-
season; Kansas, early; Ajregg, late.

Red Varieties — Cnthbert, Miller’s Red,
Turner, Louden, Cardinal, Early King,
Haymaker.

Plums

Standard Varieties

Wild Goose, Miner, Burbank, Abun-
dance, Wickson, Red June, Blue Dam-
son, Lombard, German Prune.
Gooseberries — Houghton, D o w n i n g,
Smith’s Improved.

Currants^-Cherry, White Dutch, Red
Dutch, ^Fay’s Prolific.

Rhubarb, or Pie Plant — Myatt’s Linneus,
very large and tender.

Asparagus — Conover’s Colossal, Palmetto.

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Ornamental Department

Shade Trees — Soft Maple, Hard Maple,

Box Elder, Ash, Elm, R. Mulberry,

White Birch, Catalpa, Sweet Chestnut,

Linn, Balm of Gilead, Carolina Poplar,

Lombardy Poplar, Tulip Tree.

Evergreens — Red Cedar, Norway Spruce,

Scotch Pine, Arbor Vitae, Irish Juni-
per, White Pine, Austrian Pine, Hem-
lock Fir, Balsam Fir.

Weeping Ornamental Trees — Cut Leaf
Weeping Birch, Weeping Willow, Wis-
consin Weeping Willow, T’s Weeping
Mulberry, Weeping Elm.

Shrubs — Hydrangea, Purple Fringe, Al-
thea, Purple Lilac, Snowball, Spirea,

Persian Lilac, Wegelia, Deutzia, Caly-

Roses

Lyonnaise, cream yellow; Clio, blush;
Magna Charta, bright pink; John Hop-
per, red; Mrs. Degraw, pink; Gen Jac-
queminot, red; American Beauty, pink;
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, cream white;
Baby Rambler.

Climbing Roses — White Dorothy Perkins,
Mary Washington, white; Dorothy Per-
kins, bright pink; Baltimore Belle,
blush; Yellow Rambler, Crimson Ram-
bler; Seven Sisters, blush; Prairie
Queen, pink; Empress of China, bright
pink; Blue Rose.

Climbers — Virginia Creeper, Scar Honey-
suckle, Wistaria, Trumpet Flower, W.
Honeysuckle, Frag. Honeysuckle.

Moss Roses — Princess Adelaide, pale;
Salet, light; Gracilic, deep pink; Blan-
cia Moreau, pure white; Henry Mar-
tin, fine, clear rose.

Bulbs and Tubers — Bleeding Heart, Dah-
lias, mixed; Lilies, tiger; Peonias, light
pink and red; Peonies, white; Tube-
rose; Lilies, white, Tulips, mixed.

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Croquette de Alps, white; Croquette
des Blanches, white; Gen. Washington,
red; Mrs. J. H. Laing, pink; Paul Ney-

Coquette de Alps

ron, large pink; Black Prince, dark crim-
son; Margaret Dickson, white; La
France, satin pink; Burbank, red; Glorie

anthus, Wegelia Va., Flowering Al-
mond, Japonica, Bridal Wreath, Syrin-

Hydrangea

ga, Barberry, purple leaves, Bechtel’s
Double Flowering Crab.

THE LITSON NURSERY, NEVADA, MISSOURI

Distances for Planting

FRUIT TREES

Apples, plant 30 feet apart, 50- to acre.

Pears, standard, and Cherries, plant 20 feet apart, 108 to acre.

Plums, Peaches and Apricots, plant 16 feet apart, 170 to acre.

Pears (Dwarf) and Quinces, plant 12 feet apart, 300 to acre

SMALL FRUIT PLANTS

Grapes, rows 8 feet apart, plants 8 feet apart, 680 to acre.

Currants, Gooseberries, rows 4 feet apart, plants 4 feet apart, 2,725 to acre.
Raspberries, Blackberries, rows 7 feet apart, plants 3 feet apart, 2,070 to acre.
Strawberries, rows 3 y2 feeet apart, plants 1 *4 feet apart, 10,000 to acre.

Asparagus, rows 5 feet apart, plants 2 feet apart, 4,386 to acre.

Rhubarb, rows 4 feet apart, plants 4 feet apart, 2,725 to acre.

Weight of Trees and Plants Packed

Fruit trees, 4 to 6 feet, weigh about 100 pounds to 100 trees.

Fruit trees, 3 to 4 feet, weigh about 25 to 50 pounds to 100 trees.

Grape Vines, Currants, Gooseberries and Blackberries weigh 10 to 25 pounds per 100
Raspberries, about 5 to 10 pounds per 100 plants.

Strawberrries, about 20 to 25 pounds per 1,000 plants.

Terms and Conditions

REMITTANCES — Postoffice or Express Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank
Draft are the best ways to remit. Any sum less than $1.00 can be paid in two-cent
stamps. In ordering, always give plainly postoffice address, and express or freight
station, being very careful to give the State.

Fifty trees will be furnished' at hundred rates, five hundred at thousand rates.
We have other varieties in small quantities, which will be priced on application.

TERMS OF PAYMENTS — Cash or satisfactory security before shipment of stock.
All orders to be sent by express, C. O. D., must be accompanied by one-half the
amount in cash.

We deliver all goods free of drayage to railroad or express office, after which
our responsibility ceases.

All claims for errors or deductions must be made immediately upon receipt of
goods.

SHIPPING FACILITIES — We ship over the Missouri Pacific and Missouri, Kan-
sas & Texas railroads, and American and Wells Fargo express companies, and make
close connections with nearly all other lines.

Nursery on West Walnut street, five blocks west of electric light plant.

Address,

W. H. LITSON, Nevada, Missouri.

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THE LITSON NURSERY, NEVADA, MISSOURI

The above is a photo of my new packing house. While it is not as large as the
wholesale nursery packing houses, it is plenty large enough for any retail nursery.
My trees are dug with a three-horse digger (getting all the roots) ; then they are
hauled directly to the packing house, not allowing the roots exposed to the wind and
sun over twenty to thirty minutes. There the trees are trenched in the ground
inside.

When shipping time comes, the trees are packed in boxes or straw and burlap —
indoors and never exposed to the weather.

With the above improvements I am as able to grow, pack and ship nursery
stock as any modern, up-to-date nursery in the state.

Our Guarantee of Genuineness

WHILE WE EXERCISE THE GREATEST DILIGENCE and
care to have all our trees, etc., true to label, and hold our-
selves in readiness, on proper proof, to replace all trees,
etc., that may prove untrue to label, free of charge, or re-
fund the amount paid it is mutually understood and agreed
between the purchaser and ourselves, that our guarantee of genuine-
ness shall in no case make us liable for any sum greater than orig-
inally received for said trees, etc., that prove untrue.

FRUIT-GPOWER & FARMER, ST. JOSEPH, MO.