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GRAPE. VINES,

—FOR SALE BY—

Thomas J. Garden,

Spring Hill Nurseries,

Prospect, Prince Edward County, Va.

_ ESTABLISHED IN 1845—TME OLDEST NURSERY IN VIRGINIA.
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PRINTED AT THE
JEFFERSONIAN JOB OFFICE,

JAMES BLAKEY, PROPRIETOR,
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

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SPRING HILL NURSERIES.

APPLES. $10 PER HUNDRED.

SUMMER. AUTUMN,
“Yellow May, iiisus.: Speer Oa ah. Pee ROMCRS 2 54-0. ce, +» Mans Ad A UISE
oivipem pine, .-.-. Fa. Anwar Oat blends c1g: : Mebeea. 2, Anaust
pot ITs sn A Pea gly be ho Maiden’s Blushs. :; Gare...) Atense
Dick Morton, . .... . . . . July¥Summer Queen,....... . . . August
imecavAstrachan,!°. Bie. ¢ 4 7. _)oly WiGravenstetn) yic <n .) AUOTSE
Sees SUIMEr, > . Rumolioa Lot July “Wootten, tie, eas. ABONSE
W Early Harvest, . . .. . . . . July VJersey Sweet, . . 22 .~. September
Meee (ULV yoos 2)! 3 Mee ee July WRoyal Pearmain, . . . . . September
Y Summer Pearmain,. . . . . . July VWRambo,. . . . . September
VEarly Eippincot,:.. Gare. >, +. pily ‘Cunningham’s Cheesi . . September
Mewcet bough, -./ . ia’. ...) . poly weall’Cheese-22.: . alee =. October
® Arnold’s Gheesty? . Age. ee july -Pwenty, Ounce, >... “Sie ue ee ctober
We itidee Pippin; . - : July Y Bullock’s Pippi, <:. Mee. 2 Qetober
D. of ‘Oldenbare. P dics) a ea Ocrober
: WINTER. WINTER.
DMiRatdwins LS See PE eee ee ef ¥ cnocklep,
y Albemarle Peps. Pgs |S haere A ‘VY Nansyman Beauty,
‘® Barka’s iit Se eo ee eel “ Ben Davis, .
OM @anionces Go: . o> diet. >., oa Willow: Ewig,
‘VClarke’s Pearmain, ........™ i Spy,
| OCS ate ea 3 AR Og ae *Nero,
bas . Golden RRUSSGE OMe, ME ot ey eee SA :
Y Lady Pep prcaieis wae. a are ai ~ Wilfords Yellow,
Hughes’ Virginia Crab ier, VS eee. Winter Saveeu:
Dw itiinctewiewee sce Ae Sy ds ee » Winter Cheese, .
Siberian rapes). <. ets. 2s os - vanhoe, 50: cents, (sae deccaskeat
> Rais Cold, ie, aan “Maun, ; 5 a:
Wine apes) Wes? 3) o° sa... JOhnson’s Hine Wintcs
Diamine Wee cso: . NMiPeck’s Pleasants. . Wen Spee
\ PAGS 10 Se <a a ie VYellow Wine Sap, .@% < . ='20 cents
PEACHES. $15 PER HUNDRED.
Briggs’ ees ge '. . ae. moe Belle.De Mitre; -.. Be )) sy Aneust
‘s Early Alexander, or... . . June ¥ Summer Heath, ... 9822. > Aueust

Ny Amsden’s June,.. .—.-- - po euclnsnoe Peachjiiie) - BR. 3 Aaomse

Early Waterloo, .
‘yEarly Beatrice,
' Early Rivers,
‘ Early Louise, .
Downing,
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“Wilder,
«George IV,
Foster,
Early Tillotson,
“Pinkney Seedling,
Red Rareripe, .

PEELE VILE IAL
. June Crawford’s Late,
. June ¥ LeGrange,
_ June Y Smock Free, .

. June ‘Old Newington,
. June, ¥ Old Mixon,

. June ¥ Melacaton,

: June “White Plum, .

. July ‘stump the World,
. July ’ Large Fall Heath,
.. July Incomparable,
. July ‘Comet, :
. July ‘Algiers Winter, (50 fee

CHERRIES. 50 CENTS EACH.

“4 May Duke, me
ah Early Richmond, . .

: Early.. Bell De Choicey,
. Early. Kentish,
. Medium “Morello (or Peja

. Standard
PEARS. 50 CENTS EACH.
‘ _ Boykins’ June, “Le Conte,
~ Blood Good, . July.* Buerre Diel, .
Madeline, . July “Steven’s Genesee, .
” Bartlett, . August ‘Kieffer,
Clapp’s Favorite, . August “Beurre D’ Anjou,
* Seckel, . August » Duchess D’ Angouleme,

~ Flemish Beauty, .
~ White Doyenne,
VBelle Lucrative, .
_ Louise Bon de Jersey,
‘Maria Louise,
hee Virgalieu,
\ / Taylor,
Gansel’s Becamall

“WNoah, a

‘ Moore’s Early,

» Telegraph,

-» Prentiss,

™ Brighton,
aiady:

~~ Concord,

> ‘Delaware,

: Diana,

~\Geethe, . er
‘) Weller’s Halifax, .

Niagara,. .

. August ivinter Nellis,

. . Augus \p Alencon,
. September, “Beurre Easter,
. September ‘Holland,
. September *Glout Morceau,
. September Vicar of Wakefield,

. September “St. Germain, .
. September “Jefferson,

GRAPES.
. 25 cents “Davis,
. 50 cents ~ Clinton, . A
- 25 cents» Hartford Paine :
. 50 cents © Isabella,
- 30 cents “ Salem,
. 40 cents Wilder,

FAD) cents. Cunningham,

- 25 cents

Martha, .

. 20 cents NG

- 50 cents
- 25 cents

Norton Seedling, .
Ives Seedling,
- $1 0O

. August

. September
. September
. September
. September
. September
. September
. September

. October
. October
. October

~, October

. Medium
. Late
. Late

. September
. September

. October
. October
. October
. October

. November
. November

. January *
. January
. January
. January
. January
. February

- 50 cents

25 cents
- 20 cents
- 20 cents
. 25 cents
- 25 cents
. 50 cents
- 25 cents
- 20 cents
- 50 cents
- 30 cents

\ STRAWBERRIES,

Albany (Wilson’s), . . . . $1 per icy yan Wack .¥ 40. aL aa per! TOO
¥ May Queen,. . . J 2) 2 perstog, Yuanchester, Sop ae peters P pers1oo
¥ Charles Downing, .. . . 1 per 1OG “Monarch of the Wes st, . 1 per roo
¥ Kentucky Late, . 2. 22) gper too “Mt. ‘Vernon, . . >) D per 100

SMarplessy, i795 au eee tae eer LOG

RASPBERRIES, QUINCES, PLUMS, &C.

RASPBERRIES. $1 oes VY PLUMS. a

Oimnibents <0. Hansell, Damson, . . Green Gage,
” Reliance, SOE oe he Aion, Vv ine ‘Pin.
| Souhegan, *. O\, Gregg, GOOSERERRIES, CURRANTS, ETC. 25¢.
RPOrange iia +. ae We Dolittle: Apricots," 10! .’ isyhO.ceutseach
QUINCES. 20C. eNeéctarines, ..-.. -, aeveae50: cents cach
Meechesi(50c:),... . pa, 1 Champion,

Orange or Apple.

ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, &C.

North Carolina Poplars, Tulip Trees, White Fringe, Snowball, Chestnut, Ar-
bor Vitae, Weeping Willow, Spirea (white and colored), Missouri Currant, Osage
Orange, Pomegranate, Rose of Sharon, Myrtle (pink and purple), winter-bloom-
ing Jessamine, 100,000 Box (tree and dwarf for hedges), Ivy, Phlox, Roses, Tu-
lip, Lihes, Hyacinths, Figs, Asparagus, Rhubarb, Balm of Gilead, Golden Wil-
low, &c.

THE IVANHOE APPLE.

DrscrIPpTION.— Medium to large ; well proportioned ; color, a light golden
yellow when mellow ; sometimes slightly shaded with red; cavity shallow ; ba-
sin shallow ; shape round, conical; rich sub-acid, pippin flavor. Trees grow to
fine size; bear abundantly every year. Fruit hangs on the tree till Christmas—
keeps all the year round with no special care. Special premiums awarded the
Ivanhoe apple as to its size, eating and keeping qualities, both at the Lynchburg

_and Richmond fairs in October, 1886, and a complimentary certificate as to the
merits of the Ivanhoe awardec by the Virginia State Agricultural Society Decem-
ber 27th, 1886.

f@sePrice 50 cents each. Scions, postpaid, $2 per 100, and $15 per 1000

by express.
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT THE iVANHOE APPLE.

R. H. Harris, Moorestown, N. J., says: “I have eaten the Ivanhoe apple.
In May and June almost everyone has felt a desire for a fresh, juicy apple to eat,
which desire this apple will satisfy.”

R. W. Bright well, Prospect, Va.: “I have gathered fruit from the original
tree. Excellent eating apple; fine size; good for market; keeps long after other
winter apples are gone.”

W. O. Hurt, fruit dealer, Lynchburg, Va.: “It is a good apple.”

H. L. Lyman, associate editor of Frauzt and Grape-Grower, Charlottesville,
Va.: “Sprightly pippin flavor; evidently of pippin type.”

Editor Farm and Home, Dover, Del.: “Our Delaware and Maryland fruit-

growers should try the Ivanhoe apple.”
Dr. T. H. Venable, Prospect, Va.: “The flavor to my taste is all that I could

wish. It has kept on my place till gathering time in fall.”
Florticulturist, Bridgeton, New Jersey: ‘‘We think the Ivanhoe is destined

to become one of our best winter apples.”
James Fitz, associate editor Fruit and Grape-Grower, Charlottesville, Va.:

“This new apple doubtless deserves the attention of fruit-growers.”

TERMS.

Cash in advance, unless otherwise understood. No charge made for delivery
of trees at the depot, 3 miles off, but a small charge will be made for packing,
which is done by machinery, arfd so effectual as to insure safe delivery to the
most distant point.» I take pride in sending out perfectly reliable stock—true to

name and of first quality.
g@s-l have no travelling agents. Commissions that agents would get con-

sequently saved by the purchaser.
___ T. J. GARDEN,
Spring Hill Nursery, Prospect, Va.,
Headquarters of Ivanhoe Apple.

REFERENCES.
For fair and honorable dealing I beg leave to refer to the following patrons :

Chase Bros., Rochester, N. Y.; Hoopes Bro. & Thomas, West Chester, Pa.;
O. Dickinson, Salem, Oregon; Hood & Winn, Richmond, Va.: West Jersey
Nursery Co., Bridgton, N. J.; D. O. Frantz & Sons, Springfield, Ohio ; Wright &
Craighill, Lynchburg, Va.; R. V. Shipley, Howard County, Md.; J. T. Lovett,
Little Silver, N. J.; A. M. Bowman, Saltville, Va.; J. C. Chastaine, Thomasville,
Ga.; Prof. V. Vaiden, Lanexa, New Kent County, Va.; D. O. Munson, Falls
Church, Va.; A. C. Tompkins, Owensboro, Ky.; Rev. J. J. Lafferty, Richmond,
Va.; Samuel R. Tuggle, Covington, Ky.; E. W. Robertson, Crozet, Albemarle
County, Va.; Rk. H. Royster, Henderson, N. C.; A. R. Blakey, Charlottesville.
Va; A. M. Purdy, Palmyra, N. Y.; G. E. Boggs, Waynesville, N.C; D. E.
Best, Leigh County, Pa.; Ellwagner & Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; Eli Murich.
Farm and Garden, Philadelphia; C. W. White, Marion, Va.; Dr. E. W. Rogers,
Jennings’ Ordinary, Va.; R. H. Haines, Moorestown, N. J., &c., &c. :

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_ Prospect, Prince Ep. Co., Va.,
- December 29th, 1886.
Did. R. Blukey, Esq., Editor Fruit und

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Pap __ Sprrxe Hitt Nurserizs,

ce Grape Grower, Charlottesville :

My Dear Sir:—In reply to your
eletter asking information “as ‘to the
bistory of the ‘Iv anhoe’ apple,, its
merits asa long keeper, its eating
qualities, its appearance, and its Bize z
I make the following statement: ),

About seven vears agu my atten-
tion was called by several hunters to
the fact that they had found some
time in the winter under what appear-
ed to be a seedling apple tree in this
neighborhood among the broom sedve,
large yellow apples “of fine flavor, and
thinking the fruit very worthy of
propagation, they sent me some of
the cuttings which [ grafted in a
uursery designing to test fully its
merits and if it proved to be a good
durable variety, to lay hands on it,
out if not, to let it alone. To my
surprise these nursery
years of age bloomed and bore fruit.
This was proof that it was un early
bearer, a fact that bas been corrobo-
rated every year since. Last spring
inany of my two year old trees in
uursery rows not only bloomed but

bore apple of good size, and the spec- °

imens exhibited at the Lynchburg
and Richmond Fairs in October last
were plucked from a two year tree,
five feet high, in the nursery row,
for which | was awarded at both fairs
special premiams, and to-day'’s mail
also brings me a complimentary cer-
tificate as to the merits of the “Ivan-
hoe,” awarded by the Virginia State
Agricaltural Society.

Having satisfied myself that it was
an early bearer, I saw also that it
was aheavy bearer. Not only has
the original tree been weighed down
every year for seven years, but my
five year trees have annually borne
more fruit than they ought to carry ;
and one two-year-old tree in nursery
row, produced this year twelve good
sized apples.

I claim for the “Ivanhoe” that it is
a constant bearer. There have been
no off years since I bave known it.
As to its eating qualities—not only
does the accompanying printed cer-
tificates of various gentlemen attest
its value in this respect; but the fruit
committees, att
Richwon fairs in ast, who
tasted the apples, expressed them-
selves bighly pleased with the flavor.
1 also recollect that your worthy as-
sociate editor, Mr. H. L. Lyman, was
present, and after examining the ap-
ples carefully, remarked that ‘it was
evidently of the pippin type, and hud
a sprightly pippin flavor.’ I noticed

likewise that that excellent judge of

fruits, and formerly a well-known
nursery man in his more active days,

Mr. O. Hurt, of Lyncbborg, remarked
with a significant nod of the head,
“it isa good upple.” It must be re-
collected that the same apples would
sot only have tasted better, but would
also have colored up better, in their
proper Season, which is lute winter or
spring. It is crisp and juicy, and no
doubt would make good cider, as it
bas abundance of rich juice though
this has not been tested. Its color
is a light golden yellow, when mellow.

trees at two.

Its size is ‘Teaitta
proportioned, and
form an apple cat ake. Accompa-
nying certificates show that the froit

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is largow ‘than the winesap or Baldwin. © ‘\ }

My largest specimens this year mea-
; sured equally with the

largest wine-
“gaps:

As to its keeping qualities, I have
tested the “Ivanhoe” by an ordeal
that no other apple I know of can
stand.
test of the “Ivanhoes’” keeping qual-
ities, there wag very cold weather in
the fall of the vear. There was au
ice spell in November, and heavy
freezes lasting through December. I
had gathered all my apples in Octo-
ber, except the “Ivanhoe,” and let
them hang on the trees until a few
days before Christmas. They went
through at least a
and thawings on the trees before they
were gathered, and when I housed
them I put them in a room where it
was intensely cold, and where there
was afire only occasionally. Here
they went through another succession
of freezings and thawings. After this
rough treatment, LT put them in a box
side by side with some of the latest
keepers, such as the winesap, the
Roxbury russet, the Carthouse, lim-
bertwig, and a half dozen other kinds
that had been properly housed and
taken care of. and
race for the mastery, the “Tvanhoe”’
outstripped them all by many months’,

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keeping even till far into July, when.

they were eaten at the same time
with “Ivanhoe” apple pies of the new
crop, and with the old apples and

pies of the new crop were pronounced,

as you will see from the certificate,
“all tuat could be desired to the
taste’’—thus establishing the fact
that the “Ivanhoe” alone will furnish
fresh froit all the yearronnd, Suffice

it to say, I have kept “Ivanhoe” ap-—

ples every year for five years till the
next year’s summer apples were plen-
tifaleverywhere, And this, too, with-
out any special care as to guarding
against extremes of heat and cold.
‘Last year the “Ivanhoe” kept till
gathering time this year, thas making
the circle complete—keeping till the
apples come again—all the year
round,

To sum up,
oe” the following desirable qualities,
feeling confident it will not disappoint
public expectation :

lst. The original tree is not a
dwarf, but bas grown to fine size.

2nd. The “Ivanhoe’’ bears early,
often at two and three years of age.

3rd. It hears every year.

4th. It bears abundantly.

5th. The flavor of the fruit is ex-
cellent, crisp and sprightly.

6th. The size is medium to large,
growing as large as apples ought to
grow.

7th. The prettist form an apple
can take.

8th. A light golden yellow when
mellow, occasionally a slight shade of
red blush.

9th. Fruit bangs on the tree very
late, till Christmas.

10th. Keeps all the year round.

In the second year of my _

dozen freezings |

in this unequal »

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TESTIMONIALS.
John C. Richardson, Farmville, Va.: “Your fruit trees are all that I could

wish, I never saw finer, I do not want them cheaper or better.”
April 22, 1884.

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E. W. Rogers, M. D., Burkeville, Va.: ‘The 400 fruit trees I bought from
you came to hand well packed and not a missing one. Every’ body praises your
trees.” .

Dec. to, 1885.

J. T. Chastaine, Thomiasville, Ga.: “The Ivanhoe trees you sent me were nice
trees, and came well packed.”
Dec. 1, 1884. .

Chase Bros., Rochester, N. Y:: ‘‘ Your Ivanhoe trees came in good condition.”’
Dec. 7, 1883.

S. H. Boilleau, Farmville, Va.: “ Some of TM. est strawberries raised from
your vines measured 6 inches around,”
May 29, 1885.

W. L. Steger, Fluvanna County, Va.: ‘‘ All who have seen the teees I bought
of you are well pleased with them, so you may look for more orders from this
section.”

April 22, 1886.

J. R. Young, Clerk of Court, Henderson, Vance County, N. C.; “ The lot of
fruit trees, consisting of peaches, apples and pears, shipped to this place, were
select in all respects. ~ Carefully packed and labeled, with excellent bodies and
roots. The general condition of your trees deserves special mention.’

May 7, 1886.

G. A. Creasy, Mount Airy, Pittsylvania County, Va.: “ The trees and vines
purchased * of you last spring wewe the best stock for less money than I ever
~ bought of any nurseryman. Your low prices and honorable way of dealing en-
title you to a large share of the fruit-growing patronage.”

July 5, 1886. : F

A. M. Bowman, Saltville, Va.; “The 400 apples trees bought of you, for the
grounds of the S. W. Lunatic Asylum, at Marion, Va., gave general satisfaction.”
May 1, 1887.

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