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U.8. Departmer
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amsey’s Nurser

Mahomet, Burnet County, Texas.

(5 We Have over Thirty Years Experience in the Fruit Business in This County.

We Have in Our Orchard about 250 Varieties of Peaches, 100 Varieties of Plums, 30 of Pears,
25 of Apricots and the More Promising Varieties of Other Fruits That Grow Here,

We Consider Their Merits and Demerits, and Propagate the Best
Our PVotto:

Rot Bow Gheap, but Bow Good.

We Expect to Follow the Nursery Business, and Respectfully Ask a Trial
Order from Those Who Have Never Patronized Us,

AUSTIN:
HUTCHINGS PRINTING HOUSE.
1891.
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TERMS AND REMARKS.

Unless special arrangements are previously made, all bills are due when
stock is delivered.

When orders amount to five dollars or more we will prepay express
charges to any express office in the State.

We pack our trees in a very superior manner and make no charge
for it.

We dig our trees with our patent digger, which takes up all of their
roots with them, and makes them worth twice as much as they would be if
they were gouged out with spades. These prices are for first class stock.
Lower grades and culls quoted on application.

All orders for one hundred trees are entitled to a discount of twenty
per cent.

Prepare the soil for an orchard by closely and deeply breaking it before
setting the trees. Have tke holes large enough to admit the roots in their
natural position. Set trees but little, if any, deeper than they stood in the
nursery, aud always water them thoroughly when planting them, when the
ground is dry.

Trees may generally be planted at any time between the fifteenth of
November and fifteenth of March.

Cultivation is more necessary than irrigation. It insures long life and
vigor. Cotton or vegetables planted between rows of fruit trees perhaps
benefit them; but everything else is detrimental, particularly small grain.

If we make mistakes we shall cheerfully correct them. Should a tree
prove to be mislabeled we will refund the price of it, but are not liable for
other damages.

Many select their varieties from our books of colored plates. Now this
is wrong, for a large number of our most valuable varieties originated in
this section of the State, and we have no plates of them.

Sometimes we cannot furnish certain varieties ordered. When we
cannot, and can give varieties as desirable of same season, we substitute.

In an orchard of mixed trees plant twenty feet each way.

We have not less than 150,000 trees in our nursery at preseut, and shall
be pleased to correspond with nurserymen or others who may need large
lots.

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FRUIT.
APPLES.

Not successful on all kinds of soil. Are generally profitable where tim-
ber has been cleared, or on sub-irrigated land. 25 cents each.
Striped June. Very good, thrifty, June r.
Red June. Small red, productive, tart.
Yellow Horse. ‘Thrifty, productive, fine for family use.
Gravenstein. Mardy, medium, mottled, eating, July.
Winesap. Late, medium, fine for eating.
Ben Davis. Uardy, productive, large red, market.
Shockley. large, showy, good keeper.
TWO TEXAS APPLES.
The Rutledge. Captain W. P. Rutledge, who lived sixteen miles north of
Austin, got apple trees from Arkansas over thirty years ago. One of them
is a wonder for this poor apple country. It is believed to be the largest tree

in the State, measuring forty feet across the top. Bears a fair crop of me-
dium fruit almost annually. Promising, fall.

The Talbot. Originated from a seed at Georgetown. If we have an
iron clad, this isit. For an eating apple it has no superior. H. E. Van
Deman, chief of division of pomology at Washington, asked for specimens
last fall, and pronounced the quality first class. It will keep till Christmas
or later. Tree does not over-bear. Lives and bears on all kinds of soil.
Fifty cents each.

CRAB APPLES—25 cents.

Transcendent. Thrifty, hardy, desirable for preserves and jelly. July.
Hughes’ Winter. Late; good keeper,

PEARS.

For a number of years we have been testing some thirty varieties or more,
and have found that almost any kind of a pear will do weil here. They
bear younger than in the North, and produce annual crops except in rare
instances. Forty cents each,

Clapp’s Favorite. ‘ree grower; bears young, July,

Bartlett. Reliable, fine quality, August rst, plant some.

Le Conte. The most vigorous of all our pears, productive, large, tree
likes manure, July and August,

De Anjou. September, fine quality, annual bearer.

Winter Nel/is. Profuse bearer, not showy but good, September and
October.

Kefffer. Vigorous, prolific, fine for canning, late.

Clairgeau. Tree large and ornamental, profuse, fruit large, ships well,
late,

Tyson.

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PEACHES.

We have had ripe peaches in one season continuously for six months
and ten days. Of the many varieties we have tested, we offer the following
in large quantities, and we can supply a limited number of many others.
Twenty. cents each.

Alexander, May 20 to 30, hardy, productive, showy. We have fruited
nearly all of the other extra early peaches, and as none surpass the Alex-
ander, we now propagate only Amsden and Arkansaw Traveler.

Hynes Surprise. June 10, good, firm, red, prolific.

Rivers, June to, white and blush, juicy, good bearer.

Family Favorite, June 15, large, white, red cheek, sure.

Hales. June 20, superb for eating, medium, sure bearer. ;

Amelia. June 20, very large, beautiful color.

Garther’s June Cling. “arliest cling, good.
wme=—— Burnet. June 20, hardy, long lived tree, sure, yellow flesh, half covered
with red.
“wee-Beauty. July 1, beautiful, large, yellow and red.
Shepherd, June 20, the largest to ripen as early, fine color.
Crawford's Early. July 5, medium size, hardy, flesh melting.
se Morning Star Cling. July to, large, often measures ten inches, bright
red on yellow ground, very attractive, good.
Thurber. July to, the surest bearer we have; fruit large, white, with
red cheek.
Jackson, July to, very large, white and blush cling; very much like
Chinese cling but ten times as prolific; fine for market and canning.
Lee, July 10, large, pale colored cling; fine for eating and canning.
Chinese Cling. July 10, the largest peach of all; they have grown in
this section fourteen inches in circumference; shy bearer. Its seedlings—
Family Favorite, Thurber, Jackson and Lee—are more valuable.
Elberta. July 15, large, yellow, red cheek, excellent; probably best
shipper.
a.eeee= Gold Ball. New, resembles a large orange, very promising.
Griswould. July 25, cling, white with fine blush, medium size, sure.
Crawfard’s Late. Large, roundish, deep yellow flesh.
Stump the World. August 1, a showy peach from New Jersey, creamy
white with blush.
..»Lone Star. August I, very large, yellow flesh, fine for eating, canning
<a or market. From Georgia.
sex Western Queen, August, nearly white, above medium, superb flavor,
no superior for desert.
rkansaw Traveler. August 1, have measured ten inches, mostly red,

showy, market.

Columbia. August 10, freestone Indian, beautiful clear yellow flesh,
neem did flavor, fine for canning.

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Indian Cling. August 15, dull reddish color, flesh veined, fine flavor
when thoroughly ripe.
Heath Cling (White English). August, creamy white, popular for pre-
serving.
Evening Star. August 20, large, productive, cream colored cling,
slightly blushed; splendid for eating and canning.
V Muir. August, new, from California, large, distinct; some claim it has
no equal for canning or drying; sweet.
Lord Palmerston. September, cling, tree thrifty; large, round, white,
good,
Sa/lway. September 20, splendid, yellow, above average in size; the best
for later part of September.
Picquett. September 15, large, round, yellow and red, productive, good.
Austin’s Late September 30, cling, nearly red, good quality and size.
MecShaw. A fine, large, October Indian, introduced by Mr. Shell.
Nix October Cling. Large, cream colored; sometimes lasts until mid-
dle of November. e
Miss May. We believe the best October peach in existence; good size,
white with faint blush; flavor resembles a sumnier freestone, prolific.
PLUMS.

Plums are becoming more popular each year, and they deserve all the
confidence bestowed on them. For eating, preserving and canning they
are bright and popular rivals of all other fruits; but their greatest merit is,
in their sure bearing qualities and the long life and productiveness of the
trees. We Lave trees that have been laden with fruit for fifteen successive
years. We have several varieties of plums from which a tree may be taken
and planted beside any peach tree, except Thurber, and during a period of
fifteen or twenty years the plum tree will bear about three times as many
bushels of fruit as the peach tree. Our plums are all grafted on peach,
which prevents them from sprouting and makes both tree and fruit larger.

We have tested many varieties of the gage class, like Damson, etc., and
found them utterly worthless. Price, 30 cents each.
Caddo Chief. May 10, earliest medium, red, not prolific.
Wild Goose. Large, red, delicious; every one should have it; May 20.
Marianna, May 25, robust tree, not a heavy bearer when young; fruit
resembles Wild Goose.
Drouth King. May 25; introduced’by Willard Robinson, of Cisco; says
it is the best general purpose plum; very prolific.
—— Wooten, Ripens just after Wild Goose, which it somewhat resembles in
tree and fruit, much surer bearer, immensely prolific.
~~ Ohio Prolific, July to, yellow and red, medium size, enormous crops
annually.
en 1001. New, recommended as a wonderful bearer.
E/ Paso, July 15; from Gonzales county; the strongest grower of the

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pure Chickasaws; fruit above medium, red; one year old trees bear full.

Golden Beauty, Vigorous, hardy, peculiar tree, young and free bearer;
beautiful yellow, of good size; valuable on account of its season, August.

Columbia, August and September; similar to Golden Beauty in tree and
fruit, ripens after it.

Forest Garden, July, American, vigorous, large, red.

Wayland, September, vigorous, crimson, medium, good, firm, prolific;
Mr. Munson says it is the best late plum in cultivation.

Simonii (Asiatic). Large, firm, vermilion, July.

PANHANDLE PLUMS.

The cowboys who used to drive cattle to the territories all agreed that
the largest, sweetest and most productive plums in the world were growing
wild in the panhandle of Texas. More competent judges of late years
confirm the report. We have secured grafts of the choicest varieties from
different sections, and offer Large Yellow, Large Red and Large Purple.

JAPAN PLUMS.

These wonderful plums promise to be large, showy and of good quality,
but their value is not fully established.

Saisuma. Very large, dark red flesh. ‘‘The Blood Plum,” 50 cents.
Burbank, Seedling of Satsuma, introduced by Mr. Burbank, of Cali-

fornia, the importer of Satsuma; will bear here at two years old; very
promising, large, early. 50 cents.
Kelsey. September; we have raised these on two year old trees larger

than any plum we ever saw; it is a greenish yellow color, nearly colored
with red and purple, firm.

Ogon, Botan, Long Fruited, Yellow Japan and six or eight other vari-
eties are of similar character to Kelsey, but vary in size, season, color and
flavor. =

Pissardii, eaves and fruit of a purplish red color, small, good, orna-
mental,

APRICOTS—385 cents.

Hemskirk, May and june, hardy, sure, good, medium.

Wilcox. None better, thrifty, sure, large.

Early Golden, Symmetrical tree, good, tender.

Golden Drop. Beautiful tree and¢fruit superb

Gabriel, A seedling we raised; promises to be a sure, prolific bearer.
Russian.

German, large, yellow, hardy, one of the surest.

Luizet. New, from.southern France, where it is the favorite for shipping;
blooms late.

Gates. Originated in Utah; late bloom, very hardy; promising.

Alexander and Budd, Russian seedlings of great merit, hardy. There

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is greater similarity among apricots than other fruits. The trees being long
lived and of rapid growth, we often recommend them for shade.

PRUNES—40 cents.

Tragedy. June, rich and sweet, almost freestone.
German, September, flesh firm, green, sweet.
Yellow, Very thrifty tree, fair bearer, desirable.
French, Violet purple, rich, sugary, egg shaped.
Vv Golden, Light golden color, exquisite flavor, beautiful tree.

GRAPES—20 cents each.

Delaware, Bunches medium, compact; berries medium, a most delicious
flavor, nearly transparent,

Lindley, Large, red, good quality,

Concord, Targe, black, good for market and for table,

Goethe, Very large, transparent, oblong, sweet, delicious.

Herbemont, Very hardy and productive, large bunch, berry medium,
purplish black, fine for wine and a delicious eating grape.

Black Spanish, Resembles Herbemont in vine and fruit, but smaller;
very hardy, good when thoroughly ripe; popular with wine makers.

MULBERRIES—35 cents.

Mulberries do remarkably well here, often yielding three bushels on a
tree, They will pay for good soil and attention. Are especially valuable
on account of ripening when there is but little or no other fruit ripe, April
and first half of May. Never fail to bear after one yearold. All are grafted
on stocks that do not sucker.

English, Rapid growing tree, large leaf, fruit large, very productive,

Black Russian, Many of the first planted here were seedlings, half of
which do not bear. This is a fine variety, large, productive.

White Russian, Delicate light cream color, large, very sweet, tree does
not freeze; originated with us.

Hicks’ Everbearing, ‘Tree perfectly hardy and makes a fine shade;
fruit lasts three or four months; large, black, good; 50 cents,

Burrell’s Everbearing. A native of Lampasas county; Jarge and pro-
ductive, claimed to be the best of all; 50 cents,

PERSIMMONS.

Japan, As large asa medium peach; bear young, a delicious fruit; $1,
Common Yellow, Several varieties, ripening from August to December;
25 cents,

FIGS.

Several varieties, some promising new ones. The Never fail is rightly
named; 35 cents.

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NECTARINES— 40 cents.

White, Pure white, large and fine.
Red Roman, Dark red, yellow flesh, productive,

BLACKBERRIES.

Dallas. Remarkably hardy and wonderfully productive; native of Texas,
fruit large and delicious. Every one should plant some; it never fails,
$1,50 a dozen, $6 a hundred, The Dallas is so far superior to other varieties
we have discarded them,

STRAWBERRIES.

Leading varieties and the more promising newones. 50centsa dozen; $2
a hundred.

QUINCES.

Hardy and productive here and bear almost annually. We appreciate
them highly, 40 cents,

MISCELLANEOUS.

English Walnut, Does well on land where black walnuts or pecans
grow. Small 35 cents, larger 50 cents,

White Dewberry. Succeds well on land where wild dewberries grow.
Light cream color; 50 cents dozen, $2 a hundred.

Horse Radish. A success here; 50 cents a dozen, $2 a hundred.

SHADE AND ORNAMENTAL.

Japan Catalpa, We believe is worthy and destined to become the pop-
ular, long lived shade; very hardy, large leaves, five to six feet; 50 cents,
$5 dozen.

Speciosa Catalpa, Similar to above; five to six feet; 35 cents, $3 dozen.

Imperial Paulonia, From Japan, Leaves sometimes measure seven-
teen inches across, pannacles of light blue flowers; does best on sandy land;
four to six feet, 50 cents; six to eight feet, 75 cents.

Umbrella China. Makes a shade quicker than any other tree, sym-
metrical; 25, 35 and 50 cents.

Lombardy Poplar, Vigorous, graceful, tall, slender, attractive; six to
eight feet, 35 cents; $3.50 dozen.

Flowering Willow. A hardy tree, we recommend for all soils, long
lived; during the hot, dry weather, in July and Augnst, it fairly droops
with its load of flowers. Everybody likes them. They make trees the size
of mesquites. Purple, four to five feet, 50 cents; white, $1.

Weeping Willow, Well known; it is not long lived unless planted near
water or on sub-irrigated land; four to six feet, 35 cents,

Cottonwood. A delightful quick shade; ours are nursery grown, are

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smoother, straighter and have much better roots than the forest grown.
Five to six feet, 25 cents, $2,50 dozen; six to eight feet, 35 cents, $3.50
dozen. :

Weeping Mulberry, Strong grower, delicate, graceful, the only weeping
tree that is long lived here, attractive; one to two feet, $1; five feet, one
year head, $2.

ORNAMENTAL PEACHES—35 cents.

Double Flowering. Of this really beautiful tree we have white, crimson
and pink; they bloom for three or four weeks in early spring and the blooms
look like medium sized double roses; they do not bear.

Golden Yellow. ‘Twigs yellow, the leaves are a showy orange yellow
the latter part of the summer and fall; medium fruit.

Poplar, Gzows upright like a Lombardy poplar; small freestone.

Golden Dwarf, Grows four to six feet high, fruit very large, yellow
with red cheek, August.

Pissardii Plum. Was dark red leaves all the season, supersedes the red
leaved peach, pretty upright grower; 30 cents,

FLOWERING SHRUBS.

Altheas, ‘These are beautiful summer and fall bloomers, always hardy;
we have single and double in ten or twelve colors and combinations; 35
cents.

Crape Myrtle. Showy and attractive, bloom nearly all summer and
fall; pink, crimson and purple, 35 cents; white, 50 cents.

Bridal Wreath (Spirea). Very hardy, white, single and double, blooms
in later part of winter and early spring, 35 cents; pink summer bloomer:
beautiful, 50 cents.

Pomegranate. Beautiful all summer bloomer, red and white, coral like;
the fruit is medium; 50 cents.

Deutzia Gracilis, White, hardy, profuse, beautiful; 35 cents.

Almond. Double flowering, pink and white, grows two feet high, liter-
ally covered with miniature roses in early spring; 35 cents,

Lilac. Perfectly hardy, early bloomer; purple, 25 cents; white, 50 cents.

CLIMBERS AND CREEPERS.

Wisteria, A rampant climber, bears spikes of sweet blue flowers; extra
large two year vines. 35 cents.

Coral Honeysuckle, Red, magnificent, rich climber, blooms for several
months; 50 cents,

Honeysuckle. Several strong growing varieties, some perfectly ever-
green, rank climbers; 25 cents, $2 dozen,

Trumpet Creeper, Will cling to wood or stone wall; very hardy, clus-
ters of trumpet shaped scarlet and yellow flowers; 25 cents.

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-_EVERGREENS.

Arbor Vite, For plariting singly they have no superior; hardy and
always beautiful. We havea five lot of ten or fifteen different kinds oy
grades. Choice, compact, select, 80 cents per foot; medium grade, faster
growth, 50 cents per foot; less compact, like Chinese, rapid growth, 30 cents
per foot. Thecheaper kinds make stately trees if the body be kept trimmed
until eight or ten feet high,

Euonymous Japonica, A beautiful evergreen with smooth, round
leaves; covered with red berries in winter; never dies in transplanting; fine
for hedges or for planting singly; 35 cents each, $2 per dozen, $10 per hun-
dred,

Red Cedar, ‘These haye been transplanted three times in nursery, so
there is but little risk in transplanting hereafter; one and one-half to two
feet, 40 cents.

California Privet, for ornamental hedges it has few equals; it is ever-
green and very easily transplanted, One to two feet, 20 cents each; $10 per
hundred; three feet, 30 cents,

Evergreen Willow, Not a willow, but a hardy, dryland evergreen, re-
sembling a bushy willow; four feet, 50 cents.

Horizontal Cypress, A magnificent large tree, hardy and easy to
transplant, straight and symmetrical with horizontal limbs; 4o cents per
foot.

Pyramidal Cypress, Represents the Lombardy poplar among ever-
greens, compact, beautiful; 45 cents per foot.

Magnolia Grandiflora, ‘This magnificent tree promises to be quite hardy
here; one foot, 4o cents.

EVERBLOOMING ROSES.

The length of time these roses bloom depends much upon the soil and
attention given them. Prices—small 30 cents, $3 a dozen; larger plants,
from open ground, hardy, 50 cents, $5 a dozen.

Louis Phillippe, Dark velvety crimson, profuse bloomer; as hardy as a
hybrid, perpetual.

Cloth of Gold, Bright yellow, large, double, sweet.

Cornelia Cook, White, fine form, magnificent buds.

Papa Gontier, Dark crimson, large and long, very fine.

Lamarque, Purely white, double, in large clusters, fine buds, very de-

sirable.

La France, Silvery pink, large double, fragrant.

The Bride. Pure white, fragrant, splendid buds.

Marechal Nei/, A beautiful sulphur yellow, large and full, very fra-
grant, climber, not a strong grower unless budded on a hardy stock. Price
for budded vines, $1. It does best on north side of building.

Washington. Very vigorous and profuse, pure white in clusters.

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HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES.
Hardy everywhere; they bloom for several weeks in spring, and fre-

quently in the fall. Small plants 25 cents; larger, fine plants, 35 cents.

Giant of Battles. Brilliant crimson, large and double; highly esteemed.

Madame Plantier. Pure white, double medium size.

Paul Neyron. Clear pink. probably the largest of all roses, very full
and double.

Pius 1X. Flesh and crimson, beautiful free, showy, sweet rose.

Seven Sisters \Multiflora). Immense clusters, varying in color from
crimson to blush white; a good climber.

Baltimore Belle. Pale blush, variegated, vigorous climber, very double.

Moss Roses, Pink, red and white; 35 cents.

We have a limited number of many other varieties of roses.

Our experience has cost us much. ‘Those who patronize us
get the benefit of it.

This climate is one of extremes. We use varieties that are
better to withstand them.

The difference in the value of a crop of fruit from a good
tree and a poor one is much greater than the cost of the trees. It
does not pay to plant inferior stock, no matter how cheap.

Fruit is both a luxury and a necessity. Try an assortment
of plums.

If it pays to raise corn and cotton, it pays better to raise what
fruit your family can use.

We are eight miles north of Bertram, our depot and express
office. Do not think our nursery inferior because we are in the
country. There were no railroads in this part of the State when
we commenced our business.

We name fewer varieties this year than usual, but have all
you need. Whenwe lessen the number we raise the average.

Ornamentals in a yard, with a well kept orchard, tell of hap-
piness and refinement in the home.

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