Descriptive catalogue of southern and acclimated fruit and ornamental trees, grape vines, evergreens, shrubs, roses, &c.

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Number of Trees and Plants to an Acre at Varicus Distances.

1 foot apart each way 202 |

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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE

OF

SOUTHERN AND ACCLIMATED

FRUIT s& ORNAMENTAL
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Grape Vines, Evergreens, Shrubs,

ROSES, Ke,

GULTIVATED AND FOR SALE BY THE

Pomona Hill Nurseries
POMONA, GUILFORD COUNTY, N. G.

NEAR GREENSBORO,

a. VAN. EINDLEY, - - Proprietor.

SPECIALTIES:

Early Peaches for Market Orchards, and the
Oriental Pears and Plums.

Special Inducements to Large Planters. Correspondence Solicited.

Having had thirty years experience in growing Nursery Stock I make it an
object to propagate the varieties of fruits best adapted to meet the wants of my
customers, particularly hardy sorts; and giving, as I do, my whole atttention to
filling orders, packing and shipping, I expect in the future to give the same full
satisfaction that Ihave abundant proof of having done in the past.

INTRODUCTORY.

In presenting this edition of my Catalogue will say that this is the 32nd year of
my active Nursery life, having been reared in the business from childhood, and I
am pleased again to be able to return thanks to my many thousands of patrons, in
the Southern and border States, from whom I have received many flattering letters
and a greatly increased patronage.

My aim is to please, and every year I am better prepared to do so. Give me a
chance and I will prove it. I flatter myself on being up with the times with a col-

. lection of fruits unequalled, gathered, as: it was, from all parts of the globe, suit-
able to the Southern and border States.

It is a deplorable fact, that, as a general thing, the farmers’ sons have become
dissatisfied with the monotony and routine of ordinary farm life. They are rest-
less and uneasy in their present situation, and are looking with longing eyes upon
the imaginary attractions and excitement of our great overcrowded cities. They
are tempted by wonderful stories of great wealth attained in a few days without
labor to throw themselves into the tide of speculation that threatens to overrun
our land.

We suggest a remedy for this, and one which we believe will commend itself to
allthoughtful men. Let the farmer say to his son: “Let us give to our employ-
ment a little more life and variety. Take a portion of the farm, as much as you
choose, plant an orchard of fruit trees, a vineyard, berries, &c., for market. Go
about the country, visit and consult the leading fruit raisers and Nurserymen as to
the best varieties to plant; how to cultivate and gather the fruit ; the best method
of packing, shipping and marketing, for you will find they have no secrets, and
will be glad to give you any information in their power.”

To the ladies we would say: “Here is an inviting field of labor for you,” and
we are glad to know many are already awakening to thissfact. Foreigners tellus
our women are too little in open air. The study and practice of horticulture might
become a source not only of profit but of health and constant enjoyment in the
hands of any lady of refinement and culture.

We would not tempt the uninitiated with the promise of large fortunes in a few
years, and with no labor or trouble; nor do we believe that for the development
of all that is noble and good in humanity this is best. But we do say that the
business of fruit growing, conducted with energy, perseverence and intelligence ,
will bring an ample and sure reward.

Mr. Cooper, of Surry County, N. C., writes that he has been tempted to leave
North Carolina several times—all that is holding him is his Apple Orchard, planted
from these Nurseries about twenty years ago. So if every farm in the State hada
good orchard, well cared for, there would be very little emigration from North
Carolina.

These Nurseries are located 24} miles west of Greensboro, onmiin line R.&D.R
R., near the Salem Branch Junction. Salem train makes regular stops within a
quarter of a mile of the offive and residence. Patrons are invited to come and in-
spect the largest nursery in the State. Correspondence solicited.

Thanking you for your many favors in the past, I hope to merit the same in the
future. This is no new business tome. I was raised in it from childhood.

Very respectfully,

J. VAN. LINDLEY.

Advice and Terms.

Correspondents will please write their names plainly, giving name of Post-
Office, County and State, and in ordering trees make the order separate from.the
body of the letter to prevent mistakes.

When we do not receive acontrary order, such varieties that are equally as fine
and ripen at the same time, will be substituted for such as we may not haye on
hand, and we would advise purchasers unacquainted with fruits to leave the selec-
tion to us, as we profess to know what each and every variety is, and will endeavor
to do justice in such cases. Our experience has enabled us to know what it takes
to suit the country and plea-e our patrons.

Be very careful in giving directions how to ship, and when this is left to our
option we will forward to the best of our judgment.

We will always be ready to correct any mistake made in filling orders that is in
our power, and in such cases notify us within thirty days from date of receipt of
trees, and it will be corrected at once.

I guarantee my stock and use all means in my power to please my customers
and have everything true to label, yet mistakes may occur, as none of us are per-
fect. In such cases, with proper proof, I hold myself ready to furnish trees, &c.,
to double the original amount paid for such as may prove untrue and not further.
Iam happy here to state that during my many years of business, and during that
time dealing with fifteen thousand or more customers annually, but very jew such
cases have been reported up to this issue.

I would especially request my patrons to send in their orders early in the sea-
son, if so, you will be sure to get the list filled entire.

All packages will be delivered, free of charge, at Depot, or Express Office in
Greensboro.

TERMS.—Unless well known to us personally or by reference, we will forward
C. O. D., unless remittance is made with the order, or an agreement otherwise.

q@- All express matter should be directed to Greensboro, N. C.

Remittances can be made by Post Office Order on Pomona, or by Express or
Draft payable to our order.

To parties coming to our Nursery and buying largely, a liberal deduction will
be made.

All agents authorized to act for us are provided with a written certificate for the
current year. Purchasers are often imposed upon by unprincipled men who do
not procure their trees from the parties they pretend to represent ; frequently fur-
nishing inferior trees, or those not true to name, and causing great disappoint-
ment in after years. Send your orders direct to a reliable Nursery, or buy of
regular authorized representatives.

Guaranteg oy Agreement to Replace Stock Ghat Dies.

I guarantee stock to live; that is, I will replace all that die by August 15th, after
planting, only upon the following terms and conditions, which must be fully com-
plied with by the purchasers :

Patrons must call at the place of delivery on the day notified to meet my agent
and receive their trees, &c., pay for the same according to contract, and plant and
care for them as per printed instructions given on the notice. They must make a
report to my authorized agent or to me, by mail, by August 30th, showing the
number and kinds of Trees, &c., that have died. By above date it can be deter-
mined what number have died. The Trees, &c., will be shipped with the fall de-
livery at your place, or near you, if any; if no delivery near youthey will be sent
by Express, patrons payin express charges in advance, but I will put in extra Trees,
&c., sufficient to cover said charges, thereby insuring you full value for your outlay.

The above guarantee refers only to retail orders, and will be strictly adhered to
that class, and is not on stock bought in large quantities at greatly reduced or
wholesale prices.

This guarantee does not cover losses caused by excessive droughts or freezes
and other uncommon causes over which I have no control.

Blanks, to be filled out and returned, will be sent to persons who apply direct
to me.

No agent or salesman has authority to make other than the above guarantee,

HINTS ON TRANSPLANTING.

Select thrifty, young trees, rather than old or very large ones. The former bear
tranplanting better, are easier trained to any desired shape, and eventually be-
come more valuable.

The soil for an orchard should be plowed and cropped the season previously,
and before planting should be stirred as deeply as possible by means of a sub-soil
plow, having given it a good coat of well pulverized compost, if the ground is
not sufficiently good without it.

If the soil be retentive of moisture, under-draining should be attended to, as it
is impossible to grow trees with stagnant water about the roots.

PLANTING.

Downing very justly said: “‘ Many persons plant a tree as they would a post,”
and one half the failures are in consequence of negligence in this respect. The
holes should be dug broader than the roots extend and a little deeper. With an
attendant to hold the tree, commence filling in the best and finest pulverized soil
around the roots, at the same time observing that every rootlet be placed in its
proper position and in contact with the soil, and by all means guard against the
roots being matted together. When the hole is partially filled a bucket of water
may be poured in to settle the soil firmly and fill the vacancies among the fibres.
The hole may now be filled and trodden down lightly.

vi.

Never plant a tree more than one or two inches deeper than it grew in the Nur-
sery, excepting dwarf pears. Dwarf pears should be planted so the juncture of
the pear and quince will be 3 to 4 inches below the surface, which causes them to
take root above the quince and make a better and more lasting tree. We have
seen a very beneficial effect produced on newly planted trees, particularly during
a drought, by dipping the roots previously to planting in a thin puddle of mud.
This adhering to the small fibres tends to keep them moist for a long time.

After planting, the soil around the tree should be mulched with leaves, straw,
or coarse litter of any kind, in order to keep the soil from becoming dry during
the first summer.

Be careful to stake the trees firmly, and protect them from rabbits during the
winter by wrapping them with some kind of coarse straw, or take a dry corn-stalk;
split it open, take out the pith and it will fit nicely around the young tree. Be
sure and take them off in the spring, and be sure to remove the wires, as they will
impair the tree.

PRUNING.

We have frequently advised purchasers how to prune their trees before plant-
ing, but the great majority appear to think it spoils the looks of the tree, and the
consequence is they are never afterwards able to form a finely shaped top.

Before the trees are planted cut all bruised and broken roots off carefully and
smoothly, and trim the branches back from one to two feet. With an eye to
forming a regular pyramid-shaped head, the lower branches should be left some
what longer than those above, and in all cases cut just beyond a bud. Should the
tree incline to spread cut to an inside one; but if on the contrary, an upright
grower, select an outside one. We have found this to be of great importance.

In pruning, as the tree advances in age, a judicious thinning of the branches
must be attended to, always remembering that none should be removed that will
n any way mar the beauty of the tree. The best season for pruning is in the au-
tumn, as the sap goes down, and in the spring as it rises; but never prune with a
dull knife.

AFTER-MANAGEMENT.

If this is not attended to properly for a few years after planting, a profitable
return need not be expected, for nothing is so conducive to the health and strong
growth of a tree as to have the surface of the soil mellow and strictly clean. All
weeds and grass should be carefully avoided; also never crop with sown grain.
The best crops for young orchards are corn, potatoes, and all kinds of culinary
vegetables that allow a free use of the cultivator.

CASUALTIES.

Should trees arrive during a freezing spell, they must be piaced under coyer
until after a thaw, and if from any cause the bark appears dry or shrivelled, an
excellent plan to resuscitate them is to soak them in water twenty-four hours,
then cover them up well in the ground.

SEASON FOR PLANTING.

Transplanting may be successfully performed at any time between the first of
November and the first of April, provided the ground is clear of frost and not
too wet—but the sooner after the first named date the better, as the earth settles
better about the roots than when planted late.

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NEW VARIETIES OF SPECIAL NOTE.

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Red June-—Medium to
large ; oblong; conical; dark red, entire;
flesh tender with a mild sub-acid flavor;
commencing to ripen early in June and
continues six weeks. It is one of the
best market varieties of all the early
apples. For a table ornament, and to
please the children it has no equal.

Mammoth Black—This
new apple originated in Arkansas and
is different from the Tennessee Black
Twig. Is described as being very
much like Wine Sap, but larger, better
in quality, and of finer keeping quali-

ties, and as it is of Southern origin no
doubt but it will lead that great winter
apple. It certainly is worthy of ex-
tended trial throughout the Southern
and Border States.

Yellow Transparent—tThis fine early

Russian apple comes to me with the
highest recommendation of any early
variety yet introduced. It has been
fully proven in this country. An early
bearer. Fine for market, as it will
keep two weeks after picking. Flesh
sub-°cid, fine grained and juicy; size
medium to large.

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iV YEckel’s Summer—tThis fine new ap- /Biggerstaft—Found on the farm of G.})

ple originated on the farm now owned
by Mr. Eugene Eckel, in Guilford
County, N. C., and was brought to no-
tice by him, and has been a great fa-
vorite in that section on account of its

appearance.
entirely with dark red ; flesh sweet and
good. Commencing to ripen in July
and continues through August.

large size, good quality and beautiful Yoo apple.

/Kernodle’s Winter—New. Obtained
from L. L. Kernodle, Guilford county,
N.C. Size medium to large; color pale
yellow, splotched and striped with light
red ; flesh whitish, juicy ; good. One of
the best. keepers.

tion. December to April.

Grand Sultan—A new Russion variety.
Large, pale yellow, good quality; ripen-
ing early in June.

/ Papoff’s Streaked—Large yellow,
beautifully streaked with red. Con-
sidered the best flavored ofall the Rus-
sian apples. Very prolific. Ripens
last of June.

The fruit is large, covered,

A valuable acquisi- gf,

M. Biggerstaff, Cleveland county, N.

C. Fruit large, striped; flesh yellow]
One of the best late sweet

and sweet.
apples.
Bears heavy every year.

Ripe September and October.

Mecklenburg—Originated on the farm
of T. A. Squires, of Mecklenburg coun- |
Medium size; feint |

ty, North Carolina
stripes; flesh yellow, with a rich aroma.

Its appearance and quality is nearest |
that of the Esopus Spitzenburg, the |)
best flavored apple of the North-West- —
It isa new N. C. seedling, |

ern States.
and a good keeper.

counry, Tenn.
Limbertwig.

roundish; conical; slightly

A yaluable |

ones’ Seedling—Origin, Williams |

The tree resembles the |
A very prolific bearer; |
late bloomer; fruit medium to large; }
augular, |
color light, staiprd on yellow ground. |

Believed to be a cross between the |}

Limbertwig and the Pearmain family. |

Flavor rich, mild, pleasant, sub-acid;

almost sweet; a good keeper; claimed |
to be larger, more showy, and better |

quality than the celebrated Ben Davis.

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See Price List on last pages.

In the following Select List none will be found but well-proved, standard fruits |
that succeed well in the Southern and Border States.

Dwarfs are worked on Paradise or Doucin stock, and are intended only for gar- |
dens. They bear very young, and form a most interesting feature ina garden. We
dwarf only a few of the most showy fruits for that purpose.

SUMMER VARIETIES.

May Yellow—Small, nearly round ;,Aiverbearing—A new variety received

pale yellow; pleasant sub-acid; very
prolific and hardy, and very popular
on account of its being the earliest
apple. :

Early Harvest—Medium to large;

from Dr. Kersh,. a leading agriculturist
of Arkansas. He describes it as medium
to large; color similar to Red June;
commencing to ripen in June and last-
ing several weeks.

roundish oblate; pale vellow, with a Red Astrachan—Rather large; round-

rich sprightly flavor. Taking all of its
qualities into consideration, it has no
superior among early apples. June.

Summer Rose—Rather below medium.
A beautiful apple, striped with red on
pale yellow ground; juicy and fine;
very prolific bearer, often in clusters.
June and July.

ish oblate; covered almost entirely with
deep red. June.

Large Summer Queen—Large; ob-
late conical ; pale yellow with dull red
stripes ; rich, juicy and fine. July and
August.

Summer Pearmain—Medium to

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large; roundish, conical; dull red stripes
ona pale yellow ground; rich, juicy,
and one of the best. August.

Hames—Originated at West Point, Ga.
Large; roundish or roundish oblate;
color whitish, striped, splashed and
mottled with light and dark red, and
moderately sprinkled with yellowish
and brown dots. Flesh white, half fine,
rather firm, juicy, brisk sub-acid; quality
good; ripens with Red Astrachan.

Early Ripe—Similiar to Early Harvest;
much larger; quality and color about
the same; ten days later, which makes
it a great acquisition for general use.

Knowls’ Early—Similar to Red As-
trachan; same season; more valuable on
account of its hardiness and great bear-
ing qualities.

Yellow Sweet June—Medium size;
nearly round; pale yellow; rich, juicy.
The best early sweet apple. Very pro-
lific. A fine stockapple. Same season
of Red June.

July Cluster—Medium size; whitish
yellow; very juicy and fine flavored
bears in clusters, whence its
The apples of each cluster ripen at dif-
ferent times, making a succession of
fruit for some weeks. Originated in
Albemarle county, Va. Introduced and
described by Rev. Richard W. Ander-
son, Princess Anne county, Va., he con-
sidering it the best Summer apple.

arly Bevane—Bevane’s Favorite—
Medium, roundish oblate; striped red
and yellow; flesh firm ; sub-acid ; good.
Ripens in July. This is an old variety,
and where known it stands equal to
any of the older varieties of early ap-
ples. It is one of the old standards.

Maiden’s Blush—Medium to large;
pale vellow, with a beautiful blush
suited to its delicate name; flesh white,
tender, sprightly, with a pleasant sub-
acid flavor. August.

Red Horse—About the size of the old
yellow horse and ripens at the same
season, last of July to middle of Aug.
Color, deep red; attractive; good quality.

Mother—Medium in size; beautifully
covered over with red and somewhat
striped; flesh rich and fine. A great
favorite. One of the best of its season.
Last of August. and first of September.

YAvera’s Favorite—Large size ; round-

ish oblate; covered with dull red,
sprinkled over with white specks; flesh
yellow; juicy and fair quality. The in-
troducer, Mr. W. H. Avera, says: “It is
one of the finest, large late summer
apples. The tree, very vigorous and
healthy, bears quite young and annual-
ly; has not missed a crop in fifteen
years; one of the best apples for eating,
drying or cider, and ripens first of Au-
gust to last of September.”

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name Horse—Large; yellow, occasional blush

next to sun; oblate conical ; sub-acid
and good. A very popular old variety
for cooking, drying and cider. August.

-VAlexander’s Ice Cream — Introduced

by W. D. Alexander, of Mecklenburg
county, N. C., and described by him as
being of good size; striped with red. A
real beauty. Ripens from 20th of June
to Ist of September. An annual bearer.
Has not missed a crop in fifteen years.
Tree an extra finegrower. Ornamental
as well as useful. Sells readily at $1
per bushel while other apples only
bring 25 cents.

AUTUMN VARITIES.

‘Bonum.—Medium; roundish oblate;
mostly covered with red, sprinkled
with white specks on greenish yellow
ground; rich, juicy and very fine qual-
ity. It is the standard fall apple.

Buckingham. — Very large; oblate
conical; covered with red stripes and
blotches on a greenish yellow ground.
The finest of the large autumn apples
September and October.

Munge.—Large; pale green, with often
a brown blush; fine grained, tender

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and juicy. Very popular where known
for cooking, drying and brandy. Late
summer and early autumn.

Grimes’ Golden Pippin—Medium;
oblong ; rich yellow color; flesh yellow,
rich, with a very delicate, fine flavor.
September and October.

Hayes’ Fall—(Wine of Pa.)—Large;

roundish; greenish yellow, covered in
toto with stripes and blotches of dull
red; flesh pale yellow; coarse grained,
but fine quality. Early autumn.

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Gloria Mundi—Very large; yellow;
quality good. Very popular on ac-
count of its large size. September and
October.

Hoover, or Baltimore Red—Large ;
nearly round; deep dark red; very
showy and good. September or Oc-
tober.

VA Carolina Beauty— Originated in John-
ston county, N. C. Size medium to
large; roundish oblong shape; color
red on yellow ground; flesh whitish,
fine grained; good. October and No-
vember.

W VA Queen Pippin—From Western North
Carolina. Large; roundish, slightly
oblate ; covered with red on a greenish
yellow ground; flesh yellow, fine grain-
ed, rich. October and November.

Roxbury Russet —(Boston Russet.)—
Large; roundish oblate; flesh yellow;
slightly crisp, with a good sub-acid
flavor. October to December.

Jonathan — Medium im size; nearly
covered with brilliant stripes of clear
red on pale yellow ground; flesh white ;
juicy, spicy sub-acid ; moderately rich;
tree rather a poor grower. Highly es-
teemed where known. Ripens Sep-
tember and October.

Autumn, or English Strawberry—
Introduced from Canada by Mr. O’Con-

Wallace Howard—“ Very large, coni-

Rome Beauty — Large,

nor, of Guilford county, N. C., was
shown at our State Fruit Fair in 1882,
and was the finest looking apple on
exhibition. Everybody who saw it was
amazed atits beauty. Fruit medium to
large ; roundish conic shape; slightly
ribbed; color whitish, striped and
splashed with light and dark red. Ripe
from 1st to 20th August.

/Vine Apple — Originated in Patrick

county, Va. Size above medium; ob
long conical shape; color deep golderk
yellow; flesh yellow; rich, spicy. One:
of the best. October and November.

Mrs. Bryan — Originated in Walker

county, Ga.; very large; orange red;
quality best; ripens in September anc

October. An exceedingly handsom

fruit, named in honor of Mrs. Bryan,
in recognition of her devotion to Pod
mological progress —Berckman s Cata-\
logue.

cal; deep orange red, with crimson
stripes ; flesh brittle, sugary ; highly fla-
vored ; best. Ripe in October.” — Berck-
man’s Catalogue. Gives promise of be-
ing one of the best autumn varieties.
Originated in Walker county, Ga.

roundish ;
slightly conical, with bright red on a
pale yellow ground; fine grained, juicy,
good quality. Early winter in Western
North Carolina.

WINTER VARIETIES.

Wine Sap—Medium; roundish conical
form ; mostly covered with red, on yel-
low ground; flesh fine, crisp, with a
rich high flavor. One of the best for
cider, the desert, or for general winter
use. November to March.

Ben Davis—Medium to large; round-

ish conical form; greenish yellow strix, Shockley—Medium; roundish conical

ped and splashed with red; flesh yellow,
mild, sub acid and very good. Mid-
winter.

V Edwards— Medium ; roundish oblate ;
pale yellow striped and blushed with
red. Its quality is one of the best. It
is a seedling of the old ‘“ Hall,’ and has
all of its good qualities, and is twice
the size. January to April.

Nansemond Beauty—Originated in
South-eastern Virginia, near the North

York Imperial—(Johnson’s Fine Win-

Carolina line. Of great promise. Sim-
ilar to Wine Sap, though larger and a
better keeper. As it originated in the
South it can be relied on asa keeper. |
All who have seen it pronounce it one |
of the best and finest winter apples for
the South.

form; greenish yellow, often much
covered with red; quality very good.
The most popular winter apple south
of North Carolina. December to April

ter by some.)—Fruit medium; nearly
round; whitish, shaded with crimson ; |
thinly sprinkled with light gray dots; |
flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, pleas-
ant, mild sub-acid. Very Good. Mid-
winter.

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<innard’s Choice—From Tennessee.
Size large; ‘color dark red on yellow

~ ground; beautiful, large, showy apple ;
bears quite young. Quality one of the
best. A good keeper in Northern Geor-
gia. Specimens sent me from Walker
county, Ga., were in fine condition in

January.

Van Hoy’s No Core—Originated in

VForsyth county, N.C.
large winter apples. Striped with red
on yellow ground; flesh yellow, sub-
acid, rich and fine, with scarcely any
core, whence its name.

Royal Limbertwig—Very large ; pale

y yellow, blushed or striped with red ;
rich, juicy and very good. November
to February.

Virginia Beauty — Large; conical;
red; flesh yellow, sweet, rich. Very.
good. Mid-winter.

ribbed, lop-sided ; yellowish green, be-
coming yellow when ripe; flesh firm.
De-

Pp ribbed Top Pippin—Large; roundish,

yellow, acid, rich and agreeable.
cember.

Clark’s Pearmain-—Medium; round-
ish, slightly conical; mostly covered
with red, sprinkled over with white
specks; rich and fine. Nov. to Jan.

Bowman’s Excelsior—Large ; oblate”
ve

onical form; pale yellowish green)
much striped and blotched with red;
moderately rich, juicy and fine. Mid-
winter.

Nickajack— Large; roundish oblate ;
much striped with red. Very popular

in the South. Quality good. Noyem-
ber to January.
Vandevere, N. C.—This old well

known variety I had nearly dropped,
but in the winter of 1882 I received

specimens of it for identification from »
Both Franklin—Introduced by Dr. Sims, of

| Sparta, Ga., and Chester, 8. C.
) parties claimed it to be a fine keeper,
and that it succeeded better in their
loca:ities than any other variety. Fruit
above medium; oblate; color red, faint
stripes on yellow ground; flesh yellow;
fine. November to January.

eCuller’s Winter—Originated on
the farm of J. J. L. McCullers in Wake
county, North Carolinaand was brought
to notice by Mr. 8. O. Wilson some 10
years ago. It has now been fruited in
many sections and has proven to be
one of the best keepers. We saw it

© Missouri

growing in the sand hills of eastern
North Carolina loaded with fruit late-
in the season. It is without doubt the
best keeper for the Cotton States that
has been brought forward for several
years. Size above medium; color red
on yellow ground with white specks ;
quality good ; season January to April ;
exceedingly prolific ; an annual bearer.

One of the besty McA fee—Pride of Texas—This fruit

was sent to me from near Sherman,
Texas under the name of Pride of
Texas. A dozen or more specimens
received in September kept well lying
on a shelf in my office until January
and were still sound and solid which
confirmed its keeping qualities. The
tree is a thrifty grower and annual
bearer; fruit large, roundish oblate ;
striped; pleasant sub-acid; flesh yellow;
early winter.

Pippen—Above medium,
roundish oblate; striped and red on
pale yellow ground; crisp, breaking;
sub-acid; good. A good keeper in Pied-.
mont and western section of N. ©.

vw Rhode Island Greening—Lar ge,

roundish oblate; green with a dull
brown blush; tender; juicy with a rich
acid flavor. Succeeds well as an early
winter apple in the mountains of North
Carolina and similar localities.

amack’s Sweet—Called Spitzeuburg
by many in western North Carolina.
Size medium, roundish, conical; light
green with a warm cheek ; flesh firm ;
sweet ; very good; southern origin.

Fonville—Medium to large; roundish

oblong; red on yellow ground, sprink-
led over with small white dots; flesh
yellowish, tender, good; highly perfum-
ed. Originated in Alamance county,
N. C. Introduced by John A. Graham.
Ripe December to January.

Warren county, N.C. Size medium to
large; greenish yellow when taken
from tree, but changes to a beautiful
golden color the latter part of winter ;
flesh yellow, juicy, rich, fine, delightful
flavor; very productive December to
April.

Pine Stump—aA new variety of Pear-
ymain family.

Medium size; roundish
oblate; color light red, covered with
minute white dots. Very much like
Clark’s Pearmain. It is hardy and a
prolific bearer. November to December.

Ac y
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Red Limbertwig— Medium; roundish, | vor. When ground runs clear and i
dull red on pale yellow ground. Dec. pid fromthe press. Makes a high fi
to March. vored, dry cider, which keeps well.

‘White Winter Pearmain—F ul hk Waugh’s Crab—Small; shaded with
medium; ovate form; pale yellow; very light red, splashed and striped with
rich, juicy and fine. Noy. to Jan. deep red next to the sun; flesh juicy,

: : F sweet, sub-acid. Good. Like Hughes’

Neverfail or Royal Janette—Medi- Crab, used mainly for winter cider.
um; roundish ovate; rich, juicy and ex- When they are mixed with other ap-
cellent. Mid-winter. ples they give an excellent flavor to all.

Romanite—Medium; roundish oval fali—Small.

form; nearly covered with red on a pale
yellow ground. Very fine. Mid-winter.

An old, well known va-
riety, best quality, keeps well all winter.

} é ohnson’s Red—Similar to the above;
Matamuskeet - Medium; oblate, coni- keeps well all winter. A great favorite
cal torm; pale green, blushed or striped ny BasternuNorth @anolinat
with dull red; rather rich, juicy and ; ;
lively. Very good. Jan. to April. ar Seedling—Medium in size; keeps
oa es ke : well and isa very valuable winter ap-
Jones’ Cider—From Richmond coun- pje in Eastern North Carolina, and
ty, N.C. Said to make the finest of Wherever known
cider, keeping sweet through the entire ,
winter. Yates—A Georgia variety. Small size;
Hushies2 Vireinia Grab creda dark red, and dotted with white dots
red witb white specks; flesh fibrous,
with an acid, rough and stringent fla-

flesh firm, juicy, aromatic. A gre
bearer and good keeper.

Below we give three lists of Winter Apples of twelve varieties best suited to
the different sections of North Carolina. Those given in the Eastern section are
best suited to the South generally. All will apply to similar soils and elevation in
adjoining States. We donot claim that it is perfect, but make it from our long ex-
perience and the experience of others in different sections. Parties acquainted
with other varieties in different sections that succeed well should, in ordering, add
them to their list.

Winter Varieties Best Suited to Eastern North Carolina,

Wine Sap, Roxbury Russet, Ben Davis, Yates,
Shockley, Johnson’s Red, Mattamuskeet, Bar Seedling.
Sharp’s Winter, McCuller’s Winter, Edwards, Kernodle’s Winter.

Winter Varieties Best Suited to Middle North Carolina. ¢|

‘Wine Sap, Royal Limbertwig, McAfee, McCuller’s Winter. |
Edwards, Kernodle’s Winter, Vandevere, Shockley. |
‘Romanite, Nansemond Beauty, Nickajack, York Imperial, |

Winter Varieties Best Suited to Western North Caro:ina.

“Wine Sap, Kinnard’s Choice, Bowman’s Excelsior, Albemarle Pippin.
Royal Limbertwig, Nickajack, Nansemond Beauty, Virginia Beauty.
York Imperial, Ben Davis, R. I. Greening, McAfee.

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Additional List of Apples.

The select list, as given on preceding pages will insure succession of choice
fruits throughout the entire season. In the list below will be found many that are
equal to those in the select list, while others are not so well tested, or are not so
well known except in certain localities. A limited supply of trees of these varie-.
ties will be kept on hand and increased as the value becomes known.

SUMMER VARITIES.

Summer Queen, Early Joe, Alabama Queen, Summer Cheese.
Lady, July Sweet, Wine.

Sweet Bough, Duchess of Oldenburg.

Large Red and Green Sweet. Summer Green Skin.
) AUTUMN VARIETIES.

Buncomb, Golden Russet, Gregory, Talman’s Sweet.
Sweet Buckingham, Red Guilliflower, Smoke Louse, Fall Pippin

Fall Orange, Mamma, Neverbloom, Alamance Beauty
Olive, Rue’s Reliance, Aunt Sallie’s Everbearing.

WINTER VARIETIES.

Andrew’s Winter, Mountaineer, Frazier’s Hard Skin, Sweet Russett.
G. N. Pippin, Mason’s Stranger, Shannon, Pilot.
Roberson’s Winter, Winter Horse, Foust, Langford.
Lough, Gulley, Green Cheese, Sharp's Winter.
Talman’s Sweet, Broadnax, Stephenson’s Winter, Spitzenburg.
Thornton’s Winter, Ala. Bullet or N. C. Greening.

» CRAB APPLES.

See price list on last pages.

The following list comprises the best selections. The trees and fruit are both
| ornamental and useful and should be in every collection. No collection is com~
plete without them :

Red Siberian, Yellow Siberian, Dartmouth, Winter Sweet.
Queen’s Choice, Blushing Maid, Transcendent, Quaker Beauty.

14 J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

Pe Bearman =,

The question has often been asked, how can I keep borers out of my peach trees?
Go through your orchard, and where you find gum at surface clean the dirt from
around it, and with a knife or some sharp pointed instrument follow up the worms
and kill them, then throw around the tree a little lime or ashes. Attend to this
two or three times during the spring and summer and you will keep yorr trees
healthy.

PracuH BorErR WasH.—Take a half to three quarters of a pound of tobacco—
plug or leaf—break or cut it up, and boil it well in about a gallon and a half of
water, strain out the tobacco, and to the liquid add a pint of salt, from a quarter to
half a pound of carbolit soap, and enough freshly slaked lime to make a pretty
‘thick wash. :

Seconp ReEcipe.—This is highly recommended, and I consider it the most effect-
ive. For a 50 gallon cask, 25 lbs. of caustic potash, 3 lbs. common white arsenic,

2 gallons of crude carbolic acid, with water, lime and clay enough added to make,
a good thick wash that will last on the trees three or four months.

Early in spring scrape the dirt away from the trunk of the tree as deep as the
top roots, and with a paint or whitewash brush, apply a coat of the above wash,
from a foot above the ground down to the roots. When dry, replace the soil
around the trunk. Should a washing rain, during the spring or early summer,
dissolve or carry off this wash, it must be renewed. The above is to be used as a
preventive, not to destroy the borer within the bark, but to prevent the deposit of
egos by the borer-moth during the spring and summer months.

Peach, Plum, Apricot and Nectarine trees should all have the above care. To
keep your fruit clear of worms, allow no fruit to drop and rot in your orchard.
Keep enough hogs to eat it up. Keep it picked up clean and give it to them, or let
them run in the orchard and get it themselves as fast as it falls, thereby destroying
both worms and eggs, and prevent an increase next year.

Pruntne.—In February, or as early in spring as may be practicable, we com-

“mence pruning. This consists only in shortening in, i. ¢., cutting off half the last
year’s growth over the whole outside head of the tree and also upon the inner
branches, shortening back the strongest limbs most. This brings the tree into a
well rounded shape. By reducing the young wood one half, we at the same time
reduce the coming crop one half in quantity. The remaining half receiving all
‘the substance of the tree, are of double the size. The young shoots which start out
abundantly from all parts of the tree keep it well supplied with bearing wood worl
the next year, while the greater luxuriance and size of foliage, as a necessary con-
sequence, produce larger and higher flavored fruit. Thus while we have secured
ugainst the prevalent evil—an over crop—we have also provided for the full nour-~ ~
ishment of the present year’s fruit and induced a supply of fruit-bearing shoots |
throughout the tree for the next season. This course of pruning should be followed
regularly every year during the life of the tree. It is light work and quickly done,
and doubles the value of the fruit. The appearance of a tree pruned in this way
after many years of bearing is a very striking contrast to that of the skeletons
usually seen. It is in fact a fine object, with a thick, low, bushy head filled with
healthy young wood, and in summer with an abundance of dark green foliage and

J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 15

handsome fruit. No intelligent man will hesitate about adopting so simple a course

of treatment to secure such valuable results.

We recommend it with entire confi-

dence to the practice of every man in the country who cultivates a peach tree,
After he has seen and tasted its good effects we do not fear his laying it aside.—

Downing.

New Varieties of Peaches of Special Note.

See Price List on last pages.

/ ®essie Kerr—On account of so many

new early varieties coming up during
the past twenty years, this Peach has
been kept in the back ground until the
present. It is equally as hardy as the
Amsden and Alexander. Mr. Phil.
Phiffer, of Missouri, in Farm and Trade
Jonrnal, Feb., 1890, says: It ripened
with him 10 days before Amsden June,
fully one-fourth larger, clear free-stone,
beautifully colored, of a fine aromatic
flavor and as sweet as honey. Being a
clear free-stone and so early makes it
the most valuable of all the early
peaches yet introduced.

Haynes’ Surprise—A seedling of the

Hales’ Early, ripening a little earlier.
Has never been known to rot which
was so fatal to its parent. It is a clear
free stone, which makes it one of the
most valuable of the very early peaches.

yellowish white ground ; season June
20th in North Carolina, farther south,
last of May ; destined to be a leading
market variety.

Whampion—Originated at Nokomis, Il.

Has been carefully tested fora series of

years. It first attracted attention by the
regularity of its bearing in a region not
adapted to peach culture, a quality
which alone would place it in the front
rank of profitable orchard varieties.
The crowning event in its history was
the producing of a full crop in1890,when
the peach crop was a universal failure.

by G. H. & J. H. Hale, of Connecticut,
the leading peach growers of the New
England States. Size medium; rich
orange yellow, splashed with red on
sunny side; clear free stone; has the
smallest pit or seed of any peach in cul-
tivation of the large class that we know
of; ripens just after Early Crawford, but
of much higher quality. In the New
England states it stands the hardest
freezes and never gets killed in the bud.
This season the mercury stood twenty
degrees below zero and the Crosbey was
not hurt, while all other varieties north
are killed in the bud. Being so hardy
in bud it will certainly stand our spring
frost in the south better than any vari-
ety yet introduced. While it is not the
largest it is destined to be one of the
most valuable.

Stonewall Jackson — Originated in
Size medium to large; color red on a/

Union county, N.C., from a seed brought
by a soldier from the battlefield of Get-
tysburg, Pa.,in 1863. Mr. Davis receiv-
ing the seed, planted it; it grew and be-
gan to bearin 1867. We received some
specimens and buds in August, 1889,
through Mr. W.J. Wentz, who says the
original tree is the finest he ever saw,
measuring 43 feet in circumference 5 ft.
above the ground. Tree now 27 years
old: fruit very large, some specimens
weighing twenty ounces; nearly round ;
orange yellow; flesh yellow, firm and is
a clear free stone; a fine canner and
shipper.—-Ragsdale & Smith Catalogue.

Many specimens have measured tenyWonderful Peach—This new peach

inches in circumference. The flavor is
delicious, sweet, rich and juicy, sur-
passing all other early varities; skin
creamy white, with red cheek ; striking-
ly handsome. It ripens middle of July.
It is hardy, productive, the largest size,
highest flavored, and best shipper of the
early peaches; perfect free stone.

anasbers (Excelsior)—New. Introduced

originated in New Jersey, brought to
notice by Chas. B. Horner, Fruit large;
color rich yellow, with a bright crimson
blush, shaded and splotched in the yel-
low by minute crimson dots; quality
one of the very best; ripens in Sept.
Were I to give full history and the many
testimonials of this wonderful peach it
would take up at least two pages of my
catalogue, so I deem the above sufficient

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SBRLAGT List OF PRAGHBS.

See price list on last pages.

The following is a select list, ripening from May to November, and we do not
hesitate, to say the collection cannot be surpassed, if equaled, in the Southern or

Border States.

4

JUNE AND JULY VARIETIES.

J Vane Traveler—Originated neal~Lady Ingold — This fine early peach
originated in Guilford county, N. C.; .

Camden, Ark. Fruit large for so early
a peach ; creamy white, nearly covered
with dark red; juicy, sweet and of ex-
cellent flavor; nearly a free stone, ad-
hering slightly. It is one among the
very earliest peaches.

Alexander —Claimed by some to be
larger than Amsden, but so far I have
not been able to detect any difference
in size, quality or time of ripening.

Y Briggs’ Red May—Originated in Cal-
iforiia, ripening with the above two
varieties, differing but little execept-in
leaf. Tas serrated leaf.

Karly Rivers — Large; color creamy

White. shaded with light red next the
sun; flesh white, juicy, melting, sweet

* T 7 ay mI
and rich, Very good. Free stone. RipeV©

June 18th.

Tillotson — Medium; mostly
One of the
July

Early
red; juicy and very good.
old standards as a market peach.
first.

Large Early York
nearly white in the shade, with red dots
and with a deep red cheek next to the
sun, fine grained, very juicy and with
an excellent flavor. Ripe about 10th of
July.

medium to large in size; beautifully
covered with red, on yellow ground ;
flesh yellow; sweet; one of the best.
Ripens one week before the Harly
Crawford. As a market peach it stands
at the head of the list for the South.
N. B. Smith, of Learned, Miss., writes
that he fruited it in 1887, and sold them
at $6 a bushel, and that it was the finest
market peach he had ever seen. We
have many other such reports. It is
one of the fine new peaches that has
come to stay.

¥ Mountain Rose— Lareve; white with

red cheek ; flesh white, rich, juicy and.
fine free stone. July 15th.

onnet’s Karly— Originated by Rey.
Alfred Connet, of Eastern part of Guil-
ford county. N. C., from a seed of the
Chinese Cling. Fruit large, creathy
white, with a blush of red next to the
sun, making it one of the most delicate
colored peaches ; quality one of the best.
Clear free stone; seed small. Ripens in

Large, ee North Carolina early in July.

ol. Tom Ruffin—A new early cling.
Deep red; nearly round; medium to
large. The earliest fine cling. Ripe
July 20th.

Veoles Early Red—Medium, roundish, Early Crawford—Large ; yellow; fine

mostly covered with light and dark red ;
juicy, rich, with a pleasant flavor. Val-
uable for its great productiveness and
earliness. Ripe early in July.

V Flatus St. John, or May Beauty by

yellow, with dark red cheek ; flesh yel-
low. Freestone. Good. Ripens from
10th to 15th of July in North Carolina.

Amelia—Large to very large and beau-
tiful ; covered nearly entire with red;
flesh white, sweet, rich, juicy and melt!
ing. One of the best peaches for home
consumption.. July 10th.

quality. Its size and beauty makes it

one of the most popular orchard fruits.

Valuable as a market variety. Free-
Last of July.

ae
some in the South. Size medium; skin * hurber — Originated by Dr. L. E. Berk-

mans, Rome, Ga. Fruit large, roundish
oblate; skin downy, creamy white,
shaded and mottled with pale red. A
free stone, fine grained, juicy and melt-
ng. Ripe middle of July.

elle of Georgia—New. Very large.
Skin white with red cheek. Flesh white,
firm and excellent flavor. The fruit
uniformly large and showy. Very pro-

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J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 17

lific bearer. A seedling of Chinese
Cling. Originated by L. A. Rumple, of
Georgia.

Elberta—Large golden yellow, faintly

striped with red; flesh yellow; juicy,

arates easily. Ripens between Early
and Late Crawford. Flowers large. A
promising variety. Ripe same season
as Elberta and a rival to that celebrated
peach.

sweet and rich ; tree very prolific, and a Chineese Free—Large, oblong, skin

strong, luxuriant grower. A seedling
of the Chinese cling. A free stone;
hardy ; seems so far to be free from rot.
Ripens middle to last of July.

Fruit large to very large; roundish;
skin deep yellow, shaded with dark

red on sunny side; flesh yellow, rather .
firm; juicy, sweet and fine quality;

flesh is light red around the stone,
which is small and from which it sep-

white, with red cheek; flesh red, firm
and well flavored; free from rot, which
makes it a very desirable market varie-
ty; ripe July 20th.

Wheatland—Originated in New York. George IV—Full medium ; white with

red blush; rich, juicy and fine. End of

July. Free stone.

Royal Kensington—Medium ; white

with red cheek ; rick, juicy and very
fine. Last of July. Free stune.

AUGUST PEACHES.

Crawford’s Late—Large ; yellow with

red cheek, fine quality. Very popular
old variety, for market or canning pur-
poses. Aug. 20th. Free stone.

/Burke Peach—Originated in Louisi-

ana, introduced by J. L. Norman. De-
scribed by him as very large, roundish

reston Cling—Originated near Guil-
ford College, N. C. This is one of the,
largest of clings, as large or larger than
Chinese Cling, similar in appearance ;
about one week later; superior in every
respect to that variety, as it is much
larger and a better bearer.

oblong; skin pale cream color; slightly Stump the World — Large; nearly

shaded on sunny side with red. Flesh
white, juicy, melting, sweet and vinous,
making it one of the largest, best and
showy cling stone peaches. Ripe about
mid-summer.

Globe Peach—This new variety is a

free-stone ; golden yellow, with a red
blush covering half the surface of the
peach ; globular in form; flesh yellow,
flavor luscious, and in quality best. It

round ; color blush red on creamy white
ground. One of the finest of the mid-
summer peaches. Free stone. Ripe
August 10th.

Bordeaux Cling—Large ; clear yellow,

slight blush next the sun. One of the
finest of the yellow clings. Ripe early
in August, ten days before the Tippe-
canoe.

has produced specimens nearly ae ee eneral Greene—Originated in Guil-

inches in circumference. The tree is a
good bearer, and an upright, compact,
vigorous, healthy grower, lasting longer
than any other kind in cultivation.
The fruit ripens with Crawford’s Late,
lasts a week longer, and on account of
its firmness is admirally adapted for
distant markets.

Chinese Cling—Large ; skin transpar-

ent cream color, with marble of red
next the sun; flesh creamy white, ver
juicy and melting. August Ist.

Old Mixon—Large; white with red

cheek ; rich, juicy and fine. Middle of

August. Cling.

red cheek; juicy, rich and very fine.
Middle of August. ?

ford county, N. C. Size large; nearly
white, with a red blush next the sun
A valuable free stone. Ripe last of Aug’

Tippecanoe—Large ; yellow with a red

blush ; quality very fine. As acanning
fruit it stands par excellent. Cling.
August 20th.

Washington Cling — Large; round;

white, blushed with red ; juicy, tender,
melting. Aug. 20th.

YF \ucllen—A very large cling of the In-

dian class ; skin greenish, nearly cover-
ed with dark dingy red ; juicy, rich and
vinous flavor. Ripe early in August.

_ Lord Palmerston — Introduced from
Old Mixon Free—Large; white with

England. It is a large white cling, re-
sembling the Heath Cling very much ;
one week earlier. Last of August.

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Chairs’ Choi e—Originated?|in Mary-
land. Large, yellow, with red cheek
next to th2 sun ; a clear yellow freestone
of fine quality. Ripe late in August in
middle No ‘th Carolina.

_YNettie Corbet—A seedling, originated

on the farm of Mr. Robert Corbet, in
Gates county, N. C., and named after

J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

his daughter Nettie. The fruit is large, (
of a dingy yellowish color, flesh fine \.
grained and vinous, streaks of red,
mingled with fine yellow flesh; free-
stone; ripens in August. It belongs to
that class of Indian or Georgia peaches
so well known, and is the finest one of
that class

SPTEMBER AND OCTOBER PEACHES,

v VButler’s Late—Originated at Rich- LaGrange—Large, greenish white, oe-

mond, Va. Fruit of the largest size;
skin greenish white with red cheek;
flesh white, firm and fine flavor. Tree
vigorous and very productive. This
promises a very valuable Peach, owmg
to its combination of many valuable
qualities, viz: Very large in size, great
productiveness, late ripening, coming
in after Smock. Ripe from first to
middle of September.
Heath Cling—Large; white; rich,
juicy and most excellent.
September.

Vv Eaton’s Gold—Large; yellow; with a
peculiar, fine apricot flavor; the finest
yellow cling for the last half of Sep-
tember.

First half

casional red blush next to the sun.
Very popular market and drying fruit.
Late August.

eyport — Late. Medium to large,
white, with a slight blush next to the
sun, flesh white to the seed. A great
favorite with the canners. Ripens South
in September.

Levy’s Late—(or Henrietta.) A new!

late cling stone. Originated in the gar-
den of W. W. Levy, Washington, D. C.
Fruit large, roundish ; skin deep yellow,
a shade of rich brownish red in the
sun ; flesh deep yellow; firm, melting,
sweet. a little vinous and very good.
Ripe last of September, continuing inte
October.

Heath Free—Large ; pale yellow, mot- Beers’ Smock—This fine, large yellow

tled with red; juicy and fine.
tember.

White English Cling—Large ; white;
rich, juicy and excellent.
September.

Sep-

Lady Palmerston—Introduced from

England. Has fruited with us now for

three years. Size medium to large;
color light yellow ; flesh yellow; qual-
ity good; seems much hardier than
Salway. Free stone.
for drying or canning. Ripe early in
September. One week later than
Salway.

Ringold Mammoth—Cling, claimed

to be larger and finer than the old
Heath Cling. Ripens at same season

Fox’s Seedling—Large, white flesh,

with crimson cheek. Reliable and un-
iform bearer.
sections. September.

yi) - we ee

¥ Shipley’s Late Red—Medium to large,

First half of
“Marshall’s Late —Large; deep yellow,

One of the best

freestone isan improved seedling of the
old Smock, and is highly prized as a
canning, drying and market variety.
Ripens about same time as its parent.

with ared blush; very productive; ri-
pening midway between Salway and
Smock; a free stone on the Crawford
order. Among the best September
peaches. :

Salway—Large; creamy yellow, with a

rich crimson yellow next the sun; fles

deep yellow, slightly stained with re i
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ext the seed. September.
(ices — Originated near Hermon,

Mo. Fruit a large white free stone of
exquisite flavor. Ten days later than
Heath Cling; larger and finer. Last of
September.

Very popular; in some Picquet’s Late —Large; yellow, red

cheek ; melting, sweet and rich. Sep-
tember.

color red, white flesh, productive. Ripe Bilyeu’s October—Large; white flesh,

late September.

with-a lovely rose cheek; very rieh,

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; firm and juicy. This isa fine canningyAlbright’s October Cling—Originat-
and shipping peach. Freestone. Early ed on the farm of G. W. Albright, of
October. Guilford county, N. C. It is a large

white cling; nearly round ; juicy, sweet
/ Nix ing—Large: white; 2nd of the best quality. Ripens in Oc-
ete ec hentne Heath Cling tober, and has been kept until Christ-

One month later. Ripe middle of Oc- — ™28 laid away like apples. Sometimes
tober. called a winter peach. Flowers large.

5 (Hawkins’ Winter— Another new very

Scotts October Cling—Large; yel- late peach from Virginia. A large free
low, crimson blush next the sun; flesh stone of excellent quality. Will ripen
Ufclear yellow, rich, juicy, sweet and fine. in October in the South, first of Novem-
October 20th. berin Virginia. A valuable late peach.

Additional List of Peaches,

This list contains many new improved varieties, as well as many old ones, prized
in some sections, and many are equal to those in select list, but the select list will
insure a succession of delicious fruit during the entire peach season. We only keep

) a limited number of trees on hand under this head, until further tested :

Early Beatrice, wArchdale, VF lushing Heath, Smith’s Cling,
Early Anna, Troth’s Early,’ Snow, free, Indian or Blood, c.,
Peen Too, Amsden, Anna Ruffin, White’s Double
Waterloo, Early Lemon, Large White, c., Crop,

Early Silver, Chinese Blood, Swannor Columbia, Gather’s Late Octo-
Honey, Hale’s Early, rEya, ober, c..

Early Louise, Van Zant’s Superb,~Dr. Tomlinson, UHarris Winter.
Snow, ¢., Early Newington, f., Lemon, c.,

DWARF AND ORNAMENTAL PEACH TREES.

See price list on last pages.

VanBuren’s Golden Dwarf— nated on a battle field in Tennessee.
Grows about six feet high, and makes (Some doubt.)

a beautiful bush; fruit a fine yellow ;
cling, of fine quality and of large size, Double Flowering Peach—A beau-

Ripe end of August. tiful tree of small crimson roses in

; early spring. Two varieties, white and
Italian Dwarf Peach—Similar to crimson.

Van Buren’s, but more dwarfish; leaves A Ler

dark green, about six inches long, al- Almond Double Flowering - Simi-

most compact; fruit greenish white ; lar to the peach. Flowers light red.

very juicy, with almond flavor. Au- -
gust. Grant’s Ornamental Peach—A
double flowering variety.
Blood Leaf:-—A singular variety, with
blood-red leaves; quite ornamental Sleeper’s Dwarf Peach—New rvarie-
when in full leaf; said to have origi- ty from California. Extra.

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DWARF PEAR TREE.

ioe, lea

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Standards can be grown in any ground with the same cultivation as the apple,
and many of the varieties come into bearing about as soon. Dwarfs are worked on
quince stock and come into bearing sooner. They should be grown with strict at-
tention and high cultivation if perfection be aimed at, and if this be attended to no
fears need be entertained as to the result.

The blight has been the great drawback to Pear culture, and to prevent this, ac-
cording to our observation and the experience of others, is to plant your Pear or-
‘chard separate from other fruits, and as soon as they get a good start, say three or

four years old, never put a plow in again. Sow it down in grass or clover; keep it |

mowed down, and apply plenty of manure as a top dressing, to keep the trees in a
thriving condition. Both Standards and Dwarfs should be served in the same man-
mer. Try this and you will rarely find a blight in your orchard.

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SELEGT LIST OF PEARS.

SUMMER VARIETIES.

Doyenne D’Ete—Small; round; pear
form; yellow with a red cheek; melt-
ing, rich, juicy and very good. Middle
of June. :

Bloodgood-Medium size; turbire form;
yellow with some russet: rich, juicy and
very good. End of June.

Beurre Gifford--Medium; pear-shaped;
pale yellow; rich, juicy and excellent.
End of June.

‘

Brandywine —Medium; pear-shaped ;
pale green, brown blush; rich, juicy
and excellent. Early in July.

Early Green Sugar — Rather below
medium ; juicy and very good. Very
hardy and bears a heavy crop each year.
Never has been known to blight. Early
in July.

Clapp’s Favorite — Large; pyraform;
yellow ; rich, juicy and very good. End
of July.

Kirkland’s Seckel—Medium; round-
ish pyraform; yellow with red cheek;
rich, juicy and yery good. Early in
August.

White Doyenne—Rather large; short,

pear-shaped ; pale yellow; rich, juicy
and excellent. August.

Buffum—Medium; obovate; yellowish,
with a broad, redish cheek, somewhat
russeted, buttery, sweet. Very good.
August.

Bartlett—Large; pear-shaped; yellow;
rich, juicy and very fine. The most
popular variety of its season. Early in
August.

Howell- Rather large ; roundish pyra-
form; pale yellow, red cheek; rich, juicy
and very good. Late in August.

Flemish Beauty—Large ; short, pear-
shaped ; pale green with a brown blush;
rich, juicy and fine. August.

Seckel—Small, short, pear-form; yellow-
ish brown with russet-red cheek ; rich,
juicy and melting. August.

Belle Lucrative — Medium; _pear-
shaped, pale yellow; juicy and excel-
lent. Middle of August.

Louise Bonne de Jersey—Large ;
pear-shaped ; pale green, brown cheek ;
rich, juicy and very fair. Altogether
dwarf. End of August.

AUTUMN VARIETIES.

Duchesse @’ Angouleme--Very large;
short, pear form ; pale green and brown,
very juicy and rich. The best of the
very large pears. Grown mainly asa
dwarf. September.

) Sheldon—Medium ; yellow on a green-
ish russet, with a richly shaded cheek ;
flesh a little coarse, melting and juicy,
with a brisk, vinous flavor ; highly per-
fumed. Productive. September.

Buerre d’Anjou—Rather large; ob-
tuse form; greenish yellow, with dull
red cheek; rich, melting and buttery.
Succeeds best as dwarf. October.

Morgan—Large; buttery, rich and fine-
October to November.

Winter Nellis— Medium; nearly round,
russet yellow; very rich, juicy and ex-
cellent. October.

Prince’s St. Germain—Fruit medium
in size; pear shaped, covered with
brown russet, dull red next the sun.
Flesh yellowish white; juicy, melting
andsweet. Very prolific bearer. Ripe
in September. Tree finegrower. Val-
unable in the South.

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WINTER VARIETIES.

Lawrence-Medium; short, pear shaped; Easter Beurre—Large ; roundish; pale

pale yellow; rich, juicy and excellent.
Early winter.

Vicar of Winkfield—Large; long py-
raform ; pale green. Keeps well.

greenish yellow; juicy and excellent.

Early winter.

Duchesse de Bordeaux— Medium;

yellow, with some russet; rich, juicy
and very good. October to November.

Ciout Morceau—Rather large ; short ; Pound—Very large; thick pyraform;

pale yellow ; rich, juicy and very good.
November.

pale green; very good for preserving.
Keeps well through winter.

ORIENTAL VARIETIES.

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This class of Pears are all about as near blight proof as any Pear can be called.

LeConte—Fruit large and fair quality; Keiffer’s Hybred—Originated near

young and very prolific bearer; an up-
right, very straight grower; tree very
hardy, and its beautiful fruit and fol-
iage make it quite ornamental. Ripe
in September in North Carolina.

Garber—This is another of the Oriental
Pears. Equally as hardy as the LeConte
or Kieffer; of same class of Pears. The
growth and appearance is very much
like Keiffer; ripens one month sooner,
and of better quality. Ripens between
LeConte and Keiffer.

Philadelphia. Supposed to be a seed-
ling of a Chinese Sand Pear crossed
with the Bartlett. Size large, very
handsome; skin yellow with a bright
vermillion cheek; very juicy with a
musky aroma, quality good when ripen-
ed to perfection. To some it is very
good. <A very young and prolific bear-
er. It stands at the head of the list as
a canning and preserving fruit; and as
near blight proof as a Pear can be
called.

New Varieties of Pears of Special Note.

See prices on last pages.

Early Harvest Pear—Tree robust and
free from blight. Size medium, fair
quality, color yellow with a red cheek.
Ripens with the earliest peaches, and
is justly classed as a market pear.

Lawson, or Comet—Fruit large for
an early pear, specimens often meas-
uring nine inches around, some larger.
It is a beautiful crimson color on yel-
low ground, and they seem to absorb
and reflect the rays of the morning sun
and become more brilliant in clear dry
weather.
ant. Should be used before getting
over ripe. Ripens early in June with
the Doyenne De Ete, but is about as
large as Louise Bon de Jersey. Being
so early and so beautifully colored, its
value to the South is apparent. Suc-

Flesh crisp, juicy and pleas-

ceeds well as adwarf. Very produc-
tive. So far no blight is shown.

VBill Campbell— Originated in Ala., by

a colored man by the above name.
Claimed to be a seedling of the Duchesse
de Angouleme, which it resembles very
much. It is also claimed to be larger
and better in quality. Ripening at the
same season. So the great popular
Duchesse Pear has been improved by a
Southern seedling.

/ Idaho or Mulkey Pear—A seedlin

raised from seed of a large red cheba
pear by Mrs. Mulkey, of Idaho, who
planted the seed about 20 years ago.
The tree has been fruiting ever since it
was four years old. Has never blight-
ed. Treean upright grower and vigor-

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‘ eas habit; has luxuriant foliage, which

makes it appear as though it belonged

to the Oriental race of Pears; butit is |

crossed with the Bartlett. So far no
blight has shown. Ripens in October.

muth superior in quality to any of theiryBeaufort—This is a twin sister of Lucy

known varieties. The fruit is very
large, and quality one of the very best
for a large pear. The introducer sent
specimens to pomologists throughout
Europe as well as America, and their
‘testimonials agree with the above. We
deem it unnecessary to give more, as

Duke, raised from seed of the same
pear. Size medium to large; resembles
Winter Nellis in shape and color; flesh
firm and sweet; one of the fine winter
pears. A month later than its parent.
December to February.

the pear has been so thoroughly adver--Alice Payne—New. Originated near

tised during the past years. Season

September and October.

russet ; acute pyraform shape; quality
one of the best.” —Chas. Downing.
“While it is not quite so fine as a
first class Seckel, I must aver it is not
far behind it.”—Thos. Meehan. Iclaim
# is the finest large pear in cultivation
and is a seedlihg of the Winter Nellis

Salem, N. C., and original tree, sup-
posed to be 50 years old or more, is
still growing. It is of medium to large

\ Lucy Duke—Originated in Beaufort g size and fine in quality; color yellow-
* oounty, N.C. “Size large ; color golden

ish white. Specimen received the past
winter kept finely till February, which
proves it to be, without a doubt, the
finest winter pear yet introduced. I
own the entire stock of this variety. I
feel warranted in saying it is the best
winter pear ever offered to the South-
ern trade.

Grirtiges Fe Piss,

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This fruit succeeds here in this pleasant clime almost without care, ripening its
‘delicious fruit from the end of April to the end of July.

The Hearts and Bigarreaus grow large and tall, and all bear sweet and delicious
fruit.

The Dukes and Morellos can be trained very readily to make beautiful dwarfs
They do not grow tall and make standards like the Hearts and Bigarreaus, but
make fine, spreading trees. The fruit is more acid, therefofe more esteemed for
tarts, &c.

Seer Rison Ch Pp rR Ss:

HEARTS AND BIGARREAUS.

Barly Purple — Large; dark purple,
nearly black. Too much cannot be said
{or this very early cherry. Ripens its
fruit here the first days of May, before , eee : i
strawberries are gone. Itis a young’ Sjnidt’s Bigarreau — Light yellow,
hardy and great bearer. The most val-~ shaded and marbled with red ; good size
uable for market. Quality one of the and in quality one of the best. Ripens
best. Season first of May. just after Early Purple, about 10th of

May. A very prolific and valuable
Dr. Wiseman—lIt is a medium sized cherry.
VA cherry ; light yellow, shaded with bright
red; very much such a cherry as Gov.) Bowyer’s Early—Medium size. Ripe
Wood, and being so early it stands at j/soon after the Early Purple. Very har-

the head of the list for market or fami-
ly use. Season last of April and first
of May.

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dy and prolific. The best of the sweet ,Foronto—Large; black, and one of the
cherries for culinary purposes. finest black cherries introduced from

/ Early Black Heart — Originated in ©2da.

: ° td
Guilford county, N. C. It is a very Rockport—Fine size; dark red; one of
hardy black cherry, ripening soon after the very best in quality. Hardy and
Early Purple, and is a valuable market — yeyy prolific. Ripe 10th of May
variety. ; ; :

Gov. Wood—Large; light yellow, shad- Coe’s Transparent — Full medium;
ed and marbled with lightred. Oneof lear pale red ; sweet and fine quality.
the finest of cherries. Ripe May 20th. Ripe May 1oth.

Black Tartarian — Large ; dark red, A mber Bigarreau—Large: pale yel-
nearly black. One of the best. From jow touched off with red. Early in
middle to last of May. Tes

Elton—Large; light yellow < ;

Ripe RS On ey Fe eae tng American Amber — Medium; clear
x : red; very hardy and prolific. Harly in

Great Bigarreau—The tallest grower June.
of the whole collection of cherries, run-
ning up more like the Lombard Pop4/Turner’s Late—-Originated and brought
lar. Fruit very large, fine and black. tonotice by Mr. H. W. Turner, of Lex-
One of the best. Ripe May 20th. ington, N.C. It is an improved black

heart. One of the best late cherries.

/YAfghanistan—This cherry was received Ripens late in June.

from Dr. Lewis, of Raleigh, N.C. He
claimed that it was brought from Afri-
ca, whence itsname. It isa very strong
grower with spreading habit, and isa
good bearer. The fruit is very large,
the largest cherry known. Color black,
firm flesh and one of the best. An ex-
cellent shipper. Ripens just after Black
Tartarian.

Windsor—New. This is a large black’ Napoleon—Large ; pale yellow, with a
cherry and promises to be one of the bright red cheek; flesh firm, juicy and
best market cherries; ripens with the sweet. Vigorous grower and enormous
Black Tartarian. bearer. Beginning of June.

lorence — Originally brought from
Florence, Italy. Fruit large; pale am-
ber, mottled and mostly covered with
bright red ; flesh amber color, very firm ;
sweet, rich flavor; hangs on the tree
a long time. Will keep several days
after gathering. Ripe June 10th.

DUKES AND MORELLOS.

®@
May Duke—Rather large; dark red. Montmorenci (Ordinaire)—Similar to
One of the best. 20th May. Early Richmond.{ Larger, and about
: : ten dayslater. A great bearer and ver
Reine Hortense—Large ; bright red ; faeaee “One of the best of its class. :
slightly sub-acid. Middle to last of
May. Olivet—A splendid new French cherry ;

Early Richmond—Medium; red; flesh °° of the largest and best of the Duke
melting, juicy and of a rich acid flavor. class.
ee puoebenve aad Inawely, lbieielle oF Empress Eugenie—Large; rich dark
we red. Middle of May.
Morello (common)—Full medium size ;
very hardy and prolific. Well known.
Dark purple when fully ripe. June.

English Morello — Above medium ;
very dark red. 20th May.

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Jere: Ma ieny

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This fruit succeeds well in this climate, wherever the peach and apple does, pro-
vided hogs are allowed free privilege in the orchard where they grow during the
whole time of dropping fruit, to destroy the curculia or peach worm, which they do
by eating the worm with the fruit as it falls; thus it is destroyed and prevented
from depositing its eggs for another season. The following is a selection of the best
plums of the European varieties :

Hudson — Medium; greenish Se Italian Prune—Medium: purple; fine
hardy and fine.. Early in July. « and very hardy. August.

Reine Cloud de Bavay—Large; yel-

low and excellent. August. PUP ORY 1 O1e ia MSC DE ner

Red Gage—Medium; red; fine. July /Jefferson—Large; yellow, with russet
L - specks. Late in July.

Washington—Large; pale yellow and

Bane») July. / Lawrence—Rather large; pale green ;
German Prune— Large; purple or fine. July.

blue; good; hardy. July. /
/Yellow Gage—Rather large; yellow;
General Hand—Very large; pale yel- very fine. July.

low; sweet and good. July.

Imperial Gage—Medium ; pale green ; Coe’s Golden Drop—Medium ; pale
very delicious. Late July. yellow. August.

STANDARD NATIVE PLUMS, INCLUDING
CHICKASAW TYPE.

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Under this head will be found a collection of the best native Plums brought to.
notice in various parts of the United States on account of their hardiness and great
bearing qualities. They are proof against the curculia—that little insect which so
often destroys the fine foreign varieties. They seem to succeed well in all parts of

’ the United States, North as well as South.

‘Wild Goose — Medium; purplish red; Whitaker—A new and improved vari.
very fine. An improved variety of the ety of the Wild Goose class; larger,
Chickasaw Plum. Very hardy,and a andripens same season.

yreat bearer. Never rots. Ripens its ee :
Fruit always sound and well. Wrirst of olden Beauty— Similar to the Wild
July. oose, but is a golden yellow and is a

fine market variety. It is of the hardy
Chickasaw variety, equally as hardy as
the Wild Goose; latest of that hardy
family. Fine for market and canning.
Ripens in September.

Skipper’s Pride — Size large; color
dark purple; flesh firm, and excellent
quality. A fine shipping, drying and
canning variety. Ripe last week in
July. - Quackenbos—This is an old variety *

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good sized, very prolific and a hardy,
‘early blue plum. Valuable for market.
I shipped to Philadelphia market and
sold readily at 8 cents per pound. As
a market plum it sells as well as the
Wild Goose. Ripe last half of June.

‘Damson—Common blue; very prolific
and hardy ; fine for culinary purposes.
From middle to last of August.

Shropshire Damson Plum — Much
larger than the old blue damson. Su-
perior. Very hardy and a great bearer.

VHolmes’ Early Blue—This isa native
seedling ; originated on the farm of the
late Moses Holmes, of Salisbury, N. C.

PERSIAN PURPLE

Prunus Pissardii-—Thisis unquestion-
ably the most desirable of all purple-
leafed trees, as it retains its color
‘throughout our warmest weather, and
its leaves until mid winter. Color,
‘right crimson from the time the fruit

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The fruit is large to very large; color
dark blue; very prolific and hardy;
quality one of the best. It is the earli-
est large blue plum; ripens early in
July, following close after the Wild
Goose.

Robinson—This is a new variety of the
Chickasaw type, a good grower, very
hardy and an extremely prolific bearer.
Quality equal if not superior to the
Wild Goose. Succeeds well in the west
and some parts of the south where the
Wild Goose does not. Fruit medium;
nearly round; sweet; juicy and of ex-
cellent quality, ripening about one
week later than the Wild Goose.

LEAFED PLUM.

is set. Second as to quality if classed
for desert, but desirable for cooking.
Ripens last of June. Very productive,
and seems so far entirely free from the
attacks of the curculio.

JAPAN PLUMS.

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This race of plufns is as distinct from our native or European varieties as the
Keiffer, or those known as the oriental type of pears are from the Bartlett or any of

‘the European or native varieties.

They are all thrifty growers, young and prolific

bearers, and many of them are now being planted largely for market purposees.
They have completely revolutionized the plum in all the southern and border states,
and will as much so as the oriental pears have revolutionized the pear culture. The
sacquaintance and intercourse with the Japs, has been a blessing to the southern and

border states.
New York.

-Ggon—Medium; round; golden yellow ;
firm; sweet; good quality; free-stone ;
ripe last of June; the earliest of its
class, and the slowest grower.

{Botan or Abundance—Medium;
round; pointed; skin yellow, washed
with purplish crimson with a bloom;
juicy, sub-acid with apricot flavor; firm;
skin tough; cling; best quality. Ripe
early in July; good grower and very
prolific. One of the best for market.

urbank—Fruit. of medium size; form,
roundish, conical, tapering towards the
end opposite stem; cavity, regular, deep,
-abrupt, with peculiar leather-cracked
marks; suture scarcely perceptible;
‘atem stout, half-inch long; apex a mere
‘point; smooth, with very little bloom ;
‘@acks and dots of brown sometimes
apparent; color, dark red or purplish,
running into bright amber, with the
‘yellow undercolor showing through in

Some of the Botan type are succeeding as far north as Rochester,

patches ; dots numerous, minute, brown;
skin of medium thickness, tender,
peeling easily from fully ripened speci-
mens; flesh, amber yellow, melting,
juicy ; stone, small to medium, pointed,
clinging to flesh; flavor, rich, sugary,
resembling other Japanese plums;
quality, best. Ripe middle to last of
July ; a strong grower, and very young
and prolific bearer. Another fine mar-
ket variety.

Hattankio—Large, yellow; round, usu-
ally pointed ; flesh light orange; solid,
sugary; quality good; season last of
July. Cling-stone.

Chabot-— Large; yellow, nearly covered
with carmine red; flesh solid, sub-acid;
good ; cling-stone. Ripe end of July.

Satsuma—tThis is another of the fine
Plums from Japan, now fruiting in thie
country, and is considered the largest

J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 27

and best one of the Japan importations. _ ers seeing them at first sight would call
_ Fruit large, skin dark purplish and red, them pears. They hung in clusters as
mottled with bluish bloom. Flesh thick as they could stick as though

firm, juicy, dark red; well flavored; they were trying to crowd each other
quality good; pit very small. Ripens _ off. It is a wonder among fruit growers.
early in August. Fruit large; heart-shaped; greenish

ae 2 yellow; overspread with redish purple
Kelsey—This is one of the first plums — 4nd blue bloom; flesh solid, rich, juicy,
introduced from Japan. Has fruited excellent flavor; pit small; free-stone,
all through the south, and in my own adheres slightly. Valuable for cauning
orchard. My treesthree yearsold were and evaporating.
leaded, the fruit being so large, strang-

JO PAN PHRRSIMMON.

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Fruit very large; flesh soft, luscious, wit® a slight apricot flavor, and without the
‘stringency of the common persimmon. In its fresh state the Japan Persimmon
ranks with the Peach or Orange, and when dried is equal to the best Smyrna Fig.
Like the Fig there are different varieties of this fruit. Has fruited all through the
South, and proved a grand accession to our Southern fruits. Common to see trees
loaded with fruit two years after planting. Of great value to the cotton Statea as
well as being very ornamental.

eerie OTS:

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This rich and beautiful fruit succeeds well with us, ripening its fruit in succession
from end of May during the whole month of June, and is superior to any peach that
ripens during their season. But owing to their very early period of blooming, the
fruit is often cut off by frost. This fruit is one of the kinds most subject to destruc-
tion by the curculio, without the same care as directed for the plum, which so rare
and fine a fruit deserves.

The following is a selection of the best and hardiest varieties:

Early Golden, Royal, Turkey,
Memskirk, Orange.

RUSSIAN APRICOT.

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Much has been said and written about Russian Apricots, a fruit that was intro-
uced from Russia by a class of people called Mennonites, who settled in Nebraska
and Dakota. Many seedlings were sent out which proved worthless. Messrs. Car-
penter & Gage, leading horticulturists of Nebraska, spent much of their time during

28 J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

the Apricot season among the class of people referred to above, finding out the best (
varieties, and succeeded in finding six varieties commencing to ripen with the straw-
berry, and continuing for six weeks later in the season.

Gibb—Tree hardy and symmetrical, a. Alexis—Tree hardy, an abundant bear—

good bearer, fruit medium size, color
yellow, flavor sub-acid, juicy. The best
early variety. Ripening with the straw-
berry, it cannot help proving a great

er. fruit yellow, with red cheek, size
large to very large, flavor slight acid,
rich and luscious. Ripe June 10th. A
good sort.

acquisition to the list of fruits. Catharine—Tree hardy, vigorous and

productive, fruit medium size, color
yellow, flavor mild, sub-acid, good
Season, middle of June.

J. L. Budd—tTree a hardy, strong
grower and profuse bearer, fruit large
size; color white with red cheek; fla-
vor sweet, juicy, extra fine with a sweet
kernel, as fine flavored as the Almond
and used for the same purpose. The:
best late variety and a decided acqui-
sition. Season last of June.

Alexander—Tree hardy, an immense
bearer, fruit large, color yellow flecked
with red, both skin and flesh; flavor
sweet, delicious; shape oblong; season
last of May. One of the best.

Nicholas—Tree hardy, a splendid bear-
er, fruit medium to large, color white,
flavor sweet, melting ; season, early in

June.. A handsome and valuable va-
riety. ' @

New Apricots of Russian Strains.

For prices see last pages.

The following named promise to be of value where their fruit succeeds:
v Jumbo, V Blenheim, Skobeloff, y Gortshakoff.

JEMIZEZON AUP IR IOC TIS.

Japan seems to abound in many wonderful and delicious fruits, and in those that
succeed well all through the south. Many of them succeed in the border states and
as far north as New England. The most remarkable of recent introduction and
just offered to the public, are the three varieties of Japan Apricots, excelling Amer-
ican or Russian varieties in vigor of growth, hardiness and excellent quality, com-
mencing to ripen in Mississippi middle of May and ripening in middle North Caro-
lina middle of June. They ripen in the order as named below:

Y Hubbard—Large, clear bright yellow; -Bungome—Very large; beautiful gol-
prolific. den yellow.

YGold Dust — Medium ; golden yellow; fine flavor.

IN @ ime Fo TINGE:

For prices see last pages.

This, the most beautiful of fruits, succeeds very well wherever the peach does
provided the same care is adopted as for the plum. Its perfectly smooth skin and
beautiful waxen color recommend it as one of the most superb desert fruits, immedi-
ately succeeding the apricot. The following is a select list of the best varieties :
Early Violet, Boston, Stanwick,

Early Newington, Prince’s Golden, Southern Queen,
Kirkman’s Mammoth—a North Carolina seedling. Very large and fine.

»Champion—This
claims over the old Orange, by being

winter.

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Biwerbearing Mulberries.

For prices see last pages.

But few know the value of this wonderfui, prolific fruit.
there seems to be nothing better.
that one tree is worth a barrel of corn each year.
orchards are being planted. The trees commence bearing very young.

For poultry and swine

Many farmers who have them in bearing claim

Wherever it is known, large
By fourth

year they are in fall bearing. They commence to drop their fruit in June and con-
tinue several weeks. Should be on every man’s farm. No one who is acquainted

with them can afford to be without them.

Black English—The best black; hardy

and prolific.

Heiks—Black and fine, but does not
commence dropping its fruit as early in

the season as the above.

White—Not so large,
valuable.

Russian—Introduced from Russia, and

but equally as

in the West is claimed to be very valu-
able for timber as wellas fruit. Com-
mences to fruit when two years old,
and is a prolific bearer; fruit large,
about the size of the Kitatinny Black-
berry ; jet black; fine flavor. Used for
desert as we use raspberries. A beauti-
ful, quick growing tree for the lawn,
while the fruit is valuable for the
table.

Gein ay Pes.

For prices see last pages.

The Quince is an excellent fruit for preserves.

Angers— Large; very strong grower and
Does not cook
quite as tender as the Orange Quince,

an abundant bearer.

but will keep much longer. October.

When dried is fine for pies, &e.

larger, smoother, better quality, ripens
later, a more upright and thrifty grow-
er, and more prolific.

\ Meech’s Prolific—Bears very early;

Orange—Large ; orange color; very pro-

lific. Fine for preserving. August.

new Quince

has

very prolific; large size; ripens just
after the Orange; the most prolific of
all known varieties.

Bre; SS.

For prices see last pages.

In this locality this fruit does well with a little protection against the cold in

they grow and bear well in open ground.
The following is a list of fine varieties:

Brunswick,
White Celestial,
Black Ichia,

South side of a wall or building is sufficient.

Brown Turkey,
White Genoa,
Green Ichia,

Only a little further South

White Marseilles,
Maddaline,
Blue Geneva.

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Oa
GE

GIA Fo Bis)

The Grape is the most beautiful of all fruits, and the most highly esteemed for
its many uses. It can be secured by every one who has a garden, a yard or a wall.
It can be confined to a stake, bound to a trellis, trained over an arbor, or extended
until it covers a large tree or building, and still yield its graceful bunches and
lucious blooming clusters. Capable of more extraordinary results under wise
management. It is prone also to give the greatest disappointment under bad cul-
~ ture or neglect. Other fruits may be had from plants that know no care; but

grapes are only to be had through attention and forethought. We will endeavor
to point out a few essential points in its successful culture, and refer the cultivator
to other and more extended works for more details.

Sorrs.— Good grapes are grown on various soils, sandy, clayey, loamy, etc. The
soil must be well drained, and there should be a free exposure to the sun and air.
Hillsides unsuitable for other crops are good places for grapes.

Crors.—Crop Grapes moderately, if you would have fine, well ripened fruit. A
vine is capable of bringing only a certain amount of fruit to perfection, propor-
tioned to its size and strength; but it usually-sets more fruit than it can mature.
Reduce the crop early in the season to a moderate number of good clusters and cut
off the small, inferior branches ; the remainder will be worth much more than the
whole-would have been. A very heavy crop is usually a disastrous one,

Prounine.—Annual and careful pruning is essential to the production of good
grapes. If the roots are catled upon to support too much, they cannot bring to
maturity a fine crop of fruit. The pruning should be done in November, Decem-

“ber or January, while the vines are entirely dormant.

TRAINING VINES.—There are many methods of training Grape vines, but as trel-
lises are more generally employed, we will confine our suggestions to a description
of the trellis method. To construct a trellis, take posts of oak, cedar or chestnut,
8 to 10 feet long; set them 3 feet in the ground and about 12 feet apart? Stretch
No. 9 galvanized wire tightly along the posts, and fasten them to each. Let the

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first wire be 18 inches from the ground, and the distance between the wires about
12 inches. Wooden slats about one by two inches may be substituted for wires.
Trellises should be at least 10 feet apart—a greater distance is preferable. Set the
vines about 20 feet apart. Prune the vines to two canes each for two years after
they are planted. In February or March these canes should be cut back to 5 er 6.
feet each, and tied along the lower wire, or slat of the trellis, horizontally.

FRUITED GRAPE VINE.

When the growth commences in the spring, the young shoots must be reduced
by disbudding, so that they may stand about a foot apart on the cane, selecting, of
course, strong healthy shoots; as they grow they are tied up to the gecond, third
and fourth wire or slat, and all other superfluous ones removed, as well as the
young /atera/s which will appear on vigorous vines; but the fruit-bearing shoots
are allowed to extend themselves at will until September, when they may be
pinched off at the end to assist the ripening of the wood. The vine in the autumn
with the fruit on will present the appearance of the above cut, and before pruning
in the autumn, after the leaves are off, the following appearance :

The next pruning, which may be done in No-
vember or December, if it is desirable to lay the
vines down and cover them over for the winter, or
in February or March if not laid down, consists in
cutting back all the young wood of the previous PE es
year’s growth (except such shoots as may be re- BARING VINE BEFORE PRUNING.
quired to extend the horizontal arms) to within one or two good bearing buds of
the bearing canes on the lower wire, giving the vine the appearance of the follow-
ing cut: :

PRUNED VINE.

Each season thereafter the vines are to be treated in the same manner, cutting
back every year to the /ower wire or slat, extending the vine only in a horizontal
direction, thinning vines in the rows by digging up every other plant if necessary,
but never growing any grapes above the second wire, and renewing the bearmg
eanes by new shoots from the stump when required.

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‘SELLE CH Pist OF GRAPES:

For prices see last pages.

‘Concord—Bunches large; berries large,
black, juicy, sweet and pleasant; very
hardy and prolific. August 10th. Vi-
tis Labrusca. \

Ives’ Seedling — Bunches medium;
compact; berries above medium, black,
juicy and sweet; vigorous and produc-
tive. Free from mildew. A fine wine
grape. Last of July. Vitis Labrusca.

-Moore’s Early —A seedling of the
Concord, and might be called an Early
Concord; bunches smaller, but berries
larger. It is in similar soils and local-
ities more healthy and hardy than Con-
cord, equal or better in quality, and
ripens some two weeks earlier, being
much better in quality than Hartford
or Champion, and quite as early. So
it is superceding those varieties as the
great early market variety, it being one
of the best shippers.

‘Worden’s Seedling — The finest early,

black grape yet introduced. Of fine

quality; bunches large; berries large.
Equally as prolific as Concord and
earlier. Vitis Labrusca.

Lady— White ;
ries large and close.

bunches medium; ber-
Early. Very fine

and hardy. Newandrare. Vitis La-
brusca.
Martha — Bunches medium; berries

large, greenish yellow, with a bloom ;
quality superior to its parent, the Con-
cord. A fine, hardy, white grape. Har-

ly in August. Vitis Labrusca. \

Delaware — Bunches smail; berries
small, light red or flesh color, sweet,
vinous, aromatic. One of the. best.
Last of July. Hybrid.

Brighton—A new grape of great prom-
ise. It is said to combine the following
desirable features, viz: Fine quality,
vigor and hardiness of vine, earliness,
beauty of vine and foliage, and great
productiveness; good size ; color bright
duli red. Vitis Labrusca.

Hartford Prolific — Bunches large ;.

compact; berries large, black, juicy and
rich. One of the finest early grapes.
Last of July. Vitis Labrusca.

Ciinton—Bunches small; berries medi-
um, compact, black, juicy. Makes a

Vigorous, hardy and pro-

good wine.
Vitis Riparia.

lific. Last of August.

Hebermont—Bunches very large and
compact ; berries small, dark blue, skin
thin ; juicy, sweet and fine. Last of
August. Vitis Aitivalis.

Catawhba--Bunclres large ; berries large,
juicy, sweet and rich. Succeeds well
in some localities. Lastof August and
first of September. Vitis Labrusca.

Perkins—Berries large; bunches medi-
um; very prolific and hardy. Fine for
table or wine; bright red or waxen
color. Early August. Vitis Labrusca.

Champion—A very early and valuable
market grape. Bunches. large, moder-
ately compact ; berry about the size of
Concord, jet black, with a heavy blue
bloom; hardy and a strong grower;
very productive. Superior to the Hart-
ford and earlier. Vitis Labrusca.

Salem (Rogers’ No. 22.) Bunches large,
compact; berries large; color light
chestnut; tender, juicy and rich. Au-
gust 10th. Hybrid.

Goethe (Rogers’ No. 1)—This variety
succeeds well south and west, but
ripens too late in Northern states to
come to perfection. Bunches medium,
rather loose; berries large, pale red,
with a beautiful bloom; thin skin, ten-
der pulp, very juicy, sweet and deli-
cious; exceedingly productive. Ripe
last of Aug. and first of Sept. Hybrid.

Lindley (Rogers’ No. 9)--Bunch-
es long and compact; sweet. Ripens
soon after the Delaware; color red.
One of the best and earliest of Rogers’
new seedling grapes. Hybrid.

Elvira—Bunches medium; berries me-
dium, round, pale green, tender, sweet.
Ripens about ten days after Concord.
Fine for table or white wine. Vitis
Riparia.

Pocklington—Vine a strong grower;
large, strong foliage, similar to Con-
cord ; clusters large and showy, weigh-
ing sometimes as much as one pound ;
berry large, pale green, yellow tinge,
round and thickly set in on the bunch;
tender, juicy, sweet, with very little
pulp; seed small for so large a grape ;
ripens with the Concord. Vitis La-
brusca.

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) Cottage—A seedling of the Concord.

A strong vigorous grower; large leath-
ery leaves; bunch and berries about
the size of its parent, but somewhat

deeper shade; ripens before Concord,

and quality better. Vitis Labrusca.

The Niagara—Originated by Hoag &

Clark, of Lockport, N. Y.; is a cross
between Concord and Cassady. Vine
remarkably hardy, and an unusually
strong grower ; bunches very large and
compact, sometimes shouldered, uni-
form; many weigh 15 to 20 ounces.
Berries large, or larger than Concord;
mostly round, little greenish white
semi-transparent, slightly ambered in
the sun; skin thin, but tough and does
not crack; quality good, has a flavor
and aroma peculiarly its own; much
liked by most people ; very little pulp ;
melting and sweet to the center; parts
freely from the seed, and as it never
makes the tongue sore can be freely
eaten by those who do not swallow
grape seeds. It is very hardy. No
grape possesses so many qualities neces-
sary to meet the wants of the amateur,
the vineyardist, the connoiseur, the
family, the commission men, the pro-
pagator and the general trade as the
Niagara.

Vergennes—A new bright amber col-

ored variety. Hardy and very promis-
ing early grape. Bunches and berries
large. Keeps well.

Ulster’s Prolific—This fine new grape

was originated by Mr. A. J. Caywood,
of New York. He sent me a basket of
fruit in 1886. We considered them the

Cynthiana—One of the best

tried. The fruit is medium, bunches
medium, quality one of the best, hardy
and so far clear of mildew.

Empire State—Bunches rather large;

shouldered; berry medium; yellowish
white, rich, sweet, sprightly, very good,
early. A cross of Hartford and Clin-
ton, a very promising new sort.

Early Victor—Originated in Kansas.

Vine very hardy and healthy, vigorous
and productive; bunch above medium,
compact, often shouldered ; berry me-
dium, round, black, with a heavy blue
bloom; flesh slightly pulpy, juicy,
sprightly and vinous, sweet and good ;
season, one week earlier than Hart-
ford; is one of the very earliest grapes,
valuable in the South as an early mar-
ket variety.

Jefferson—This handsome red grape

was raised by J. H. Ricket, Newburg,
N. Y. It is across between Concord
and Iona; foliage strong and healthy,
vigorous in growth and very hardy;
bunches large, shouldered, compact,
berry above medium, roundish-oeval ;
skin rather thick, light red with a thin
lilac bloom; flesh tender, juicy, sweet,
slightly vinous, aromatic. Maintains
its freshness long after being gathered ;
quality fine, clusters large and hand-
some; is one of the most promising
red grapes.

wine
grapes; equal to Norton’s, but not
quite so dark and stringent, and of finer
and more delicate flavor. Very prolific
and hardy. Vitis Astivalis.

finest red grape we had everseen. Since Norton’s Va.— Well known as the most

that time it has been growing in favor,
giving universal satisfaction wherever

reliable and healthy wine grape. Vitis
Bstivalis.

New Grapes of Special Note.

Lutie— Originated in Tennessee. I have

been selling this grape now for some
six years,and have scattered it through-
out the southern and border states, and
in my long experience sending out new
fruits, the Lutie grape has given the
greatest sutisfaction. From all parts
of the country where I have sold it, the
people are delighted with it, and put it
down as the most satisfactory grape
they ever planted. Such is the un‘ver-
sal opinion. The demand for the vines
has been greater than the supply. So

far the stock is limited. Bunches me-
dium to large; berries large ; color dull
red, or Catawba color; flesh sweet,
equal to the best—a little foxy to the
smell, which is not perceptible to the
taste. The universal opinion at all the
fairs where I have exhibited it among
numbers of other varieties is that it
was the best grape on exhibition. But
the great value of the Lutie grape lies
in its hardiness, in its ability to stand
any kind of weather and not rot. All
others have rotted bad in vineyards on

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J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

account of rain and damp weather, but
the Lutie alone ripened sound It isa
rapid grower and extremely prolific,
and makes the finest show when load-
ed with its fruit of any grape known.
Even if it were a second class grape its
extreme hardiness would recommend
it. It might truly be called the lazy
man’s grape, as it will ripen well on
the ground in wet weather, but would
look better on trellises or stakes.
ripens a week before Concord, and is
highly recommended as making a su-
perior sweet yellow-tint wine, and for

near markets it is one of the best. As
a table grape none better.
Moyer—A new red grape. Combines

E

extreme earliness with exquisite sweet-
ness and flavor; great hardiness and
freedom from disease. The Moyer
originated some nine years ago in Lin-
coln Co., Ont., Canada, and seems to be
across between the Delaware and some
purely native variety. It ripens with
the very earliest varieties—some two
weeks before the Concord. It is of the
best quality, equal to the Delaware,
which it much resembles, but is even
sweeter, though not quite as high fla-
vored, and without a trace of fox. Pulp
very juicy and tender to the center.
Skin thin but tough, to which charac-
teristic, in part, it owes its good keep-
ing, handling and shipping qualities.
Bunches medium, about the same as
Delaware ; shouldered ; the berries are
a little larger and adhere tenaciously to
thefstem. When over ripe it gradually
shrivels and dries up into raisins. The
color.;is a rich dark red, even better
than that of the Delaware. This grape
is sweet, tender and good as soon as
colored.

aton—This, the largest black grape
ever introduced, of the hardy class,
originated in the same section where
the celebrated Concord came from, and
is of thesame family ; supposed to be a
seedling of the Concord, but is nearly

covered with a heavy blue bloom; ad-
heres firmly to the stem. Seeds large, ~
from one to four; skin thin, but tough,
with no bad taste when eaten close;
pulp quite large, tender, dissolving ea-
sily inthe mouth. Very juicy ; as good
or better quality than the Concord, with
much less of the native odor; ripens
with Concord or a little earlier.

Ca October Grape —When the

Wofford grape was first. sent out, back-
ed by certificates of praise from nearly,
all the officers of Hall county, Ga., also
the ministers of that county, I thought
the long-wanted late grape had at last
been found, but the Wofford has not
proven up to what those men claimed
for it, though a few men are pleased
with it, but it has not. proven satisfac-
tory tome. The Irvin October grape
now comes forward. I put it forth
without certificates. I know the grape,
and it is weil known in my county. It
has been grown in a back, isolated
neighborhood in south-east Guilford
county, North Carolina, for 30 to 40
years, but has just been brought for-
ward and introduced to the public.
This section is only fifteen miles from
my place, and how such a fine late
grape has been kept so close and con-
fined to one neighborhood seems a mys-
tery. But such is the history of the
Lawson or Comet Pear, which was kept
in one family for seventy-five years be-
fore it was brought to notice, and that
in the great State of New York, so we
are not so much surprised at the Irvin
grape being kept so close in a thinly
settled section of North Carolina, where
fruits get but a secondary attention.
This grape is the one that has been so
long looked for without a doubt. It is
late. Last of September and through
October is its season. The bunches are
large, long, shouldered ; berries medi-
um in size; color dark dingy red; qual-
ity among the best for table or wine.

twice as large in bunch and berry ; has Winchell—Identical with Green Moun-

taken more premiums at the various’
Horticultural exhibitions than any new
black grape since the Concord was in-
troduced. I have a four-page circular
of testimonials from leading fruit men
inS the United States, but deem the
above a sufficient description. Leaf
large, thick, leathery, covered on the
underside with a thick brownish-yel-
low down. Bunch very large, weighing
12 to 25 ounces ; compact; often double
shouldered; berries very large, many
one inch in diameter; round, black,

tain. Color greenish white; skin very
thin; pulp exceedingly tender and
sweet; contains but one to two seeds
only, which separate from the pulp with
the slightest pressure ; quality superb.
This extra early delicious grape origi-
nated in the mountains of Vermont, has
been tested for several seasons and is
proving the very earliest white grape
known, while the vine is hardy, a vig-
orous grower and productive. Sure to
take the front rank both for garden and
vineyard planting,

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J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

Woodruff Red—A Concord seedling,
with berries and bunches of largest size,
ripening a little before Concord, and a
good, long keeper; vigorous, healthy
and productive. Testimonials from va-
rious sections, both north and south,
represent it as vigorous in growth, en-
tirely healthy, and of good quality. A
large, attractive red grape, of good qual-
ity and iron-clad constitution, is need-
ed, and the Woodruff red promises to
supply that want.

Moore’s Diamond--Originated in New

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York State by Jacob Moore. Vine a
vigorous grower ; clean, healthy foliage,
free from mildew. It is a fine native
grape, being a cross between Concord
and Iona. <A prolific bearer; bunches
large, handsome and compact; slightly
shouldered ; delicate greenish white,
with rich yellow tinge when fully ripe ;
skin smooth, free from specks; pulp
tender, juicy ; nearly transparent; very
few seeds ; berry about size of Concord ;
quality best, rich, sprightly and sweet,
resembling the best foreign varieties.

“he following are varieties known as the MUSCADINE

CLASS.

Meisch—Berries medium, black, thin
skin, sweet and fine ; ripens in August,
just before the scuppernong. Popular
where known.

White Scuppernong—Bunches small;
berries large, skin thick, light green,
pulpy, juicy and sweet; a well known
wine grape of Eastern North Carolina.
Must be trained on an arbor, and will
not bear pruning back like other grapes.
Sept. Ist. Vitis Ritundifolia.

James Grape—Was found in the woods
by B. M. W. James, of Pitt County, N.
C., in 1866, and brought to notice by
him. It grows in small bunches, from
3 to 10 berries to the bunch, the berries
being so large they often appear like
solid bunch grapes. The largest berries
often measure three and a half inches
in circumference. Skin black, thin but
tough; quality superior to the celebra-
ted Scuppernong. The originator claims
it commences to ripen last of July and
continues till frost, but from other
sources, from parties who have the true
vine from the originator, give the time
of ripening from early in September
till last of October. Many fruits com-
mence ripening in favorable localities
earlier, which often causes a controver-
sy about new varieties.

“Below I give a few testimonials from
amateur fruit growers, whose veracity is
unimpeachable, who have the true James
Grape:

Wake County, N. C., Dec. 23, 1892.
Mr. J. Van. Lindley :
-Drar Str:—I have fruited the James

Grape for the last three years. It is the
largest grape I have ever seen. Many of

(Vitis Ritundifolia.)

the berries are one and one quarter inches
in diameter. In quality it is very good.
A majority of those who have eaten it in
my vineyard pronounce it superior to the
best Scuppernong. It is an enormous
bearer; many persons who saw my vines
last year, decided that a four year old vine
had five bushels of grapes on it. Iam
satisfied that the same vine bore one
bushel at three years old. It has a thin
skin and soft pulp. It commences to
ripen in September and lasts through Oc-
tober. If taken from the vine before
freezing, it can be kept until Christmas.
Very respectfully.
P. W. JoHNson.
(Former Professor in Wake Forest College.)

J. Van. Lindley, Esq., Pomona, N. C.:

Drar Sir:—Yours of 28th December,
1892, to hand. We have the true James
grape, which we consider far superior to
the Scuppernong, Meisch, or any other
grape of that family. As a wine grape,
it is considered far superior to the above
varieties. As a shipper it excells even
the Concord. We have shipped the past
season between 3,000 and 4,000 lbs., which
were all sold for 5c. per lb., net cash, be-
fore they left the vineyard. It commences
to ripen in September and lasts through
October. Your plate and Cescription is
true as nature. Yours truly.

ALLEN WARREN.

(Mr. Warren is an ex-sheriff of Pitt
county, where the grape originated, but
in a different location.]

RaueriaH, N.C., Dec. 21, 1892.
J. Van. Lindley, Esq.:
DEAR Str: — Your favor asking my
opinion of the James grape received. I
have six bearing vines. My opinion of

36 J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

the grape is good. Itripens in the latter
part of September and through October;
is very sweet and larger than Scupper-
nong; jet black in color. It isa good
keeper and good shipper, the berries
leaving the vine when ripe without break-

ing the skin. I verily believe that it
could be shipped to England.
Very respectfully yours.
C. B. Epwarps.
a Edwards is a leading grape grow-
er.

eo GO LQ aie lies ES,

See prices on last pages.

First of the small fruits, in the
months of April and May, comes the
beautiful, wholesome and appetizing
strawberry. The profits which may re-
sult from its cultivation, when properly
conducted, are enough to satisfy the
highest expectations. Plant in March,
April, May, September, October or Nov-
ember, on good ground. Vegetable
manure, rotted turf, wood soil, ashes,
&e., are best, bone: dust is excellent.
Set in three feet rows, 15 inches apart in
row for field culture, and 15 inches each
way for garden, leaving a pathway at
every third row. Keep in hills with
runners cut. Cultivate clean, mulch

\\ late in the fall; uncover the crowns

brook and others, provided arow or bed of some hermaphrodite (perfect blossomed) °

early in Spring; remove mulch after
J fruiting, and spade in light dressing of
manure.

Pistulate varieties (marked P,) have
imperfect blossoms. Some of tiem are
among the most productive varieties, as
is proven by Crescent Seedling, West-

like Wilson, Mitchell’s Karly, Sparpless, &c., is planted within 10 or 20 feet of them

/The Parker Earle Strawberry—
Still ‘on top” and to stay. Descrip-
tion: Plant robust, free from disease,

stooling heavily and renewing itself

sufficiently by strong runners. It isa
model in make up; endures the ex-
tremes of heat and cold remarkably
well. Berries regular, uniformly large,
conical, with a neck, glossy, scarlet
crimson; ripens all over; flesh firm,
crimson, no hollow core; seeds golden,
becoming crimson, prominent, protect-
ing in handling; quality excellent.
Flowers perfect, always setting perfect
fruit, which is borne in the greatest

profusion, the rate of sixteen thousand
quarts per acre having been gathered.
The fruit carries well and brings the
very highest price in market. Shipped
from Denison, Texas to St. Louis, over
600 miles, in perfect order in common
24 quart cases. Hundreds of cases ship-
ped from Denison to Kansas City and
other distant markets in perfect order,
and bringing highest price. A book
can be filled with unqualified praise of
this variety from the best strawberry
authorities in the country.—Munson’s
Catalogue.

The following list of varieties are so well known that they need no description.
All are fine old varieties.

Sharpless, Hoffman, Wilson, Crescent Seedling, P.
May King, Cloud, P., Old Iron Clad, Mitchell’s Early.
Jessie, Buback, P., Westbrook, P.,

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@ RASPBERRIES.

See prices on last pages.

This fruit comes just after the strawberry, and
when properly cultivated is quite prolific. Plant on
strong soil, manure freely, cultivate well. mulch
heavily. For field, six feet apart, four feet in rows.
Pinch off canes when three feet high ; tie up and cut
out old wood each year.

Antwerp Red—Fruit large, flesh firm; dull red.

Cuthbert—As far as tested considered one of the
best berries yet introduced.

Brandywine—Red ; hardy and fine.
Gregg—The most popular black raspberry yet tested ; hardy excellent ; prolific.

Gr) Ee ae INA

See prices on last pages.

This fruit comes in partly with the raspberry, but follows for several weeks. In
deed jnone of the small fruits will remain as long on the bunch without injury as the
currant. Set four feet apart each way. Cultivate well, mulch heavily, prune old
wood so;that each remaining shoot may have room to grow. Manure freely.

/Black Naples—Fruit large, fine ;hardy White Grape—Berries large; bunches
and productive. long; white and yellow; sweet and good.

Red —Fruit large; s]
-Cherry Red—One of the largest cur- eee eae cee ai enh Die aes

rants.
Fay’s Prolific—New. The best and
Red Dutch—Very large; sweet and most prolific of all. Stands at the head
good. Well known. Very prolific. of the list of its class.

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GOOSEBERRIES. | ¢

See price list on last pages.

This fruit requires the same cultivation as the currant. The following are the
best proven varieties:

Houghton’s Seedling. — Medium; Downing’s Seedling—Larger than

pale red; flesh. tender and good: Houghton. Excellent. New.
never mildews; vigorous and pro- : “ f
lific. Mountain Seedling—Large; fine fla-

vor; vigorous and productive.

BLACK EER es =:

For prices see last pages.
Kittatinny—Very large; black andj/Crystal White— Medium; very early;
sweet. crystal white; sweet and ‘fine.

Wilson’s Early—Extra large size and quite early. @

DEW BERRY.

_ For prices see last pages.

Lucretia—The running or trailing blackberry. Succeeds everywhere.
Dewberry sc:ems now to be taking This extra variety was found in the
the day. It is very prolific. large and’. mountains of West Virginia, and is a
sweet, equal in size to the largest perfect success.

ESCULENT ROOTS.

For prices see last pages.

Asparagus—Conover’ s Colossal aes Rhubarb, or Pie Plant—Lines
large and of excellent quality. = \(Myatt’s.) Large; best of all. cy

NUT BEAK ING! isin:

For prices see last pages.

Filberts (Hazle Nut Family.)\—English Orleans, France, a climate much like
Cob varieties. These varieties are our Southern and border States, I
justly celebrated in Europe, and there foud two varieties under the name of
is a great variety of them. While at Bergeri and Marveille de Bollviller.

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> The nuts were the largest I eyer saw.
Trees strong growers and very prolific
bearers. I imported a good lot of two
year trees and offer them, believing
they will succeed in many parts, if not
all, of the South.

Juglans Condiformis (Heart-Shaped
Japan Walnut.)—This is one of the
finest nuts known, and yet very scarce,
even in Japan, where it originated.
The nuts crack easily, and the kernel
drops out whole. The flavor is sweeter
and richer than the English Walnut,
the tree hardier and very handsome.

_Juglans (Sieboldie.)—Japan Walnut.
Larger than the Condiformis, more
in shape of largest Pecans, and
shell a little thicker, It is from the
mountains of Northern Japan. Leaves
large size, charming shade of green.
Nuts are produced in abunhance in
clusters of 15 to 20; meat sweet, of
best quality, like butternut, but less
oily ; tree vigorous, handsome form,
young bearer and very productive.
Like the Japan Chestnuts, they are

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very highly recommended for the
South.

Japan Giant Dwarf Chestnut—A
dwarf grower; very distinct ; leaf long
and narrow, dark green. A fine orna-
mental dwarf tree. Commences to
bear very young—two year old trees
in Nursery row often are loaded with
nuts of enormous size. When the out-
side skin is removed, it is sweet and
rich, equal to our best American or
European varieties. Their great pro-
ductiveness, early bearing, and enor-
mous size, render them of great value
wherever they succeed, and they seem
to succeed here and in all the Southern
and Border States. The trees seem
very thrifty and hardy and peculiarly
adapted to our Sunny South.

English Walnut.
Chestnut—American sweet.
Chestnut—Spanish.
Almond—Sweet, hard shell.

Pecan Nut—The best varieties.

Deciduous Shade Trees.

For prices see last pages.

Silver Maple.

Horse Chestnut.

Sugar Maple.

Kilmarnock Weeping Willow.

Umbrella—(Texas)—A beautiful lawn
and yard tree.

Carolina or French Poplar—This is
the most rapid growing shade and or-
namental tree known. Where a tree

is wanted quick, plant the Carolina Pop-
lar. As its tendency is to push upward
it should be shortened back each year
for a few years, sufficient to suit the eye
of the owner and to make it throw out
lateral shoots, which can be spread out
and madea very satisfactory shade tree.
It is a favorite and is being planted
where best known more than any other
shade tree

EVERGREENS AND EVERGREEN SHRUBS.

For prices see last pages.

American Arborvitz.
Balsam Fir.

Silver Fir.

Norway Spruce.
Hemlock Spruce,

Irish Juniper.
Magnolia Grandiflora.
Tree Box.

Dwarf Box.

Globe Arborvitz.

40 J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

Siberian Arborvitz.
Golden Arborvitz.
Tom Thumb.

Mahonia Aquifolium—(European)—
(Double Flowering Holly.)

Ligustrum Oviafolium—(California

Privet)—Fine for hedging, and is €

beauty as a single specimen. Half
evergreen ; holds its beautiful foliage
until late in winter.

Uonmious— A fine large leaf evergreen,
fine single or in hedge; two varieties.
Plain green and variegated.

hardy Ornamental

Flewering Shrubs.

(DECIDUOUS.)

Althea, (Rose of Sharon.}—The Altheas
are fine free growing shrubs, blooming
inthe autumn months, when scarcely
any other trees or sh rubs are in bloom,
which makes them very desirable. As-
sorted double varieties, including varie-
gated leaf, beautiful foliage.

Deutzia, (Fortuneii)—Flowers double;
white, tinted with rose. A very fine
flowering shrub.

(Gracillis.)—Pure white; flowers freely.

Forsythia, (Veridissima.)—Leaves deep
green; flowers bright yellow; very
early in spring. From China.

Spirea Albea—A beautiful white flow-
ering shrub.

Weigelias, in variety.
Candidii,

Rosea Floribundii,
Variegata,
Hortensis Nivea,

Van Houtii.

All fine flowering shrubs, varying in
color, and of the finest collection.

Hydvrangia Grandiflora—This is one
of the best flowering shrubs, producing
large, long pendant “white flowers, six
inches in diameter, in summer and aul-
tumn,

Chinese Winter-blooming Honey-@

suckle—Blvoms freely in February,
before leaves appear. Oneof the finest
sweetest perfumed flowering shrubs for
the South.
Lilac — Strong, rapid grower; purple
flowers.

Lilac, (Common White.)\—Strong grower ;
white flowers.

Quince, Japan, (Pyrus Japonica)—An
esteemed variety, having a profusion of
bright flowers in early spring.

Wisteria, (Chinese..—A most beautiful
climber, of rapid growth, and produc-
ing long pendulous clusters of pale blue
flowers.

Ampelopsis ( Va. Creeper.)—A very pop-
ular climbing vine.

Tube-Rose Bulbs—The Pearl. A
large stock.

ie VeleS,

See price list on last pages.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES.

Ever-blooming Roses include the Bourbons, Chinas, Noisettes and Teas.

My capcity is now excellent for growing fine Roses.
getting fine, strong plants grown in open ground.

and Noisettes.

Aline Sisley—A beautiful shade of vi-
olet red ; fine large pointed buds,

The public may rery on
Ever-blooming Teas, Bourbons

Aggrippina—Fiery Ail, good size and
form ; profuse flowering,

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Andre Swartz—A new, distinct and
beautiful dark crimson variety.

Bon Silene—Purple and carmine.

Catherine Mermet—A beautiful clear
flesh color, with the same silvery lustre
seen in La France; large, full.

Comtesse de Friegneuse—In color
charming, in freedom of bloom profuse.
The buds are long and pointed, not un-
like Niphetos in form, and of good size.
The color isa delicate canary yellow,
with softer shade on inside of petal.

Celine Forestier—Deep Sulphur yel-
low; flowers of good size and very beau-
tiful; highly fragrant.

Chromatella, or Cloth of Gold—
Clear bright yellow; large; very full;
prized in the South as a pillar or ve-
randa rose.

Duchess of Edinburg—Dark crimson.

Douglass—Dark cherry red; rich and
velvety ; large, full and fragrant.

Devoniensis—Beautiful creamy white,
with rosy center; large, very full and
double; delightfully sweet tea scent.

Duchesse of Albany—A sport of La-
France, deeper in color, more expanded
in form, and larger in size. The flowers
are a deep even pink, very large and
full, highly perfumed; good habit; vigor-
ous growth. Flowers are produced in
extraordinary profusion, plants being
continually covered in bloom.

Etoile de Lyon—A magnificent new
Tea Rose; brilliant chrome yellow.
Flowers large, very double and fragrant.

Gold of Ophir—Sulphur yellow ; large
and fine.

Gen. Tartas—Pink. Fine buds.

Gloria de Dijon—Rich creamy white;
climber.

Hermosa—An old favorite; always in
bloom and always beautiful; color the
most pleasing shade of pink, soft but
deep; very fragrant.

Isabella Sprunt—A lovely Tea Rose of
exquisite fragrance; color clear lemon
yellow: a continuous bloomer, and one
of the best for winter flowers.

Louis Phillip—Dark crimson.
La Pactole—Sulphur yellow.

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La Princess Vera—Creamy‘and lilac ;
large and full.

Lucoile—New.
silver luster.

Clear flesh color; rose,
One of the best.

Mad. Camile—Delicate rosy flesh.
Mad. Bravay—Pure white.
Mad. Margottin—Dark yellow.

Marie Guillott—Pure white. New and
fine. ss

Marechal Neil—Golden yellow; lovely
buds.

Musk Cluster—Pure white; free
bloomer.
Mad. Host—Large; flesh and pink,

One of the best.

Madam de Watteville—Color creamy
yellow, tinged with large shell-like
petals, having a bright crimson border.
This is the Tulip of Europe, so called.
from its feathery shading of petals.

Meteor—Dark velvety red. Constant
bloomer. One of the finest new roses.

Mad. Cusin—A lovely Tea Rose of large
size; colora rosy purple; very distinct
and of robust habit.

Mad. Welche—An extra fine variety ;
very large, double, and of beautiful
form; a soft, pale yellow, sometimes
cream, with short inner petals of glow-
ing orange and copper.

Niphetis —Tea rose, very large and
double, deliciously sweet; color pure
snow white.

Papa Gontier—The blooms: are large
and long, with thick, broad petals of a
dark carmine crimson; one of the best.

Perle des Jardins—Rich golden yel-
low; free bloomer.

Pinkdaily—Bright pink.

Pierre Guillott—Bright, dashing crim-
son; flowers large, very double and
full; highly seented ; vigorous grower,
and constant bloomer from April till
frost.

Sunset—Large size, fine; very double
and deliciously perfumed. The color
is a remarkable shade of rich golden
amber.

Safrana— Lovely buds; apricot yellow.

Souvenir de la Malmaison—A noble

rose; the flower is extremely large,
clear and fresh.

Souvenir de Theresa Levet—A gen-
uine red tea ; clear crimson, extra fine.

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and double, and possess the good char-
acteristics of Catherine Mermet.

Waban—A sport from Catherine Mer-
met. Flowers large, and borne on long
stems ; color carmine pink; one of the
best new roses.

Triumph de Luxembourg—Bright White Bon Salene—White, double,

rosy carmine. Large and tea scented.

The Bride—A lovely, pure white, very
buds have more

‘fragrant rose. The
substance than Niphetas, are very full

One of the best.

Ye Primrose Dame—Double flowers,

the outer petals being a soft creamy

yellow, the center rich rosy salmon or
apricot ; it is of a cup shape.

fine.

BEAUTIFUL EVERBLOOMING CLIMBING
OR PILLAR ROSES.

[HARDY IN ALL THE SOUTH]

Mary Washington—Thisis one of the
hardiest of the ever-blooming climbers.
Claimed to have originated in the gar-
den of Geo. Washington over 100 years
ago. It is a remarkably free bloomer,
producing flowers in large clusters. It
blooms profusely when very small, and
does not make a large growth the first
year, but the second year throws up
strong canes that make splendid pillar
or trellis plants, covered with bloom
throughout the whole season. Flowers
medium size, pure white and very fra-
grant. A souvenir from Mt. Vernon.

Golden Chain, (Reve de Or.)—A beau-
tiful Pillar Rose, being a strong climber.
Color orange yellow or deep saffron;
eood size, full and sweet.

teine Marie Henrfetta—A strong-
growing red climbing rose. It isa grand
pillar rose in the south. Flowers full
and well formed.

Estella Prade!—Climbing habit ; val-
uable in the South; lovely pure white
buds: flowers medium size, full and
sweet.

Lamarque—Flowers of medium size,
borne in large clusters ; pure white and
double. A fine pillur rose inthesouth.

Caroline Goodriche—This new har-
dy climbing rose has finely formed flow-
ers, very double, and its fragrance is
most delicious. The color is the same
as that of Gen. Jacquiminot.

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES.

This class of roses is admirably suited for garden culture, for the formation of
rose beds, hedges and permanent plantations, where hardy varieties are desired.
They are not strictly perpetual bloomers, though many of them yield a fair second
crop in the autumn, especially if judiciously pruned.

This class, taken all in all, gives most general satisfaction, because of the brilliant
colors and large size of its flowers, and the entire permanence of the plants.

Antone Verdier (Hybrid Tea.) —Flow-
ers large and well formed, dark rose

Anna de Desbach—A lovely shade of
carmine; very iarge double flowers,

delightful fragrance ; one of the hard- color,
t. 7 ;
He Beauty of Stoppleford-——Hybrid tea;
crimson ; very fine.

American Beauty—The flower very

large in size, of beautiful form and yery Baron Rothchilds—Pink. Large and

: double, color a deep rich rose. Acon- fyjJj,
stant blooming, sweet scented rose, of
the size and finish of Hybrid Perpet- Captain Christy—Delicate flesh color;
uals. extra.

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Coquette des Alps—White flower, oc-
casionally shaded with bright pink; a
constant bloomer ; in clusters.

Gen. Washington—Rosy
brilliant.

carmine,

Giant of Gattles—Brilliant crimson.

Gen. Jacqueminot — Rich velvet scar-
let.

Homere—Rose with salmon center; a
most desirable out-door sort.

John Hopper—Bright rose, large and
full; free blooming.

Lady Emily Peel—A charming rose;
medium size and full form; very sweet,
sometimes tinged and shaded with
blush.

Louise Van Houtte—Rich Crimson,
heavily shaded with maroon; a beauti-
ful formed and double flower.

Lord Ragland—Brilliant crimsonscar-
let.

Lafrance—Rosy crimson. One of the

finest.

Dinsmore—Large ; double; deep crim-

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son; dwarf bushy habit, flowering free-
ly through the entire season.

Magna Charta— Bright clear pink;
very sweet; flower ext:a large; fine
form ; very double.

Madame Charles Woods — Large,
double ; color deep rosy crimson, some-
times brilliant scarlet; a constant and
profuse bloomer.

Madam Plaintier—Pure White.

Madam Masson — Velvety crimson,
very bright and full; a fine sort for
bedding.

Paul Neyron — The flowers are im-
mense; it is probably the largest rose
grown, and one of the finest; bright
shining pink; double and full; finely
scented.

Prizce Camile de Rohan — Rich,
dark velyety crimson ; large and fine.

Wm. Francis Bennett—A new Hy-
brid Tea of great merit. The buds are
large and of the most vivid, deep vel-
vety crimson color and delicious per-
fume. Its flowers are of 2normous size,
and borne almost as freely as a Tea
Rose at all times of the year,

MOSS ROSES.

Hortense Vernet—Rosy carmine.

Countess de Marianus—White moss;
double.

Blanch Moreau—Pure white.

Luxemburg—Bright crimson scarlet.

POLYANTHA ROSES.

Sometimes called “ Fairy Roses.” They are mostly of dwarf habit but good con-
stitution, and are unequalled for freedom of bloom ; make excellent borders for beds
of Hybrid Perpetuals or larger growing varieties of the Monthlies, and are especially

fine for cemetery planting.

attained.

W’lle Cecil Brunner—Bright rose.

Mignonette—Delicate rose, changing
to blush; very small; double; distinct

and attractive; a strong grower and a
very free bloomer.

Paquerette—Pure white, about one

They also make charming pot plants because of their
freedom of bloom and compact habit, and are worthy

all the popularity they have

inch in diameter, flowering in panicles
of from five to forty blooms; full, pret-
ily formed.

Perle @Or—(Dubreuil)—Nankeen ye)-
low, with orange center; very dwarf,
branching habit, blooming in clusters
of twenty to thirty flowers.

44 J. VAN. LINDLEY’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.

CLIMBING ROSES.

Roses of this class are valuable for training on trellises and arbors, covering
verandas and buildings. They are rapid growers, and produce great quantities of
bloom.

Tennessee Belle——Flowers bright Baltimore Belle—Pale blush.
beautiful pink.
‘ Russell’s Cottage— Dark variety
Prarie Queen—Flowers very large crimson, very double. 5
and of peculiar globular form, bright ;
rosy red, changing to lighter as the Greville, or Seven Sisters—Floweis
flower opens. in large clusters.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Rubus Rosafolia—(Bridal Rose.) A Chinese rose, medium size, very double,
pure white flowers, very showy, and a constant bloomer.

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VALUABLE BOOKS

eNON 2.1

FRUIT GROWING,

GARDENING, ETC.

Everyone who owns a garden or has charge of a fruit tree should have one or more of these valuable books
written by leading and acknowledged authorities on the subject treated.

American Fruit Culturist.
Containing practical directions for the propagation
and culture of all fruits adapted to the United
States. In the present (nineteenth) edition of the

The Cider Maker’s Handbook,

A complete guide for making and keeping epure
eA By J. M. Trowbridge. Illustrated. C Sar
MOU tetenvesinccme tages dee veces re

American Fruit Culturist, a general revision of the! pand Draining.

work is made throughout, and among the added

portions are descriptions of the newer. Strawberries,

raspberries, perrees and graves By Jobe J. Thomas.

Cloth, lZino.. eisia em aeaiuO)
Fuller’s Small. Fruit Culturist.

By Andrew S. Fuller. The book covers the whole

ground of small fruits. Illustrated. Cloth, ae

Strawberry Calturist.
By Andrew S. Faller, All information necessary to
raise strawberries. Illustrated. Cloth, l12mo.,...25
Bailey’s Field Notes on Apple Culture.
By Prof. L. H. Bailey, Jr. A useful and thoroughly
practical book. Cloth, L2G. Ss c's arspols 78
Barry’s Fruit Garden.

By P. Barry, A standard work on fruit and fruit
irees. New’ edition revised up to date. Indis-
Poe to ali fruit EE OREN®, Jlustrated. Cloth,
2m0.... wieye ng alee

Fulton’s Peach Culture.
The only practical guide to Peach Culture for
those who would be successful. BY, Boe & ier
ander Fulton. Cloth, i2mo...... aa + 1.50
The Practical Fruit Grower.
By S. T. Maynard. Just what the beginner needs
and the successful fruitman oe ae: Illustrated.
Cloth..
Canning ‘and Preserving.
By Mrs. S. IT. Rorer. Teaching beginners how to
can and preserve fruits and vegetables, making
marmalades, fruit butter and jellies, drying fruits
and making ee Ss and catsups, pens eee
vinegars, drying herbs, etc....... C
Truck Farming at the South.
Essential to any one who contemplates entering this
promising field of Agriculture. By A. Oemler of

eorgia. Iilustrated. Cloth, 12mo... . 1.50

How to Plantand What to Do with the Gronks
Valuable hints for the Farm, Garden and Orchard.
By Mark W. Johnson. Illustrated... r 5

Tobacco Culture: Full Practical Details.
Full details of every process by Fourteen Tobacco
Growers. Illustrations. 8vo0...........

Asparagus Culture.

The Best Methods, BS James Barnes and William
Robinson. . ARR RGB ra BNR eee 5!

Mushrooms, How to Grow Them.

The most practical work on the subject and the only
book on growing Mushroons published in apres
By Wm. Falconer. Dlustrated. Cloth..

Sweet Potato Culture.

Full instructions from startin,
ing and storing the crop.
Chinese Yam. By James Fitz.

Your Plants.

Plain and Practical Directions for the Treatment of
Tender and Hardy Plants inthe House and in the
Garden. By James Sheehan........... ikifsiageeaD

the plants to havest-
ith a chapter on the
Cloth, 12mo.....60

A Handbook for farmers on_the principles and
Practice of Farm Draining. By Dr. Manly Miles.
Illustrated. Cloth, 12mo..... ae 1.0

Henderson’s Gardening for Profit.

By Peter Henderson. ‘The standard work on
Market and Family Gardening. Cloth, 12mo,..2.00
Henderson’s Gardening for Pleasure.
Meets the wants of ail classes, in country. city, and
village who keep a garden for their own enjoyment
rather than for the sale of products. By Peter
Henderson. Finely illustrated. Cloth, 12.n0....2.00
Waring’s Draining for Profit and Health.
The directions are plain, and easily followed, and
iand drainage may be greatly improved, even to
the banishment of fever and ague, typhoid and
malarial fever. By Geo. E. parte Jr., 1 cate
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A practical Treatise, pour oe authentic informa-
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Barn Plans and Out uildings.

Full of Ideas, Hints, Suggestions and Plans for the
Construction of Barns and Outbuildings. Tlus-
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Insects and Insecticides.

Noxious Insects and Methods of ess their
Injuries. By Clarence M. Weed, D. Sc., New Hamp-
SE, College of peeatate Tilustrated. Cloth,

Treat’s Tnjnxious’ Insects ‘of ‘the Farm and
Garden. By Mrs. Mary Treat.

With an additional Chapter on Beneficial Insects.
Illustrated. Cloth, 12m0...........s.0e6- 505 6200

Johnson’s How Crops Grow.
A Treatise on the Chemical Composition, Strue-
ture, and Life of the-Plant. By Prof. Samuel W.
Jobnson., of Yale ORS, Illustrated. Cloth
12 mo.. sean 208
Johnson's 8 ‘How Cr ops Feed.
A Treatise on the Atmosphere, the soil and Nutri-

tion of Agricultural Plants. y Prof. Samuel W.
Johnson. Lilustrated. Clot h, amo see ahaa e ae 2.00

Our Farm of Four Acres, and the Money
we made by it.

Many useful suggestions with ane paterest of a

romance. Paper cover, 12mo..

“Profits in Poultry.

Useful and Ornamental Breeds and their Profitable
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Stewart’s Shepherd’s Manual.
It is so plain that one who has never kept sheep,
may learn from its pages how to manage a fiock
successfully. By Henry Stewart. Mlustrated..1.50
Harris on the Pig.
Equally valuable to the far mer who keeps but few
pigs, and to the breeder on an extensive scale. By
oseph Harris. Tllustrated. Cloth, 12mo,,....1.50

SENT FREE on receipt of price. Address,

J. VAN LINDLEY,

Pomona Hill Nuseries, Pomona, N. C