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58. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] THE ABUNDANCE PLUM

PLUMS.
Strong, well grown trees.
Purchaser to pay freight or express charges.
ABUNDANCE.--The Abundance is becoming more popular each season. It is large, showy and beautiful; amber turning to a rich, bright cherry color with a decided white bloom; flesh light yellow, exceedingly juicy and tender and of delicious sweetness impossible to describe; stone small and parts readily from the flesh. Excels in early and profuse bearing. It is practically curculio proof. Season medium. Each 60c; dozen $5.00.
TATGE.--A fine hardy plum of European strain, supposed to belong to the Lombard family, but is larger and of better quality. A fine grower with beautiful foliage; an early and profuse bearer. Price 75c each; doz. $6.00.
BURBANK.--Considered by some to be the best of all the European sorts. Color clear cherry red with a thin lilac bloom. The flesh is a deep yellow color; very sweet and agreeable. Tree vigorous and commences bearing early, blooms late and is likely to escape late spring frosts. Each 50c; dozen $4.50.
LOMBARD.--A valuable market variety, one of the most hardy and popular. Season late. Each 50c; dozen $4.50.
AMERICAN VARIETIES. Forest Garden.--Large, nearly round, mottled red and yellow, very sweet and rich, early. De Soto.--Medium bright red, hardy and productive. Wolf.--Very large, freestone, excellent quality, hardy and productive, late. Hawkeye.--Good quality, large and thrifty, productive, late. Weaver.--Flesh firm, red, juicy with flavor resembling the apricot, freestone, early bearer and very productive, hardy and said to be curculio proof. Wild Goose.--Large, rich, melting and delicious. Tree strong grower and very prolific, season medium. Price for all the above each, 50c; dozen $4.50, not prepaid.

CHERRIES.
Price each 60c; per dozen $5.00. Purchaser to pay express or freight charges.
EARLY RICHMOND.--Medium size, dark red, juicy acid flavor. This is one of the most valuable and popular of the early varieties and is unsurpassed for cooking purposes. Montmorency.--A large red acid cherry, larger than the Early Richmond and about ten days later. Very productive. Wragg.--A large late acid variety, dark purple. One of the most productive, well adapted to the high latitude and prairie regions. English Morello.--Medium dark red, rich and juicy, late.

PEACHES.
Price each 35c; per dozen $3.00. Purchaser to pay express charges.
CHAMPION.--Fruit large, beautiful in appearance, excellent flavor, skin creamy white with red cheeks, extremely hardy with freestones. Crosby.--Medium size, bright orange yellow streaked with carmine. One of the best standard market sorts and claimed to be the hardiest of all peaches. Ripens in September. Triumph.--Very early, good quality and fine shipper. Blooms late in the season. Bokara No. 3.--The hardiest peach yet brought to public notice; of fine quality and a good bearer.

[image] YELLOW TRANSPARENT APPLE.

PEARS.
Any of the following by express or freight each 60c; per dozen $5.00.
KIEFFER.--Large, rich colored and good quality. Excellent for canning; will keep until late in the winter.
FLEMISH BEAUTY.--Large, red cheeked, productive and hardy.
BESSEMIANKA.--A seedless Russian variety, almost free from blight, hardy and productive.
BARTLETT.--Large size of excellent quality. One of the leading varieties.
KOONCE.--Medium to large, early and of delicious quality, a vigorous grower.
SECKEL.--Small, but of excellent quality; tree extremely hardy.

[image] BESSEMIANKA PEAR.

[image] SPRUCE.

CRAB APPLES.
TRANSCENDENT.--Medium size, golden yellow, rich, crimson red cheek, hardy and abundant bearer.
HYSLOP.--Large, produced in clusters. Color, dark rich red. Late.
WHITNEY NO. 20.--Red striped. Fruit of medium size. Flesh firm and juicy. Early.
GENERAL GRANT.--Extra hardy, red and yellow. Fruit large and round. Flesh white and fine grained.
MARTHA.--Extra hardy, red and yellow. In flavor said to surpass all other crabs. Late.
Each of above 35c, dozen $2.75.

EVERGREENS.
(Transplanted.)
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[column headings: Variety. Size. Each. Doz.]
American Arbor Vitae. 12 to 18 inches. $.35. $3.00.
American Arbor Vitae. 18 to 24 inches. .60. 5.00.
Scotch Pine. 12 to 18 inches. .40. 4.00.
Scotch Pine. 18 to 24 inches .60 5.50.
Norway Spruce. 12 to 18 inches. .40. 3.50.
Norway Spruce. 18 to 24 inches. .60. 5.50.
Colorado Blue Spruce. 18 to 24 inches. 1.00. 10.50.

APPLES.
Price 35c each; $2.75 per dozen. Purchaser to pay transportation charges. Ask for prices by the hundred.
SUMMER VARIETIES.
Benoni--Medium, red, tender, juicy, productive. Red Astrachan.--Large, beautiful, deep crimson. Yellow Transparent.--Earliest and best, tender, juicy, sub-acid. A variety which is always satisfactory. Red June--Medium, of excellent quality.
AUTUMN VARIETIES.
Autumn Strawberry.--Tender, juicy, productive. Duchess.--Good size, yellow streaked, rich, juicy, productive. Haas.--Large yellow, nearly covered with red, tender, juicy and sub-acid. Maidens Blush.--Beautiful blush cheek, large. Dyer.--Light yellow, excellent quality. Fameuse.--(Or Snow Apple.)--Medium size, striped with deep red; flesh very white, juicy, excellent quality. Sweet Swaar.--Large, yellow, tender, spicy.
WINTER VARIETIES.
Mammoth Black Twig.--Resembles Winesap, but is from one-third to one-half larger; very vigorous, strong grower. Productive, good quality and hardy. Ingram.--Is from the seed of Rawles Janet but is larger; tree very productive; valuable for a long keeper. Akins Red.--Tree hardy, thrifty and a great bearer. Medium to large, flesh crisp, tender and juicy. One of the finest winter apples ever introduced. Valuable for home or market; keeps till May. Winesap.--Medium, deep red, firm, crisp; one of the standard varieties. Wealthy.--Large, red, showy, sub-acid and productive. Walbridge.--Medium, striped with red; excellent quality. Ben Davis.--Large, handsome, standard western variety for market. Grime's Golden.--Good size, yellow, of highest quality, very productive. Jonathan.--Medium, red, extra quality. Northwestern Greening.--Yellow, of good size, extra long keeper. Gano.--An improved Ben Davis; nearly covered with deep dark red. Rawels Janet.--Medium, yellow striped with red. Rich, crisp and juicy; a long keeper. Talman Sweet.--Medium, yellow and rich. Wagener.--Is one of the most beautiful winter apples ever grown. Supposed to be a seedling of the Northern Spy. It is much brighter red and of the highest quality; the flesh being crisp, tender, aromatic. You cannot afford to be without one or two trees of this variety. Price, any of above, 35c; doz. $2.75, by express or freight, at purchaser's expense. Ask for prices by the hundred.

"AYE, KEEP PLANTIN' A TREE JOCK, IT'LL BE GROWN' WHILE YOU'R A SLEEPIN."