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94. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

[image] THE ABUNDANCE PLUM

PLUMS.
Iowa is the home of the best plums for the northwest. The varieties we offer have been thoroughly tested, and we only grow those that experience has shown us to be the best.
ABUNDANCE.--This is unlike any other plum. It is exceedingly hardy. Its propensity for early bearing is such that it loads in the nursery row, bending the limb with the weight of the great ropes of fruit until they sometimes break, and this is the case every year. Many who have grown it claim that the curculio has no effect upon it, the eggs failing to hatch and produce the destructive grub. Sometimes even little one-year-old saplings, only two feet high, are white with bloom and set heavily with large fine plums. The fruit 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 a delicious sweetness. Each 50c, doz. $5.00.
STODDART.--The largest and finest native plum known. Although a new variety, it has been tested in northeastern Iowa for about ten years, and for large size, hardiness of tree, good quality and abundant bearing, we think it has no competitor. Many specimens measure 6 1/2 inches and upward. It is the most profitable native plum known. Each 75c.
DE SOTO.--Medium size, good quality, has proved profitable wherever planted.
WOLF.--Large, dark red, good quality. Extra fine for cooking and canning by reason of its being a freestone. It is a vigorous grower, entirely hardy, and an abundant annual bearer.
HAWKEYE.--Very large, dark red, handsome, rich and good. Hardy and productive.
WEAVER.--An old, well known and favorite sort.
WYANT.--This fine new native plum is considered by Prof. Budd as one of the best.
FOREST GARDEN.--Large, of good quality, and the best very early variety.
ROLLINGSTONE.--Not so large as some, but of the very highest quality, and covered with such a deep bloom that it looks to be a "blue" plum.
Any of the above, except Abundance and Stoddart, 4 to 6 feet, each 40c, doz. $4.00.

PEACHES.
The following varieties of peaches are all hardy, and succeed well as far north as central Iowa, and there is a growing demand for them.
CROSBY.--A handsome new variety of medium size, rich orange yellow with blush; freestone, pit small, flesh yellow, juicy and sweet. Tree low, spreading; willowy habit of growth; perfectly hardy in a peach country. Each 50c, doz. $5.00.
TONG PA.--A large freestone Chinese white peach. Perfectly hardy.

[image] CROSBY PEACH.

ELBERTA.--Large size, beautiful color, yellow and red, delicious quality, a vigorous grower, one of the most productive on all soils; a good shipper.
BOKARA NO. 3.--The most hardy of all varieties. Has stood 28° below zero near Des Moines and borne a crop every year. Fruit grown on our place was shown at World's Fair, and measured seven inches in circumference, and were in good condition after having been picked for a month. It is a freestone variety, flesh of good quality, skin tough, yellow, with red cheek. Each 50c, doz. $5.
CHAMPION.--Hardy, and should head every list for Iowa growers. Large size, handsome, luscious fruit; skin creamy white with red cheek. Originated at Nakomis, Ill.
PRICE, except where noted, 3 to 5 feet, each 30c, doz. $3.00.

CHERRIES.
THE WRAGG.--Sturdy grower and immense bearer of large, handsome, dark colored fruit. The original trees of the Wragg cherry are still growing in Dallas county, Iowa, and are thirty years old, still bearing fair crops of fruit. It is undoubtedly the most profitable late cherry introduced for Minnesota, Wisconsin and the northwest. It is a large, dark colored fruit and should not be picked until fully ripe. By covering our trees with netting to protect from birds, we have had fresh fruit on till the first week in September for the past three years. It is highly recommendecl by the State Horticultural Society. Four to six feet, each 50c, doz. $5.00.
EARLY RICHMOND.--The best early, medium size, dark red, juicy and sprightly acid.
ENGLISH MORELLO.-- Blackish red, rich, acid, quite productive.
MONTMORENCY.--Large, bright red, acid.
DYE HOUSE.--Medium, rich, juicy and of good quality when fully ripe; very productive; little earlier than Richmond; hardy.
PRICES.--Above 4 varieties, strong trees, 4 to 6 ft., each 40c, doz. $4.00.
RUSSIAN CHERRIES.--From the long list of Russian cherries we have only selected those that were best adapted to our soil and climate. The following list we recommend are those that we have thoroughly tested: Russian Ostheim Lutovka, Orel 24, Bessarabian, Bruseler, Braune, Griote De Nord, 4 to 5 feet, each 60c, doz. $5.00.

PEARS.
Pears can be grown in Iowa. We know of some in this city which were set out simply as shade trees, and now they produce good crops of fruit. Many of the varieties, however, grown in the east are not hardy enough for this climate.
KOONCE.--Medium to large; yellow with blush, very handsome, early and of delicious quality. Tree vigorous, good grower and productive.
BESSEMIANKA.--Famous seedless pear of Russia. Medium size, russeted, very sweet, tender, juicy, delicious. Hardy.
KIEFFER'S HYBRID.--It is a fair dessert fruit and one of the very best for canning and preserving. Its large size and handsome appearance always causes it to sell well on the market. Its freedom from blight, early bearing, productiveness, vigorous growth and handsome appearance indicate it has come to stay. Season October and November.
IDAHO.--Large and handsome, core small, skin golden yellow, with russety spots; flesh melting, juicy, with a sprightly, vinous, delicious flavor. Season, September and October.
FLEMISH BEAUTY.--Large juicy, rich flavored. Season September and October.
BARTLETT.--Very popular, large clear yellow; rich, juicy, high flavored, great bearer.
Any of the above, 3 to 5 feet, each 40c, doz. $4.00.

[image] 1 BUSHEL FROM A 4 YEARS OLD KIEFFER PEAR TREE.