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 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
 
 Fruit and 
 Ornamental 
 
 TREES 
 
 Grape-Vines, Small Fruits 
 Shrubs, Plants, Etc. 
 
 Cultivated and for sale by 
 
 A. B. Hood & Co 
 
 Virginia Nurseries 
 
 Richmond, Virginia 
 
A Few Words of Advice to Customers 
 
 PLEASE LET US HAVE YOUR ORDERS EARLY 
 WHETHER THROUGH THE MAILS OR THROUOH OUR AGENTS 
 
 Ordering Through Our Agents 
 
 These agents have been employed by us after careful inquiry into their char- 
 acters, they having been recommended to us by prominent citizens in high standing, 
 as trustworthy and reliable men. We respectfully urge all our customers to order 
 through them if convenient, and in so doing they will save freight charges ; for by 
 taking a large number of orders for delivery at a certain point there is a great reduc- 
 tion in the freight, which we can afford to prepay. We endeavor to get a good agent 
 in every county ; though, if there be no agents canvassing in your neighborhood, you 
 will, of course, be obliged to order direct from us through the mails. 
 
 In ordering through our agents, please see that the agent writes your name and 
 place of delivery plainly at the top of the order, and also your post office, and the 
 number of miles and the direction you live from the point of delivery. The signa- 
 ture at the bottom of order must be made only by the party ordering. 
 
 Ordering Through the Mails 
 
 Please state if we shall ship by express or freight. Be careful to write your 
 name, shipping directions, and varieties plainly ; whether you want standard or 
 dwarf. If, however, the selection is left to us, we will select according to our best 
 judgment and long experience, taking into consideration the best varieties suited to 
 the section from which the order comes. Orders from persons who are unknown to 
 us should be accompanied by cash or satisfactory references. We deliver the stock 
 at the depots and express offices in Richmond in good order. We take a receipt 
 for same, and our responsibility ceases there ; we are not responsible for loss or 
 damage to goods in transit. 
 
 Mistakes 
 
 In case of any mistake on our part, immediate notice should be given, so that it 
 can be rectified or explained. 
 
escfiptive Catalogue of 
 Fruit and Ornamental 
 
 TREES 
 
 Grape-Vines, Small Fruits, Shrubs, Plants, Etc. 
 
 CULTIVATED AND FOR SALE BY 
 
 A. B. HOOD e? CO. 
 
 Virginia Nurseries 
 
 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 
 
Colorado Blue Spruce 
 (See paRc 52) 
 
PREFACE 
 
 F 1 EK more than forty years’ experience of oiir Mr. Hood in the 
 nursery business, all of which time has been spent in this city, we 
 take great pleasure in presenting this new edition of our Catalogue 
 to our friends and patrons, hoping that they will accept our thanks 
 for the generous aid and confidence they have bestowed upon us in 
 the past ; and it will be our aim in the future, by strict attention to 
 business and honest dealing in all transactions, to merit a continuance of the same. 
 We w'ill spare no needful amount of cost and pains to grow the very best stock that 
 can be grown, and shall recommend only such fruits as have proved to be good ; 
 and new fruits that have not been fully tested we will recommend to be planted in 
 small lots, which will be a great means of disseminating them, and may be the cause 
 of having many new fruits that will prove to do as well and be as popular all over 
 the country as h.arly Harvest, Johnson's Fine Winter, lien Davis and Winesap in 
 Apples; liartlett. Duchess and Kieffer in Fears; Elberta, Crawford’s Early and 
 l.ate, and Heath Cling in I’eaches; lirighton. Concord and Martha in ('.rapes. 
 
 In the past twenty-live years there has been great improvement in growing first- 
 class stock, and the people ha\ e been educated to know what are good trees. Those 
 that we sent out twenty-live years ago for first-class would not be considered second- 
 class now. For instance, twenty-five years ago we planted 23,760 apple grafts to one 
 acre ; for the last four years we have planted only 15,488 grafts to the acre, 'I'hen 
 grafting was done on the piece-root system, making five to six grafts out of one 
 seedling ; now we use only one seedling for each graft, which we claim to be the true 
 and only way it ought to be done ; and with our motto to send out only the best 
 stock, we do not make more than 40 or 50 per cent of trees that we can fill our 
 orders with, and the others we destroy, digging out those that we know will not 
 make good trees, giving those left a much better chance to make strong and healthy 
 trees ; and while we do not claim to sell cheaper trees than any other first-class 
 nursery, we think they will compare favorably with them anti are as cheap as we can 
 grow the stock we offer. As to our reliability not to send out anything that is not 
 true to name, we will refer to the many references we have receivetl, the pleasure we 
 lake in growing good trees, and our long association with the business. While we 
 employ only good men, and use every effort to satisfy our customers, mistakes will 
 sometimes occur, which we are always willing to correct. 
 
 Our Nurseries are located one and one-half miles north of the city, on the Lake- 
 side Car Line, and at Wickams, Hanover County, Va., between the C. & O. and 
 R. F. & l>. R. R. We employ throughout the year in the cultivation of our stock 
 from fifty to seventy-five hands, and work thirty horses and mules. 
 
 W'e secured control for a number of years of one of the most desirable farms in 
 Hanover county (twenty miles from Richmond); chocolate loam and gray soil ; this 
 farm is reputed to be one of the finest plantations within thirty miles of Richmond, 
 and has not heretofore been planted in trees. The land has all the re<|uirements for 
 the propagation of the very finest nursery stock, aiul the major portion of our [ilant- 
 iiig is being done, there. Our Mr. Hood personally spent considerable time, making 
 a minute examination of various farms in the vicinity, and failed in every instance to 
 discover any trace whatsoever of injurious di.sea.ses to fruit trees, vines and shrubs. 
 We consider ourselves especially fortunate in securing such admirably adapted land 
 and can promise our patrons in future, as furnished in the past, nursery stock of the 
 
 Ceptifieate of Inspection accompanies ail shipments. Stock thoroughly 
 fumigated before shipping 
 
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 very highest quality, first-class in every particular and true to name. W'e shall con- 
 tinue to use, as we have always done, the very best stock to be had for propagating 
 purposes. 
 
 Our facilities for growing, packing and shipping slock of all kinds known to 
 first-class nurserynien cannot be excelled. 
 
 A. B. HOOD & CO., Richmond, Va. 
 
 REMARKS 
 
 To the planter or purchaser of nursery stock at least three things are indis))en- 
 sable : first, varieties true to name ; second, healthy, vigorous, well-matured trees or 
 plants, and third, careful and judicious packing, without which all may be lost. 
 
 We give the most careful scrutiny to the propagation of varieties, endeavoring by 
 all methods known to us to protect ourselves from error and imposition, and rejecting 
 anything of which we have reason to feel suspicious. Hy such careful and constant 
 watching and attention we are warranted in offering our stock as pure and absolutely 
 true to name. 
 
 Our soil being of a character best suited to produce the healthiest conditions of 
 growth — that solid, firm texture of the wood, with abundant fibrous root, so necessary 
 to successful transplanting — we are enabled to offer the products of our Nurseries with 
 entire confidence to planters 1ti all sections of the country. 
 
 We give to our packing and shipping careful personal supervision, and to still 
 further protect our patrons, as well as ourselves, against loss in this direction, we 
 employ the most skilled and competent hands to assist us. 
 
 By careful consideration of the wants of our trade and faithful attention to busi- 
 ness, we hope to continue to merit and receive a share of the patronage of lovers and 
 buyers of choice fruits and ornamentals. 
 
 GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS 
 
 While we exercise the greatest diligence and care to have all our trees, etc., true 
 to label, and hold ourselves in readiness, on proper proof, to replace all trees, etc., 
 that may prove untrue to label free of charge, or to refund the amount paid, it is mutu- 
 ally understood and agreed to, between the purchaser and ourselves, that our guar- 
 antee of genuineness shall in no case make us liable for any sum greater than that 
 originally received for said trees, etc., that shall prove untrue. 
 
 ADVICE TO PLANTERS 
 
 Select thrifty young trees in preference to old or very large ones ; the roots are 
 more tender and fibrous and they bear transplanting better and are far more apt to 
 live ; they can also be more easily trimmed and shaped to :my desired form, and in 
 the course of a few years will usually outstrip the older ones in growth. 
 
 SELECTION OF VARIETIES 
 
 Be careful to choose such as you know to be suited to your section ; or, as we 
 have suggested heretofore, leave the selection to us. It is fair to presume that with 
 the experience of more than twenty years, giving all our time and talent to the sub- 
 ject, our information must be at least equal to that of the average planter. Varieties 
 are almost innumerable, and many of them either worthless or of little value. Great 
 injustice has been done by the compilation of long lists, which ser\e only to induce 
 the orchardist to plant a large assortment, the greater number of which generally fail 
 
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 to give satisfaction. A few good varieties, ripening in succession tlironghout the 
 season, are far preferalile for all purposes. What the planter particularly needs is a 
 sufficient number of those varieties which have been tried and proved themselves 
 worthy of cultix ation. 
 
 It is our determination to propagate and recommend only such as we confidently 
 believe to be of superior quality. 
 
 A few words as to c|uality of stock may not be inappropriate. Some are induced 
 by low prices to ])lant second- or third-class trees, saying “your first-class stock 
 costs more.” Now, this is as it should be. It costs more simply because it is worth 
 more,— worth more to the nurseryman, and worth tenfold more to the planter. 
 
 It is useless, yes absurd, to expect a nice, thrifty, productive tree from a poor, 
 weakly, stunted scion. .Men deal not so in the animal kingdom ; the best of the flock 
 is always the choice of the well-informed breeder. 
 
 Let us insist upon it that you plant nothing but strictly first-class trees, which 
 will always cost first-class prices. 
 
 THE SOIL 
 
 A rich loam is the best for fruit, made sufficiently dry by artificial draining, if 
 necessary ; but all soils can be made available by judicious treatment. 
 
 PREPARATION FOR PLANTING 
 
 Plow and subsoil repeatedly, so as to thoroughly pulverize to a depth of 12 to 
 15 inches. When planting upon the lawn or grass plots, remove the sod for a diam- 
 eter of 4 or 5 feet and keep this space well worked and free from weetls. Dig the 
 hole deeper and larger than is necessary, to admit all the roots in their natural posi- 
 tion, keeping the surface and subsoil separate. Cut off broken and bruised roots and 
 shorten the tops to half a dozen good buds, except for fall phiTiting, when it is better 
 to defer top-pruning until the following spring, which should be done before the buds 
 begin to push. If not prepared to plant when your stock arrives, “heel in,” by 
 digging a trench deep enough to admit all the roots, and setting the trees therein as 
 thick as they can stand, carefully packing the earth about the roots, taking up when 
 retjuired. Never leave the roots exposed to the sun and air. 
 
 PREPARING THE ROOTS 
 
 Immediately before planting, all the bruised or wouiuled parts, where cut with 
 the spade, should be pared off smoothly, to prevent decay and to enable them to heal 
 over by granulations during the growth of the tree. 'I'hen dip them in a bed of mud, 
 w hich will coat over every part evenly, and leave no portion in contact with the air 
 which accidentally might not be reached by the earth in filling the hole. The use of 
 water in settling the earth amongst the roots will be found eminently serviceable. Let 
 there be a few quarts poured in while the hole is filling up. If the trees have been 
 out of the ground for a long time, and become dry and shrix eled, they should be 
 immersed in water twentj -four hours before planting. Fruit trees sometimes remain 
 wdth fresh and green branches, but with unswollen buds, till midsummer ; instead of 
 watering such at the roots, let the body and branches be wet every evening regularly, 
 about sundown, with a watering-pot, and it will in nearly all cases bring them into 
 active growth. 
 
 SHORTENING-IN THE BRANCHES 
 
 However carefully trees may be taken up, they will lose a portion of their roots, 
 and if the whole top is allowed to remain the demand will be so great upon the roots 
 that in many cases it will prove fatal to the tree. To obviate this, then, it becomes 
 necessary to shorten-in the branches, which should be done at the time of planting, 
 and in a manner to correspond with the loss of roots. If the tree has lost the greater 
 
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 portion of its roots, a severe shortening-in of the brandies will be necessary ; if only 
 a small portion of the roots have been cut off, more moderate pruning will be suffi- 
 cient. Particular attention to this matter will save many trees that otherwise would 
 perish. 
 
 PLANTING 
 
 h'ill up the hole with surface soil, so that the tree will stand as it did when in 
 the nursery, after the earth is settled, e.scept Dwarf Pears, which should be planted 
 deep enough to cover the Quince stock upon «-hich they are budded 2 or 3 inches. 
 Work the soil thoroughly among the roots, and when well covered tramp firmly. 
 Set the tree firm as a post, but leave the surface filling (of poorer soil) light and 
 loose. No staking will be required except with very tall trees. Never let manure 
 come in contact with the roots. 
 
 MULCHING 
 
 The value of mulching catinot be overestimated. It increases the fertility of the 
 soil, protects the tree alike from drought and frost, and adds materially to the growth 
 and vigor of young orchards. The trifling cost of material and lalx>r, and the immense 
 benefits derived, commend it to every one. Pine tags, straw, leaves, coarse manure, 
 shavings or tan bark may be used. Some of these may be procured by every one. 
 
 Remove the mulching from the stem of the tree during the winter, otherwise 
 mice may harbor there and injure it. 
 
 We also advise removing the mulch several times during the growing season 
 and loosening up the soil about the trees. 
 
 CULTIVATING 
 
 When the transplanting is finished many persons are under the impression that 
 their work is done, and they can do nothing more for the tree ; but this is a very 
 mistaken idea. It is an important matter to have them well planted, but doubly 
 important to have them well cultivated afterwards. P'nveloped in weeds and grass, 
 what plant can flourish ? What farmer, for an instant, would think of raising a crop 
 of Indian corn in the thick and tall grass of a meadow? Such an idea, he would at 
 once say, would be prejrosterous. We will say that it is not more impossible than the 
 idea of raising a thrifty orchard under the same treatment. It is indispensably 
 necessary that the ground should be well cultivated to obtain fine fruit. I'rom the 
 neglect of this arises so much of the dissatisfaction of tree planters. Give to your 
 trees for a few years a clean, mellow and fertile soil, and they will bend under 
 copious loads of fine fruit, and yield to the cultivator his rew'ard. The experiment 
 only is enough to convince any one of the advantage of good culture. Dwarf Pears, 
 more than any other tree, require a deep, rich soil and clean cultivation. In culti- 
 vating, great care should be taken not to injure the trees by rubbing the bark off', 
 which will often happen if careless hands (or those that are not) use long single- 
 trees. W'e use a singletree 10 inches, and always wrap the end atid trace next to the 
 row, and seldom bark a tree. The best tools are one-horse turn-plow (which 
 every farmer or fruit-grower should have) and cultivator. We try to cultivate our 
 nursery after every rain from April to October. The best crops for an orchard are 
 those requiring summer culture — such as potatoes, beans, etc. Winter crops are 
 little better than no culture. Rye is decidedly injurious. 
 
 PRUNING 
 
 We recoTiimend the greatest care :md moderation in this operation, believing, 
 as we do, that upon the whole there is more injury done by the use of pruning instru- 
 ments in unskilful hands than would result from its entire neglect. Some of the 
 objects sought are to diminish the thick growth, to increase the vigor of the branches. 
 
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 to admit lisjht and air. and to form a well-sliaped top. We are opposed to the too 
 common practice of trimming trees as high as a man’s head, leaving a long, naked 
 stem e.vposed to the ravages of insects and the deleterious effects of sun and wind, as 
 well as other sudden and extreme changes of the atmosphere. If a tree be allowed 
 to branch near the ground, its danger from these ills will be lessened, and it will grow 
 much stronger and faster, bear more fruit, which will be more easily gathered, less 
 liable to be blown down, and, we may add, every way better. If watched closely 
 when young and growing, it will never become necessary to take off large limbs. 
 Occasional pinching or cropping off' of the ends of a branch to give the tree proper 
 shape, and removing those that cross or crowd each other, will be all that will be 
 needed by most trees. Peach trees would be greatly benelited by an annual shorten- 
 ing-in of the branches, say one-half of the previous year's growth ; this may be done 
 at any time after the fall of the leaf until the buds commence swelling in the spring ; 
 they never need any thinning-out of the branches. Dwarf Pears also need careful 
 attention annually, to keep them in shape, by cutting back the rampant and straggling 
 shoots ; they should be pruned down instead of up, never allowing them to grow high : 
 or the top will become too heavy for the roots, and increase the danger of blowing down. 
 
 HOW TO WINTER TREES PROCURED IN THE FALL 
 
 The practice of procuring supplies of trees in the fall is becoming more and more 
 general :is e:tch season demonstrates its wisdom. It is a more hivorable time than 
 spring, because of the colder weather, and the lighter pressure of business with 
 nur.serymen, the freighting companies, and the planter. Even when fall planting is 
 not desirable, by reason of severity of the climate, the stock may be procured in the 
 fall, and thus be on hand ready for the opportune moment in the spring. To insure 
 success, you have only to get the trees before freezing weather ;md bury them in 
 the following manner : Choose a dry spot where no water will stand during the 
 winter, with no grass near it to invite mice. Dig a trench, throwing out enough dirt 
 to admit one layer of roots below the surface, and pktce the trees in it, inclined to an 
 angle of forty-five degrees or more. Widen the trench, throwing the soil among the 
 roots in position ; place another layer in the trench, reclining the tops on the others, 
 and so on until all are in the trench ; then finish by throwing up more soil until the 
 tops of the trees are nearlv or quite covered. It is also well to bank up the earth 
 around the sides to insure more thorough protection. The exposed tops should then 
 be covered with pine boughs, which insures them against an\- possibility of injury. 
 Care should be taken to fill solid all the interstices tnnong the roots. In the spring 
 the roots will be found to have formed the granulation necessary to the production of 
 new spongioles and when jilanted at the proper titne will start to immediate growth. 
 
 TREATMENT OF TREES COMING TO HAND OUT OF SEASON 
 
 It sometimes happens that trees are received in a frosted state ; but if they are 
 properly managed they will not be injured by it. Let the package be put, unopened, 
 in a cellar, or some such place— cool, but free from frost — until it is perfectly thawed, 
 when it can be unpacked, and either planted or placed in a trench until convenient to 
 plant. Trees received in the fall for spring planting .should at once be unpacked, and 
 a trench dug in a rather dry, sheltering position, when the roots should be well 
 covered. So treated, they will be preserved without the least injury until spring. If 
 they should come to hand late in the spring, and appear much dried, plunge the 
 bundle into a pool of water, there to remain for twenty-four hours, or more, if very 
 much wilted, after which it should be unpacked, and the roots and half the stems 
 should be buried in soil made quite wet by watering ; there let them remain until the 
 bark expands to its natural fullness, when they may be taken up and planted as before 
 directetl, and we will guarantee you a good reward for your labor. 
 
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 PLANT YOUNG TREES 
 
 W’e cannot too strongly recommend to our customers the procuring of young 
 trees, especially for orchard planting, instead of .selecting the largest that can Ite had, 
 to secure a more immediate effect. They can be taken up with more perfect roots, 
 and will become sooner established in a new location. They can also be more readily 
 trained to any desired shape. The largest and most successful planters invariably 
 select young, thrifty trees, as the surest in the end to give thorough satisfaction. 
 
 For small grounds, or street planting, when it is necessary to make a sliow as 
 soon as possible, large trees are often desirable, and when handled with care should 
 not fail to do well ; but with the general planter the average of loss will be much less, 
 and both time and money will be saved if youn,g trees are selected to commence with. 
 
 THE GROWTH OF TREES 
 
 As many persons are unacquainted with the varied .growth of the different varieties 
 of fruit trees, and are rlissatisfied with the difference in appearance of their trees, we 
 will briefly give a few e.xamples, thereby hoping to avoid a most unpleasant difficulty 
 sometimes taking place between the ine.xperienced purchaser and the nurserjnian. 
 h'or instance : were a customer to order a lot of apple trees, naming amongst them 
 .American .Summer Pearmain, Tetofsky, Albemarle Pippin, etc., he would get some 
 of the finest \ arieties umler culture, but the trees would be small ; consequently, the 
 nurseryman must suffer a severe lecture, and, next, his neighbors would be advised 
 not to patronize that man, for his trees are too small. .Should he order a lot of Sum- 
 mer Sweet Paradise, .Summer Queen, Smokehouse, W’inesap and Koxbury Russet, 
 he would get large, rapid-growing trees and choice fruit, but so crooked and tv\ isted 
 as again to displease the purchaser. Kut should he send for Hullock Pippin, Ikiltzley,. 
 Paradise, Baldwin, Horse, \’ates, I)t)niinie, etc., he would receive large, vvell-formed 
 trees which would please his eye and tio doubt cause him to advise his neighbors to 
 purchase there, yet some of the fruit would be quite inferior to the other lists. 
 
 DISTANCES FOR PLANTING 
 
 Standard apples 
 
 .Standard pears and strong-growing cherries . 
 
 Duke and Morello cherries 
 
 ■Standard plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines 
 
 Dwarf pears 
 
 Dwarf apples . . 
 
 Grapes, rows 8 to i6 feet apart 
 
 Currants and gooseberries 
 
 Raspberries and blackberries 
 
 .Stmwberries, for field culture 
 
 Strawberries, for .garden culture 
 
 30 feet apart each way 
 
 20 
 
 18 
 
 . . . 16 to iS 
 . . . 10 to 12 
 . . . 10 to 12 
 
 8 to 16 feet in rows 
 
 3 to 4 feet apart 
 
 . . 3 to 4 feet by 5 to 7 feet apart 
 
 I '/i to 3 feet by 3 to 4 feet apart 
 
 I to 2 feet apart 
 
 NUMBER OF TREES ON AN ACRE 
 
 30 feet apart each way 50 
 
 25 “ “ “ ... 70 
 
 20 “ " “ 110 
 
 18 “ •* " 135 
 
 15 “ “ “ 205 
 
 12 “ “ “ 300 
 
 to feet apart each way 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 5 
 
 4 “ ■< “ 
 
 3 
 
 435 
 
 680 
 
 1,210 
 
 1,745 
 
 2,725 
 
 4,840 
 
 Rci.e. — M ultiply the distance in feet between the rows by the distance the plants 
 are apart in the rows, and the product will be the number of square feet for each 
 plant or hill ; which, divided into the number of feet in an acre (43,560), will give the 
 number of plants or trees to the acre. 
 
Fruit Department 
 
 Since oiir last Catalo5!:ue was issued we have taken several varieties from our 
 lists as not proving worthy of cultivation, and others we have taken from our descrip- 
 tive list, as we consider that it was too large ; but we shall still continue to grow them 
 in limited numbers, and if any of these varieties do well in any particular locality we 
 shall be able to furnish them, but advise to coniine your list to the descriptive kinds. 
 
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 Select Apples 
 
 'I'he first fruit, both in importance and general culture, is the Apple. Its period, 
 unlike that of other fruits, e.xtentls nearly or quite through the year. l!y planting 
 judicious selections of summer, autumn and winter sorts, a constant succession can be 
 easily obtained of this indispensable fruit for family use. 
 
 As fruit has become cheaper on account of the increased sup])ly, a large and con- 
 stantly increasing Kuropean demand has sprung up, which affords highly remunerative 
 prices for the best .selected specimens of our orchards, while the new process of 
 evaporation of fruit has become a recognized au.xiliary to the horticulture of the land. 
 With the immense consum|)tion by this process of evaporation, it may be doubted if 
 Apple orcharding will ever, in any season, be less than highly remunerative. All the 
 surplus of orchards, all “ windfalls" and defective specimens, can at once be gathered 
 and sold at a fair jirice to the evaporating establishments, which now e.xist in almost 
 every town in all fruit-growing sections. 
 
 SUMMER VARIETIES 
 
 American Summer. (American .Summer 
 Pearmaiu. ) Medium size, obloug, nearly- 
 covered with streaks and dots of red ; flesh 
 tender, juicy, with rich subacid flavor ; 
 fine. Tree a slow grower, but bears early 
 and abundantly. Continues in use for 
 several weeks, l.ast of July and Aug. 
 
 Benoni. Medium size, round, deep red; 
 flesh yellow, tender, subacid. An e,xcel- 
 lent Apple. July. 
 
 Bough. (Sweet liough.) Large, round- 
 ish, sometimes conical; pale yellow ; flesh 
 white, very tender, with an e.xcellent, 
 sweet flavor. Tree moderately vigorous 
 and very productive. July. 
 
 “ I was handed a letter !)>• your a^jent here re<iuestinK a recommendation for your stock, which I can 
 cheerfully give. Heitig a fruit-vrower on a large scale, I buy trees from several other nurseries, and 1 
 find your trees to be by far the nest ever sold in this state by any nursery. F. Martin Walcott, 
 
 Ark., S, 1904. 
 
 
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 Gravenstein. 
 
 SUMMER APPLES, continued 
 
 Carolina June. (Carolina Red June.) 
 .•\n early bearer and very productive. 
 Fruit medium size, dark crimson ; llesli 
 white, very tender, fine-grained, juicy, 
 subacid. June and July. 
 
 Early Colton. One of the best earl) 
 Apples, ripening with the old Karly May, 
 some ten days before Karly Harvest, and 
 continues to ripen for two or three weeks, 
 which makes it a valuable family Apple. 
 It is of beautiful appearance, medium 
 size, yellowish white, with a tint of crim- 
 son where exposed to the sun. 
 
 Early Harvest. Rather large, round, 
 yellow ; flesh nearly white, tender, juicy, 
 crisp, with a rich, sprightly, subacid 
 flavor. Tree a moderate grovier and 
 very productive. It has no superior 
 among early Apples. June and July. 
 
 Early Red. \'ery valuable Pennsylvania 
 Apple, which we have thoroughly tested 
 here. h'lne size, beautiful showy red 
 color. An immense and sure bearer ; 
 ripens through a long period of time. A 
 (irsl-rate shipper and good seller in the 
 market ; ought to be in every orchard. 
 Ripens from middle to last of July. 
 
 Early Ripe. This tine Apple, coming as 
 it does immediately after the Karly I har- 
 vest, fills a want long felt by the orchard- 
 ist. Its large size, handsome appearance 
 and good bearing (jualities combine to 
 make it the most profitable market vari- 
 ety of its season. The tree is hardy and 
 of vigorous growth. Fruit large, yellow- 
 ish white ; lle.sh white, juicy, subacid ; fine 
 for the table or cooking. First of July. 
 
 Fanny. .Medium to slightly above, cov- 
 ered with two shades of red ; handsome, 
 'free a line, u]iright, strong grower and 
 good bearer. A week or ten days later 
 than Karly Ri|>e ; line (piality. .-\ profita- 
 ble variety. 
 
 Fourth ol July. X’aluable for cooking 
 and market. Fruit medium, roundish, 
 oblate-conical, slightly ribbed ; whitish 
 yellow, striped and splashed with bright 
 red. It has been thoroughly te.sted, and 
 found to be one of the very best e.irl)- 
 Apples. Matures early in July. 
 
 Gravenstein. Large, roundish, striped 
 with red ; flesh tender, juicy, very rich, 
 with subacid, high flavor. Productive, 
 handsome and excellent ; fine in all local- 
 ities. August. 
 
 Golden Sweeting. Rather large, rich 
 yellow ; flesh juicy, tender, sweet. One 
 of the best sweet Apples ; very popular 
 variety. August. 
 
 Horse. Large, yellow ; flesh coarse, 
 subacid, free vigorous. Fine for cook- 
 ing and for market ; very popular South. 
 -August. 
 
 Jonathan of Eastern, N. C. Large, white; 
 subacid. \’ery popular. September. 
 
 Maiden’s Blush. Rather large, oblate, 
 smooth, regular, with a line, evenly 
 shaded red cheek or blush, on a clear 
 pale yellow ground ; flesh white, teiuler, 
 sprightly, with a pleasant subacid flavor. 
 This variety forms a handsome, rapid- 
 growing tree, with a fine spreading head, 
 and bears large crops. August to Octo- 
 ber. 
 
 " 1 consider your trees far superior to tliose bougiil of any otlier nursery. Their growtii is rapitf 
 and tlteir early-itearing qualities reniarkahle. All my orders for trees shall certainly be placed in the 
 Itauds of your agent, Capt. J. S, Coates, of whom f obtained my present assortment.”— Edgar L. 
 W'Al.DROeK, Raleigh, Va., ao. /90./. 
 
A. B. Hood & Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 II 
 
 SUMMER APPLES, continued 
 
 Oldenburg. A Russian variety of very 
 handsome appearance and great value. 
 Tree very hardy, vigorous, and an al)tui- 
 dant hearer. I'ruit mediiun to large, 
 golden yellow, nearly covered with streaks 
 of crimson ; liesh tender, juicy, pleasant. 
 A valuable variety for the market. Au- 
 gust. 
 
 Red Astrachan. Rather large, approach- 
 ing conical, covered with deep crimson, 
 overspread with a thick bloom ; tlesh 
 juicy, rich, aci<l. From its earliness, 
 handsome appearance, and the vigor of 
 the tree and its excellent culinary ([uali- 
 ties, it is worthy of general cultivation. 
 July. 
 
 Red Bietigheimer. A very large and 
 beautiful Apple of German origin. Cream- 
 colored, shaded with light red to purple- 
 crimson ; tlesh white, firm, subacid, with 
 a brisk. |)leasant flavor. Tree a strong 
 grower, with large, luxuriant foliage. 
 One of the largest and handsomest of 
 all Apples, and succeeds everywhere. 
 August and September. 
 
 South Carolina Summer. A seedling of 
 Huff. Size medium to large, color bright 
 red ; flesh white, linn and crisp, very 
 juicy, rich. The Apple 
 is iiigh-colored and as 
 bright as if varnished, 
 and we know of no other 
 variety as showy at the 
 same season. Tlie surest 
 bearer we know of ; two- 
 year-olii trees ha\ e pro- 
 duced full crops in the 
 nursery row ; when other 
 varieties fail, the .South 
 Carolina Summer pro- 
 duces fruit. It ripens, 
 where it originated, in 
 Spartanburg cotmt\, .S. 
 
 C., from June i.s to the 
 mirldle of August. In- 
 troduced by us. 
 
 Summer King. T h e 
 finest of its season. Fruit 
 above medium to large, 
 beautifully striped and 
 covered with two shades 
 of red ; flesh tender and 
 very fine in quality. Tree 
 ([uite upright and vigor- 
 ous, forming a beautiful 
 round head in orchard. 
 
 A desirable variety for 
 either family use or mar- 
 ket. Season August. 
 
 Summer Rambo of Penn- 
 sylvania. Large to very 
 large, round, somewhat 
 flattened, yellow and 
 
 beautifully striped with red ; flesh tender 
 and rich, with a mild subacid flavor. 
 August and September. 
 
 Yellow Transparent. Of Russian origin. 
 It ripens fully ten days in advance of 
 Early Harvest. .Size medium, light, trans- 
 parent lemon-yellow, smooth waxen sur- 
 face ; flesh white, melting, juicy, and of 
 excellent (|nality ; for an early .Apple an 
 exceptionally good keeper and shipper 
 Tree a free, upright grower, prolific, and 
 a remarkablv earlv bearer. 
 
 AUTUMN VARIETIES 
 
 Alexander. Tree vigorous. Fruit very 
 large, regularly formed, conical ; skin 
 greenish yellow, faintly streaked with 
 red on the shaded side, but orange, bril- 
 liantly streaked and marked with a bright 
 red in the sun ; flesh yellowish white, 
 cris|), tender and juicy, with a pleasant 
 flavor; good. September to December. 
 
 Baltzley. Large, oblate ; skin clear 
 pale yellow, sometimes a blush next to 
 the sun ; flesh tender, juicy, sweet, with 
 a good flavor. Tree an early and good 
 bearer. A first-rate cooking A|)ple ; de- 
 serves a |)lace in e\ery orchard. Oct. 
 
 Yellow Transparent. 
 
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 Buckingham, or Winter Queen. 
 
 AUTUMN APPLES, continued 
 
 Bonum. Medium oblate ; color liglil to 
 dark red ; flesh yellow, firm, breaking 
 fine-grained ; flavor ricli subacid ; first 
 iluality for dessert. A most excellent 
 Apple ; originated in North Carolina ; de- 
 serves more general attention. Septem- 
 ber to December. 
 
 Buckingham, or Winter Queen. Large to 
 very large, greenish yellow, mixed and 
 striped with crimson or purpli.sh red ; 
 flesh yellowish, breaking tender, juicy, 
 mild, sprightly, subacid. A hand.some, 
 healthy tree ; comes into bearing very 
 pirly. and very productive. This Apple 
 is cultivated over a great portion of the 
 southern and western states, and is 
 everywhere very profitable and popular, 
 succeeding in almost every locality. W’e 
 consider it one of the most valuable sorts. 
 October to January. 
 
 Fall Pippin. V'ery large, roundish ob- 
 long ; yellow, rich and excellent. 'Free 
 vigorous and a fine 'bearer. E.steemed 
 
 everywhere ; in the valley of Virginia it 
 is very popular as an early winter .Apple. 
 Septetnber to December. 
 
 Fall Cheese. Virginia Apple ; very 
 popular. Size large ; green, beautiftdly 
 striped with red ; flesh white, subacid 
 flavor, and rich aroma. 'Free a vigorous 
 grower and very productive. .September 
 to December. 
 
 Fallawater. Large, greenish yellow, 
 with dull red cheek, slightly conical ; 
 juicy, subacid. X’igorous grower and 
 very productive. Worthy of general cul- 
 tivation. November to February. 
 
 Rebel. We unhesitatingly claim this to 
 be the prettiest Apple that grows, and in 
 (|uality it does not fall a particle below its 
 beauty. Large size, round, bright, clear 
 red on yellow ground cot ered with a fine 
 bloom ; flesh yellowish white ; rich, with 
 an agreeable mingling of the .saccharine 
 and acid. Origin, Rappahannock county, 
 X’irginia. October to February. 
 
 Smith's Cider. Rather large ; greeni.sh 
 white, striped with red ; flesh tender, 
 juicy, with a mild, subacid flavor ; a pro- 
 digious betirer :md profitable market va- 
 riety. October to February. 
 
 Smokehouse. Fruit large, oblate, striped 
 \vith red on yellow ground ; flesh yellow- 
 ish white, firm, juicy, crisp and rich, with 
 a fine, aromatic, stibacid flavor ; unsur- 
 passed for culinary purposes ; productive. 
 September to December. 
 
 Wine Apple. (Fnglish Redstreak, Hays' 
 Winter. ) A valuable late autumn or early 
 winter Apjtle ; fruit large, skin yellow, 
 tnore or less covered with mixwl and 
 broken stripes of red, splashed with crim- 
 son ; flesh yellowish, firm, juicy ; flavor 
 acid to subacid, rich ; (juality good. Oc- 
 tober to December. 
 
 " I consider yonr nursery stock far superior to any I have houglit or seen sent out to this country. I 
 have tried other nutseries, but none xive the satisfaction tfiat I have received from your trees, and now 
 I will buy from no other."— Rev. Ja.mes Hughs. Mero, Va., /?, 11)04. 
 
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 i;! 
 
 AUTUMN APPLES, continued 
 
 Wealthy. From Minnesota. Fruit me- 
 dium, olilate ; whitish yellow ground, 
 shaded with tleep, rich crimson in the 
 sun ; flesh white, fine-grained, tender, 
 juicy, lively, vinous snhacid. We have 
 fruited this variety for the past five years, 
 and we consider it one of the best for 
 market and home use. Hears young and 
 abundantly. September. 
 
 Wood’s Favorite. Originated with Mr. 
 C. H. Wood, Rappahannock county, \'a. 
 Similar to Maiden’s Hlush, which it is 
 supposed to be a seedling of, only later. 
 Fruit above medium to large ; beautiful 
 orange-yellow, with a brilliant red blush ; 
 flesh firm, fine-grained, crisp, subacid. 
 September to January. 
 
 WINTER VARIETIES 
 
 Albemarle Pippin. I’erhaps no Apple 
 .stands higher in the market than this, or 
 brings as high a price ; yet others may be 
 more profitable to the grower. It suc- 
 ceeds finely in the I’iedmont region, and 
 in many parts of the vallev of X’irginia, 
 though in jroor, cold soils It will not suc- 
 ceed. It needs a deep, warm soil to bring 
 it to perfection. Where it does well we 
 would still advise planting it largely for 
 market. Fruit large, round, lop-sided, 
 ribbed and irregular ; surface smooth, 
 yellowish green, sometimes bronzy, be- 
 coming yellow when ripe ; flesh yellow, 
 firm, brittle, juicy; flavor acid, rich, agree- 
 able. January to April. 
 
 Ben Davis. Originated in Kentucky. 
 Tree remarkably healthy, vigorous, and 
 an abundant bearer ; fruit large, hand- 
 some, striped ; flesh whitish, tender, juicy, 
 subacid ; a very profitable market varietj-. 
 Keeps till midwinter or later. 
 
 Berry Red. It is supposed to be a chance 
 seedling, found growing on the premises 
 of Mr. John Herry, of Meadow Creek, in 
 Whitley county, Ky. The parent tree has 
 borne annual crops of fruit for nearly 
 eighty years. Large to very large ; color 
 dark bright shining red ; form oblate ; 
 flesh cream color ; quality good ; flavor 
 excellent, and retained through its long 
 keeping season ; subacid, rich, juicy. As 
 a market variety and a long keeper it is 
 second to none. 
 
 Bentley’s Sweet. Supposed origin, Vir- 
 ginia. Fruit medium, roundish, flattened 
 at ends, sometimes slightly oblicpie and 
 sometimes sides unequal ; pale yellowish 
 green, shaded with (rale red, and mode- 
 rately sprinkled with light and brown dots; 
 flesh fine, whitish, compact; sweet, some- 
 what honeyed flavor ; tree moderately 
 vigorous, hardy, good bearer and keeper; 
 very good. January to May. 
 
 Cannon Pearmain. Medium size, round 
 oblong or ovate, shaded and striped with 
 red ; flesh yellow, firm ; flavor mild, sub- 
 acid ; a good bearer, and valuable for 
 marketing ; deserves extensive planting 
 in the South. January to April. 
 
 Delaware Red Winter. Color a beautiful 
 red ; medium in size ; subacid and juicy ; 
 keeps till June, or later ; tree vigorous and 
 good bearer, productive ; good keeper. 
 
 The Dickinson. Josiah Hoopes, e.\- 
 I’resident of the Pennsylvania Horticul- 
 tural Association, describes it as follows : 
 "T'his promising variety originated in 
 West Chester, Chester county. Pa., some 
 twenty tears ago, and was grown from 
 the seed of the well-known Hellefleur. 
 The original tree is not in a remarkably 
 favorable position, nor has it received any 
 especial treatment to induce fruitfulness 
 or fair specimens, yet the result has been 
 exceptionally good. It is a rather .strag- 
 gling grower. It has never missed pro- 
 ducing a crop of fruit since arriving at 
 bearing age, and has generally yielded 
 above the average in quantity, thus en- 
 titling it to be termed a regular and abun- 
 dant bearer. The fruit is large to very 
 large, ovate inclining to conical ; covered 
 with faint streaks or marblings of red, 
 deepening on the sunny .side to dark red ; 
 flavor mild, snhacid, abounding in juice; 
 especially pleasant and agreeable ; (luality 
 very good to best. Season, January and 
 February.” 
 
 Grimes’ Golden. Medium, rich golden 
 \ ellow ; crisp, tender, juicy, with a pecu- 
 liar aroma ; good grower and early bearer; 
 very popular in W’est N'irginia. Novem- 
 Irer to March. 
 
 Gano. Tree verv healthy, vigorous, very 
 hardy; an early, annual and prolific trearer; 
 color bright red on yellow ground ; large; 
 flesh white, fine-grained, mild subacid. 
 Close kin to Hen Ifavis; same season. 
 
 Ivanhoe. Medium to large, well pro- 
 portioned ; color a light golden yellow 
 when mellow ; flesh tender ; flavor excel- 
 lent, crisp and juicy. The tree is vigor- 
 ous, bears very young — often at two years 
 of age — and bears abundantly every year. 
 I’ruit hangs on the tree until Christmas 
 or after. 
 
 Johnson’s Fine Winter, or York Imperial. 
 
 Medium size, truncated oval, angular ; 
 skin greenish yellow, nearly covered with 
 bright red ; flesh tender, crisp, juicy, 
 aromatic; an enormous bearer, and hangs 
 well on the tree. It is also a good keeper, 
 retaining its flavor to the last. We cannot 
 .say loo much in favor of this Apple. All 
 things considered, it is scarcely second 
 to any in the Catalogue as a profitable 
 orchard variety. February to April. 
 
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 A. B. Hood O Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 Johnson’s Fine Winter, or York Imperial. (See page 13) 
 
 WINTER APPLES, continued 
 
 Jonathan. Fruit medium or small, 
 roundish ; skin yellow, nearly covered 
 with dark or lively red; fine-grained, very 
 tender and finely flavored. Xovember 
 to April. 
 
 Justice. This .\i)ple, introduced by us, 
 originated in Wayne county, W. Va., 
 where it is prized as one of the best. 
 Fruit very large ; skin yellow, with heavy 
 blush on sunny side, rather thick, smooth 
 .surface. It has a delicious flavor, sub- 
 acid and is known to keep until the 
 following July. Specimens of same have 
 weighetl as high as twenty-six ounces. 
 
 Kinnard's Choice. Fruit medium to large, 
 roundish obl.ate ; skin yellow and coveretl 
 with dark red or crimson; flesh yellow’, 
 fine-grained, tender, rich, juicy, almost 
 arom.'itic ; niitsf excellent. No .Apple 
 grown is of belter <|uality. Tree vigorous 
 and bears young ; is thought to be a 
 seedling of Winesap and is worthy of 
 such parentage. 
 
 Longfield. One of the best of the new 
 Kussian .Apples. Tree a strong grower 
 and an early, abundant and annual 
 bearer ; flesh w hite, fine-grained, tender, 
 juicy, with a rich, sprightly subacid 
 flavor. December to .April. 
 
 Lady Apple. .A beautiful, small, dessert 
 fruit ; |)ale yellow, w ith brilliant red 
 cheek ; crisp, juicy and pleasant. 
 
 Limber Twig. .An old southern .Apple ; 
 medium size, dull red color ; subacid and 
 of rich flavor ; good grower, bearer and 
 keeper. January to .April. 
 
 Lankford's Seedling. Origin, Kent 
 county, .Md. Tree hardy and a good 
 bearer, bearing annual crops ; fruit of 
 large size, striped; <|uality excellent; 
 keeps until .April. 
 
 McCuller’s Winter. ( friginated iti Wake 
 county, North Carolina, and is one of the 
 best keepers yet introduced ; succeeds 
 well in all eastern North Carolina, and in 
 the sand hills of .Moore and Harnett 
 counties it seems to be at home. It is 
 peculiarly suited to the eastern half of 
 North Carolina and similar sections 
 throughout the cotton belt. .Size medium, 
 dark and light red , quality good w'hen 
 fully matured ; a very young atid ex- 
 tremely prolific bearer. Season, January 
 to March. 
 
 Mammoth Black Twig, or Paragon (Ar- 
 kansas, of Arkansas). Free very vigor- 
 ous. hardy and |)roductive ; roots much 
 stronger than Winesa|) ; has larger leaves 
 and tw igs a shade darker ; fruit abotit the 
 same color as Winesap but larger ; flavor 
 fully equal to Winesap ; believed to be a 
 better keeper. 
 
 Mason’s Stranger. Originated in Green- 
 ville county, V irginia. .Medium .size ; 
 color yellow, with russet dots on one 
 side ; flesh white, juicy and crisp ; flavor 
 nearly sweet ; keeps through winter into 
 spring ; tree moderately thrifty and a good 
 bearer. We recommend this as one of 
 the best. January to Alarch. 
 
 Morgan's Christmas. (Jur attention was 
 brought to this promising Apple Jan- 
 uary, ifiSS. by Prof. Adin L. Rucker, of 
 
 “ The trees furnished by you In iqo2 were splendid, and have caused a great deal of favorable com- 
 ment.” — \V. H. Trail, Washington, I). March 31, 
 
A. B. Hood 6 Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 15 
 
 Hammoth Black Twig. 
 
 WINTER APPLES, continued 
 Kutherfordton, C., w ho Sfiil us speci- 
 mens at that time, and vve made arrange- 
 ments witli the owner for the right to 
 propagate it. I’rol. Rucker describes it 
 as follows : “ .Medium to large, is some- 
 what llattened at the ends ; color rather 
 peculiar, at the stem being dark red or 
 black, which fades to yellow below the 
 center to blossom end ; but its crowning 
 e.xcellence is its Havor. 1 have never 
 eaten any other Apple to equal it in its 
 season.” December to .March. 
 
 Dixie, or Mosby’s Best Red Winter. ‘ This 
 Apple is a native of Piedmont, \’a., and 
 is worthy of genend cultiviition, as evi- 
 dence of which I have afkf.ved my name, 
 believing that unborn generations will be 
 grateful to me for propagating and widely 
 disseminating a real gem. I want to sell 
 this .Apple to tny best friends, and to as 
 many of them as possible. This -Apple 
 averages larger than the Winesap, and 
 keeps longer. Color, beaiitiful red on 
 yellow ground. Flavor, neatly sweet. 
 
 (See preceding page.) 
 
 very slightly acid, delicious. Will ship 
 well and sell at a fancy price as ;i dessert 
 A|)ple in any market. The tree is a rapid 
 grower, health)' ;ind vigorous ; comes into 
 bearing very young, and has no off year.” 
 Introducetl by A. !•'. Mosby. 
 
 Nansemond Beauty. Frotn Xansemond 
 county, \'a. ; said to e.xcel the M’inesai) 
 in beauty, size and keeping ; its uniform 
 size and hantlsome appearance render 
 it a desirable sort for marketing. The 
 fruit is ■ large, uniform, of a lieautiful 
 crimson-red, somewhat shaded with yel- 
 low ; flesh (juite white, crisp, tender, 
 juicy. .Since its first introduction this 
 variety has been steadily growing in 
 fa\or, and from many sections we are 
 now receiving favorable reports as to its 
 value. December. 
 
 Nickajack. This Apple is very widely 
 disseminated in the South. Fruit large, 
 roundish ; skin striped and splashed with 
 crimson ; flesh \ ellowish, compact, mod- 
 erately tender and juicy, subacid ; quality 
 only good. November to March. 
 
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 A. B. Hood & Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 Stayman’s Winesap. (See opposite page.) 
 
 WINTER APPLES, continued 
 
 Paradise Winter Sweet. Large, regularly 
 formed, roundish ; skin fair and smooth, 
 dull green when picked, with a brownish 
 blush ; flesh white, fine-grained, juicy, 
 sweet, sprightly and very good ; produc- 
 tive ; an excellent Apple ; well worthy a 
 place in the orchard. November to 
 February. 
 
 Roberson. Size, large, roundish, slightly 
 oblong — as large as the Albemarle Pippin; 
 color rich yellow, covered with red, and 
 shaded with deep red ; flesh yellowish, 
 crisp, juicy and well flavored ; slightly 
 subacid ; tree a vigorous grower and 
 abundant bearer ; season from January i 
 to June ; origin, Patrick county, Va. 
 
 Roxbury Russel. Rather above medium 
 size, roundish, oblong, remotely conical ; 
 skin covered with russet ; flesh greenish 
 white, rather granular, slightly crisp, with 
 a good subacid flavor. November to 
 January. 
 
 Romanite, or Carthouse. Medium size, 
 roundish, oblong, striped and shaded with 
 deep red on greenish yellow ground ; 
 flesh yellow, firm, juicy and rich, becom- 
 ing tender and sprightly in the spring ; 
 valuable for the South ; an early and 
 
 profuse bearer and a good keeper. Jan- 
 uary to .May. 
 
 Royal Limbertwig. X'ery large, pale 
 yellow, blushed or striped with red ; flesh 
 juicy, rich and very good ; tree ;i thrifty 
 grower and bears well. December to 
 March. 
 
 Rawle's Genet. Tree motlerately vigor- 
 ous, putting forth its leaves and blossoms 
 much later than other varieties in the 
 spring, consetjuently avoiding injur\’ by 
 late frosts ; it is therefore particularly 
 valuable for the South and .Southwest. 
 Fruit medium ; color pale red. January 
 to April. 
 
 Rome Beauty. Large, yellow, striped, 
 and mixed with light red ; fle h yellow, 
 breaking coarse-grained, subacid ; val- 
 uable for market on account of its pro- 
 ductiveness, size and beauty, as well as 
 for its certain bearing. November to 
 January. 
 
 Shockley. I'rom Jackson count)-, Ga. 
 Fruit medium size, yellow, with crimson 
 cheek ; flesh subacid, nearly sweet ; tree 
 erect, vigorous grower ; comes into bear- 
 ing early and is exceedingly productive. 
 This is probably the most reliable and 
 valuable winter variety for the South, and 
 
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 A. B. Hood 6 Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 WINTER APPLES, continued 
 is there justly very popular. Valuable iu 
 eastern Virginia anti lower Maryland. 
 Keeps till May or June. 
 
 Stark, histeemed in Ohio as a long 
 keeper <ind valuable nitirket fruit. Fruit 
 large, roundish ; skin greenish yellow, 
 much shaded with light and dark red, and 
 sprinkled with brown dots ; Hesh yellow- 
 ish, juicy, mild subacid. January to -May. 
 
 Stayman’s Winesap. J. W. Kerr, of 
 Denton, Md., says : “ It is one of the 
 
 finest Apples under cultivation, so much 
 superior to its parent— the old Winesap — 
 in size, flavor, color and keeping quali- 
 ties, as to completely crowti it otit where 
 both are known, if originated with Dr. 
 Stiiyman, of Kansas, and was in bearing 
 with me ten years ago. Its merits were 
 so pronounced from the first as to warrant 
 strong commendation. From my oldest 
 trees specimens have been e.xhibited at 
 county fairs and horticultural meetings, 
 and sent to many poinologists and many 
 prominent growers. It is now attracting 
 attention everywhere as a profitable mar- 
 ket variety. It has large size, bright red 
 color, great productiveness and best 
 qtiality to commend it. The tree is a 
 vigorous grower, and, like its parent, is 
 irregular and drooping in habit, and 
 adapts itself readily to different soils and 
 situations. Truly it is a great Apple.” 
 
 Sutton’s Beauty. Origin VV’orcester, 
 Mass Fruit large, roundish, skin waxen 
 yellow, striped with crimson ; flesh ten- ' 
 
 der, stibacid, good. Tree a free grower 
 ami productive. January and February. 
 
 Virginia Beauty. Very popular in South- 
 west \ irginia, where it has been grown 
 for the past thirty j ears or more. Medium 
 to large ; very dark red ; subacid. \’ery 
 valuable on account of its fine keeping 
 (lualities. We have been growing this 
 \ariety for twenty-five years for the 
 Southwest \'irginia trade, btit think it 
 should be planted more freely in other 
 sections. Xoveinber to March. 
 
 Winesap. Fruit medium size, rather 
 oblong ; skin smooth, of a fine, dark red, 
 with a few streaks and :i little yellow 
 ground appearing on the shady side : 
 flesh yellow, firm, crisp, with a rich, high 
 flavor. Xovemlter to .March. 
 
 Walbridge, or Edgar Red Streak. Medium, 
 oblate : pale yellow shaded with red ; 
 flesh white, crisp, tender and juicy, mild 
 subacid ; tree hardy and vigorous. Xo- 
 vember to February. 
 
 Wolf River. An Apple peculiarly adap- 
 ted to the West on account of its extreme 
 hardiness ; very large and handsome ; 
 flesh whitish, juicy, .subacid ; a good 
 bearer and a long keeper. 
 
 White Pippin. Fruit large, greenish 
 white, pale yellow when ripe ; flesh white, 
 tender, with rich subacid flavor. Janu- 
 ary to March. 
 
 Yates. A (Georgia variety of small size, 
 dark red, and dotted with white dots ; 
 flesh firm, juicy, aromatic ; immense 
 ' bearer and good keeper. 
 
 ADDITIONAL LIST OF APPLES WE GROW IN LIMITED NUMBERS 
 
 Abram 
 
 A. (i. Russett 
 Arkansas 
 Baldwin 
 Belleflower 
 Karly Strawberry 
 
 Gilliam’s Winter 
 
 Grindstone 
 
 Jeffries 
 
 King 
 
 Ladies' .Sweet 
 
 CRAB 
 
 May 
 
 Milam 
 
 Missouri Pippin 
 Northern .Spy- 
 Peck's Pleasant 
 
 APPLES 
 
 Pilot 
 
 Kambo 
 
 Summer Rose 
 Summer (Jtieen 
 Summer Haglow 
 
 The Crab Apple is valuable for pre.serving, jellies, cooking and cider, and some 
 varieties are also desirable for table use. They are often planted for ornamental 
 trees, being covered in spring with lovely fragrant blossoms, while in the summer and 
 fall the fruit makes a handsome appearance on the tree. They will flourish in almost 
 any soil and climate, come into bearing very early, and are very productive. We 
 give below the most valuable sorts. 
 
 Bechtel’s Double Rose-colored. This is a 
 true American Crab Apple, producing 
 quantities of fine, very fragrant, full 
 double flowers, closely resembling roses. 
 It is one of the rarest, most truly merito- 
 rious novelties ever iivtroduced. 
 
 Hyslop. Fruit large for its class, pro- 
 duced in clusters ; dark, rich red, covered 
 with a thick blue bloom. Good for culi- 
 nary uses and for cider. 
 
 Transcendent. I-'ruit large for its class ; 
 golden yellow, with a beautiful rich crim- 
 
 son cheek ; when ripe the red or crimson 
 nearly covers the frtiit ; flesh creamy yel - 
 low, crisp, subacid, pleasant and agree- 
 able. Tree is a rapid grower and produc- 
 tive. September. 
 
 Whitney. (Xo. 20I Large, stripetl and 
 splashed with red ; flesh yellow to white, 
 firm, jtiicy, with a pleasant subacid flavor. 
 Hard, vigorous, productive. August. 
 
 Yellow Siberian. Large, and of a beau- 
 tifid golden yellow color. Tree vigorous. 
 .September. 
 
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 A. JB, Hood €f Co.*s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 Select Pears 
 
 riie cultivation of this noble fruit is extending as its value is appreciated. The 
 range of varieties is such that, like apples, they can be had in good eating condition 
 from July until early spring. 
 
 The melting, juicy te.xture, the refined liavor and the delicate aroma of the Pear 
 give it rank above all other fruits except the grape. 
 
 Ihit the Pear, like most thing's highly desirable and valuable, cannot be had with- 
 out attention, labor and skill. The relative price of the apple and the Pear being 
 about as one to ten, show at the same time the su[)erior value of the latter ;uui the 
 greater skill required to bring it to perfection. 
 
 One of the most important points in the management of Pears is to gather thetn 
 at the proper titne. 
 
 Slimmer Pears should be gathered at least ten days before they are ripe, and 
 autumn Pears at least a fortnight. Winter varieties, if they will hang so long, may be 
 left until the leaves begin to fall, 
 
 .At the iiresent ttme the demand is for choice fruit ; inferior fruit brings .scarcely a 
 remunerative price, but the best will always pay well. Pears should have the best 
 kind of cultivation ; the fruit should be thinned so as not to over-produce. Care 
 should be used in selecting for market only the best specimetis, and with such effort 
 and system on the part of the grower there will always come a .satisfactory profit. 
 
 'Phe Pear succeeds on most .soils, but does best on a rather heavy loam, litidded 
 on its own stock it makes a standard tree, and on the French or .Angers quince a 
 dwarf— the former being be.st adapted to large, permanent orchards ; the latter 
 (requiring garden culture and severe pruning everv year) to smaller orchards, fruit 
 yards and ga rdens. 
 
 Dwarfs must always be (ilanted sufificiently deep to cover the junction of the Pear 
 and quince two or three inches— the soil made rich and well tilled, and about one- 
 half of the previous summer’s growth cut off each spring. Under this treatment 
 dwarfs are everywhere successful. 1 he side branches should not be removed higher 
 than one foot from the ground in Dwarfs, while .Standards may be trimmed to the 
 height desired. Train in pyramidal form. Ripen the fruit in the house. Gather 
 when, on gently lifting the fruit, the stem will readily separate from the limb. Place 
 in a dark room until fully matured. Winter Pears may hang on the trees until there 
 is danger from frost, then place in a dry cellar for maturing. 
 
 EARLY VARIETIES 
 
 Bartlett. Large, yellow, with a soft 
 blush on the sunny side ; flesh white, 
 exceedingly fine-grained and btittery, 
 sweet, very juicy, w ith a highly per- 
 fumed, vinous flavor. This is justly- 
 esteemed one of the very best Pears in 
 cultivation ; bears early and well. 
 July and August. 
 
 Boykin’s June. Below medium size ; 
 yellow with a reddish brown cheek ; 
 flesh w hite, sweet, not of high flavor, 
 but its earliness and handsome appear- 
 ance make it a desirable market varie- 
 ty ; originated in Isle of Wight county, 
 of this state. Season first to middle of 
 July. 
 
 Clapp's Favorite. A first-rate early 
 variety, which is rapidly grow ing into 
 favor ; resembles the Bartlett in ap- 
 pearance, but ripens a week or ten days 
 earlier ; one of the best native sorts ; 
 fruit large ; skin smooth, yellowish 
 green, becoming yellow, dotted and 
 shaded with red next the sun ; flesh 
 yellowish white, juicy and melting; of 
 very good quality. Last of July. 
 
 Early Harvest. 
 
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 EARLY PEARS, continued 
 
 Comet, or Lawson. This I’ear 
 is now attracting a good deal 
 of attention, and promises to be 
 a profitable sort for the early 
 market. The tree is a vigorous 
 grower and very productive ; 
 fruit above medium size and of 
 most beautiful crimson color 
 on yellow ground ; flesh crisp 
 and pleasant, though not of 
 best quality. Ripens early in 
 July. 
 
 Early Harvest. This remark- 
 able Pear is one that deserves to 
 be universally planted. Tree is 
 a very thrifty grower and good 
 bearer ; the very earliest of the 
 large Pears ; a month earlier 
 than Clapp’s or Bartlett. In the 
 orchard and nursery the trees 
 have been free from blight. 
 (See cut, preceding page.) 
 
 Anjou. 
 
 SUMMER AND AUTUMN 
 VARIETIES 
 
 Angouleme. (Duchesse d'Angouleme.) 
 Very large, dull greenish yellow, streaked 
 and spotted with russet ; flesh while, but- 
 tery and very juicy, with a rich and very 
 e.xcellent flavor. On young standard 
 trees the fruit is variable, but on the 
 quince, to w'hich stock this variety seems 
 well aclapted, it is always fine. The large 
 size and fine appearance of this fruit make 
 it a general favorite. Sept, to Xov. 
 
 Anjou. (Beurre d'Anjou.) Large, green- 
 ish, sprinkled with russet, sometimes 
 shaded with dull crimson ; llesh whitish, 
 buttery, melting, with a high, rich, vinous, 
 excellent tlavor. Very productive ; suc- 
 ceeds well on the quince. Should be in 
 every orchard. .September to November. 
 
 Bessemianka. The new hardy Pear for 
 extreme cold northwestern states ; grown 
 and fruited in Vermont with the ther- 
 mometer at 40 degrees below zero ; a 
 
 Koonce. Tree a vigorous 
 grower and a heavy and annual 
 bearer. One of the earliest Pears 
 of any size. We have not fruited 
 it, but it comes highly recom- 
 mende<l from southern Illinois. 
 
 From samples received we do 
 not class it as first quality, but 
 its size and handsome appear- 
 ance will make it sell as an 
 early market Pear. 
 
 Le Conte. Supposed to be a hybrid be- 
 tween the old Chinese Sand Pear and it 
 cultivated variety. Fruit large, pyriform ; 
 skin smooth. 'I'ree of remarkable vigor 
 iind rapid growth ; foliage luxuriant ; has 
 so far been nearly free from blight. Com- 
 mences to bear early and is extremely 
 prolific. Quality variable. Ripens a few 
 days before Bartlett, (irown only as a 
 .Standard. 
 
 Summer Doyenne. (Doyenne d'Ete. ) 
 Small : flesh white, melting, juicy, with a 
 pleasant, sweet flavor. Tree a good 
 grower and productive. One of the best 
 \ ery early Pears. First to middle of Jttly. 
 
 Wilder. Disseminated by C. A. < ireen. 
 Rochester. N. V., and described as one 
 of the earliest to ripen, about with Sum- 
 mer Doyenne and Alextmder peach ; not 
 fruited .Sottth at this date. The following 
 good points are claimed for it : Earliness, 
 sttperior quality, does not rot at the core, 
 handsome appearance and vigor of the 
 tree. 
 
 “ For several years Hooti’s nursery slock lias been coming into tliis part of the country, aiul orcliartls 
 are now mnnerous from yonr nursery, ami growers have no hesitancy in stating that they were well 
 pleasetl wlien they received their stock, as they were fine stock, came'in good shaiie, and when set to 
 field were vigorous and healthy, and making rapid growth were soon in a bearing size, and invariably 
 prove true to mime. All are well jileased, and use no hesitancy in repeating their orders for more slock 
 when in need of nursery stock." — A. J . Robkrts, I.ick Creek, Illinois, July 21 ^ zpn./. 
 
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 Flemish Beauty. 
 
 SUMMER AND AUTUMN PEARS, continued 
 favorite. 'I'he fruit is niediiini in size, 
 perfect pear-sliaped, and nearly or quite 
 seedless ; flesh tender, juicy, mildly sub- 
 acid, almost buttery, and very satisfactory 
 for dessert use The tree is a rapid, up- 
 right grower, with green foliage always 
 free from rust or mildew. September. 
 
 Brignais. (Beurre de Brignais, I)es 
 Nonne.s. ) This very e.xcellent Pear iscf 
 medium size, smooth, greenish, with nu- 
 merous gray dots; flesh white, very juicy; 
 sweet, melting and delicious; an early 
 and abundant bearer. August and Sepi. 
 
 Bulfum. Medium size ; yellow, with a 
 broad reddish brown clieek, somewhat 
 russeted ; flesh white, buttery, sweet, and 
 of excellent flavor; valuable for its fair ! 
 fruit and fine bearing qualities. Septem- \ 
 ber and October. 
 
 Belle Lucrative. Above medium size ; 
 yellowish green, melting and fine; a good 
 grower and bearer; does well on the 
 (juince; one of the very best Pears, and 
 should be in every collection. August 
 and September. 
 
 Flemish Beauty. Large; skin pale yel- 
 low, but mostly covered with marblings 
 and patches of light russet, becoming 
 reddish brown at maturity on the sunny 
 side ; flesh yellow ish white, not fine- 
 grained, but juicy, melting, saccharine 
 and rich. In good soils and open situ- . 
 
 ations the Flemish Beaut\ , when in per- 
 fection, is one of the most superb Pears ; 
 the tree is hardy and liears early and 
 abundantly. .Septeml)er. 
 
 Frederick Clapp. Form nearly round ; 
 size above medium ; .skin thin, smooth 
 and fair, clear lemon yellow ; flesh fine- 
 grained, very juicy and melting; flavor 
 sprightly, acidulous, rich and aromatic; 
 quality very good to best. .September 
 and October. 
 
 Garber's Hybrid. Tree an upright grow er, 
 with heavy dark green, glittering foliage 
 which is nearly or (|uite free from blight ; 
 fruit as yellow as an orange, larger tlian 
 Kieffer, better in quality and four weeks 
 earlier. September. Origin, Pennsyl- 
 vania. Not fruited .South. 
 
 Howell. Rather large; light waxen yel- 
 low, often with a finely shaded cheek, and 
 covered with dots and patches of russet ; 
 flesh white, rather coarse and granular, 
 with a rich perfumed aromatic flavor ; a 
 profuse bearer. August. 
 
 Japan Golden Russet. The tree is a lux- 
 uriant grower, with an abundance of 
 thick, tough, leathery foliage, enabling it 
 to endure great heat and drought with- 
 out injury. F’ruited with us this year in 
 nursery row (two-year-old trees). It is 
 an extremely early bearer, and bears 
 enormously every year. Ripens in Sep- 
 tember. 
 
 " My orchard is considered one of tlie finest in file county, which fact is due to my having obtained 
 the trees of voii, through vour agent, Capt. J. S, Coates. In traveling through the county, your stock can 
 easily he distinguished l>y its thrifty appearance and quickness to proiluce fruit."— Georgk W. Stani.ev, 
 Negro, Virginia, ytt/y 29. /90/. 
 
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 “ Set trees out to-day. They are as fme as 1 ever saw, and am very imieh pleased with them.” — 
 W, S. Embrky. Fretierickshurtr. Va., /pp?. 
 
 Worden- Seckel. 
 
 vale, yellow, ;ukI covered on the simny 
 side with a bright carniine-red ; the flesh 
 is rich, juicy, aromatic, best. September. 
 
 Worden-Seckel. A seedling of the 
 ■Seckel, e<iually as good in flavor and 
 quality, but far superior in size, color and 
 beauty. It is :m upright grower, abun- 
 dant itearer, ami ripens a little later than 
 •Seckel. Originated in Oswego county, 
 N. V. Introdticed by .Smith, Powell & 
 Co., Syracuse, X. N'. 
 
 WINTER VARIETIES 
 
 Dewey’s Premium. It originated at Ma- 
 rietta. Ohio, and the introducer, who is a 
 fruit-grower well known in that section, 
 claims that it is entirely blight-proof, 
 hardy, and an annual bearer. A large, 
 fine and showy fruit of no value. No- 
 vember to Jtmuary. 
 
 Kieffer. Originated near Philadelphia, 
 and supposed to be a cross between the 
 Chinese Sand Pear and the Bartlett. Tree 
 a very vigorous grower ; an early and 
 abundant bearer. I'ruit medium to large; 
 skin yellow, with a bright vermilion 
 cheek ; flesh brittle, very juicy, of good 
 quality. X'aluable for market or family 
 
 SUMMER AND AUTUMN PEARS, continued 
 
 Louise Bonne de Jersey. Large ; pale 
 yellowish green, with a brownish cheek ; 
 flesh yellowish white, very juicy, buttery, 
 melting, rich, faintly snbacid, fine. This 
 variety is scarcely of the highest quality, 
 but is eminently valuable for its large, 
 fair fruit, free growth and great produc- 
 tiveness. .September and (ictober. 
 
 Rutter. Kather large ; skin rough, 
 greenish yellow, with some russet ; flesh 
 white, juicy, sweet and slightly vinous ; 
 very good ; bears early and abundantly. 
 .September and October. 
 
 Seckel. Small ; skin brownish green 
 at first, becoming dull yellowish brown, 
 with a lively russet-red cheek ; flesh whit- 
 ish, buttery, very juicy and melting, with 
 a peculiarly rich, spicy flavor and aroma. 
 This variety is pronounced by good judges 
 as the richest and most excjuisitely fla- 
 vored known, and we may add to this that 
 the tree is the healthiest and hardiest of 
 all Pear trees, forming a compact and 
 symmetrical head, and bearing regular 
 and abundant crops at the ends of the 
 branches. It ripens gradually from the 
 middle of .-\ngust to the middle of Sep- 
 tember. 
 
 Vermont Beauty. Phis most desirable 
 of all dessert Pears is a hardy and vigor- 
 ous grower, and almost entirely free from 
 leaf-blight; it nearly e<|uals the delicious 
 Seckel in quality, is much handsomer, 
 very prolific, and a good keeper. In 
 form the fruit is of full medium size, obo- 
 
 Kieffer. (Half size ) 
 
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 A. B. Hood & Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 WINTER PEARS, continued 
 use ; succeeds best as a standard. As a 
 late fall I’ear there is no variety as yet 
 disseminated which has given such gen- 
 eral satisfaction and profitable returns, 
 trees four years after planting in orcharii 
 yielding as high as three bushels of per- 
 fect fruit. 
 
 Lawrence. Rather large ; yellow, cov- 
 ered with brown dots ; flesh whitish, 
 slightly granular, somewhat buttery, with 
 a very rich aromatic flavor ; unsurpassed 
 amongst the early winter Rears. Suc- 
 ceeds well on the (juince ; ripens with 
 little care. Should be in every orchard. 
 Tree healthy, hardy and productive 
 November and December. 
 
 Lincoln Coreless. Originated in Lincoln 
 county, Tenn. It is said to be seedless 
 or nearly so. The original tree is said to 
 be about si.xty years old, an annual bearer 
 and free from blight. The (juality of the 
 fruit is excellent ; when ripe the color is 
 golden and flesh yellow. It is a winter 
 variety and said to keej) well until March. 
 
 President Drouard. This very promising 
 variety was introduced by us from France 
 some years ago, and our experience with 
 it so far leatls us to believe that it will 
 prove to be the most valuable winter 
 Rear for this section. Fruit large, often 
 verv large, handsome, and of very good 
 quality. Tree hardy and a vigorous 
 grow er and an abundant bearer. October 
 to January. 
 
 ADDITIONAL LIST 
 
 Lawrence. inexperienced in making 
 
 their selections, we have carefully prepared the following lists — one for cultivation as 
 Standards on Rear stocks, the other to be grown as Dwarfs on (luince root. In both 
 lists the varieties are put down about in their order of ri))ening. When one variety 
 is found in both the Standard and Dwarf lists, it is understood that they do well 
 either as Standard or Dwarf. 
 
 Standards 
 
 Summer Doyenne 
 Clapp’s Favorite 
 Hartlett 
 
 X'ermont Heanty 
 Early Harvest 
 
 In all lists we 
 planted. 
 
 Le Conte Flemish Heaiitt Garber 
 
 Howell Rutter Kieffer 
 
 Belle Lucrative Brignais Lawrence 
 
 •Seckel Buffum Rresident Drouard 
 
 advise that one-half to three-quarters of Bartlett and Kieffer be 
 
 Dwarfs 
 
 Summer Dovenne Buffum Rutter Lawrence 
 
 Howell ' Angouleme Anjou Rresident Drouard 
 
 Brignais 
 
 And in all lists we advise one-half Angouleme. 
 
 “ Seven or eight t ears ago I bought a lot of fruit trees from you ami foiiml them all true to name ami 
 fine fruit. If I ever need any more I want them from you."— Walter Vincent. Dougolia, Union Co.. III. 
 
 “ I consider your tiursery stock far su|)crii>r to any I have bought or seen in this locality. I have 
 some trees from other concertis which do tiot compare with the ones I bought of you. W ishing you suc- 
 cess, I remain, yours truly." JNO. W. Powers. Isis. \'a. 
 
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 Select Peaches 
 
 I'lie ease with which Peach trees may be cultivated, their comparative freedom 
 from disease, the short period before they become ])roductive, with the immense 
 demand for the fruit and the facility with which it may be shipped to distant markets, 
 make Peach-itrowins extremely profitable. 
 
 We have the climate and the opportunities to develop this fruit to the highest stan- 
 dard of excellence, and it should be a source of gratification to all that within the hist 
 few years so many valuable new varieties of merit have been introduced. 
 
 Owing to the greatly increased demand for the Peach, due to the development of 
 the canning and eva|)orating interests, this fruit will no doubt continue to be exceed- 
 ingly profitable to the orchardist w ho gives the business proper attention and has a 
 suitable location for his orchard. 
 
 The grower in the southern states w ho Inis transportation facilities to market his 
 fruit in the northern markets, we would advi.se to plant largely of the earliest varie- 
 ties ; they mature and c;m be marketetl in New York before the fruit of Delaw are ;md 
 Maryland is ripe. In the New York market the early southern Peaches always com- 
 mand the highest prices. Those situated beyond the reach of convenient transporta- 
 tion should, after providing for their local markets, plant the best sorts for canning 
 and evaporating purposes, as these have now become \ ery important and profitable 
 industries. 
 
 riiere is no fruit tree that makes so (inick a return as the Peach, (jive it reason- 
 able attention, and in three years from planting a fair crop may be gathered ; and the 
 receipts from a good orchard tire something of importtmce, there now being many 
 Peach growers in Delaware and Maryland who realize from ten to twenty thousand 
 dollars from that crop in favorable seasons, and yet they do not have the tidvantage 
 of the high jirices that may be obtained by the southern orchardist for his earlier 
 crop, brought into the nuirket before the competition that meets the Maryland and 
 1 )eliiw:ire grovier. 
 
 Our imrpose is to grow the best trees — not the lowe.st-priced ones. Great care is 
 necessary to preserve the health of the young tree before it is taken to the orchard. 
 We, therefore, are careful to select the best seed, to use buds from healthy trees only, 
 and we tire confident that every tree will be true to name and just as represented by 
 us. I'ifteen or twenty sorts will give a sticce.ssion through the season that would 
 satisfy the most fastidious lover of this fruit, not only in ti succession, but in a variety 
 of sorts for all setisons. 
 
 Alexander, h ruit medium to large, bright i Peaches for home consumption, but too 
 color and of good (]uality ; one of the tender for long transportation ; freestone, 
 favorite early market varieties. Last of July. 
 
 Amelia. From South Carolina ; very Bilyeu’s Late. Originated in Caroline 
 large and beautiful ; white, nearly covered county, Md., ripening after Smock Free 
 with crimson; llesh white, juicy, melt- and SaKvay; fruit of large size; color white, 
 ing. sweet, ricli, vinous ; one of the best with a beautiful blush cheek ; llesh white. 
 
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 Carman. 
 
 SELECT PEACHES, continued 
 
 Beatrice. (Early Beatrice.) Small to 
 medium size ; deep mottled red ; tlesli 
 melting, juicy, vinous and of good tpiality ; 
 blooms late and fretpiently bears when 
 other varieties are destroyed by frosts ; 
 valuable for the latitude of Virginia and 
 southward ; bears transportation well. 
 Early in July. 
 
 Belle ol Georgia. Very large ; skin white, 
 with red cheek ; llesh white, firm and of 
 excellent flavor ; the fruit is uniformly 
 large ;uid showy ; tree a rapid grower and 
 very prolific. Kipe July i to 15. New. 
 
 Bishop. Very large, crimson, white 
 Hesh ; free ; a valuable market sort ; sure 
 and prolilic. 
 
 Bokara No. 3 . The hardiest yellow Peach 
 yet brought to notice ; of fine (juality and 
 a heavy bearer ; 30 per cent hardier than 
 any other kind. 
 
 Butler’s Late. This magniticent new 
 freestone Peach originated in the garden 
 of J. T. Butler, Kichmond, Va. I'ruit of 
 the very largest size ; skin greenish white, 
 with red cheek ; Hesh white, firm and of 
 very good flavor ; tree vigorous and very 
 productive. .September 15 to October i. 
 
 Carman. In this new, hardy rot-proof 
 Peach, ripening at the same time as Piarly 
 Rivers, and yet almost as large and fine 
 as Elberta itself, we have a Peach of great 
 market value ; a large, roundish Peach 
 with a pale yellow skin, red blush on 
 sunny .side ; white flesh, tender and melt- 
 ing ; rich, sweet and of superior flavor; 
 by far the finest of any Peach ripening 
 ahead of .Mountain Rose. A big, early 
 yellow-skinned Peach of high quality is 
 sure to be in great demand. Don't miss 
 the Carman ! 
 
 Crawford's Early. A m;ignificent, large, 
 yellow Peach of good <|uality. Its size 
 and beauty make it one of the most popu- 
 lar orchard varieties. First of August. 
 
 Crawford’s Late. Very large, roundish ; 
 skin yellow, with a beautiful dark red 
 cheek ; flesh rich, yellow, melting, with 
 sweet luscious flavor. Worthy of uni- 
 versal ctiltivation as table and market 
 sort. .Middle of August. 
 
 Christiana. .V new, very large, fine- 
 looking yellow Peach, ripening between 
 Crawford’s Fate and .Smock ; its large 
 size, himdsome appetirance ;ind time of 
 ripening combine to make it a very valu- 
 able Peach. 
 
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 SELECT PEACHES, continued 
 
 Chinese Cling. I'niit large, roundish, 
 oval ; skin transparent cream-color, with 
 marbling of red ne.xt to the sun ; Mesh 
 creamy white, very juicy and melting, with 
 a rich, agreeable Mavor. Last of July. 
 
 Chinese Free. (China .Strain. . Large, 
 oblong ; skin white, with red cheek ; Mesh 
 red, firm and well-flavored ; free from rot, 
 which makes it a very tlesirable market 
 variety. Rijtens with Crawford’s Ivarly. 
 
 Chair's Choice. Originated in Anne 
 -Vrundel county, .Md.; fruit of very large 
 size, yellow, with a red cheek ; Mesh yel- 
 low, firm atul of good quality ; tree :i 
 strong grower atid a good bearer. Ripens 
 just before .Smock. 
 
 Caroline Beauty. I'his magnilicent Reach 
 originated in Caroline county, \'irginia, 
 and is a worthy competitor of the cele- 
 brated Heath Cling, being fully equal to it 
 in Mavor, nutch hirger in size and has 
 proved to be a preserving fruit of the first 
 order. It has a yellowish white skin, with 
 firm white Mesh; large, roundish in shape; 
 juicy, sweet and delicious ; clingstone. 
 Ripens about .September to. 
 
 Croshy. This new Peach, which origi- 
 natetl in New England, is highly recom- 
 mended on account of its hardiness tuid 
 bearing <|u;ilities. Fruit roundish in form, 
 slightly fhittened with a distinct seam 
 across the blossom end ; color is bright 
 yellow, with a red cheek; Mesh yellow, 
 sweet, juicy and rich. A freestone with a 
 very small pit. Last of August. Ri|)ens 
 between Crawford’s Early and l.ate. 
 
 Champion. It has been carefully tested 
 for a series of years and proves itself a re- 
 markably early Peach. It bears 
 full crops when all other varieties 
 fail, |)roving itself one of the 
 hardiest Peaches known. It is 
 also remarkable for size and 
 good quality ; skin is of a rich, 
 creamy white, with a red cheek, 
 e.xceedingly handsome ; Mesh 
 creamy white, firm, sweet and 
 delicious, rich and juicy; a 
 perfect freestone. Ripens with 
 Early Rivers and will sujwr- 
 sede that |)oj)ular variety when 
 once known 
 
 Connell’s Soulhern Early. It has 
 
 e.xtra large fruit of a cream-white 
 shade, having a beautiful blush 
 ne.xt to the sun. It is one of the 
 most delicately colored Peaches 
 grown, and a clear freestone, 
 with small seed. Of fine quality, 
 and borne in profusion earh in 
 July upon trees noted for their 
 strength and vigor. 
 
 Early Canada. ( friginated in 
 the Province of < fntario ; me- 
 dium size, good (juality and 
 
 handsome a|)pearance. One of the earliest 
 varieties, and nearer freestone than most 
 of the early sorts. 
 
 Early Silver. Large ; melting and rich, 
 with the vinous Mavor of the White Nec- 
 tarine, its |)arent ; ripens early in August. 
 
 Elberla. An e.xceedingly large, high- 
 colored yellow Peach, a cross between 
 Crawford’s and Chinese Cling; juicy, well 
 Mavored ; said to be probably the finest 
 yellow freestone in existence. Ripens 
 early in .‘\ugust. 
 
 Emma. Fruit very large : skin golden 
 yellow, with red cheek; flesh yellow, fine- 
 grained, firm, juicy and highly Mavored ; 
 tree luxuriant grower and quite prolific; a 
 perfect freestone ; one of our most attrac- 
 tive and jirofitable market varieties. Ripe 
 July 25 to August 5. 
 
 Family Favorite. A seedling of Chinese 
 Cling, originated in Texas ; said to be 
 large, handsome, certain and jirolific; Mesh 
 white ; valuable for shipiiing, canning or 
 drying. Freestone ; ripens about with 
 Craw ford’s ICarly. 
 
 Foster. .A new, very large Peach, re- 
 sembling Crawford’s Early in appear- 
 ance, but larger and somewhat earlier ; 
 tree hardy ami productive. August. 
 
 Fitzgerald. An imiiroved hiarly Craw- 
 ford, being fully eijual to it in size, quality 
 and color. In Canada and Michigan has 
 proven one of the hardiest. Fruit large, 
 brilliant color, bright yellow suffused w ith 
 red; Mesh deep yellow, best (juality. 
 Ivarly Sejrtember. 
 
 Geary's Hold-On. Large, yellow Peach, 
 seeciling of the .Smock ; fruit large ; (tale 
 lemon-yellow. A little later than Smock. 
 
 Emma 
 
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 A. B. Hood <S Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 SELECT PEACHES, continued ' 
 
 Graad Admiral Cling. Full tnedluin sixt;; i 
 skin white, neiirly coveretl with red ; a 
 very handsome ;ind e.xcellent I’each, and 
 a good bearer. I''irst of August. 
 
 Globe. .An improvement upon Craw- 
 ford's Late ; vigorous and productive ; 
 fruit larpe, globular, of a rich golden yel- 
 low, with red blush ; flesh firm, juicy, 
 yellow. Second week in September. 
 
 Golden Drop. Large, golden yellow, 
 with a reti cheek in the sun ; Hesh yellow, 
 juicy, rich and very good. .A promising 
 variety. Tree very hardy and productive. 
 Ripens between Hill’s Chili and .Smock. 
 
 Greensboro, New. .Mr. J. \’an Lindley, 
 of North Carolina, says of this I’each : 
 “While 1 was shipping Ale.xander, not 
 one-third of which were ripe, 1 visited the 
 original Crreensboro tree. It certainly 
 was a great surprise; the tree was loaded 
 with fruit, colored beautifully with crim- 
 son, with yellowish cast ; they were uni- 
 formly large, averaging more than double 
 the size of .-Ale.xander. 1 was told that 
 they had been ripening more than a week, 
 and about every I’each on the tree was 
 then ripe enough to ship, most of them 
 getting soft. A I’each as large as com- 
 mon July Peaches, anti beautifully colored; 
 a freestone, ripening with .Ale.xander. It 
 was there before me in all its beauty, the 
 greatest surprise 1 ever had ; I could 
 hardly realize it, seeing such a Peach at 
 that season. The flesh was white, very 
 juicy, and of e.xcellent t|uality. I know of 
 no Peach that will beat it.” 
 
 Heath Cling. This is perhaps the very 
 t)est of the late clingstone Peaches. Its 
 very large size, beautiful appearance, 
 high and luscious flavor, coml)ined with 
 its late maturity and the long time it may 
 be kept after taking from the tree, renders 
 it a most valuable sort for market Fruit 
 very large ; skin pale yellowish white, with 
 a faint blush or tinge of red in the sun ; 
 flesh greenish white, very tender and 
 melting ; exceedingly juicy, with a sweet, 
 rich, high and luscious flavor ; tree hardy 
 and vigorous. Middle of September. 
 
 Hill’s Chili. .Medium size ; dull yellow ; 
 very hardy ; a good bearer ; highly es- 
 teemed as a market fruit. September. 
 
 Hynes’ Surprise. True freestone when 
 ripe ; resists rot better than Hale’s Early, 
 which it resembles. Fruited with us this 
 season — coming in just after .Ale.xander. 
 The best early Peach we have. i 
 
 Jackson, or Red July. Origin, Richmond, 
 A’a. One of the largest early freestones ; 
 skin a beautiful rich red ; flesh white, 1 
 
 very juicy, and separating entirely from 
 the .seetl. Ripens after .Alexander. 
 
 Jacques’ Rareripe. A’ery large, deep yel- 
 low ; iiighly esteemed where known ; of 
 excellent <iuality. I .ast of .August. 
 
 Lady Ingold. .A large, handsome, yel- 
 low freestone, ripening immediately after 
 Hale’s Early ; resembles Crawford's Early 
 in size and appearance; quality very good. 
 
 Large Early York. Is rather large and a 
 beautiful Peach, well worthy a place in 
 every good collection. The tree is vig- 
 orous and productive ; fruit dotted with 
 red in the shade, deej) red cheek to the 
 sun ; flesh nearly white, fine-grained, very 
 juicy, with a mild, rich, excellent flavor; 
 a very valuable sort. July 25. 
 
 Large Red Rareripe. A most excellent 
 Peach, ripening early in August. Fruit 
 large ; skin greenish white, dotted, and 
 with a beautiful, rich, red cheek ; flesh 
 white, red at the stone, melting and juicy, 
 with a sweet and ricli flavor. We con 
 sider it one of our best. 
 
 Lemon Cling. very large and beauti- 
 ful lemon-shaped variety ; light yellow, 
 reddened in the sun ; flesh firm, yellow, 
 rich, with a vinous, subacid flavor ; fine 
 for preserving ; tree very hardy and pro- 
 ductive f.ast of .August. 
 
 Lemon Free. This magnificent yellow 
 Peach originated in .Summit county, Ohio. 
 The name is very appropriate, as it is 
 almost of lemon shape, being longer than 
 broad, pointed at the apex ; color a pale 
 yellow when ripe. It is of large size, the 
 finest specimens measuring over 12 inches 
 in circumference : of excellent t|uafity. 
 Ripens after Late Crawford. Is immensely 
 productive. 
 
 Levy’s Late. (Henrietta.) A new, late 
 clingstone, which originated in the garden 
 of \V. W. Levy. Washington, I). C. Fruit 
 large, roundish ; skin deep yellow ; a 
 shade of rich brownish red in the sun ; 
 flesh deep yellow, rather firm, juicy, half- 
 melting sweet ; very good and a valuable 
 variety. First to last of .September. 
 
 Lorentz. (Per.) New. Its introducer 
 says of it: “We have never known it to 
 fail a crop in the most adverse seasons, 
 and we believe it to be as nearly frdst- 
 proof as any variety yet introduced. It 
 t)ears crops when others fail entirely. 
 Fruit is unusually large and of a superior 
 llavor, especially so for one so late in the 
 season. It is a free.stone, yellow-fleshed, 
 and its handsome appearance has been a 
 surprise to all who liave seen it. Does 
 not crack, is very firm, keeps well, and is 
 a fine ,ship|)er.’’ 
 
 “ f received trees yesterday (December 2) in g:ootf shape. I am highly pleased witli lliem ; think they 
 are fine. Want more in Ihc sj>ring.” — T. I,. Reeves, Rappahannock .Acadenu’, \’a., Decrmbfr^^ 
 
A. B. Hood 6 Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 Fitzgerald. (See page 25,) 
 
 SELECT PEACHES, continued 
 
 Mathews’ Beauty. large yellow Peach 
 of the .Smock strain. Init of good cjiiality ; 
 very showy and a valnahle shipper. Be- 
 ginning of .'\ngiisl. 
 
 Nillhiser. The parent tree was grown 
 by M. MillhLser, Richmond, \'a. ; a large 
 freestone Peach, ripening about October 
 I, :uid very line, but it has not been satis- 
 factory on onr grounds. 
 
 Mountain Rose. A variety of very great 
 viilne ; very profitable for market, and is 
 steadily growing in favor ; fruit large, 
 roundish ; skin whitish, nearly covered 
 with light and dark rich red ; llesh white, 
 slightly stained at the stone, juicy, sweet ; 
 separates freely from the stone. Ripens 
 just after Troth’s Karly. 
 
 Oldmixon Freestone. Is a fine, large, 
 productive variety, succeeding well in all 
 localities and well deserving of the high 
 favor in which it is held as an orchard va- 
 riety ; skin yellowish white, with a deep 
 red cheek ; flesh white, but red at the 
 stone; tender, rich, excellent, indis]>en- 
 sable. Middle of .-Xiigust. 
 
 Oldmixon Clingstone, barge, yellowish 
 white, dotted with red on a red cheek ; 
 llesh pale white, very melting and juicy, 
 with an exceedingly rich, luscious flavor ; 
 one of the most desirable clingstone 
 Peaches. Middle of August. 
 
 Picquet’s Late. This very valuable late 
 Peach originated in Georgia and has been 
 disseminated over a wide extent of coun- 
 try, and succeeds well generally. Fruit 
 large and handsome ; skin yellow, with a 
 red cheek ; Hesh yellow, melting, sweet, 
 and of the highest flavor. Ripens about 
 with .Smock. 
 
 Pendleton. A very large, rich, yellow 
 Peach, double thesize of tlie Heath Cling, 
 and maturing from fifteen to twenty-live 
 days later ; une(]ualed in size, quality 
 and flavor. For both canning and table 
 use it equals the best of the September 
 clingstones. Color rich deep yellow, 
 sligiitly tinged with red ; llesh yellow, 
 tender, juicy, with a delicious flavor. 
 Ripens at Richmond, \’a., last of Sep- 
 tember. Origin, Richmond, Va. 
 
A. B. Hood O Co.’s Descriptive C&talogue 
 
 
 SELECT PEACHES, continued 
 
 Rivers. (Karly Rivers. ) One of Rivers’ 
 seedlings, introduced from England ; 
 large, color pale straw, with a delicate 
 pink cheek ; flesh melting or rather dis- 
 solving, with a rich, racy flavor. Ripens 
 ten days later than Early Beatrice. The 
 best Reach of its season. 
 
 Red Cheek Nelocoton. A famous old 
 well-known and popular variety, e.\len- 
 sively cultivated as a market fruit ; fruit 
 large ; skin yellow, with a deep red cheek ; 
 flesh red at the stone ; juicy, with a good 
 rich, vinous flavor ; productive ; free- 
 stone. .Middle of .August. 
 
 Reeves' Favorite. Emit large, roundish, 
 with a line red cheek ; flesh dee)) yellow, 
 red at stone ; juicy, melting, with a good 
 vinous flavor. One of the largest and 
 handsomest Reaches ; shoidd be in every 
 orchard. Eirst of September. 
 
 Susquehanna. A very handsome and 
 valuable Reach ; originated on the banks 
 of the Susquehanna river, in Rennsylvania; 
 a great favorite wherever known ; fruit of 
 the largest size, sometimes measuring 12 
 inches in circumference ; skin rich yellow, 
 with a beautiful red cheek ; flesh yellow, 
 juicv, sweet, with a rich, vinous flavor ; 
 the best of all the yellow-fleshed Reaches ; 
 freestone ; a moderate bearer. Aug. 25. 
 
 Salway. .A large, late yellow freestone 
 of Eaiglish origin ; handsomely mottled, 
 with a brownish red cheek ; flesh deep 
 yellow, juicy, melting, rich ; very produc- 
 tive ; a variety growing more :ind more 
 in favor with the orchardists. Ripens 
 after Smock Free. 
 
 Smock Free. Rather large ; yellow, with 
 a red cheek ; flesh yellow, red at the 
 stone ; very productive ; not of high ex- 
 cellence, but viiluiibleas a market variety. 
 In the Delaware and Maryland Reach- 
 growing district this variety is planted 
 perhaps more extensively than any other 
 sort, and large profits have been realized 
 from it. It succeeds well in eastern \'ir- 
 ginia, but west of the ridge is not so valu- 
 able. Middle to last of .September. 
 
 Stump the World. Large ; creamy white, 
 with a bright red cheek ; flesh white, 
 juicy and high flavored ; productive ; one 
 of the best market varieties. Ripens 
 middle of August. 
 
 Sneed, or Peebles. The earliest Reach 
 grown ; medium to large ; straw-color, 
 with red cheek ; ripens eight days before 
 Alexander ; has matured its fruit where 
 the above variety rotted on the s:une soil. 
 Very hardy and seldom fails. 
 
 Tennessee Everbearing. \V. T. Nichols, 
 of Obion cotinty, says of this variety : 
 "The parent tree is said to have pro- 
 duced its first crop about 188S. The tree 
 ripens fruit continuously from about .Aug. 
 I to Oct. I. The best specimens on the 
 
 } parent tree at twelve years t)ld measured 
 1 2 inches in circumference. .Skin creamy 
 white, with a deep blush in the sun ; 
 clingstone.” A variety that will bear on 
 one tree fruit for two months, having dur- 
 ing all that time ripe fruit to be gathered, 
 is one that every lover of frtiit will desire 
 .on account of its novelty. 
 
 Tburber. Large; skin white, with light 
 crimson mottlings ; flesh very juicy, of 
 exceedingly fine texture. A seedling of 
 Chinese Cling, which it resembles in size 
 and beauty, l)ut perfectly free. 
 
 Triumph. This new Rettch bids fair to 
 be the greatest acquisition yet intro- 
 iluced. .A yellow Reach, ripening so 
 early, and a freestone, is a wonder of the 
 age. .Mr. J. 1 ). Ilusted, of .Spaulding 
 county, Ga., the originator, describes it as 
 follows : " Very attractive in ai>pearance ; 
 flesh yellow ; seed small ; h:is been sent 
 through the mails to dift'erent jtarts of the 
 I'nited States, arriving in good order. 
 Testimonials from ten of the largest 
 Reach-growers scattered in Georgia, New 
 Jersey, Ohio, Connecticut and ^lichigan, 
 pronounce it a bonanza.” 
 
 Troth’s Early. .A very early and excel- 
 lent Reach of medium size ; whitish, with 
 a line red cheek ; flesh juicy, sweet ;md 
 very good ; one of the most popular and 
 profitable varieties for early marketing. 
 Middle of July. 
 
 Wheatlaud. An extensive fruit-grower 
 says : "It is the largest, hardiest, best, 
 most productive and handsomest of its 
 season — filling a gap just before Craw- 
 ford’s Late, which it excels. Though 
 crowded on the tree the fruit was all large.” 
 
 Waterloo. A seedling; originated in \Va' 
 terloo, N. Y. ; size medium to large, good 
 specimens measuring 9 inches in circum- 
 ference and weighing five ounces ; form 
 rotiiid, with a deep stiUire on the side ; 
 color pale, whitish green in the shade, 
 marbled red, deepening into dark purple- 
 crimson in the sun ; flesh greenish white, 
 with abundance of sweet, vinous juice ; 
 adheres considerably to the stone, like 
 1 lale’s .Amsden, etc. Ripens with 
 Amsden, 
 
 Wonderful. Originated in New Jersey, 
 described by the introducer ; size large to 
 very large, best specimens from crowded 
 trees measuring 1 1 inches in circumfer- 
 ence and weighing as many ounces ; 
 smooth, almost globular ; very regular and 
 uniform in size and sha))e ; color rich 
 golden yellow ; flesh yellow, high-flavor- 
 yd, firni ; very free. Ripens in October. 
 
 Yellow St. John. (Elater’s St. John.) A 
 large, roundish, yellow freestone, ripening 
 a little before Troth’s Early ; skin orange- 
 yellow, with ;i deep red cheek ; flesh yel- 
 low, jtiicy, sweet and high flavored. 
 
A. B, Hood €f Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 2{i 
 
 Select Plums 
 
 The Pliini will ^row vigorously in almost every part of this country, but it 
 bears its finest and most abundant crops in heavy loams, or where there is consider- 
 able clay ; it will bloom and set a fine crop in a sandy soil, but in such soils it gener- 
 ally falls a prey to the curculio, and drops prematurely. There are, however, some 
 varieties that succeed very well in such situations. 
 
 The Curculio, a small, brown insect, commences its depredations on this fruit as 
 soon as it has attained the size of a pea, and continues its course of destruction until 
 the crop is matured. It makes a small, crescent-shaped incision in the fruit, and lays 
 its egg in the opening; the egg hatches into a worm, which feeds upon the fruit, caus- 
 ing it to fall prematurely, Tlie only preventive that is known to succeed with any 
 tiegree of certainty is to pltice a white sheet under the tree early in the morning, when 
 cool, and by jarring the tree suddenly the insect falls upon the cloth, and, being stiff, 
 can easily be caught, by commencing this as soon as the fruit is formed, and con- 
 tinuing it daily for about three weeks, you may be able to save a good crop. 
 
 K.xemption may not be secured from black fungus or knot, but if branches affected 
 are carefully removed and burned, and the wounds, caused by removal of branches, 
 be well saturated with kerosene oil <md the trees are given careful cultivation, the iti- 
 jury to the trees will not be great. 
 
 EUROPEAN AND NATIVE 
 VARIETIES 
 
 Coe’s Golden Drop. One of the largest, 
 niost beautiful and valuable of late Plums; 
 light yellow ; flesh yellow, firm, rich iind 
 sweet ; adheres to the stone ; productive. 
 
 Last of August. 
 
 French Damson. A variety said to be 
 better than Shropshire; has not fruited 
 with us ; purple. 
 
 German Prune. A valuable Plum of 
 fair quality for the table but most es- 
 teemed for drying and preserving ; fruit 
 long and oval ; skin purple, with a thick 
 blue bloom ; flesh firm, green, sweet and 
 pleasiint ; separates from the stone. 
 
 General Hand. Very large; skin deep 
 golden yellow; flesh coarse, pale yellow; 
 moderately juicy, sweet and good ; tree 
 grows vigorously and is \ ery producti\ e ; 
 separates from the stone. August. 
 
 Green Gage. Small, yellowish green; 
 flesh pale green, melting, juicy, e.xceed- 
 ingly sweet and rich. August. 
 
 Lombard. .Metlium size; skin delicate 
 violet, dotted thick red ; flesh deep yel- 
 low, juicy and pletisant ; one of the 
 hardiest, most productive and valuable 
 Plums. Succeeds well everywhere, even 
 on light soils. August. 
 
 Prince Englebert. Large ; oblong, oval ; 
 skin very deep purple, sprinkled with 
 brown dots and covered with a deep blue 
 bloom ; flesh yellowish green, juicy, 
 sugtiry ; sepanites from the stone ; from 
 Helgium ; tree very vigorous ; otie of the 
 best. July. 
 
 Heine Claude de Bavay. Large ; greenish 
 yellow, spotted with red ; flesh rather 
 firm, juicy, sugary, rich, of fine quality; 
 adheres slightly to the stone; a vigorous 
 grower, very productive, and a valuable 
 addition to the late varieties. September. 
 
 Shipper’s Pride. (See t>age 30.) 
 
 Shropshire Damson. .An improvement 
 on the common Damson, being of the 
 largest size of its class ; dark purple ; 
 highly esteemed for preserving; tree 
 vigorous and eiK)rmously productive. 
 September. 
 
 Spaulding. A fine grower, with large, 
 rich dark foliage ; fruit large, yellowish 
 green ; flesh firm, sweet ;md sprightly ; 
 said to be curculio-proof. Middle to last 
 of August. 
 
 " I liavf been engaged with you for tliree years, as agenl, and can say jn all that time 1 have not 
 lound a tlissatisned customer. Your trees give entire satisfaction.’* — W m. D. Mu.ks, Walcott. Arkansas, 
 July JO, tonj. 
 
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 :f0 
 
 EUROPEAN AND NATIVE PLUMS, continued 
 
 Shipper's Pride. Large, round, purple; 
 lirm; excellent (piality ; a strong, upright 
 grower and regular bearer; iiroductive. 
 
 Wild Goose. Medium size ; oblong ; 
 bright vermilion-red ; juicy, sweet, and of 
 good i|uality ; cling; productive, and 
 nearly proof against the curculio. The 
 most profitable variety for market in the 
 ■South, and deserves more extensive 
 planting there as well as in the middle 
 states. July. 
 
 Yellow Egg. A very popular fruit on 
 account of its very large size and splendid 
 appearance; its slight acidity renders it 
 valuable for preserv ing ; skin yellowish, 
 covered with a white bloom ; flesh yellow, 
 adhering closely to the stone ; rather acid 
 until it becomes very ripe. Last of July. 
 
 JAPAN PLUMS 
 
 This class of fruit is attracting the atten- 
 tion of all fruit-growers, and is remark- 
 able for its beauty, size, productiveness 
 and early bearing. The trees often bear at 
 two years in the nursery row, and we think 
 this fruit will super.sede the European va- 
 rieties in this latitude and the South. 
 
 Abundance, or Botan. It is as near cnr- 
 ctilio-proof as can be expected. h'ruit 
 large and showy; color amber, turning to 
 a rich cherry color, with a white bloom ; 
 flesh light yellow, juicy, tender, sweet and 
 excellent; stone small and parts readily 
 from the flesh. One of the best Plums for 
 canning. July. 
 
 Burbank. Emit large, ranging from 5 to 
 5j4 inches in circumference, ne;irly globu- 
 lar, clear cherry-red, with a thin lilac 
 bloom ; flesh a deep yellow, very sweet, 
 with a peculiar and very agreeable flavor; 
 tree vigorous, with large and rather broad 
 leaves ; commences to bear usually at two 
 
 Hale. 
 
 years old. Middle to the last of August 
 
 Climax. One of Burbank's latest, and he 
 claims is one of his best. Burbank calls the 
 Wickson the ()ueen of Plums, and the 
 Climax the king of Plums. H'ruit heart- 
 shaped, larger than Wickson, more highly 
 colored; very fragrant, very delicious; 
 prolific and a vigorous grower. Ripens a 
 month earlier than Wickson and almost 
 with the Red June Plum. Very large, spec- 
 imens measuring inches in diameter. 
 We especially recommend this variety. 
 
 Gold Plum. Emit beatitiful; a rich golden 
 color, with deep red blush ; good bearer 
 and keeper; plant in dry, thin or clay soils. 
 
 Kelsey's Japan. Large to very large, 
 heart-shaped ; rich yellow, nearly over- 
 spread with bright red, with ,i delicate 
 bloom ; flesh lirm, melting, rich aiul juicw, 
 with remarkably small pit. W'e think'”it 
 should only be planted .South. 
 
 Hale. I500 was paid for the control of 
 the original tree. This is the latest and 
 greatest production of Luther Burbank's 
 genius, and presents some most unique 
 and desirable special features. The tree 
 is the most vigorous in growth of all the 
 Japan Plums; fruit large ; bright orange, 
 mottled with cherry red ; ripe in mid- 
 September. Its season of ripening, great 
 size and beauty will make it the most 
 profitable of all Plums in market. 
 
 The Dixie. Earliest Sweet Plum. Very 
 valuable. Not as rapid a grower as most 
 Japan sorts, nor did it bear as young as is 
 common with Japan varieties. Still it 
 bears full crops and is a delicious Plum ; 
 not large, but handsome, and of first 
 quality ; sweet and delicious. Ripens here 
 last of May, right along with Gandy 
 strawberries. .Stock limited. 
 
 Ogou. It is large, nearlv round ; of the 
 brightest golden yellow ; flesh firm, sweet, 
 rich and dry ; ripens a little earlier than 
 Abutidance or Botan, and is the most free 
 of all Plums, as there is not a particle of 
 flesh that adheres to the stone when 
 broken or cut open. It seldom, if ever, 
 fails to produce a large crop of fruit. The 
 tree is vigorous and entirely hardy. 
 
 Red Damson. This is a valuable fruit, 
 ripening later than Shropshire Damson. 
 Eor jeliy and preserves it has no superior 
 among Damsons. It comes into bearing 
 the second year after transplanting, and 
 bears annually heavy crojis. Have a tree 
 that has borne every year for the past 
 fifteen years ; no room for more fruit on 
 the tree every other year, and a fair crop 
 the next ensuing The tree is a strong, 
 robust grower, making quite a large tree. 
 When in bloom it is one mass of white 
 flowers, without a leaf; later it is clothed 
 with broad, dark green foliage. It is really 
 a beautiful tree, free from black knot or 
 anv other disease. 
 
THE CLIMAX 
 PLUM 
 
 One of Burbank’s latest, and he 
 claims is one of his best. Burbank 
 calls the Wickson the queen of 
 Plums, and the Climax the king of 
 Plums. Fruit heart-shaped, larger 
 than Wickson, more highly colored ; 
 very fragrant, very delicious; pro- 
 lific and a vigorous grower. Kipens 
 a month earlier than Wickson and 
 almost with the Ked .June Plum. 
 Very large, specimens measuring 
 o’ti inches in diameter. We espe- 
 cially recommend this variety. 
 
A. B. Hood Ci Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 31 
 
 Burbank. (See preceding page ) 
 
 JAPAN PLUMS, continued 
 
 Red June. New. Fruit medium to large, 
 •late and very prominently elongaterl 
 le ape.x ; suture deep, generally lop- 
 ■Mued ; deep vermilion-red all over, with 
 a handsome hloom ; very showy ; flesh 
 light lemon-yellow or whitish, firm :md 
 moderately juicy, not stringy, slightly sub- 
 acid to sweetish ; of good, pleasant qu.ility ; 
 cling to half cling ; pit small. Tree vigor- 
 ous and productive. 
 
 Satsuma Blood. A purple-lleshed rium 
 of very vigorous growth, with rank, dark 
 green folitige ; enormously productive of 
 fruit ; large ; skin dark purplish red, mot- 
 tled with bluish bloom ; shape gloliuhir, 
 or with a sharp |)oint ; (lesh firm, juicy, 
 dark red or blood -color, well flavored, 
 firm, (|uality very good ; pit very little 
 larger than a cherry-stone ; fruits at two 
 or three years of age. Considered by 
 some to be the most valuable of Japan 
 Plums. With us the trees have bloomed 
 too early, and the past season is the only 
 one in which they have fruited, while 
 Polan and Ogon have fruited three out of 
 four years. 
 
 Simons’ ( Primus Simouii) . This varietv 
 is from China. Perfectly hardy and very 
 productive, commencing to bear when two 
 or three years from the bud. Fruit deep 
 rich red color, somewhat flattened, and 
 has a little of the a])pearance of a dark 
 red tomato, and « ith a peculiar aromatic 
 flavor. We do not recommend this variety 
 for market. The trees are very distinct. 
 
 growing upright like a Lombardy poplar. 
 •Middle of Augu.st. 
 
 Willard. Another new Japan Plum, 
 similar in color and appearance to the 
 ■Abundance, but ripens a month earlier; 
 earlier than Wild Goo.se and the Kuropean 
 varieties. Mr Willard says: “The only 
 thing to recommend it is its earliness. “ 
 
 Wickson. .\ew cn ss-breed Plum by 
 Luther Bui bank, which he sent out in the 
 spring of nSg.s. Mr. Burbank says : 
 “Among the many Japan Plums which I 
 have fruited this one so far stands pre- 
 eminent in its rare combination of good 
 (|ualities. The tree grows in va.se form, 
 sturdy and upright, yet as gracefully 
 branching as coukl be desired, and is pro- 
 ductive to a fault. The fruit is evenly 
 distributed all over the tree, and from the 
 time it is half grown until a few days be- 
 fore ripening is of a pearly white color, 
 but all at once soft pink shadings creep 
 over it, and in a few days it has changed 
 to a glowing carmine, with a heavy white 
 bloom ; the stone is small and the flesh 
 is of fine texture, firm, sugary and deli- 
 cious, and will keep two weeks or more 
 after ripening, or can be picked when 
 hard and white, and will color and rijien 
 almost as well as if left on the tree. 
 
 Yellow Japan. Fruit large, nearly round ; 
 skin yellow, washed with red on sunny 
 side ; flesh yellow, juicy and of good 
 quality ; tree vigorous, re.sembling Kelsey 
 in growth, but with larger leaves. It is 
 named ^■ellow Japan, although a red 
 Plum. 
 
 Wickson. 
 
 '■ I have been selling your nursery stock for five or six years and can trutlifully say that your trees 
 arc first-class, I sell to the same people every season, if they need trees. People say tliat your trees are 
 the best that Iiave ever been sold. I boutrbt 175 pear trees in the fall of 1903 ; they are all fine Several 
 nurserymen have written me and tried to secure my services. 1 have, however, tlecided to Uet well 
 eiiouirh alone' and declined their offers.” — H. I.lv'sEY, I'rankford. West Viririnia,yK/y 16, 1904. 
 
32 
 
 A. B. Hood 6 Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 Napoleon Bigarreau. (See opposite page.) 
 
 Select Cherries 
 
 The Cherry succeeds on most soils and in nearly all localities throughout this 
 country, but attains its greatest perfection upon those of a light, gravelly or sandy 
 nature, provided it be in good condition. In planting the Hearts and Bigarreaus, 
 avoid wet or damp situations. The Dukes and Morellos will bear more moisture, but 
 will flourish best in a soil that grows the others to the greatest perfection. 
 
 HEART AND BIGARREAU 
 
 Bigarreau, or Graffion. (Yellow .Spanish.) 
 \'ery large, often an inch in diameter ; 
 pale yellow, with a handsome, light red 
 cheek to the sun ; flesh firm, with a fine 
 rich flavor. 'I'his variety, though not of 
 the highest excellence, has become, from 
 its great size, beauty and productiveness, 
 a general favorite. July. 
 
 Black Tartarian. \’ery large, purplish 
 black ; half tender ; flavor mild and 
 pleasant ; tree a remarkably vigorous, 
 erect and beautiful grower and an im- 
 mense bearer. June. 
 
 Black Heart. Rather above medium 
 size ; flesh tender, juicy, with a rich, 
 sweet flavor ; very productive. June. 
 
 Belle D'Orleans. A foreign variety ; 
 fruit of medium size ; color whitish yellow, 
 half covered with pale red ; flesh tender, 
 very juicy, sweet and excellent ; tree vig- 
 orous and productive ; a valuable early 
 Cherry. .May. 
 
 Coe’s Transparent. Medium size ; pale 
 amber, red and mottled next the sun. 
 
 tender, sweet and fine ; one of the best ; 
 tree vigorotis and erect. Beginning of 
 June. 
 
 Downer’s Late Red. Rather large, light 
 red, tender and juicy, slightly bitter before 
 fidly ripe. Tree a vigorous, erect grower 
 and very productive. One of the best 
 late Cherries. 
 
 Elton, l.arge, pointed ; pale yellow, 
 nearly covered with light red ; half ten- 
 der, juicy, rich and delicious ; tree very 
 vigorous’ spreading and irregular. May 
 and June. 
 
 Early Purple. An exceedingly early va- 
 riety. ripening in May ; fruit of medium 
 size ; color dark red. becoming purple at 
 maturity ; flesh purple, tender, juicy, with 
 a rich and sweet flavor ; indispensable as 
 an early variety ; productive. 
 
 Florence. Fruit very large, amber yel- 
 low, marbled and mostly covered with 
 bright reti ; flesh amber color, very firm, 
 sweet, rich flavor ; hangs long on the tree, 
 and will keep several days after gathering. 
 Ripens in July. 
 
A. B. Hood Cs Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 3.-I 
 
 HEART AND BIQARREAU CHERRIES, con. 
 
 Governor Wood. One of the liest of Dr. 
 Kirkland’s seedlings, and deserves a 
 place in every good collection ; fruit large, 
 skin light yellow, shaded with bright red ; 
 Mesh nearly tender, juicy, sweet, rich and 
 delicious ; tree vigorous and productive. 
 J line. 
 
 Knight’s Early Black. Large, black ; a 
 very juicy, tender and e.xcellent early 
 kind ; tree quite vigorous and a good 
 bearer. Middle of June. 
 
 Napoleon Bigarreau. A magniticent 
 Cherry of the largest size ; pale yellow, 
 with a bright red cheek ; flesh very firm, 
 juicy ;ind sweet ; tree a vigorous, erect 
 grower, and bears enormous crops. 
 Profitable for marketing. June. 
 
 Rockport Bigarreau. Large, deep bril- 
 liant red ; Mesh rather firm, juicy, sweet, 
 rich, with an e.\cellent flavor ; a very de- 
 sirable and profitable Cherry. Reginning 
 of June. 
 
 Schmidt’s Bigarreau. This noble Cherry 
 was introduced into England from Bel- 
 gium by Mr. Rivers, and is by far the 
 largest of all black Bigarreau Cherries. 
 Emit grows in clusters and is of large size, 
 round and somewhat oblate ; the skin is 
 of a deep black color ; flesh <lark, tender, 
 very juicy, with a fine, rich Mavor. The 
 stone is very small for the size of the fruit. 
 
 Windsor. 'I'he tree is vigorous, hardy 
 and an early and good bearer ; the Cher- 
 ries are obtuse heart-shaped, dark purple 
 or nearly black, the flesh quite tirtn, line 
 in te.xture and rich in flavor ; ripens earlv. 
 
 DUKE AND MORELLO 
 
 The Dukes and Morelhis are not so 
 vigorous and upright in their growth as 
 the Hearts and Bigarreaus, forming low, 
 spreading heads, with acid or subacid 
 fruit. 
 
 Dyehouse. In hardine.ss and general 
 appearance resembles Early Richmond, 
 but is of finer (piality and several days 
 earlier ; it produces very regular annual 
 crops ; fruit medium ; skin bright red, 
 darkened in the sun ; Mesh soft, juicy, 
 tender, sprightly subacid, rather ricli ; 
 partakes of both the Morello and Duke in 
 growth, wood and fruit ; it is \ ery pro- 
 ductive. We consider it superior to Early 
 Richmond. 
 
 English Morello. .Above medium size ; 
 skin dtirk red, becoming nearly black ; 
 flesh juicy, subacid, rich. July. 
 
 Early Richmond, or Kentish. Medium 
 size, red ; flesh melting, juicy, and, at 
 
 maturity, of a rich acid flavor ; \ery pro- 
 ductive ; fine for cooking. Commences 
 ripening last of May and hangs long on 
 the tree. 
 
 Late Duke. Large; light red; Mesh 
 pale amber, subacid ; desirable as a late 
 Cherry ; productive. Ripens gradually 
 from the middle to the last of July. 
 
 May Duke. Medium size ; dark red ; 
 melting, rich and juicy; an old and popular 
 .sort ; ripens after Early Purple Cuigne. 
 
 Montmorency Large-fruited. Emit large 
 and the finest flavored of any in this class ; 
 tree a very free grower, htirdy and prolific. 
 
 Montmorency Ordinaire. A beautiful, 
 large red, acitl Cherry ; larger than Early 
 Richmond and fully ten days later ; ver)’ 
 prolific and hardy ; a \ariety of great 
 value ; tree ;i free grower. 
 
 Olivet. Large, very shining, deep red, 
 tender, rich and vinous, with a very sweet, 
 subacid flavor. It ripens in May or early 
 June. 
 
 Ostheim. (Russian.) Rather slender 
 grower ; very hardy ; fruit of good size 
 and quality ; trees are very productive. 
 
 Reine Hortense. A Erench Cherry of 
 .gretit e.xcellence ; large ; bright red ; flesh 
 tender, juicy, very slightly subacid and 
 delicious ; tree vigorous and productive ; 
 one of the very best Cherries. I ,ast of J line. 
 
 Early Richmond. 
 
 " ShipmeiU (i.ooo Itlberlas) received. It was the prettiest lot of trees ever received by ine.’’— J. R, 
 Cantkloi;, Montgomery, .Ala., March ji , 
 
;u 
 
 A. B. Hood £l Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 SELECT APRICOTS 
 
 This beautiful and excellent fruit needs only to be known to be appreciated. It 
 ripens a month or more before the best early peaches and partakes largely of their 
 luscious flavor. The tree is even more hardy than the Peach and requires about the 
 same treatment. 'I'o make a crop more certain, plant on the north or west side of a 
 
 wall, fence or building. 
 
 Breda. Small, round ; dull orange in 
 the sun ; flesh orange-colored, juicy, rich, 
 vinous and high-flavored ; tree very hardy 
 and productive. July. 
 
 Early Golden. (Dubois’ Karly Golden. ) 
 .Small ; pale orange ; flesh orange, juicy 
 and sweet ; tree liardy and productive, 
 l.ast of June. 
 
 Large Early. Large size ; orange, with 
 a red cheek ; , flesh sweet, rich and juicy ; 
 separates from the stone ; tree vigorous 
 and productive ; one of the very best of 
 the early sorts. Last of June. 
 
 Moorpark. One of the largest and finest 
 Apricots ; yellow, with a red cheek ; flesh 
 rather firm, orange, parting from the 
 stone ; sweet, juicj- and rich, with a lus- 
 cious flavor. July. 
 
 Peach. \'ery large ; yellow ish orange. 
 
 and mottled with dark brown to the sun ; 
 flesh rich yellow, juicy, with a rich, high 
 flavor ; productive, h'irst of July. 
 
 IMPROVED RUSSIAN VARIETIES 
 
 Alexander. An immense bearer ; frtiit 
 of large size ; oblong ; yellow', flecked 
 with red ; flavor sweet and delicious ; tree 
 hardy ; one of the best. July i. 
 
 Alexis. Large to very large ; yellow 
 with red cheek ; slightly acid, but rich and 
 luscious ; tree hardy and abundant bearer. 
 July 15- 
 
 J. L. Budd. A hardy, strong grow er and 
 profuse bearer ; large w’hite, with red 
 cheek ; sweet, juicy, extra fine, with a 
 sweet kernel as fine-flavored as the al- 
 mond ; the best late variety and a decided 
 aceiuisition. August. 
 
 SELECT NECTARINES 
 
 The -Xectarine retiuires the same culture, soil and management as the peach, 
 from which it differs only in having a smooth skin, like the plum. 
 
 SELECT QUINCES 
 
 The (Juince is attracting a great deal of attention as a market fruit. Scarcely any 
 fruit will pay better in the orchard. The tree ii> hardy and compact in growth, re- 
 quires but little space, productive, gives regular crops, and comes early into bearing. 
 
 The fruit is much sought after for canning for winter use. When put up in the pro- 
 portion of about one quart of Quinces to four of other fruit it imparts to them a most 
 delicious flavor. 
 
 It flourishes in any good garden soil, which should be kept mellow and well 
 enriched. Prune off all the dead and .surplus branches, and thin out the fruit if bear- 
 
 ing too freely. 
 
 Champion. This variety originated in 
 Georgetown, Conn.; said to be larger 
 than the Orange ; fair, smooth, of fine 
 quality and a late keeper. 
 
 Champion Quince. 
 
 Meech’s Prolilic. A new variety re- 
 cently introduced by Rev. W. W. Meech. 
 of Vineland, N. J. The late Charles 
 Downing says : “ It is certainly a prom- 
 ising variety, and if it proves as good in 
 other localities, and continues its present 
 gooti (lUidities of fair fruit and good size 
 as the specimens you sent me, it will be 
 an actjuisition to the Quince family.” 
 
 Orange, or Apple. Large, roundish, 
 with a short neck ; color light yellow ; 
 tree very productive ; this is the most 
 popular variety in the country ; a great 
 bearer. Ripens in October. 
 
 Rea. (Rea’s Seedling.) A variety of 
 the Orange Quince, one-third larger, of 
 the same form and color, fair, hand- 
 some ; a strong grower, of good cinality, 
 and bears well. 
 
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 MULBERRIES 
 
 1 Ins fruit IS getting very popular, especially South, where it is tine food for hogs 
 and poultry. The trees are also fine for shade, as it grows rapidly and is very hardy. 
 
 Russian. Brought from Russia by the 
 Mennonites. Tree a very hardy and rapid 
 grower ; fine as a shade tree ; bears very 
 young and very heavily, but the fruit is of 
 very little value. 
 
 Teas’ Weeping. Forms a perfect um- 
 brella-sha]>ed head, with long, slender 
 branches drooping to the groniKl, parallel 
 to the stem ; very hardy. One of the 
 prettiest small weeping trees. Admirablv 
 adapted to lawn planting. 
 
 White English. Fruit very small and 
 sweet, but not as good as I licks’. 
 
 Downing’s Black. Fruit very large, 
 black and subacid ; mostly planted North. 
 Fruit about June i to middle of July. 
 
 Hicks', or Everbearing Black. This va- 
 riety is very popular South, as the tree is 
 a very rapid grower, bears verj^ young 
 and has a long season, very often' from 
 June I until the middle of August. \'ery 
 sweet. 
 
 New American. This we consider etiual 
 to Downing's in all respects, continuing 
 in bearing fully as long and a hardier 
 tree. 1-riiit jet-black. 
 
 JAPANESE PERSIMMON 
 
 In our last edition we did not recommend this fruit. At that time they were 
 
 and unsatisfactory to- 
 
 ve-irfurfj f c ' *^7 then we have been buying strong one- 
 
 year-olds from the South and transplanting in our nurseries, and where sold ha\e 
 i '*^7 satisfactory. We do not atlvise planting for our latitude, e.xcept in pro- 
 tected places and the ground should be well manured in the fall several feet around 
 
 wMI ^ ‘ and they should be killed back, they 
 
 will sprout up from the ground and with care will make satisfactory trees, although, 
 there vvill be no trouble where the thermometer does not fall below zero. There is a 
 V ’’as been planted from ten to twelve years, and is over 12 
 
 TuI ’f r Vr crops ever since the second year of planting, 
 
 rinstir n ^'1 have ever seen an apple tree with apples. One 
 
 cluster, not over twelve inches in length, had twelve as large as hen eggs. 
 
 Among, or Yemon ( Name of a Japanese 
 ornament.) Round, flattened, deeply 
 ribbed ; dark orange-red and sometimes 
 yellowish red ; 2}4 to 3 inches in diam- 
 eter ; avera.ge weight 6 ounces, and occa- 
 sionally a specimen weighing 16 ounces 
 IS produced ; very sweet ; flesh red, and 
 is edible tyhile still solid, but quality im- 
 proves as it becomes soft. Maturity Sep- 
 tember to end of No\ember. Tree of 
 moderate height. 
 
 Hiyakume. (Weighs 100 “me.," a unit 
 of Japanese weight. ) This is perhaps the 
 most desirable of all the round, red-fleshed 
 varieties, and as the fruit affects various 
 shapes, it is known under many names, 
 such as I’oiiiKl, Tane-nashi, or Seedless, 
 etc. 
 
 Yedo-lchi. (No. i, or best in Yedo, lat- 
 ter being the old name of Tokio. ) Syn., 
 .Maru-Gata (round shape). Medium, 
 round, some specimens slightly oblong, 
 flattened at base and narrowing at ape.x ; 
 skin dark red. often with black mottlings- 
 near ape.x ; flesh mahogany brown, with 
 darker spots, brittle and is edible while 
 solid as early as October 1 ; very prolific 
 and bears fruit in large clusters. Tree an 
 upright grower. 
 
 Zenji, or Zinji. (Name of Jai>anese vil- 
 lages. ) Small, 134 X 2 inches ; weighs 3 
 to 4 ounces ; flesh dark brown, with darker 
 spots ; very sweet ; edible as early as 
 middle of September, while still solid, and 
 lasts throughout October. One of the 
 most desirable. 
 
 ’ •i®' ® had seveiueen years' e.x|>ericiice in trying your nursery stock. It has been fully tried and I 
 I'l- to ®>l«al It. 1 00 much cannot be said in favor of the stock sent out bv you. J. M Roiiinson 
 
 Woodlorcl. S. ‘ * 
 
 Having? handled your stock for six years and being thrown in contact with agents and nursery 
 stock trom other concerns. I can conscientiously say that none can compare with your trees, either in 
 grade or pnce^ Trees sent out by you are now iii bearing in Princess .\nne and Norfolk counties 
 Virginia, and Currituck county. North Carolina, and purchasers are satisfied in every particular 
 khv. W . S. Mercer, Norfolk, \’a.,yw/r /p, igo^. 
 
 tu^ ^ ^ purchased through your agent. Mr. T. W. S. p-oley, two lots of stock, and I want to say that 
 
 me same has been satisfactory in every respect. I used to think, and have often heard the remark made 
 that stock brought from the South to this climate would not thrive. I have found that this is all a mis- 
 take, and I would not purchase stock from anv one else.‘’—T. E. Shii-Ungbcrg. ('.ormania W Va 
 jn/v 26, 
 
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 Select Grapes 
 
 The vine conies (luicklv into iiearing, yiekling fruit visually the third year after 
 planting, but sometimes in the second ; requires but little space, and when properly 
 trained is an ornament to the yard, garden or vineyard. . , . 
 
 It is stated by some of the most eminent physiologists that among all the tru ts 
 conducive to regularity, health and vigor in the human system the (.rape ranks 
 number one. We hope soon to see the day when every family shall have an abun 
 dant supply of this e.xcellent fruit for at least si.x months in the year. 
 
 The s6il for the (irape should be dry, when not naturally so should be thor- 
 oughly drained. It should be deeply worked and well manured, always bearing in 
 mind that it is an essential point to secure a warm, sunny e.xposure. , , , , 
 
 The best ('.rape-vine trellis is probably the wire trellis. 1 his is cimstructed b\ 
 planting posts as far apart as you choose to have the length ol your trellis stretch 
 the wires, four in number, about eighteen inches apart, letting them pass through 
 stakes at proiier distances from each other to support the wire. As the vyires are 
 contracted by the cold, and are likely to break or sway the posts from their places, 
 they should be loosened as cold weather approaches. W hen, however, it is not con- 
 venient to make a wire or other trellis, very good results are had with the old vine- 
 yard system of training to stakes. The vines are planted b feet apart, in a place 
 exposed to the sun and protected from cold winds, if convenient and a^ trained loan 
 upright stake. This method is as simple as the cultivation of Indian Corn. Often a 
 large and uncomely rock may be converted to usefulness and beauty by planting a 
 Orape-vine on its siinny side, and making use of the rock as a trellis. 
 
 To secure the best results, annual and careful pruning is essential. 1 he tollow- 
 ing is regarded as the best method : Commencing with a good, strong vine, such as 
 
 we furnish, permit it to grow the first season without pruning^ In November or 
 December following cut back the growth, allowing but three or four buds to remain. 
 The following spring allow but two of the strongest buds to throw out shoots. I hese 
 in the fall, will be from 7 to 10 feet long, and should be cut back to within 4 or 5 feet 
 of the root. The next spring the vine should be fastened to the lower part of the 
 trellis When growth commences, pinch the buds off, so that the shoots will be from 
 10 to 12 inches apart. As these grow, train them perpendicular to the second, thud 
 and fourth bars of the trellis. No fruit should be allowed to set above the second 
 
 ^LdngThe^season when the shoots have reached the iipiier part of the trellis tlie>- 
 may be pinched, to prevent further growth. After the fruit is gathered and the vine 
 has shed its foliage, the cane should then be cut back to two buds. 1 he follou ing 
 sorim. allow but one bud to throw out a shoot, and treat as in the previous year. I his 
 system of priming should be followed each year. After the vine has undergone the 
 fall pruning it may be laid upon the ground and covered vvith boughs, to piotect it 
 through the winter, ('.rape-vines should be toji-dressed in the spring. 
 
 ('.rapes may be kept through the winter, and even all the year, in small boxes 
 holding three to five pounds, if placed in a cool, dry roorn, of even temperature, or 
 they may be spread out to dry for two days and then laid in market baskets, and 
 
 susoended in a cool, drvccUnr. vf • • vt 
 
 Few things pay better than a good vineyard. In 1879 the \ irginia Nuiseiy 
 planted one and one-quarter acres of Concords. In 18S1 these vines bore a fair crop, 
 which increased each vear until, in 1S84, the sales from the one and one-qiiarter .acres, 
 at the low price of three cents per pound, gave a net prolit ot f.ioo. \\e could give 
 other similar instances which show the enormous profit in ( .rape-growing. 
 
 The following list contains the best known sorts ot the hardy American varieties . 
 
 Agawam. (Rogers’ No. 15.1 liunch 
 large and compact ; berries large, dark 
 red ; flesh tender, juicy and rich ; one of 
 the best of Rogers’ Hvbrids. 
 
 Brighton. Hunch large, rather irregu- 
 lar ; berries above medium, round, dark 
 red ; ciiiality best. Ripens early. 
 
 Campbell’s Early. \’ine strong, vigorous 
 and very productive ; clusters large and 
 jierfect ; berries large, black, vvith a per- 
 fect bloom; skin thin; an admirable 
 keeper and shipper ; flavor rich, sweet, 
 slightly vinous. In dessert quality it is 
 unrivaled. Karly .September. 
 
 •• III regard l<> vour mirserv stock. I must sav that it is very fine. Every one of my customers Rive it 
 Rreat ‘S' "T'hey°^y your stock is l-Rer and better Rrown,^ 
 
 mlier .nirsorvman's tliA 'have ever seen. Mv customers say tliey never expect to purcliase of .anyother 
 ,n rter, h thev can cet vo^^^^ trees 1 am pro'utl to say I have been with you fourteen years, and hope it 
 r/v he so l‘'ca':. c^ili with W. S. Folkv, Ml. Storm. W. Va..,/«/y rX, , 90 ,. 
 
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 Campbell's Early. (See preceding page.) 
 
 SELECT GRAPES, continued 
 
 Concord. There is no (Irape in 
 the cat'ilogne so popular or jtlanled 
 so e.xtensively as this. It succeeds 
 well in almost all parts of the coun- 
 try, and although of northern origin, 
 it is better here than in its native 
 place. Vine a very vigorous grower 
 and enormously |)roductive ; com- 
 paratively free from disease; 
 l)unches large, compact ; berries 
 large, round, black, with a blue 
 bloom ; a profitable market sort. 
 
 Catawba. Bunches and berries 
 large; skin pale red; flesh jnicv, 
 sweet and highly aromatic; vine 
 productive. .September. 
 
 Clinton. Bunches small and com- 
 pact; berries small, sprightly; when 
 thoroughly ripe is a good table 
 Grape and keeps well, V’aluable 
 for wine. A free, rapid grower and 
 ])rofuse be.irer ; good keeper. 
 
 Delaware. This ( irape is now so 
 well known as to need nocommen- 
 tlation. Its earliness, hardiness and 
 admirable sweetness have become 
 oo well known to the public to 
 demand more said in its behalf ; 
 bunches medium size, compact ; 
 berries rather small ; skin of a beau- 
 tiful light red color ; e.Nceedingly 
 sweet, sprightly, vinous and aro- 
 matic. Kiiiens in August. 
 
 Duchess. A new seedling from l ister 
 county, New York. Bunch medium to 
 large, shouldered, compact; berries me- 
 dium, romul, greenish white ; skin thin ; 
 Mesh tender, without pulp ; s])rightly ami 
 rich. 
 
 Empire Slate. .Xnother new white Grape 
 of great promise ; bunch large-shoul- 
 dered ; berry medium ; skin slightly 
 tinged with yellow ; flesh tender, rich, 
 juicy, sweet and sprightly ; ripens a little 
 after Hartford; vine a good grower and 
 ])roductive. 
 
 Eaton. Bunch large, compact ; berries 
 very large, round, black, covered with a 
 thick blue bloom. In general appearance 
 it resembles Moore's Early. .Skin thick ; 
 juicy, with pulp. A large, showy Grape. 
 
 Hartford. A very popular and profitable 
 early Grape; a vigorous grower :uid a 
 good bearer ; free from disease ; fruit 
 medium size, black ; flesh sweet and soft. 
 Early in August. 
 
 Ives. Bunch medium to large, some- 
 times shouldered, compact ; berries me- 
 dium, black ; flesh sweet, l)ulpy and 
 somewhiit foxy ; should hang some time 
 on vine after it colors ; hartly, vigorous, 
 and bears well ; deservedly becoming 
 popular. Early. 
 
 James. Berry of large size and good 
 <|uality, black ; vine very prolific. Com- 
 mences to ripen about the first of .August 
 and continues till frost. 
 
 Jefferson. This is a magnificetit Grape, 
 but further trial must establish its worth. 
 It is said to mildew badly in some locali- 
 ties ; bunch large ; very red. Late. 
 
 Lady. Origimited in Ohio. Bunch me- 
 dium size ; berry about the size of Con- 
 cord ; light greenish yellow, covered 
 with white bloom ; flesh tender, sweet 
 and ])leasant. Early. 
 
 Lady Washington. Bunch very large, 
 compact, generally double - shoulderetl ; 
 berry medium to large ; color deep yel- 
 low, with a tinge of delicate pink where 
 exposed to the sun, and covered with a 
 thin white bloom ; flesh soft, tender, 
 juicy, sweet and very good. It ripens 
 about with Concord. 
 
 Martha. This is one of the most reliable 
 white Grapes yet known; bunch medium, 
 compact, shouldered ; berry white or 
 greenish, turning to pale yellow when 
 fully ripe; skin thin; flesh very sweet 
 and jtiicy; a seedling of the Concord, 
 and will take the same rank amongst 
 white Grapes that its parent does amongst 
 the black. .A little earlier than Concord. 
 
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 SELECT GRAPES, continued 
 
 Moyer. Originated in l.incoln county. 
 Ontario, Canada, and seems to be a cross 
 between tlie Delaware and some purely 
 native variety. It ripens with the very 
 earliest varieties, some three weeks be- 
 fore the Concord ; not quite as high fla- 
 vored, and w ithout a trace of fo.xiness ; 
 very juicy and tender to the center ; skin 
 thin but tough, to which characteristic, in 
 part, it owes its gi od keeping, handling 
 and shipping qualities; bunches medium, 
 about the .same as Delaw are, shouldered; 
 the berries are a little larger and adhere 
 tenaciously to the stem. 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 ; very hauly, 
 liavitig stood 35 degrees below zero un- 
 protected and unhurt. Neither the leaf 
 nor fruit has ever been know n to mildew, 
 not even in seasons and places where 
 everything around it was affected. 
 
 Moore’s Diamond. .A pure native ; bunch 
 large, compact ; berry medium size ; 
 color greenish white, with a yellow tinge 
 when fully ripe ; flesh juicy; almost with- 
 out pulp ; (|Uality very good ; vine vig- 
 orous anti productive. 
 
 Moore’s Early. A seedling of the Con- 
 cord, combining the vigor, health and 
 
 protiuctiveness of its parent, and ripening 
 a few days earlier than the Hartford ; 
 bunch medium ; berry quite large ; color 
 black withheavy blue bloom. Itsextreme 
 hardine.ss and size w ill render it a popular 
 market sort. 
 
 Niagara. No Grape has been so strongly 
 presented for public favor as this, and for 
 a while it seemed as though it would 
 merit all the praise bestowed upon it. 
 The vine is remarkably vigorous and pro- 
 ductive ; bunch large, generally shoul- 
 dered; berry large, roundish; color green- 
 ish white, turning to light yellow ; skin 
 thin blit tough ; flesh slightly pulpy, ten- 
 der and sweet ; has a decidedly foxy 
 flavor before fully ripe which it pretty 
 well loses at maturity. Ripens with Con- 
 cord. In some vineyards it has suffered 
 greatly from rot, and we are afraid this is 
 a weakness that will be tleveloped with 
 age, but where it succeeds it will uiu]ues- 
 tionably be a very valuable sort. 
 
 Pockfington. A seedling of the Con- 
 cord. \'ine very hardy, healthy and pro- 
 ductive ; bunch large, generally shoul- 
 dered ; berry light golden yellow when 
 fully ripe, quality good ; ri|)ens rather 
 early. It is a good keeper and bears ship- 
 ping well. It will probably take its place 
 as a valuable standard Grape, being the 
 largest and most showy white 
 Grape of its type yet introduced. 
 
 Scuppernong. A southern Grape, 
 too tender for a more northern lati- 
 tude than \'irginia ; does not even 
 succeed in X'irginia much above the 
 tide-water line, but southward it is 
 tphte hardy and valuable ; vine a 
 vigorous grower; retpiires no prun- 
 ing ; bunch small, loose, not often 
 containing more than six berries ; 
 fruit large, round ; skin thick, light 
 green ; flesh pulpy, juicy, sweet ; 
 produces enormous crops. Con- 
 tinues in season about six weeks. 
 
 Salem. (Rogers’ No. 22.) Bunch 
 and berry large ; of a light chestnut 
 color; skin thin ; flesh tender ; veri- 
 sweet and sprightly , with a rich, ani- 
 matic flavor; vine vigorous and pro- 
 ductive ; ri])ens before Concord. 
 One of the best and most popular 
 of Rogers' Hybrids. 
 
 Wilder. ( Rogers' No. 4.) Bunch 
 and berry large; black; pulp tender; 
 juicy, rich and sweet; vigorous and 
 productive. Ripens with Concord. 
 
 Worden. Said to be a seedling of 
 Concord, and is a slight improve- 
 ment on that variety ; ripens a few 
 days earlier ; bunch large and com- 
 pact ; berry large, black and of 
 good quality ; vine vigorous and 
 productive. 
 
 Niagara. 
 
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 :ts> 
 
 North Star Currants. 
 
 Small Fruits 
 
 The small fruits, such as Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Gooseberries, 
 Currants, etc., ripening from the first of June till fall, are everywhere capable of suc- 
 cessful cultivation, and yield large returns at comparatively small e.xpense. They 
 should have a place in every garden. Since the introduction of self-sealing jars and 
 cans, they can be had throughout the year almost as fresh as when gathered. 
 
 SELECT CURRANTS 
 
 Black Naples. \'ery large ; black ; val- 
 uable for jams and jellies ; has a strong, 
 musky odor. 
 
 Cherry. \'ery large ; red ; strong 
 grower and moderately productive ; line 
 for preserving, and a valuable market 
 variety. 
 
 Fay’s Prolilic. This Currant has now 
 been before the public a number of years, 
 and we believe has pretty well sustained 
 the claims of its disseminator, who says 
 of it: “Color rich red; as compared 
 
 with the Cherry Currant, Fay’s Prolific is 
 equal in size, better in flavor, containing 
 less acid, and five times as prolific, and 
 from its long, peculiar stem, less expen- 
 sive to pick.” 
 
 La Versaillaise. One of the largest and 
 best Currants ; an enormous bearer ; red ; 
 flavor good ; very similar to Cherry. 
 
 Lee’s Prolilic. A black variety of recent 
 introduction, and perhaps the best of its 
 class ; earlier than Black Naples, with the 
 
 peculiar musky flavor of that variety ; 
 fruit large ; very prolific. 
 
 North Star. This new Currant is of re- 
 markably vigorous growth and wonder- 
 fully prolific ; the stems of fruit thickly 
 set average 4 inches in length. The fruit 
 is very sweet anti rich, a fine dessert fruit 
 and linequaled for jelly. It is extremely 
 hardy ; bears early. 
 
 Pomona. Is a strong grower ; hardy and 
 very productive. Colored aud verv sweet ; 
 few and very small seeds. A very valu- 
 able sort. 
 
 Red Dutch. Larger than the common 
 red aud clusters much larger, and less 
 acid ; one of the best red Currants. 
 
 Victoria. A late variety, of rather large 
 size ; red ; long bunch ; productive. 
 
 White Grape. The best white Currant ; 
 bunch motlerately long ; berries large ; 
 very productive ; less acid than the red 
 Currants ; fine for table. 
 
 White Dutch. Rather large; white; good. 
 
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 A. B. Hood 6 Co.'s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 GOOSEBERRIES 
 
 I'ntil ([uite recently no interest lias been felt in the cultivation of this fruit further 
 than to "row a meager supply for home consumption, yet there are few crops that 
 will yield as satisfactory returns ; certainly none more certain with so little expense 
 in cultivation. 
 
 Chautauqua. A supposed cross between 
 the American and Kngli.sh varieties ; is 
 not so subject to mildew as the English 
 
 Gooseberries. 
 
 type. Bush stout and vigorous, having 
 tile usual complement of thorns ; f liage 
 large, glossy, dark green ; berries large, 
 often I to I inches long ; color pale 
 yellow ; sweet, but rather thin-skinned ; 
 very productive. 
 
 Downing. seedling of the 1 loughtou ; 
 an upright, vigorous-growing plant ; fruit 
 larger than its parent ; color whitish 
 green ; flesh rather soft, juicy, very good ; 
 productive. X’aluable market sort. 
 
 Houghton’s Seedling. Rather small ; 
 pale red ; flesh tender, juicy, sweet and 
 pleasant ; produces enormous crops ; free 
 from mildew. Most profitable market 
 \ariety. 
 
 Red Jacket. As large as the largest. 
 Berry smooth ; very proliflc and hardy ; 
 (juality and foliage the best. For seven 
 years it has stood close to Triumph. 
 Crown Bob. White Smith, Smith's Im- 
 proved, Downing, and a ilozen other 
 (English) sorts; and while all these have 
 mildewed more or less in leaf and fruit, 
 mildew has never yet appeared on Red 
 Jacket. 
 
 Smith’s Seedling. new variety grown 
 from seed of the 1 loughtou ; more vigor- 
 ous and upright in growth of plant than 
 its parent ; the fruit is larger and some- 
 what oval in form ; light green flesh, 
 moderately Arm, sweet and good ; shy- 
 bearer. 
 
 Triumph. Very large size, light green 
 to yellow in color, and of excellent 
 (luality. 
 
 RASPBERRIES 
 
 Both red and blackcap Raspberries 
 be planted in rows 3x7 feet and the red 3 
 planting to work both ways will cost very- 
 most any good, well-drained soil, and the 
 near Richmond received from one acre 
 sale price. 
 
 Cuthbert. ((Jueen of the Market.) 
 Canes strong, upright, very- vigorous, 
 sometimes branching; foliage luxuriant; 
 fruit large to very- large, red ; moderately 
 firm, with high, sprightly- flavor; very- 
 productive. Its many valuable (jualities 
 render it desirable for home or market 
 culture. It succeeds well genenilly, and 
 is almost the only one that can be 
 relied on in the cotton states. We com- 
 mend it to planters in all sections. 
 
 ire very- easily- grown. Blackcaps should 
 X 6 or 5 feet each way, and if particular in 
 little for cultivation. They will do well on 
 richer the better. One of our giirdeuers 
 f Cuthbert, setison of 1894, #405 at whole- 
 
 Columbian. An improvement on 
 Shaffer's, which it resembles, but the 
 berry is flrmer ; tulheresto the bush much 
 longer and retains its shape better, both 
 on the market and for canning ; bush a 
 strong grower, ;ittaining a very large size ; 
 one of the hardiest, and wonderfully- ))ro- 
 lific ; unexcelled for productiveness, and 
 stands at the head for canning, making 
 jam, jelly, etc. I-'rnit very- large, dark 
 red. 
 
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 RASPBERRIES, continued 
 
 Cumberland. A bhick Raspberry ; large 
 berry ; hardy, (irm and productive. It is 
 a strong, vigorous grower, and fully eipial 
 to the (fregg. We have not fruited it yet. 
 
 Gregg. This is one of the largest, if not 
 the largest, of the Blackcap family ; 
 fruit large, black with a slight bloom ; 
 flesh quite firm, moderately juicy, sweet 
 and rich ; the fruit ripens late and very 
 evenly, making the picking season short ; 
 it is a very strong grower and good bearer; 
 \ery desirable. 
 
 Golden Queen. .\ seedling or “sport” 
 of the Cuthbert, and in hardiness and 
 vigorous growth of plant re.sembles that 
 variety ; fruit of large size ; color beauti- 
 ful yellow ; flavor excellent. 
 
 Kansas. Strong, vigorous grower, stand- 
 ing extremes of drought and cold, and 
 bearing immense crops ; early, ripening 
 just after I’almer ; berries size of Gregg, 
 of better color ; jet black and almost free 
 from bloom ; firtn, of best ([uality ; pre- 
 sents a handsome a])pearance and brings 
 highest price in market. Every planter 
 wiio wants a prolific, hardy, early berry of 
 immense size, handsome appearance and 
 superb (juality should plant it. 
 
 Miller Red. This new red Kas])berry 
 originated in .Sussex county, Delaware, 
 and is very popular with a few fruit-grow- 
 ers in that section who have preferred to 
 market the fruit rather than sell the plants. 
 Berry is as large as Cuthbert, holding its 
 size to the end of the season ; round in 
 shape ; color bright red, does not fade, 
 but will hold its color aftershipment longer 
 than any other red variety ; core very 
 small ; does not crumble, makin.g it the 
 firmest and best shipping berry in exLst- 
 ence ; has not the fiat taste of some varie- [ 
 ties, but a rich, fruity flavor, entirely its 
 own. The time of ripening is with the 
 very earliest, the first picking being with 
 Thom])son’s Early, June ii; the Sliller 
 imoducing double the (luantity of berries 
 at each picking that Thom|rson’s did, in 
 the same field under the same conditions, 
 continuing until August 3. 
 
 Munger. Description of introducer: 
 “The fruit of .Munger is black and resem- 
 bles Greg.g very much. It is a better 
 flavored berry than Gregg, tougher in 
 texture, and therefore a better shipper. 
 In size it excels Gregg by almost 25 per 
 cent, being extra fine for cannin.g and 
 evaporating. Its season of ripening is 
 from five to eight days later than Gregg, 
 and has a special faculty of withstanding 
 drought and hot sun. 'Bhe past season, 
 when most others were ilry and seedy, 
 Munger ripened up sweet and juicy, and 
 readily brought an adv:mce of 50 cents 
 per bushel over other kinds. The canes, 
 too, resemble Gregg, are free from dis- 
 ease, upright in growth and have never 
 yet been affected by the cold of winter," 
 
 Ohio. This berry is one of the most 
 profitable for eva])orating on the list at 
 the present day. The fruit is of mediiim 
 size, but very sweet ; one of the best for 
 table use. We think it ahead of the Gregg 
 for family, as it is not so seedy. We 
 recommend it as one of the very best. 
 
 Souhegan. Cap. week or ten days 
 earlier than Doolittle; strong grower; 
 very hardy ; fruit large, jet black ; hand- 
 some. ( )ne of the very best of the caps. 
 
 Thompson’s Early Prolilic. Red. For 
 earline.ss, hardiness, vigor, beauty and 
 quality it is unsurpassed. It is a vigor- 
 ous grower, canes 4 to 6 feet high ; very 
 healthy folia.ge ; very ])rodnctive of large, 
 bright red, firm berries of good (piality 
 
 The Japan Wineberry. .After fruiting this 
 two years, we ha\ e come to the conclusion 
 that it is not only a very attractive nov- 
 elty, but also a valuable acquisition to the 
 berry family. The bush is unlike any 
 other, is very ornamental and as hardy as 
 a rock, living through the winter of last 
 year without any covering whatever. The 
 fruit is formed and enclosed until ripe in 
 burs, resembling moss-rose buds, but 
 when ripe the burs open and expose the 
 berries to view. The berries are of good 
 size and attractive, light wine color, each 
 one shining like a diamond. The flavor is 
 sprightly and delicious. It will delight all. 
 
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 Erie Blackberries 
 
 SELECT BLACKBERRIES 
 
 apart. 3 to 5 feet in the rows. Keep the 
 Pinch the canes hack when tliey Itave readied 4 feet in height 
 
 Should be planted in rows 6 to 7 feet 
 ground light and rich. 
 
 Eldorado. A description by the intro- 
 ducer : “Like many of our best fruits, 
 I'ddorado is an accidental seedling and 
 takes its name from the town close by 
 where It was found, in Preble county, 
 Ohio. It has been cultivated twelve years, 
 and under careful test at different e.xperi- 
 ment stations for four years has never 
 winter-killed or failed to iiroduce a full 
 crop of the finest fruit. The vines are 
 very vigorous and hardy, enduring the 
 winters of the far Northwe.st without in- 
 jury, and their yield is enormous. The 
 berries are very large, jet black, borne in 
 large clusters, and ripen well together ; 
 they are very sweet, melting and pleasing 
 to the taste, have no hard core, and keep 
 for eight or ten days after picking with 
 quality unimpaired. 
 
 Erie. For four years we have been 
 growing this new berry, and it is the most 
 vigorous and healthy plant of any black- 
 berry we have ever grown, and thus far 
 absolutely hardy. \'ery productive of 
 berries of the largest size, coal-black, firm 
 and solid, and sells in the market at 
 highest prices ; fine form and ripens early. 
 Is being e.xtensively planted both in family 
 and market gardens. 
 
 Early Harvest. One of the earliest, if 
 not the \ery earliest Blackberry yet intro- 
 duced, ripening two weeks before Wil- 
 son’s Karly ; berry medium size, good 
 
 (luality and very prolific ; it is firm and 
 very attractive in apjrearance. A good 
 market sort. 
 
 Iceberg. A new white Blackberrx ; was 
 originated by Luther Burbank ; clusters 
 large ; berries as large, earlier, sweeter 
 and more tender throughout than the 
 Lawton ; white ; transparent. 
 
 Lucrelia. This is a trailing Blackberry, 
 or Dewberry ; a good grower and produc- 
 tive ; fruit large and of good flavor. 
 
 Snyder. The one great Blackberry for 
 market in the far North, as it is the most 
 vigorous, hardy, productive and reli.ible 
 of all ; has never been known to winter- 
 kill, even in the Northwest, with 2,5 to 30 
 degrees below zero P'ruit of medium size 
 and good quality ; ripens medium to late. 
 
 Wilson’s Early. A well-known and most 
 valuable sort ; it is of very large .size and 
 very productive, ripening its fruit (piite 
 early and maturing the whole crop in a 
 .short time, adding thereby greatly to its 
 value as a berry for early m.irketing. 
 There has been more fruit grown of this 
 variety during the last twenty years than 
 all other sorts combined. 
 
 Wilson, Jr. A seedling of Wilson's 
 Early; said to inherit all the good quali- 
 ties of its parent, besides being large and 
 earlier. Probably the best early lilack- 
 berry yet introduced. 
 
 “Enclosed find check to cover bill. Trees are satisfactory and am pleased with them. Thanks." 
 ■C'. J. Frknch, Coakley, Va., April 6, 
 
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 4 ,f 
 
 STRAWBERRIES 
 
 Wi- think there is no fruit that is more healthful anil will give better satisfaction. 
 No home or garden should be without them, and should have fresh berries from three 
 to five weeks. .Strawberries shoulil be planted either in the f;ill or spring. We h;ive 
 better success in planting in early spring, although we plant up to the time that ber- 
 ries are nearly ripe and we always succeed. Before planting we clip the roots off, 
 and if it is late in the spring we cut all foliage off and di)) roots in a thin puddle of 
 mud before idantiug. When we used to grow Wilson largely for market we planted 
 with rows 3 feet apart and 12 to 15 inches in the row, but since we have been growing 
 strong varieties, as the Tennessee Prolific has proved to be, we plant rows 4 feet apart 
 and 3 feet apart in the rows, and on good land we find it plenty close. While any 
 land that will grow good corn will grow good Strawberries, it will p:iy to Inive or 
 make the land very rich before planting. It takes no more work for an acre to pro- 
 duce 150 to 200 bushels than 25 to 50 bushels. 
 
 .Strawberries are a fruit that we have never made a failure of. If we shoidd have 
 late frosts that cut off the fir,st blooms, there will always be a later bloom and you are 
 always sure of half a crop of berries. 
 
 In the list that we present to you the>' have nearly all been well tried by us, but 
 we do not advise you to plant many varieties, as any two or three will give you all 
 you wish for home use, and, as a mtirket berry here, we would plant only the Ten- 
 nessee Prolific. 
 
 The blossoms of most varieties are perfect or bisexual, except those marked P., 
 which are destitute of stamens, and are termed pistillates or imperfect (lowering varie- 
 ties. They must be planted near some perfect-flowering sort or they will produce 
 little or no fruit. Cre.scent, Bubach, Haverland, Greenville and Crystal City are of 
 this class, but are among the most productive when plants of such varieties as Charles 
 Downing, .Sharpless, Tennessee Prolific, Jessie and Lady 'Phomp.son, and other per- 
 fect-flowering sorts tire planted in the same field alternately. At least every fifth row' 
 in a field of pistillates should be planted with some perfect-flowering sort, while, if 
 as many of a perfect-flowering sort are to be planted, it is better to plant in alternate 
 rows. 
 
 All bloom shoidd be cut off as soon as it makes its appearance after spring plant- 
 ing, as it will weaken the plant very much to allow it to fruit the first season, and 
 results will not be nearly as good as if cut off. 
 
 To grow fine berries they should be cultivated well from spring to fall, running a 
 light cultivator after each rain, and also keep all weeds pulled out of rows. If the 
 row is kept from 15 to 18 inches wide, and the plants thinned ont in the rows, the 
 result will be much larger and finer berries. 
 
 Bubach’s No. 5 . P. Combines many 
 excellent qualities, such as great and uni- 
 form size, fine form and color, good 
 quality of fruit, unsurpassed productive- 
 ness and great vigor of plant. It ripens 
 almost as early as the Crescent, and con- 
 tinues about as long in bearing, and fully 
 as prolific. Leaves large, dark green, 
 and endures the hottest sun perfectly. Is 
 taking the lead in many sections, and is 
 one of the best large berries for home use. 
 
 Brandywine. Originated in Pennsylva- 
 nia. The introducer claims it to be of 
 large size, firm and of best quality, con- 
 tinues a long time in fruit, and the plants 
 very strong, with perfect foliage. 
 
 Crescent Seedling. P. I'ruit medium 
 to large, roundish, conical ; bright scar- 
 let. it requires less time and attention 
 than most varieties, and is well calculated 
 for those who cannot and will not give 
 the necessary labor to produce the better 
 kinds. 
 
 Cumberland. (Cumberland Triumph.) 
 
 \’ery large, regular and uniform in size ; 
 
 light scarlet ; very handsome ; flesh juicy 
 and good flavor ; plant very vigorous and 
 productive. It succeeds well almost 
 everywhere. All things considered, this is 
 one of the most valuable sorts, and is very 
 popular with our Richmond fruit-growers. 
 
 
 Brandywine . 
 
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 Lady Thompson Strawberry. 
 
 STRAWBERRIES, continued 
 
 Gandy. (4ne of the latest berries tve 
 have. The berries are large, uniform in 
 size, and of bright and firm color ; very 
 popular as a market variety, coming iii 
 when other varieties are run down ami 
 small. It is fine for home market. 
 
 Glen Mary. It is described by its intro- 
 tlucer as follows : “The Glen .Mary is a 
 chance seedling, which originatetl with 
 .Mr. James A. Ingram, Chester county, 
 I’enusylvauia, an uncle of Mr. Ivdward T. 
 Ingram, the well-known originator of the 
 famous llrandywine Strawberrv. In ]>ro- 
 ductiveness, it far surpasses the Crescent, 
 not in number of berries, but in quarts. 
 
 I he season of 1895, one (juarter of an 
 acre picked at the rate of 1,280 quarts per 
 .acre at a single picking, and over i2,oco 
 during the season. Medium to late. 
 Perfect bloomer." 
 
 Haverland. P. Large, oblon.g; light red ; 
 fair quality ; a great bearer. Plant verv 
 vigorous ; recommended for home use. 
 
 Lady Thompson. Origin, North Ctirolina, 
 and it has more good points than any 
 berry ever grown, being very earh', very 
 large, a perfect bloomer and .good shipper. 
 It is of good color and line flavor. 
 
 F I 
 
 Brunswick. Very large ; color violet ; 
 qimlity e.xcellent ; very reliable. Hears 
 young, often fruiting in the nurserv rows, 
 and is very productive. One of the best 
 known and most po|nilar varieties. 
 
 Black Ischia. Metlium; blue-black; good. 
 
 Brown Turkey. Medium ; brown ; sweet 
 and e.'kCellent ; very prolific. Most relia- 
 ble for field culture. 
 
 Meek's Early. Origin, Maryland. Per- 
 fect flower, fruit light-colored ; \ery |>ro- 
 lific ; valu.'ible on account of its e.xtreme 
 earliness. 
 
 Michel’s Early. P. This is an accidental 
 seedling, and the earliest and most profit- 
 able in cultivation ; of the finest flavor ; a 
 perfect blossom ; as large and firm as the 
 Crescent, from ten to twelve days earlier, 
 and as productive. Plant tlie hardiest of 
 all known, and free from rust or blight. 
 
 Sharpless. This large, showy Straw- 
 berry originated with J. K. Sharpless, 
 Catawissa, Pa. Fruit large to very large ; 
 bright scarlet, somewhat .glossy ; flesh 
 light red, quite firm, moilerately juicy, 
 sweet, rich, and of very good flavor ; 
 medium to late in ripening ; a most e.\- 
 cellent sort for family use, and also a very 
 profitable one for market. 
 
 Tennessee Prolific. A seedling of Cres- 
 cent crossed with .Sharpless, clearly show- 
 in.g parentage of both ; perfect-flowering, 
 vigorous, .stocky plant, healthy in every 
 way ; very protfuctive of medium to large 
 bri.ght scarlet berries of fine (luality ; 
 ripens medium to early ; is a fine market 
 or family berry, thriving well on ciuite 
 li.ght dry soil. 
 
 Sharpless Strawberry. 
 
 }S 
 
 Green Ischia. Green-crimson pulp; 
 lirolific. 
 
 Lemon. .Medium to large, yellow, 
 sweet ; a profuse and early bearer ; very 
 desirable ; pulp sweet and of e.xcelleut 
 quality ; trees of this variety have been 
 known to yield twelve bushels of e.xcel- 
 lent fruit annually for many years in suc- 
 cession. 
 
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 45 
 
 Nut-Bearing Trees 
 
 Our foremost enterprisinR fruit-fjrovvers are planting Nut Trees largely for market 
 purposes ; ami others who enjoy the nuts during winter are realizing that in order to 
 have an abundant supply it is only necessary to plant the trees, as hardy varieties are 
 now grown that succeed in all sections of the United States. 
 
 I'ntil recently Nut Trees have been but little grown in nurseries, and in conse- 
 (|uence all transplanted trees have come from the forests or where they have come 
 up and grown naturally, and having but little or no fibrous roots, their transplanting 
 has been attended with nitich uncertainty, and the impression has been formed that 
 they could not be transplanted, but that to insure success the seed must be plantetl 
 where the tree is intended to stand, which is erroneous, and has deterred many from 
 engaging in this profitable industry. -Many of the nut-bearing trees, when grown in 
 nurseries are well supplied with fibrous roots, and can be transplanted as safely as 
 an apple tree, and the planter has the benefit of the three or four years’ growth in the 
 nursery over that of planting the seed, with the uncertainty of their coming up regu- 
 larly, the time, care and attention recpiired to get them properly started. \Ve there- 
 fore advise our customers to always plant the trees, if they can be had, and save three 
 or four years' time. 
 
 CHESTNUTS 
 
 Japan Mammoth. This valuable new 
 nut is attracting widespread attention. It 
 claims superiority over all others because 
 it is larger, sweeter, better ; bears young 
 and abundantly ; like all valuable fruits 
 nowadays, it is necessary to graft to 
 secure and maintain the most reliable 
 kinds ; the tree is dwarf in habit, hardy 
 and ornamental. The winter of 1896 
 we imported 4,o<x5 one-year grafted 
 Chestnuts from Japan, and some of these 
 trees fruited in the nursery the same year, 
 and all we hail left unsold fruited in 1898. 
 We planted out another lot of 5,000 from 
 Japan in the spring of 1898, and many of 
 them fruited the same season. We find 
 them very prolific in nursery. .Small 
 trees of 2 to 2'-^ feet, with twelve to fif- 
 teen burs, and with three to five large 
 Chestnuts in a bur. 
 
 Spanish. A vigorous grower, and 
 forms a handsome head for lawn ])lanting ; 
 a valuable species, both for ornament 
 and fruit. The fruit is much larger than 
 the American variety ; very sweet and 
 e.xcellent when boiled or roasted, bears 
 early. 
 
 American. The well-known native va- 
 riety ; a stately tree, with broader leaves 
 than the Kuropean, and producing smaller 
 nuts but a large c|uantity of them ; both 
 usefid and ornamental. The timber is 
 ver\’ useful for many ptirposes. 
 
 BUTTERNUTS 
 
 A handsome, rapid-growing, lu.xuriant, 
 tropical-looking tree ; very ornamental 
 and productive ; the nuts are somewhat 
 like black walnuts, but longer and flat ; 
 the kernel is much sweeter and rich and 
 more delicate ; fine llavor. 
 
 WALNUTS 
 
 Japan. I’roduces in abundance nuts 
 considerably larger than the common 
 hickorynut, which are borne in clusters of 
 15 to 20. The shell is thicker than the 
 shell of the Hnglish Walnut, which in a 
 general way it resembles, but is not as 
 thick as that of the black Walnut. The 
 meat is sweet, of the very best (luality, 
 and can be removed entire. The tree 
 grows rapidly, and attains a very large 
 size, « ith a magnificent spreading top. 
 
 English. A fine, lofty-growing tree, 
 with a fine spreading head, and bearing 
 crops of large and e.xcellent nuts. The 
 fruit in a green state is highly esteemed 
 for pickling, and the great quantity of the 
 ripe nuts jinnually imported and sold here 
 attest to its value ; the tree is peculiarly 
 well adapted to the climate of the South, 
 and deserves extensive cultivation. 
 
 American Black. This is the common 
 native variety. The nuts are excellent 
 iind always desirable ; besides, the wood 
 is very valuable for many uses 
 
 ALMONDS 
 
 Hard Shell. .A fine, hardy variety, with 
 a large plump kernel, and with ' large, 
 showy, ornamental blossoms. 
 
 Soft, or Paper Shell. I bis is what is 
 known as the “ Ladies’ Almond,” or 
 “l.acly Finger of tl>e Shops,” and although 
 preferable to Hard .Shell, it is not so 
 liardy ; kernels sweet and rich. 
 
 ENGLISH FILBERT 
 
 The fruit of this being so much larger 
 and better llavored thati our native spe- 
 cies, gives it the preference for cultivation 
 over the latter in localities where it will 
 succeed. 
 
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 PECAN 
 
 The common wild native variety found 
 in the South, produced from the seed ; 
 Itears regular crops of medium size ; very 
 salable nuts and good. The trees grow 
 very slow in the nursery until about three 
 or four years, and after being planted out 
 they grow \ ery fast and make very fine 
 large trees. Parties .South are planting 
 hundreds of acres of this sort and e.xpect 
 to make it a success. 
 
 Paper Shell. This is, indeed, the most 
 valuable nut yet introduced ; large, often 
 
 PECAN, continued 
 
 I inches in length ; thin shell ; the ker- 
 nel is very large, rich, sweet and deli- 
 cious. Ivnormous profits have been re- 
 ceived from the culture of this nut ; many 
 thousand trees are being planted, and 
 soon the nut industry, especi.tlly of the 
 ■South, will be very large. 
 
 SHELLBARK 
 
 A species of the Hickory. The nut is 
 small, rather flat, with thin shell ; it is 
 very rich, sweet and delicious ; very de- 
 sirable. 
 
 Esculent Roots 
 
 ASPARAGUS 
 
 I'here is not a more valuable vegetable for the home or market garden, both for 
 health and profit, than this, and no garden should be without it. kor home use, too 
 roots, or one row 6o yards long, will furnish ,'\sparagus for the table every da\- 
 from the first of April until the 15th of June. If wanted fot“ market or bleached for 
 home use, plant in rows 6 feet apart and 18 inches to 2 feet in the rows. 
 
 Prei’aratio.n.— For early production, choose a light land, and plant rows 
 running north and south. Open out with plow, running both ways rows 6 feet apart, 
 as deep as possible, and if not deep enough subsoil and dig out to 15 or 18 inches 
 with spade or shovel ; then fill in with well-worked manure to about 10 inches of the 
 top ; plant crown on top of manure and cover lightly with earth. Keep all weeds 
 down first year, and at each working fill in a little soil, and in the fall cover with 
 manure, and as soon as weather in the following spring will permit, ridge up as high 
 as you can with double plow and rake off smooth with rake. Any crop that can be 
 cultivated, such as corn or potatoes, can be grown between the rows. 
 
 Barr's Mammoth. A fine large sort, 
 grown largely for the I’hiladelphia market, 
 where it is a favorite. The stalks are 
 often an inch in diameter, and retain their 
 thickne.ss nearly to the top. 
 
 Conover’s Colossal. A standard kind of 
 first quality ; tender and high flavored. 
 
 Columbian White. This new variety, 
 catalogued by seedsmen in 1S95, is claimed 
 
 as being a very fine, vigorous grower, 
 and producing white Asparagus without 
 hilling up. We hardly think that it would 
 be clear white unless hilled, but think it 
 worthy of trial by all Asparagus growers. 
 
 Palmetto, or French. .Southern origin ; 
 new ; ten days earlier than other kinds ; 
 valuable for home or market ; largest ; 
 tender; regular growth. One of the best. 
 
 RHUBARB, or PIE-PLANT 
 
 •\ very desirable vegetable ; comes early in the spring. The large stems of the 
 leaves are used for pie-making and stewing. It is also a paying crop for market, as it 
 comes in when apples are scarce and high, and takes their place for tarts. It should 
 be planted on very rich ground, and well manured every fall. It should be planted, 
 for market purposes, 4 feet each way in the rows. There are several varieties grown, 
 but we consider Myatt’s l.inn£eus the best, and it is the only kind we grow. Myatt's 
 l.innajus is an extra-early good variety ; large and tender, with delicate flavor. 
 
 HORSE-RADISH 
 
 Fvery home garden should have Horse-radish. It is also a very profitable crop 
 to grow for market. It should be planted in good, rich .soil early in the spring. It is 
 grown from small roots cut from 3 to 4 inches long, and planted about six inches from 
 the top of the ground. It should be taken up in winter, and small side roots used for 
 planting and large roots stored away for market. 
 
 “The^ trees wliicli I jtot from your Nursery, llirou^h Cai)t. J. S. Coates, are satisfactory iu every 
 respect. They have thriven belter and come into bearing sooner than any stock of trees in my e.xperi- 
 ence. .\ll my future orders for nursery stock shall be placed with von.” — Watkins UTckiiam. 
 
 Montpelier, Va., July 2g^ 
 
Sugar Maples and Teas’ Weeping Mulberry. 
 
 Ornamental Department 
 
 While nio.st ijeople appreciate well-arranged and kept grounds, large or small 
 many fail to realize that they can have equally line grounds. The.se have had a few 
 shrubs or roses growing in thick turf, with no attention given to pruning or cultivat- 
 ing. Under such circumstances, good results cannot be expected. 
 
 Aside from the pleasure of having fine trees, shrubs, vines and flowers in the 
 grounds surrounding a home, few realize how much these add to the commercial 
 value of the place. A purcha.ser having to decide between a house with bare and 
 unkept grounds, and one surrounded by fine ornamentals, invariably chooses the latter 
 at a marked advance in price, because he sees that he will at once enjoy what it would 
 otherwise take some years to secure. Sagacious men are led by a knowledge of these 
 facts to plant fine trees and shrubs about vacant lots they are intending to put upon 
 the market. Lots thus planted readily secure purchasers at good ])rices, when bare* 
 grounds go begging for buyers. 
 
 HOW TO PLANT 
 
 Do not make the mistake of planting at random all over the grounds. A fine, 
 well-cut lawn is one of the handsomest features of a place. Trees may be planted 
 cdong a lane or avenue leading to the house, or dotted about the lawn on lines radiat- 
 ing from the house. This will secure light and air, with good views from the hou.se. 
 Upright shrubs and roses should be planted in beds, each class by itself, about the 
 borders of the grounds. These beds should be well cultivated and the plants annu- 
 ally pruned. When the growth of the plants has made them very thick, some should 
 be taken out. It will not <lo to plant so little that years must elapse before a fine effect 
 will be produced. A surplus should be jilanted at first, and this gradually be take?) 
 out. \’ines should be planted near to and allowed to climb upon and about the house, 
 or they may be trained on posts, arbors or stakes, phiced in suitable locations on the 
 law?). 
 
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 WHAT TO PLANT 
 
 A detailed list of desirable ornamental trees and shrubs would be little less than a 
 recapitulation of our entire list ; but few have room for all, we here present a list of 
 the most desirable in each class and refer the reader to the proper place in the Cata- 
 logue for descriptions of them. 
 
 Flowering Trees. May — Magnolias in variety. Horse-chestnuts, hlowering 
 Cherry. Ji nk — Laburnum, Syringaefolia, Lindens m variety. 
 
 Trees Valued for their Form and Foliage. Cut-leaved Weeping birch, Kilmar- 
 nock Willow, Weeping Mountain Ash, Kuropean Linden, White-leaved Weeping 
 Linden, Norway Maple, I’urple-leaved Beach, Teas’ Weeping Mulberry. 
 
 Evergreen Trees. Norway Spruce, Scotch bine, Chinese Golden Arborvita;, Irish 
 JuTiiper, American Arborvitae, .Silver and Balsam Firs, etc. 
 
 Upright Flowering Shrubs. April —Japan Ouince, Double-flowering Plum, Dwarf 
 Double-tlowering Almonds, Spirea, Lilacs in variety. Ji nk — ]'>eutzia graci/js and 
 D. crena/a fl. pL, Snowball, Weigela in variety, Syringa, Calycanthus. ]vi.\—.Sptnra 
 callosa and .S', callosa alba. Atct sT and SKPTEMiiER — Althea in variety, Hydrangea 
 paniculala grandiflora. 
 
 Roses. Climbing and Moss, blooming in May and June; Hybrid Perpetual and 
 Perpetual Moss, blooming at intervals all summer, and tender Tea Roses, blooming 
 constantly. 
 
 Deciduous Trees 
 
 We invite special attention to this select list of trees, so well situated to the lawn 
 and yard, or as shade trees for streets in cities or towns. 
 
 BEECH 
 
 CATALPA 
 
 Purple-leaved. Foliage deep purple in 
 the spring, but under our hot sun and in 
 dry seasons it loses much of its color. 
 For the northern states it is a very desir- 
 able tree. 
 
 Catalpa Bungei. 
 
 This desirable and attractive tree is 
 now widely known. It is planted for 
 shade, also for its blossoms, and on ac- 
 count of its value as a timber tree. Whole 
 tracts of land have been planted in the 
 West for this purpose, as it is 
 a very rapid grower, and found 
 to be very desirable for railroad 
 ties, etc. “.Massive in all its 
 |)roportions, straight and rigid, 
 it looks like a production of the 
 tropical zone ; yet it seems to 
 be entirely hardy, with its im- 
 mense leaves, sometimes 
 lobed, velvety brown when 
 they first appear, and changing 
 into dark green, followed by 
 immense panicles of (lowers, 
 containing sometimes between 
 three and four hundred buds 
 and b 1 o s s o m s, contrasting 
 finely with its dark, massive 
 foliage. It may be truly called 
 a ‘ regal tree.' ’’ 
 
 Bungei. One of the most at- 
 tractive of trees. It forms a 
 perfect half-globular or um- 
 brella head, with foliage of a 
 deep green color, and with 
 great precision, making a 
 beautiful roof of leaves. A most 
 striking and ornamental tree 
 tipon the lawn. 
 
 “ Havilie sold and delivered two deliveries for your nursery. I find my patrons better pleased with 
 your stock than any that has been sold in the county.” — J no, R. Biddle, S’ortheast, Md..y«/^ M, igo4. 
 
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 4<l 
 
 CHERRY, Cerasus 
 
 Large, clouble-tlovvering ; pro- 
 duces a profusion of double 
 white llowers in the early spring. 
 
 DOGWOOD 
 
 Common. small-sized native 
 tree of great beauty when in 
 bloom. Floral covering (incor- 
 rectly flowers) large, pure white, 
 followed by brilliant scarlet fruit 
 in antnmn. 
 
 ELM 
 
 American, or White. A native 
 tree of large size, u ith spreading 
 head and graceful, drooping 
 branches. Of all trees, no other 
 perhaps unites in the same 
 degree majesty and beauty, 
 grace and grandeur, as this one 
 does. It flourishes in all parts 
 of the country and deserves to 
 be more generally planted. 
 
 HORSE-CHESTNUT 
 
 Elm, American or White 
 
 LABURNUM. Golden Chain 
 
 A very ornamental small tree, a native 
 of Europe, with smooth, shining foliage, 
 bearing a profu.sion of drooping racemes 
 of yellow flowers. 
 
 LINDEN 
 
 American Basswood. A large native, 
 rapid-growing tree, with large leaves and 
 fragrant flowers ; fine for street or lawn 
 planting. Is becoming very popular, and 
 deservedly so. 
 
 European. A fine pyramidal tree, more 
 compact in its habit than the above, but 
 does not attain as large a size. verv 
 popular tree. 
 
 While • leaved European. A vigorous 
 growing tree ; its handsome form, growth 
 and foliage render it worthy to be classed 
 amongst the best of our ornamental trees. 
 
 MOUNTAIN ASH 
 
 JUDAS TREE. Red-Bud 
 
 A very ornamental tree of small size, 
 with heart-shaped leaves, and is covered 
 with a profusion of delicate pink flowers 
 before the foliage appears. 
 
 Japan. Recently introduced from Japan. 
 The flowers are larger than the above 
 species, and of a light rose color. It is 
 entirely hardy and very beautiful. 
 
 Common White-flowered. A 
 
 handsomeh- formed tree, with 
 very attractive flowers ; succeeds nell in 
 the northern states and in the elevated 
 portions of the .southern states, but in 
 many places .South its foliage burns under 
 the hot sun. 
 
 Red-flowered. A superb tree in foliage 
 and flowers ; the foliage is darker green 
 than the white, and the flowers showy red, 
 coming later. Very desirable. 
 
 Ohio Buckeye. A native of the western 
 states, forming a large-sized tree ; flow- 
 ers pale yellow. 
 
 KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE 
 
 large-growing tree, with rough bark, 
 stiff, blunt shoots and feathery foilage. 
 
 European. A small tree, with shining 
 ])innate leaves and large cymes of white 
 flowers, followed by clusters of bright red 
 fruit. 
 
 '■ II is wiUi j-rcal plea.sure that I testify to tlie superior (juality of your stock of trees, etc. Those 
 bou>-ht of you. tliroueli your agent, Capt. J. S. Coates, prove ui a moat satisfactory manner their rapid- 
 growing qualities and early-hearing habit. No other stock equals them in this county." — Ghorgk T. 
 Harris. Moody. Virginia. zp, 
 
 " Vour trees give perfect satisfaction."— A. \V. .\smbv, Blnemont, Va., Novrmhey /f, 
 
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 Japan Maple. 
 
 MAPLE 
 
 Silver-leaved. .\ hardy, rapid-growing 
 native tree, attaining a large size ; valu- 
 able for producing a <|uick shade ; fine for 
 street and park planting, for which pur- 
 pose it is planted more largely than any 
 other tree. 
 
 Norway. One of the most beautiful and 
 desirable trees known. Foliage broad, 
 dee]) green, shining; its compact habit 
 and stout and vigorous growth render it 
 one of the most valuable trees for street 
 or lawn planting. 
 
 Sugar. A well-known native tree, of 
 stately growth, fine form and foliage ; very 
 desirable as an ornamental and shade tree. 
 
 Sycamore. A luiropean species of 
 motlerate size. Leaves large, dark green. 
 
 Schwedler’s. This beautiful Ma|)le of 
 recent introduction is attracting consider- 
 able attention ; it is of the Norman family 
 and of about the same habit of growth ; 
 its handsome purplish crimson leaves in 
 .May and June, changing to a bronze as 
 they mature, are nnich admired. 
 
 Red, or Scarlet. native species, of 
 moderate size, producing deep red blos- 
 soms, and in autumn the foliage changes 
 to a brilliant scarlet. 
 
 JAPAN MAPLES 
 
 Mostly dwarf habit, several kinds weep- 
 ing and cut-leaved, with brightly colored 
 foliage, red, purple, etc. These are indeed 
 remarkable for beauty, and wherever 
 planted give perfect satisfaction. 
 
 PLATANUS. Buttonwood 
 
 Oriental Sycamore. A tree of the largest 
 size, growing ra])idly, very ornamental 
 and entirely hardy. 
 
 POPLAR 
 
 Carolina, or Cottonwood. .\ large sized 
 tree, of remarkably rapid growth. 
 
 PEACH 
 
 The three varieties described below are 
 all very attractive, and their effect is very 
 pleasing when all are grouped together. 
 
 Double White-flowering. Flowers pure 
 white and very double. 
 
 Double Rose-flowering, h'lowers double, 
 pale, rose-colored ; resembles small roses; 
 very prettv. 
 
 Double Red-flowering. Flowers semi- 
 double, bright red ; very fine. 
 
 SWEET GUM 
 
 A fine ornamental tree, the foliage re- 
 sembling that of the ma))le ; corky bark ; 
 leaves changes to deepcritnson in autumn. 
 
 TULIP TREE 
 
 .\ magnificent native tree; large, smooth 
 .shining leaves ; flowers tulip - shaped, 
 greeni.sh yellow ; fine for shade ; dilhcull 
 to transplant except when of small size. 
 
 TEXAS UMBRELLA TREE 
 
 It assumes a dense spreading head re- 
 sembling a gigantic umbrella, is of uni<|ue 
 appearance and a mo.st desirable shade 
 ; tree. It is not entirely hardy here. 
 
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 Weeping Trees 
 
 BIRCH 
 
 ^Weeping Cut-leaved. A cliarmins tree 
 in the norlliern states, but does not show 
 so niiicli beauty South, exce|>t in very 
 favoral)le locations. It is of very graceful, 
 drooping liabit, silvery white bark, and 
 delicately cut foliage. Trees liable to 
 sun-scald. 
 
 DOGWOOD 
 
 Weeping. This valuable tree is among 
 the earliest bloomers, and its beautiful 
 white blossoms in spring, 
 and red berries in fall, 
 make it one of the hand- 
 somest ornaments for the 
 front yard or lawn that 
 can be planted, while it 
 presents a dense and 
 l)eantifnl green foliage 
 during the entire growing 
 season. No one should 
 fail to secure one of these 
 hardy, truly ornamental 
 trees. 
 
 WILLOW, continued 
 
 weeping trees ; it is of rapid growth, at- 
 taining a very large size, showing its great 
 beauty in damp or moist soils, but grows 
 fairly well in any good .soil. 
 
 Kilmarnock. A variety of the (loat 
 Willow, making a very pretty tree when 
 grafted six or eight feet high, forming a 
 complete umbrella head, the branches 
 and foliage being very dense ; uniiine in 
 form. A very showy tree for planting on 
 the lawn. 
 
 MOUNTAIN ASH 
 
 Weeping. (Sosbns auru- 
 paria pendn/a). The 
 branches of this distinct 
 variety are of a straggling, 
 l>endent habit ; a rapid 
 grower, but is not satis- 
 factory .South, and is lia- 
 ble to sun-scald. 
 
 MULBERRY 
 
 Teas’ Weeping. This is 
 one of the most graceful 
 and hardy among the 
 weeping trees, and has 
 only to be known to be 
 aiipreciated ; the foliage 
 is a beautiful glossy green 
 and very abniKlant, and 
 the tree is a rapid grow er. 
 No weeping tree is so well 
 adapted to onr southern 
 climate as this, or gives 
 such general satisfaction. 
 
 WILLOW 
 
 Common Weeping. This 
 is one of the most grace- 
 ful and beautiful of the 
 
 *■ 1 am glad lo s?ay ihal you sent the finest nursery stock to this county I have e\ er seen. Far ahea<l 
 of stock sent here by any other concern. 1 have as fine fruit hi my orchard as ever grew anywhere, and 
 all of my trees came from you.’’— J. K. P. Laird, Bessemer, .\la., y«/r. 1904 . 
 
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 Evergreens 
 
 ARBORVITiE 
 
 FIR 
 
 SPRUCE 
 
 American. Sometinies called White 
 Cedar. A well-known native .species of 
 great value, forming an upright, conical 
 tree of medium size. Especially valuable 
 for screens and hedges. 
 
 Chinese Golden. This is the most ele- 
 gant and charming, and justly becoming 
 the most popular of the Arborvita.‘s; the 
 beautiful golden tint of its foliage and the 
 compact and regular outline of its habit 
 render it unusually attractive. 
 
 Siberian. A well-known popular va- 
 riety, very dark green in color and com- 
 pact in growth. The outline is regularly 
 conical, and its hardiness is unquestioned. 
 
 Pyramidalis. Upright. remarkable 
 erect form, dark green, compact and 
 very desiral)le, and as conspicuous as the 
 Irish Yew. 
 
 BAMBOO 
 
 Japanese. This is a very attractive or' 
 namental ; grows to an immense height. 
 We have a large stock — direct importa- 
 tion from Japan. 
 
 Norway Spruce. 
 
 Norway. A European species, 
 of very rapid, elegant :md lofty 
 growth, and when it attains to 
 the height of 15 or 20 feet the 
 branches assume a graceful, 
 droo])ing habit. One of the 
 handsomest, as well as the most 
 popular evergreen trees ; very 
 hardy. (See cut.) 
 
 Colorado Blue. A magnificent 
 variety of the .Spruce, of com- 
 pact growth, with strong, hand- 
 some foliage of a blue shade. 
 
 Douglas’. Notwithstanding the 
 fact that the form of this species 
 peculiar to the Pacific coast is 
 unreliable here, the Rocky 
 mountain variety has itroven 
 hardy and beautiful. Dark green. 
 
 Hemlock. One of the hardiest 
 and most handsome trees ; 
 branches drooping ; foliage del- 
 icate. retaining its color well 
 through the winter ; should be in 
 every collection ; it also makes 
 a highly ornamental hedge. 
 
 Balsam (Balm of tiilead). A well- 
 known and popular tree ; very pretty 
 when young. 
 
 English Silver. A noble tree, with 
 spreading horizontal branches ; dark, 
 sinning green color, holding its color well 
 through the winter ; it is rather .stiff-look- 
 ing wiien young, but makes a splendid 
 tree. 
 
 JUNIPER 
 
 Irish. A distinct and Iteautiful varietv, 
 of very erect, dense, conical outline, re- 
 sembling a pillar of green. 
 
 PINE 
 
 Austrian. Erom central biurope, grow- 
 ing over too feet high. Leaves long, 
 stiff and very dark green. Hardy everv- 
 where, and one of our most valuable con- 
 ifers for windbreaks, belts, etc. 
 
 Scotch. A rapid-growing, very hardy 
 species from the central portion of Ivurope, 
 with short rigid, light green leaves. Verv 
 valuable for screens and masses. 
 
 White. An old well-known 
 native tree, of rapid growth, and 
 entirely hardy. Leaves rather 
 long, slender and slightly glau- 
 cous. It is an indispensable 
 s|)ecies. 
 
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 Magnolias 
 
 Acuminata (Cucumber Tree). A 
 beautiful pyramidal tree, attainins> 
 a height of 70 or So feet ; growth 
 very rapid and upright ; flowers 
 greenish yellow. 
 
 Macrophylla (Great-leaved). A 
 tree of medium size ; leaves from 2 
 to 3 feet long ; flowers 8 to to inches 
 in diameter, pure white, very fra- 
 grant. 
 
 Tripetala (Umbrella Tree). A 
 small-sized tree, of ra]>id growth ; 
 immense leaves ; flowers creamy 
 white, 4 to 6 inches in diameter. 
 
 Grandiflora. This magnificent 
 southern evergreen may be called 
 the Oueen of the Magnolias. It is 
 really a grand tree, but unfortu- 
 nately too tender to stand the win- 
 ters well north of the Potomac, and 
 even the climate along the moun- 
 tains of Virginia is rather too severe 
 for it to do well ; but east of Rich- 
 mond and south of the James river 
 it flourishes finely. The tree is of 
 rapid and handsome growth, leaves 
 8 to 10 inches long, which are re- 
 tained the whole year ; flowers 
 large, white and very fragrant. 
 
 Virginiana (.Sweet Bay). A small 
 tree or shrub, with imperfectly evergreen 
 leaves, smooth above and glaucous-white 
 below, h'lowers deliciously fragrant, cup- 
 shaped and pure white. 
 
 Yulan. Flowers of fair size, pure white, 
 fragrant, and opening before the leaves. 
 
 Kobus. White, slightlv tinged with 
 
 Magnolia Soulangeana. 
 
 pink or reverse ; flowers well distributed 
 over the braiiches. 
 
 Soulangeana (Hybrid Magnolia). 
 Closely resembles the .1/. . llexatidria. 
 but perhaps rather larger and more dis- 
 tinctly markerl purple and white flowers. 
 Verv handsome. 
 
 Hedge 
 
 JAPAN HARDY LEMON 
 
 This is the coming hedge plant for de- 
 fensive as well as ornamental purposes. 
 It is hardy as far north as New Jensey, 
 and, if planted in good soil, an impene- 
 trable hedge can be had three years from 
 planting. Requires but little trimming 
 after the third year. .So far it has been 
 free from insect depredations. In early 
 spring when covered with myriads of 
 white flowers, nothing is more attractive, 
 and, while not an evergreen, the vivid 
 green wood makes it apjiear bright dur- 
 ing winter. Plants may be set two feet 
 ajjart. 
 
 PRIVET 
 
 Calilornia. .A vigorous, hartly shrub, 
 of fine habit and foliage, nearly evergreen. 
 
 Plants 
 
 Grows in almost any soil, and is very 
 patient of pruning ; makes a desirable 
 ornamental shrub as well as hedge. 
 
 One of our most enterprising citizens 
 has planted about thirty miles of Cali- 
 fornia Privet hedge around Richmond, 
 and considers it one of the best plants for 
 this purpose. This hardy shrub is used 
 almost e.xclusively in the North for hedg- 
 ing purposes. 
 
 Amoor River. The most desirable of all 
 broad-leaved evergreens where a tall 
 hedge is desired. Growth very rapid ; 
 adapts itself to any soil not too arid or a 
 swamp. If properly tre.ited, a good 
 hedge may be expected in two years after 
 planting. .Set plants 12 inches apart in 
 ordinary soil, but in very rich land tS to 
 24 inches distance may be gi\ en. 
 
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 Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora. (See op))osite page.) 
 
 Flowering and 
 
 ALMOND, DWARF 
 
 Double Rose-flowering. A beautiful small 
 shrub, ])roducing an al)Undance of small, 
 double, rose-like flowers, closely set upon 
 the twig before the leaves appear. Very 
 attractive. 
 
 White ■ flowering. I’roduces beautiful 
 double white flowers in April. 
 
 ALTHEA. Hibiscus Syriacus 
 
 The following varieties constitute a 
 beautiful show when in bloom, and e.vhibit 
 a contrast surpassed by few of our really 
 hardy plants. They are especially fine 
 for heilges and screens. 
 
 Amaranthus. Rich jiurple ; fine. 
 
 Bicolor. Double white with red stripes. 
 
 Carnea plena. White, tipped with pink. 
 
 Comte des Flanders. ISright maroon. 
 
 Duchesse de Brabant. Deep crimson. 
 
 Elegantissima. Hright |iink. prettily 
 striped. 
 
 Fleur Blanche. Pure white,single flower; 
 fine. 
 
 Jeanne d’Arc. Pure white, very full, and 
 superior to any double white known. 
 
 Paeoniflora. I.arge double pink ; very 
 beautiful. 
 
 Ranunculaeflora. White, with maroon 
 center. 
 
 Sanguinea. Dark crimson. 
 
 Violet Claire. Clear violet. 
 
 Seedlings. Mixed colors; fine for 
 screens. 
 
 Other Shrubs 
 
 ALTHEA, continued 
 
 Variegated-leaved Double Purple-flowered. 
 
 A c nspicuous variety, with the foliage 
 finely marked with light vellow, and pro- 
 ducing double purple flowers. One of 
 the finest variegated-leaved shrubs. 
 
 Amaranthus. Rich, jnirple ; fine. 
 
 CALYCANTHUS 
 
 Sweet-Scented Shrub 
 
 A well-known native bush, the young- 
 wood of which has a strong aromatic 
 odor ; foliage luxuriant, and the rare 
 chocolate-colored blossoms are delight- 
 fully fragrant ; blossoms in May and at 
 intervals during summer. 
 
 CRAPE MYRTLE 
 
 A well-known and beautiful shrub ; 
 very attractive on account of its profusion 
 of crape-like flowers, which appear about 
 midsummer and continue for two months 
 or more. Hardy south of Maryland. 
 
 DEUTZIAS 
 
 Gracilis (Slender-growing Deutzia). Of 
 small size, light green foliage anti deli- 
 cate, graceful white flowers. Fine for 
 forcing. 
 
 Rough-leaved [ I), scabra). 'An upright 
 thrifty shrub, bearing a profusion of white 
 flowers in May. 
 
 Double-flowering Crenata (pleno). l-'rom 
 Japan. Flowers double, wliite, delicately 
 
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 DEUTZIA. continued 
 margined with pink. This 
 is deservedly one of tlie 
 most popnl;ir and desir- 
 able llowering slinibs, and 
 no collection can be com- 
 plete without it. 
 
 Double White. I’rodiices 
 a profusion of double, 
 |)Ure white tlowers, simi- 
 lar in habit to preceding. 
 
 Pride o! Rochester. < )ri- 
 gin. Rochester, N. 
 Large double white flow- 
 ers, the back of the petals 
 being tinted with rose ; 
 excels most of the old 
 kinds in flavor and vigor- 
 ous h;ibit. Quite etirly 
 and very hand.soine. 
 
 Deutzia gracilis. (See preceding page.) 
 
 EXOCHORDA 
 
 FRINGE 
 
 HYDRANGEA 
 
 Paniculata. One of the Inirdiest 
 of its kind ; very distinct in flower 
 and foliage ; not quite as free :i 
 bloomer as II. ffrandiflora, but very 
 pretty and desirable. 
 
 Large-panicled {Hydrangea patt- 
 iadala grandiflora). This is one of 
 the finest shrubs of recent introduc- 
 tion, growing 8 to lo feet high, pro- 
 ducing immense pyramidal p.inicles 
 of white flowers more than a foot 
 long; blooms in .August and .Sep- 
 teml)er ; indispensable. (See cut, 
 preceding page. ) 
 
 LILAC 
 
 Common. A’ery generally known 
 and admired, with its profusion of 
 fragrant blush-purple flowers. 
 
 Common While. h'lowers pro- 
 duced in slender panicles ; pure 
 white and fragrant. 
 
 White Persian. Simihir to the pre- 
 ceding, except that the flowers are 
 nearly white, being slightly shaded 
 with purple. 
 
 Granditlora. Japanese origin. .A superb 
 shrub, furnishing clouds of bloom in May ; 
 the flower is large, pure white, in racemes 
 of live or six, with spoon-sha])ed petals, 
 which are very narrow and stand apart at 
 the base ; the bush is large-growing, at- 
 taining sometimes ten feet in height and 
 nearly as broad ; perfectly bardy. .A 
 grand shrub, indeed. 
 
 White. A small native tree or shrub of 
 roundish form, with large, glossy leaves 
 and drooping racemes of pure white tlow- 
 ers haying narrow fringe-like petals ; blos- 
 soms in Alay or June. .Superb lawn tree. 
 
 Purple (Smoke Tree, A'enetian .Sumac, 
 etc. ). A very elegant ornamental tree or 
 large shrub, wilh curious, hair-like flowers 
 of pale, purplish color, that cover 
 the whole plant. \'ery desirable. 
 
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 JAPAN LILAC 
 
 A line novelty, attaining the size of a 
 tree, with large deep green glossy foliage, 
 and immense clusters of elegant fragrant 
 flowers late in the season. It isundoiibtedly 
 one of the best acquisitions of later years. 
 
 Ambroise Verschaflelt. Fine large trusses 
 of bright rose color. 
 
 Beranger. I’urplish lilac panicles of 
 large size. 
 
 Coerulea superba. Large tru.sses of clear 
 blue. 
 
 Flora plena. One of the first double 
 varieties, and one of the most deserving ; 
 bright lilac. 
 
 Gloire de Croncels. Reddish lilac ; line 
 large trusses. 
 
 Saugeana. One of the Persian group, 
 with reddish purple bloom. 
 
 Mathieu de Bombasle. A handsome 
 double lilac llower and large tru.ss. 
 
 President Massait. Large trusses and 
 purplish lilac when fully open. 
 
 Prof. Stockhardt. Large iianicles of lav- 
 ender-colored llowers. 
 
 Pyramidalis. \ charming novelty, with 
 large semi-double flowers ; rose-colored. 
 
 Renoncule. .Short, com]ract truss of ex- 
 ceerlingly beautiful ilouble flowers ; pale 
 reddish lilac. 
 
 Ville de Troyes. I ,arge line trusses of 
 
 rosy lilac llowers. 
 
 Virginale. Wry large panicles of pure 
 white flowers. 
 
 JAPAN QUINCE 
 
 Produces bright scarlet llowers in great 
 profusion in the early spring ; very attrac- 
 tive and hardy ; one of the very best hardy 
 shrubs in the catalogue. 
 
 White-flowering. .A desirable shrub, 
 producing delicate white and bluish flow - 
 ers in early spring. 
 
 Spiraea Van Honttei. 
 
 PEONIES, HERBACEOUS 
 
 A very showy and most useful cla.ss of 
 hardy plants ; will Hourish in any section. 
 T'hey grow and flower well in almost any 
 soil with very little care, but the flower 
 will be finer and colors brighter if given 
 a dee]), rich loam, well manured. 
 
 White and Pink. 
 
 PLUM 
 
 Purple-leaved {Pntuus Pissardii). One 
 of the very best small trees or shrubs of 
 recent introduction ; the foliage is a beau- 
 tiful red-purple, changing to a deep black- 
 purple ; the hot sun has no ill effect on its 
 rich colors ; it remains beautiful until frosts 
 come, something unusual in juirple-leaved 
 plants ; by far the best of its kind ; exceed- 
 ingly hardy and very easy to transplant. 
 
 Double-flowered. Of recent introduction 
 from China. A very hardy shrub ; llowers 
 semi-double, of a delicate pink, closely 
 set along the branches, forming a compact 
 s])ike. \'ery pretty and desirable. 
 
 SPIR^A 
 
 Ariaefolia. A profu.se bloomer, ha\ ing 
 large panicles of elegant white flowers. 
 
 Billardii. Bright rose-colored flowers ; 
 blooms nearly all summer ; desirable. 
 
 Billardii alba. \’ery similar to the ro.se- 
 colored, but with blossoms pure w hite. 
 
 Plum-leaved (Bridal Wreath). A very 
 beautiful variety ; flowers ])ure white, 
 small and very double ; blooms very early. 
 
 Reevesii. A very pretty .sort, producing 
 clusters of white llowers that cover the 
 whole plant. 
 
 Van Houttei. One of the most attractive 
 of the newer Spireas, blooming freely and 
 entirely hardy. Flowers pure w hite. 
 
 SNOWBALL 
 
 Common. An old and well-know n shrub, 
 bearing large balls of pure white flowers. 
 
 Japan ( J'ihiiniu)ii plica/ian). A rare and 
 exceedingly beautiful species from China. 
 I-'lowers in large, globular heads ; ])ure 
 white, hanging long on the bush. .A very 
 choice aud desirable shrub. 
 
 SYRINGA. Mock Orange 
 
 A ra])id grow er ; flow ers large, w hite 
 and fragratu. 
 
 WEIGELA 
 
 Rose-colored. An elegant shrub, with 
 beautiful and .strong rose-colored llowers ; 
 hardy and of easy cultivation. Should be 
 in every collection. 
 
 Dwarf Variegated Rose. Of spreading 
 hftbit ; leaves <listinclly variegaterl ; stands 
 the sun well, 
 
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 Roses 
 
 Roses are the most Iteautiful of (lowers, and lliey are among the easiest to raise 
 in perfection. They require plenty of niamire and good cultivation. Old and 
 decayed hranches, and at least half the [trevious season’s growth, should he cut away 
 early each spring, and a little cutting back after the first blooming will insure more 
 late flowers. The so-called tender Roses must be carefully protected in winter by- 
 covering them with leaves and evergreen boughs ; and the hardy .sorts will be ren- 
 dered more vigorous and productive of fine flowers if they, too, are similarlv protected. 
 
 Coquette des Blanches. 
 
 HYBRID 
 
 PERPETUAL ROSES 
 
 Alfred Colomb. Rai.sed from 
 laaiueminot. lirilliant car- 
 mine-crimson ; very large, full, 
 and of tine globular form ; ex- 
 tremely fragrant, and in every 
 respect a superb sort; green 
 wood, with occasional |)ale 
 greenish thorns; foliage large 
 and handsome. (Jne of tlie 
 most useful of all sorts for 
 general cultivation. Buddetl 
 and on own roots. 
 
 Anne de Diesbach. Carmine, 
 a beautiful shade ; very large ; 
 a flue garden .sort ; does not 
 thrive on its own roots. 
 
 Augusta Nie. Delicate pink ; 
 cu]rped and vigorous. 
 
 American Beauty. A grand 
 Rose for either forcing or out- 
 door culture. Its very double 
 flowers are of a deep crimson 
 color and very fragrant ; it is 
 of full and very perfect form, 
 with the petals finely imbri- 
 cated ; ;i constant bloomer and 
 strong grower. \’ery desir.drie 
 in every way; its rich "June- 
 rose” scent would alone com- 
 mend it, to say nothing of its 
 many other good (jualities. 
 
 Caroline de Sansal. Clear, delicate flesh 
 color ; fine form ; one of the best of its 
 color. 
 
 Coquette des Alpes. White, tinged with 
 carmine ; very fine ; a very free bloomer. 
 
 Coquette des Blanches. Pure white; 
 very beautiful. We think this the best 
 pure white Hybrid Perpetual. 
 
 General Jacqueminot, lirilliant velvety 
 crimson ; large, showy and a fine .grower ; 
 a magnificent viiriety. 
 
 Giant of Battles. Brilliant crimson ; 
 large, very double and sweet ; esteemed 
 one of the finest. 
 
 Gloire de Margottin. One of the most 
 brilliant red Roses in cidtivation ; large, 
 full and handsomely formed. 
 
 Jules Margottin. Bright cherry - red. 
 large and full ; a truly beautiful Ro.se. 
 
 La France. Delicate silvery rose ; very 
 large and full ; an almost constant 
 bloomer ; eiiual in delicacy to a Tea Ro.se ; 
 the most pleasing fragrance of all Roses ; 
 only a moderate grower. 
 
 La Reine. Brilliant glossy rose ; very 
 large, cup])eil and beautiful ; a superb 
 Rose. 
 
 Madam Charles Wood. Kxtra large, full 
 and double ; color deep rosy crimson ; 
 sometimes brilliant scarlet ; an early and 
 continuous bloomer. 
 
 Madam Plantier. Pure white ; above 
 medium size ; full ; produced in great 
 abundance early in the seastm. One of 
 the best hardv white Roses. 
 
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 HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, continued 
 
 Magna Charta. This grand Rose is a 
 strong grower, a very free lilooiner, and 
 has inagnilicent foliage ; color hright 
 pink, suffused with carmine ; very kirge, 
 full and of excellent form. 
 
 Marshall P. Wilder. Raised from (jen- 
 eral Jacqueminot. It is of vigorous 
 growth, with heidthy foliage ; llowers 
 large, semi-globular, full, well formed ; 
 color beautiful cherry-carmine ; very fra- 
 grant. In wood, foliage and form of 
 flower it resembles Alfred Colomb, but 
 the seedling e.xcels that famous variety in 
 vigor, hardiness and freedom of bloom. 
 It continues to bloom profusely long after 
 the other Remontants are out of flower. 
 In brief, it may be described as an im- 
 proved Alfred Colomb, and as good a 
 Rose as has been raised by any one. It 
 is undoubtedly the finest of its color. 
 
 Mrs. J. Laing. A beautiful rose color ; 
 soft pink ; large and of fine form ; very 
 fragrant. 
 
 Paul Neyron. Deep rose color ; splen- 
 did foliage and habit, with larger flowers 
 than any other variety ; a valuable acqui- 
 sition. 
 
 Prince Camille de Rohan. Deep velvety 
 crimson ; large, moderately full ; a splen- 
 did Rose. 
 
 Victor Verdier. Fine bright ro.se, shaded 
 with carmine ; very hardy and a fine 
 bloomer ; a splendid Rose. 
 
 Vick’s Caprice (\’ick). Decidedly dis- 
 tinct, as each satiny pink petal is prettily 
 striped with white and bright carmine. A 
 good grower and free bloomer. 
 
 HARDY CLIMBING ROSES 
 
 Baltimore Belle. Pale blush, nearly 
 white ; double ; best white climbing Rose. 
 
 Crimson Rambler. A new climbing 
 Rose of tmtisual attractions ; very hardy, 
 having withstood to degrees below zero 
 without covering ; vigorous in growth, 
 having grown 8 to to feet in a season ; 
 produces a profusion of blossoms, having 
 lieen known to produce 300 blossoms on 
 one shoot. The Crimson Rambler is 
 specially adapted for covering trellises, 
 training to side of the house, or can be 
 cut back and grown in a bush form. 
 Extra fine plants of this novel variety. 
 
 Climbing Victor Verdier. Another ex- 
 cellent pillar Rose of strong growth, with 
 showy rosy carmine flowers, large, full 
 and abundant. 
 
 Greville, or Seven Sisters. Flowers 
 crimson, changing to blush, in large 
 clusters. 
 
 Madame Alfred Carriere. Extra large, 
 full flowers, very double and sweet ; color 
 rich creamy white, faintly tinged with 
 jiale yellow ; a strong, hardy grower and 
 free bloomer. 
 
 Queen of the Prairie. Bright rosy red, 
 frequently striped with white ; large, 
 compact and globular. 
 
 Reine Marie Henriette. Targe, finely 
 formed flowers ; very full and double ; 
 borne in clusters and Tea-scented ; color 
 rich crimson, elegantly shaded. New 
 and fine. 
 
 Tennessee Belle. Dark pink ; profuse 
 bloomer and strong grower. One of the 
 best climbing Roses for the South. 
 
 Yellow Rambler. A new hardy yellow 
 climbing Rose, blooming after the same 
 manner as Crimson Rambler ; flowers of 
 medium size, in immense clusters, often 
 thirty-five to forty flowers in a single clus- 
 ter ; very sweet-scented. Color, a clear, 
 decided yellow, a color heretofore un- 
 known in a climbing Rose that was in 
 any way hardy. 
 
 “ I can say that your trees excel any others that 1 have handled or seen handled. They are nice size, 
 thrifty anti deliveie'ti in gottti ettmiition, while many other trees. I notice, are comparatively tlead when 
 delivered I want trees frtnn no other ntirsery. as 1 have proved your trees by actual experience. Suc- 
 cess to you.” — J. H. Scn.KKKKK. Merchant Mt. Storm. \V. Va.,y«/va<V, / 90 ./. 
 
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 f)9 
 
 Etoile de Lyon 
 
 MOSS ROSES 
 
 Comlesse de Murinais. I’ure 
 white; large ; ver\- desirable ; the 
 linest w hite Moss. 
 
 Luxembourg. Deep criin.son ; 
 line grower. 
 
 Princess Adelaide. .-X vigorous 
 grower ; pale rose, of niediiim 
 size and good form ; good in hud 
 and flower. One of the best. 
 
 Salet. Clear rose color ; double; 
 a perpetual bloomer. 
 
 White. Pure white ; produces 
 very fe\\- flowers. 
 
 TENDER PERPETUAL 
 ROSES 
 
 Agrippina. Red, velvety crim- 
 son ; moderately double ; fine iti 
 buds ; valuable for planting out. 
 
 < )ne of the best. 
 
 Andre Schwartz. Recently in- 
 troduced and recommended by the liu- 
 ropean growers as the “True Tea Jaccpie- 
 minot”; the color is brilliant glowing 
 scarlet, passing to rich crimson ; ver'v 
 bright and striking ; constant and profuse 
 bloomer; flowers large, full and sweet. 
 
 Augustine Guinoiseau (Hybrid Tea). 
 The best recommeiKlation that can lie 
 given this magnificent Rose is that it is a 
 pure white l.a France, having ju.st a tint 
 of blush clouding its broad petals. The 
 buds :md flowers are extra large, very- 
 full and linelv formed ; delightfullv fr;i- 
 grant. 
 
 Bon Silene. Rosy carmine, shaded with 
 salmon ; fragrant and very free-flowering. 
 \'alual)le for the buds. 
 
 Bridesmaid. very vtilimble new Tea 
 Rose ; a sport from the Catherine .Mer- 
 met. It is a charming, clear bright pink 
 in color, and much superior to its well- 
 known parent. It forces well under glass, 
 and is idready very popular with our 
 florists. 
 
 Catherine Mermet. Bright flesh color, 
 with the same peculiar luster possessed 
 by La France ; large, full and beautiful. 
 
 < )ne of the finest Teas. 
 
 Clothilde Soupert. Medium size; very 
 double and beautifully imbricated like an 
 aster; produced in clusters ; pearly white, 
 with rosy lake centers ; lial)le to vary, 
 producing often red and white flowers on 
 the same plant. Valuable to florists for 
 designs, or as a market pot-plant, being a 
 remarkably free and constant bloomer 
 and of easy culture. One of the most 
 valuable Roses of recent introduction. 
 
 Coquette de Lyon. ,\ lovely Tea Rose, 
 extiuisite canary-yellow ; clear translucent 
 texture and delicious perfume ; flowers 
 large ; fine form ; very full and double. 
 
 Devoniensis. Beautiful creamy white 
 and ros)- center ; large ; very full and 
 double ; delightfully sweet Tea scent. 
 One of the finest Roses. 
 
 Duchess of Albany. A sport from the 
 well-known atid popular La l-'rance. 
 Whille it resembles its parent in several 
 respects, it is quite distinct in color, being 
 of a rich, deep, even pink tint, and the 
 shape is more finished ; it is equally vig- 
 orous, free-blooming and fragrant ; one 
 of the most important of recent acquisi- 
 tions for growing in the open air or for 
 forcing. 
 
 Etoile de Lyon. A grand Rose for forc- 
 ing, of superb form and habit ; color rich 
 saffron-yellow, brighter in the center ; 
 very large and full, blooming profusely ; 
 grows vigorously. 
 
 Empress (Kaiserin) Augusta Victoria. An 
 e.xtra fine white variety, faintly blended 
 with cream color; very large, full and 
 double, almost perfect in form, and it con- 
 tinues beautiful even when fully expanded. 
 Its fragrance is a combintition of tea and 
 magnolia, and is very delightfid and dis- 
 tinct from that of any other variety. Beau- 
 tiful glossy foliage; a vigorous grower 
 and very free-flowering, blooming at every 
 shoot. We consider it one of our best 
 outdoor kinds. 
 
 Gloire de Dijon. Fawn, with salmon ; 
 blooms all summer. 
 
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 A. B. Hood Cs Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 Manda’s Triumph. TTiis 
 grand Ro.se is of free 
 grou tli, lu.xuriant foliage, 
 and produces large clus- 
 ters of double, pure white 
 llowers, beautifully imbri- 
 cated and well formed, 2 
 inches in diameter and 
 sweet-scented. 
 
 Meteor. Everblooming 
 Hybrid Tea; a healthy, 
 vigorous grower, free- 
 blooming, and of a rich 
 crimson color. 
 
 Niphetos. Pale yellowish 
 white, often snow-white ; 
 long, large buds ; very 
 beautiful. 
 
 TENDER PERPETUAL ROSES, continued 
 
 Hermosa. Bright rose ; a most constant 
 bloomer ; hardy ; one of the best. 
 
 Isabella Sprunl. Bright, canary-yellow ; 
 large, beautiful buds ; valuable for cut- 
 flowers ; very sweet Tea scent ; profuse 
 bloomer. 
 
 La France. Raised from seed of a Tea 
 Rose ; delicate .silvery rose, changing to 
 silvery pink ; very large, full, of line 
 globular form ; a most constant bUiomer; 
 the sweetest and most useful of all Roses; 
 none can surpass the delicacy of its 
 coloring. 
 
 Madame Palcot. Fine apricot-yellow, 
 with beautiful orange buds ; most valued 
 for boiKiuets ; Tea-scented ; a constant 
 bloomer; medium size and fullness. 
 
 Madame Margottin. \'ery large ; per- 
 fectly double, elegantly perfumed ; color 
 beautiful dark citron-yellow, with bright 
 red center ; a strong grower and quite 
 hardy. 
 
 La France 
 
 Papa Gentler. .'\ popular 
 Tea Rose, very free- 
 blooming; long, pointed 
 buds of a glowing car- 
 mine-crim.son color. It is 
 delightfully fragrant. 
 
 Perle des Jardins. .A 
 
 beautiful straw color, 
 sometimes a dee]) canary; 
 very large, full and of 
 fine form. .A verv free 
 bloomer. .Steps at once 
 into fame as the finest 
 yellow Rose we h.ive in 
 our collection. 
 
 Madame Caroline Testout. .A beautiful 
 bright yet clear pink Rose, and very much 
 resembles La France, from which it un- 
 doubtedly originated. It is of more sturdy 
 habit, however, and exceedingly florif- 
 erous, and the individual blooms areeften 
 much larger than those of La France. It 
 maintains its beautiful color at all seasons ; 
 handsome foliage ; stem stout ; fragrance 
 very delicate. 
 
 Madame Joseph Schwartz. White, beau- 
 tifully flushed with ])ink. The plant 
 grows with great vigor, and is extremely 
 free with its flowers, which are of medium 
 size, cup])ed and borne in clusters. 
 
 Marechal Niel. Deeji yellow ; very 
 large ; very full, globular ; highly .scented. 
 Requires careful treatment. It shotikl be 
 severely pruned. The finest yellow Rose. 
 
 Marie Guillot. Color pure snow-white, 
 sometimes faintly tinged with pale yellow; 
 extra large size ; full and ilouble ; very 
 sweet T'ea scent. 
 
 Marie Van Houtle. W lute, 
 slightly tinged with yel- 
 low, large and full. In 
 every way a most charm- 
 ing sort. 
 
 “Trees were fine amJ customers all pleased.”— Kreo \’anhoosk, Minjfo, Johnson Co.. // Sjgoj. 
 
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 Single Boses. 
 
 TENDER PERPETUAL ROSES, continued 
 
 Pink Roamer. This is willioiit (lueslion 
 a liyltrid hettveen the Sueetbrier and 
 W'ichuraiana, and carries tliese cliaracter- 
 istics in lilooin, tvliile the orowtli, wliich 
 is very rampant, and the luxuriant foliage 
 ))artake more of the W'ichnraiana. The [ 
 single (lowers, which are produced in 
 close heads, are nearly 2 inches in diam- 
 eter, bright rich pink, with almost a white | 
 center, which lighten up the orange-red 
 stamens, producing an effect which, com- 
 bined with fragrance, makes it one of the 
 most valuable Ro.ses in cultivation. 
 
 Salrano. .Saffron and apricot. A very 
 free bloomer. One of the oldest and best 
 varieties, especially when used in the 
 bud state. 
 
 South Orange Perfection, blush |>ink at 
 tips, changing to white ; double. 
 
 Souvenir de la Nalmaison. I’ale llesh, 
 with a fawn shade ; large, full, beautiful. 
 
 The Bride. A magnificent pure white 
 Tea Rose. The flowers are large and 
 very double, on long, stiff stems, and last 
 a long time in a fresh state after being 
 cut. One of the best. Tender. 
 
 Triomphe de Luxembourg. Salmon-buff, 
 shaded with deep rose ; distiTict and fine. 
 
 Universal Favorite. This is the most 
 \igorous plant of the set. The long, 
 branching shoots are covered with dense, 
 
 j bright green foliage. The double flowers 
 are over 2 inches in diameter, and of a 
 beautiful rose color, similar to the Brides- 
 maid, and deliciously fragrant. A grand 
 variety for any ])ur|>ose. 
 
 William Allen Richardson. A new va- 
 riety ; of strong growth and climbing 
 habit ; color rich, coi>pery yellow, flushed 
 with carmine, large, ftdl and fragrant. 
 
 Wichuraiana. A distinct and valuable 
 variety from Japan ; it is a low, trailing 
 species, its stems creeping on the earth 
 almost as closely as the ivy. The flow- 
 ers are (wodnced in the gre.itest profttsion 
 in clusters on the end of every branch, 
 after the June Ros»s are past from the 
 first week in July throughout the month. 
 They are pure white, to 2 inches 
 across, with yellow stamens, and have 
 the strong fragrance of the Banksia Rose. 
 It is (piite hardy, with the excejition of 
 the latest immature growth, which may 
 be cut back to .some extent. This variety 
 has proved valuable as a covering for 
 banks, rockeries, etc., and for use in 
 cemeteries. 
 
 MICROPHYLLA ROSES 
 
 Alba (W'hitel. I’lire white, strong 
 grower, constant bloomer, small, glossy 
 foliage. 
 
 Rubra fl’ink). .Similar in growth and 
 form to Alba. 
 
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 Clematis paniculata. 
 
 Vines and Creepers 
 
 AMPELOPSIS 
 
 Veitchii. Recently introduced from 
 lapan ; grows rapidly and altaclies itself 
 iirnily to walls ; the leaves are small, 
 turning to brilliant red in the autumn. 
 
 CLKMATIS. Virgin’s Bower 
 
 This is uiK|uestional)ly one of the hand- 
 somest classes of vines for covering 
 arbors, trellises, pillars, etc., that has been 
 introduced. They are slender-branched, 
 rapid growers, with handsome foliage 
 and beautiful flowers, ranging in color 
 from white to deep purple. 
 
 Henryi. Large ; free grower and bloom- 
 er ; (lowers creamy white ; one of the best. 
 
 Jackmani (Jackman’s). U’ithout a 
 iloubt the best yet introduced, and a gen- 
 eral favorite ; large, velvety, dark violet- 
 purple ; strong and hardy. 
 
 Mad. Edouard Andre. This is the nearest 
 approach to a bright red Clematis, and 
 has been called the Crimson Jackmani. 
 The plant is a strong, vigorous grower and 
 very free in bloom. Color a distinct 
 crimson-red ; a very pleasing shade and 
 entirely distinct from all other varieties. 
 
 Paniculata. From Japan. I’anicles of 
 small pure white fragrant (lowers borne 
 in great ])rofusion. Very desirable and 
 entirely hardy. Blooms in late summer. 
 
 HONEYSUCKLE 
 
 Hall’s New Japan. A strong, vigorous 
 evergreen sort ; (lowers white, changing 
 to yellow; very fragrant, and is coveretl 
 with flowers nearly all summer and ati- 
 tumn. The best of all the Honeystickles. 
 
 Japan Evergreen (Woodbine Honey- 
 stickle). A very vigorous grower, with 
 numerous white and yellow fragrant 
 flowers. 
 
 Chinese Twining. .‘\n old favorite, 
 holding its foliage through the winter ; 
 flowers red, yellow and white \ ariegate<l ; 
 very sweet. 
 
 IVY 
 
 English. A beautiftil vine, uith dark 
 green leaves that climbs over brick, stone 
 or wooden walls or chimney without any 
 support. A har<ly evergreen. 
 
 WISTARIA 
 
 Chinese. One of the most elegant and 
 rapid-growing of all the climbing plants ; 
 attains a very large size, sometimes grow- 
 ing 15 or more feet in a season ; has long 
 racemes of pale blue flowers in spring 
 and sometimes in autumn. 
 
 White-flowering. Like the preceding, 
 e.xcept that the flowers are jture white 
 and single. 
 
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 Testimonials 
 
 “ I liave liaiulled trees as a business for tvventj -four years. I have never seen any trees 
 that I thought better, and Init few that I thought as good as yours, and in addition to this 
 I have planted trees by the thousand for myself, and the trees 1 bought of you have done 
 better than any I ever planted. I would also like to refer to vour system of packing — I 
 think it the best I ever saw.”— J. L. Millan, Fairfa.\, \a., Ju/v i6, 
 
 " 1 wish to compliment you on the size and (piality of trees bought of you last spring. 
 Out of 175 trees 1 find at this date all growing e.vcept one apple and one peach. Amsden 
 June I’each trees purchased of you spring of 1903 are bearing this year."— John Hoaglanij, 
 Falling Spring, \V. Va., Ju/y iS, 1904. 
 
 ' I have been buying trees and shrubs from your agent, Mr. Livesay, and find them al 
 O, K. No one need hesitate to bny your trees.” — J. \V. BicARt), Falling Spring, West 
 \a.., July /<V, 1904. 
 
 " f have been delivering your stock in Union county. 111 , for the last fourteen years, 
 and have come in contact with a great many men who have brotight your trees to maturity 
 and are perfectly satisfied, as the trees have proven true to name and I have yet to find it 
 man who is not satisfied since his trees commenced to bear. Your stock is always fine- 
 looking on arrival and thrifty in growth, and always pleases the purchasers, who remark 
 when they first look at their trees: ‘Well, they are the finest-looking trees I ever saw-.’’ 
 There are hundreds of men and women in this county who are ready to recommend your 
 nursery stock.” — J. W. Rov, Anna, 111 . 
 
 '’Will say that all the nursery stock 1 have sold for you has given entire satisfaction. 
 I am selling many of the customers again.” — ^J ohn Wai.i.is, Fort Payne. Ala.,_/K/j' 17, 1904. 
 
 “ I will just say in behalf of your nurseries and myself : I am a fruit-grower and am 
 
 selling nursery stock — have made it a business for the last fifteen years — but have never 
 had any stock to give my customers and myself so much s.atisfactioii and pleasure as jour 
 trees have— both in (juality of stock sent out and fruit produced.” — J. R. Crist, Le.vington, 
 V a.. July 2S, 1904. 
 
 ” I have now been handling your trees for fifteen years and during that time have come 
 in contact with many other nursery agents delivei ing their stock at the same time, and find 
 yours superior, both in average size and the fresh, healthy condition in which they arrive — 
 because of the better care e.vercised iu packing— to any I have yet seen.”— J. W. Krh h- 
 BAUM, Birmingham, Ala., y«/r iS, 1904. 
 
 "1 have handled your trees for a number of years and consider them the best on the 
 market. They have given universal satisfaction in this section,” — 1 .. N. Fostkr, Pen- 
 dleton, Va. 
 
 "My trees have borne fruit — Red June. Early Harvest, Buckingham and Winesap. 
 The apijles were the largest and best colored I ever saw, and the trees show that they are 
 grafted on whole roots. The fruit was just what 1 bought.” — ^J. N. Mangrum, Gadsden, 
 Tenn , March 2$, 1S91. 
 
 "The trees received from you for delivery were as fine as any nursery sends out — no 
 <lnestion about that — and the packing e.\tremely good, the roots being splendidly taken care 
 of and per.'ectly mossed.” — F. R. Johnston, Idj mouth, N. C. 
 
 " I take pleasure in saying the fruit trees I bought of you have been very fine. It has 
 been rare for me to lose any. I have planted alongside of tho.se bought of you trees from 
 other nurseries. Yours are by long odds the best.” — J. M. I. hake, .Ashlatid, Va. 
 
 "Of your stock compared with others, 1 will say I made two deliveries this fall and 
 assisted in another for yon, and think I have had a fine opportunity of comparing yours 
 with other nursery stock in and out of this state, and I find your stock to be far superior to 
 any 1 have seen. All customers say your trees are far ahead of those bought from other 
 nurseries. Yon park your trees in such a way that they are as nice and fresh when the bo.v 
 is opened as when dug. I also find where they have borne that they are true to name.” — 
 B. I. Bickers. Stanardsville, Va. 
 
 " The trees were e.vceptionally fine and healthy and are all growing very well.” — 
 joKKi'ii M. Brown. Atlanta, Ga. 
 
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 A. B. Hood & Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
 
 Index 
 
 P.\GE 
 
 Arbor vita? 52 
 
 Almonds 45-54 
 
 Althea 54 
 
 Ampelopsis ... ... 62 
 
 Asparagus 46 
 
 Apples 9-17 
 
 .\pricots 34 
 
 Bamboo . . 52 
 
 Beech 48 
 
 Birch 51 
 
 Blackberries 42 
 
 Butternuts • ■ 45 
 
 Buttonwood 50 
 
 Calycanthus 54 
 
 Catalpa . 48 
 
 Cerasus 49 
 
 Cherries 32. 33 
 
 Clematis 62 
 
 Cherry 49 
 
 Chestnuts 4s 
 
 Crab Apples 17 
 
 Crape Myrtle 54 
 
 Currants • • 39 
 
 Deciduous Trees . . 48 
 
 Deutzias 54-55 
 
 Dogwood 49. 51 
 
 Distance for Planting . . . 8 
 
 Elm 49 
 
 English Filbert 45 
 
 Esculent Roots 46 
 
 Evergreens 52 
 
 Exochorda 55 
 
 Figs 44 
 
 Fir 52 
 
 PAGE 
 
 I’AOE 
 
 Fringe 55 
 
 Fruit Department • . 9-44 
 
 Fungicide Formulas . 3d cov 
 Golden Chain . . . 49 
 
 Gooseberries . . . 40 
 
 Grapes 36-38 
 
 Hedge Plants 53 
 
 Hibiscus 54 
 
 Honeysuckle 62 
 
 Horse-chestnut 49 
 
 Morse Radish 46 
 
 Hydrangea 55 
 
 Ivy . 62 
 
 Japanese Persimmon . . 35 
 
 Japan Hardy Lemon . . 53 
 
 Japan Lilac .... 56 
 
 Japan Maples 50 
 
 Japan Quince 56 
 
 Judas Tree 49 
 
 Juniper . . . 52 
 
 Kentucky Coffee Tree • 49 
 
 Laburnum 49 
 
 Lilac 55 
 
 Linden 49 
 
 Magnolias 53 
 
 Maple 50 
 
 Mock Orange 56 
 
 Mountain Ash 49 - 51 
 
 Mulberries 35 - 51 
 
 Nectarines 34 
 
 Number of Trees on an 
 
 Acre 8 
 
 Nut-bearing Trees . . 45, 46 
 
 Ornamental Department . 47 * 
 
 Poplar 50 
 
 Peaches 23-28, 50 
 
 Pears 18-22 
 
 Pecan . 46 
 
 Peonies ' . . . 56 
 
 Pie-i)lanl 46 
 
 Pine 52 
 
 Platanus 50 
 
 Plums 29-31, 56 
 
 Privet 53 
 
 Quinces 34 
 
 Raspberries 40.41 
 
 Red-Bud 49 
 
 Rhubarb 46 
 
 Roses 57“6 i 
 
 Shellbark 46 
 
 Snowball 56 
 
 Spirea 56 
 
 Spruce 52 
 
 Strawberries 43. 44 
 
 Sweet (ium 50 
 
 Sweet-scented Shrub ... 54 
 
 Syringa 56 
 
 Testimonial 63 
 
 Texas Umbrella Tree . . 50 
 
 Tulip Tree 50 
 
 Vines and Creepers . 62 
 
 Virgin’s Bower .... 62 
 
 Walnuts 45 
 
 Weeping Trees . . • • 51 
 
 Weigela 56 
 
 Willow 51 
 
 Wistaria 62 
 
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 «l. HORACE McFarland Co.. Horticultural Printers, Harrisburg. Pa. 
 
Fungicide Formulas 
 
 For Rots, Blights, Mildews and other Punsous Diseases 
 
 BORDEAUX MIXTURE 
 
 Copper sulphate (blue vitriol) 6 lbs. 
 
 Quick or stone lime 4 lbs, 
 
 Water 45 to 60 gals. 
 
 Dissolve the copper sulphate in an earthen or wooden vessel with three gallons 
 of hot water ; or, preferably, put it in a coarse sack, as burlap or cheese-cloth, and 
 hang this in 4 to 6 gallons of water near the surface. When dissolved, pour into the 
 spraying barrel, and fill the barrel about half full of water. Slake the lime, dilute it 
 to 10 to 15 gallons, and pour this milk of lime into the barrel through a wire strainer. 
 Do not mix the copper sulphate and lime when less dilute than this, as the resulting 
 Bordeaux is likely to be lumpy, will settle quickly, and is more liable to burn the 
 foliage. Add water to fill the barrel, and stir the mixture well for a few minutes. 
 Agitate frequently while it is being applied. 
 
 If spraying peaches or Japan plums, use two pounds of copper sulphate instead 
 of six, and add an excess of lime. Bordeaux will adhere better to such smooth-sur- 
 face plants as cabbage and cauliflower if about one pound of hard soap dissolved in 
 hot water is added. The mixture itself should always be made fresh for each appli- 
 cation, but a stock solution of lime and copper sulphate may be kept separately, and 
 will be good economy when the spraying operations are extensive. 
 
 A stock solution of copper sulphate sufficient for a day’s spraying in most cases 
 may be made by dissolving 36 pounds of blue vitriol in 36 gallons of water. For each 
 barrel of Bordeaux use two to six gallons of this solution, according to the plants to 
 be sprayed. Keep this stock solution tightly covered to prevent evaporation. In the 
 same way 36 pounds of quick lime may be slaked in as many gallons of water, and 
 used as the copper solution ; or it may be slaked with just enough water to make a 
 putty, which will keep indefinitely if covered with water, and is to be used with the 
 ferrocyanide test. If the lime in the Bordeaux mixture is deficient, a drop ot a satu- 
 rated solution of ferrocyanide of potassium added to the mixture will turn brown. 
 Add lime till the drop remains colorless and the mixture is ready to use. 
 
 LIME -SULPHUR -SALT 
 
 Lime 15 Ibe. 
 
 Sulphur 16 lbs. 
 
 Salt 16 lbs. 
 
 Water to make 60 gals. 
 
 Boil two hours with a small quantity of water, then dilute to 50 gallons with boil- 
 ing water. Do not let mixture become cold ; spray while yet warm. For winter or 
 early spring use. 
 
 All state entomologists recommend lime, sulphur and salt treatment for San Jos6 
 Scale. Very satisfactory results have been obtained by using this formula. 
 
A. B. HOOD & CO. 
 
 Virginia Nurseries 
 RICHMOND 3. VIRGINIA