. Armstrong Nurseries. arevery productive in almost every locality. Price of Cherry trees, 30c. English Morella. Large, dark red;tender,juicy, rich acid; later than Early Rich-mond; an excellent acid variety. Thisvariety in our trial grounds has borneheavy successive crops efor several years. Early Richmond. An old favorite sort; anearly red, sub-acid cherry; tree a finegrower, hardy, healthy and productive. The Pear. The following varieties of Pears include most of those which have been well testedand best suited to the conditions of the Southwest. It is important that Summer andAutumn variet
. Armstrong Nurseries. arevery productive in almost every locality. Price of Cherry trees, 30c. English Morella. Large, dark red;tender,juicy, rich acid; later than Early Rich-mond; an excellent acid variety. Thisvariety in our trial grounds has borneheavy successive crops efor several years. Early Richmond. An old favorite sort; anearly red, sub-acid cherry; tree a finegrower, hardy, healthy and productive. The Pear. The following varieties of Pears include most of those which have been well testedand best suited to the conditions of the Southwest. It is important that Summer andAutumn varieties be gathered at least from ten days to two weeks before ripening. Price of Pear trees; large size 35c. Medium size 25c. Andres des Portes. Medium size; palegreen, marbled on sunny side with red;flesh fine, juicy, melting; a valuable earlypear. Winter Bartlett (New). Large; skin yellowwith blush; similar in form and qualityto the Bartlett; three or four monthslater in ripening. Deciduous Fruits 11 Armstrong Nurseries. Bartlett Pear. Bartlett. One of the most popular varieties;large, buttery and melting, with richmusky flavor; tree a vigorous grower;bears abundantly; ripens early. No pearnow on the market possesses a widerpopularity, being a good shipper, possess-ing keeping qualities and fine , no variety is so extensively plant-ed in California. Clapps Favorite. A splendid summer pear,resembling the Bartlett and ripening afew days earlier. Tree is hardy and a vig-orous grower. As with all varieties ofpears (and especially with this) fruitshould be picked at least ten days beforeit would ripen upon the tree. Flemish Beauty. A large, beautiful, melt-ing, sweet pear. Strong grower and fruit-ful; an old standard variety. Winter Nell is. Medium size; dull russet;flesh melting and buttery, with rich,sprightly flavor; tree a slender irregularbut free grower; bears heavily and regu-lar; one of the best early winter pears. Worden Seckel. A seedling of the
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