. 1899 price list and catalogue of seeds, trees and plants of every description : fertilizers, seed potatoes, poultry supplies and garden tools. Nursery stock Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Plants Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. KEIFFER PEAR. Burbaxk.—Large, nearly globular, clear, cherry-red, with a thin lilac bloom ; flesh a deep yellow, very sweet. Resem- bles Abundance in the tree and fruit, averages larger, of better quality, rather handsomer, and from two to four weeks later. August. Wickson.—This is o
. 1899 price list and catalogue of seeds, trees and plants of every description : fertilizers, seed potatoes, poultry supplies and garden tools. Nursery stock Tennessee Memphis Catalogs; Plants Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. KEIFFER PEAR. Burbaxk.—Large, nearly globular, clear, cherry-red, with a thin lilac bloom ; flesh a deep yellow, very sweet. Resem- bles Abundance in the tree and fruit, averages larger, of better quality, rather handsomer, and from two to four weeks later. August. Wickson.—This is one of the best of the recently intro- duced Plums of the Japanese type. The tree is a handsome grower, and the fruit is abundant and of first quality. WlLLAED.—Tree a vigorous grower, hardy and productive. Fruit dark red. Very early, ripening about a month before any other good plum, and "on this account will prove valu- able as a market fruit. CRAB APPLES. Select trees. Each, 25c; dozen, Hyslor Crab.—Large, growing in clusters, purplish red, covered with blue bloom. Fine for cider and for cooking. Martha Crab—Large, creamy yellow, overspread with light vermillion blush. Fine»for canning or preserving, and one of the very best cider apples. Whitney's No. 20 Crab.—Large; skin glossy green, striped and overspread with carmine; flesh firm and juicy, with agreeable flavor. Ornamental both in tree and fruit. Our stock of Fruit Trees, etc., is all strictly first-class, good and strong-, with whole roots—not the little twigs which the traveling nursery agent usually Bends you. We ask a trial Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Otto Schwill & Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Memphis, Tenn. : Otto Schwill & Co.
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