. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 121 QUINCE TREES. We have added to our assortment of Fruit Trees the Quince, which will do well in our climate. Quince trees, the fruit of which is used for preserving, are very ornamental, and bear well. We handle the O/ange. Meeches' Prolific and Japanese varieties, which we sell at 40c. each. WILD G
. Almanac and garden manual for the southern states of the J. Steckler Seed Co., Nursery stock Louisiana New Orleans Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 121 QUINCE TREES. We have added to our assortment of Fruit Trees the Quince, which will do well in our climate. Quince trees, the fruit of which is used for preserving, are very ornamental, and bear well. We handle the O/ange. Meeches' Prolific and Japanese varieties, which we sell at 40c. each. WILD GOOSE PLUM A native variety from Tennessee, where it is highly esteemed for market. I: is a strong grower; the fruit is large and of good quality. Price, 20 cents each; 5r-75 per dozen. MARIANNA PLUM. This Plum originated in Texas, supposed accidental seedling of the Wild Goose. It is a rapid grower. Grows from cuttings, and never throws up any suckers or sprouts. Fruit as large, good and handsome as the Wild Goose; one to two weeks earlier; hangs on better; ships well; ripens and colors beautifully, if picked a few days previously. It is the best of the Chickasaw type. This variety and the Wild Goose slmald be fertilized by the common Chickasaw kind to have it btar well. Price, 5—6 feet high. 20c each: $ per dozen; ; per 100. KELSEY'S JAPAN PLUM. The Primus Domestica, or European varieties, have proven worthless in the South gen- erally. The above will take their place promising good results, being of Asiatic origin. The Kelsey Plum is from two to two and a half inches in diameter, heart-shaped, rich yellow, with purple cheek. Parties who have been fruiting it here in the South prouounce it the most magnificent plum they have seen; it weighs from 4 to 6 ounces. It excels all other plums for canning and drying, and will carry for a long distance better than any other kind. Matures middle of August to September. It "has fruited in this neighbor- hood since fiv
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