. Descriptive catalogue : trees plants Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Texas Fort Worth; Trees; Flowers; Vegetables; Commercial catalogs. CATALOGUE OF TREES, PLANTS, SEEDS, ETC. 11. HICK S KVKRHIiARINC; Mb' KIKS. PM MS, continued. Prunus Simonii. From China. Called also "Apricot ; The largest Plum we grow; of dull purplish red color, flat like a tomato, and of most delicious flavor. ^Kelsey'S Japan. - The fruit is of a very large size, being from 7 to 9 inches in circumference, with a small pit. Specimens sometimes we
. Descriptive catalogue : trees plants Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Texas Fort Worth; Trees; Flowers; Vegetables; Commercial catalogs. CATALOGUE OF TREES, PLANTS, SEEDS, ETC. 11. HICK S KVKRHIiARINC; Mb' KIKS. PM MS, continued. Prunus Simonii. From China. Called also "Apricot ; The largest Plum we grow; of dull purplish red color, flat like a tomato, and of most delicious flavor. ^Kelsey'S Japan. - The fruit is of a very large size, being from 7 to 9 inches in circumference, with a small pit. Specimens sometimes weigh 6*4 ounces each. Color rich yellow, nearly overspread with bright red, with a lovely bloom. It is of excellent quality, melting, rich and juicy. Its large size renders the parting of the fruit as practicable as the peach, and it excels all other Plums for canning. As a dried fruit this is destined to take the lead. In texture it is firm and meaty, possessing superior ship- ping qualities. The Kelsey has been very largely tried the country over, and has certainly scored a success in the South as a practical and profitable market fruit. It ripens from the first to the last of August. Cherries. Cherries are rather uncertain in Texas, save in some localities. We have culled from long lists of Cherries the finest varieties which seemed adaptable to our soil and climate, and we can supply the fol- lowing sorts: Early Richmond, English Morello, May Duke, Olivet, Large Montmorency, Black Tartarian, Gov. Wood, Utah Hybrid. Price, 25 cents each, $ per dozen. Apricots, The only drawback to successful Apricot-culture in Texas is their tendency to bloom too early, and thus get killed by late frosts. They should be planted on high hills and other cold localities, to prevent their blooming early, or in cities, where they will be pro- tected from the late frosts In the Panhandle of Texas they bear as regularly as the peach. There are also a number of trees in Fort Worth, in sheltered p
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