. Catalogue of fruits and flowers : best old and new varieties of fruit trees, plants and vines, new rare and beautiful flowering plants, shrubs and trees. Nurseries (Horticulture) New Jersey Hammonton Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. IV NOVELTIES OF REAL MERIT FOR CLAPFS FAVORITE. jj This splendid new apple was introduced by us last year. It is an extra large deep red apple of splen- i; did keeping" quality, and unequalled by any other apple in flavor. The tree is a sturdy and vigorous i upright grower and the most prolific bearer we have. Inde
. Catalogue of fruits and flowers : best old and new varieties of fruit trees, plants and vines, new rare and beautiful flowering plants, shrubs and trees. Nurseries (Horticulture) New Jersey Hammonton Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. IV NOVELTIES OF REAL MERIT FOR CLAPFS FAVORITE. jj This splendid new apple was introduced by us last year. It is an extra large deep red apple of splen- i; did keeping" quality, and unequalled by any other apple in flavor. The tree is a sturdy and vigorous i upright grower and the most prolific bearer we have. Indeed its extreme productiveness is something < remarkable. The original tree the past season bore on one branch, over three barrels of the finest apples j of the season, all large and fair without any wormy or knotty specimens. A verv valuable feature of this variety is its remarkable fredom from wormy and knotty- specimens. The codlin moth does not seem to have much effect on them, all ripening up smoth and fair without the need of The color is a beautiful red. At Christmas time this variety commands double the price of any other ayple in our mar- : j kets. You are well aware that an apple of large size, good color, smooth, and of excellent flavor that ripens i at Christmas time is the one that brings the money. That is what the Clapp's Favorite is, and we venture i the that if you are planting apples for profit you will get more clear money from a small orchard ; of Clapp's Favorite than from any other apple now grown. We bought the entire stock of grafts and the ; control of the variety three years ago from an energetic farmer in Burlington County, N. J., where it origin- i ated, paying him a large price for it. We felt sure it would prove a great success, and each year more than j confirms our high opinion of it. We l ave a splendid lot of trees ready to offer this spring, rnd will fill or- j ders in strict rotation, and those who order first will get
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