. Descriptive catalogue and price list for spring of 1886. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Union Springs Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) Union Springs Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. CAYUGA LAKE NURSERIES UNION SPRINGS, N. Y. 13 CRAB APPLES. Selected trees, 5 to 6 feet, 25 cents each ; f-^ per dozen. Leading Varieties.âHyslop, Red and Yellow Siberian, Transcendent. V Gen. Grant.âLarge, white flesh, moderately fine grained; 30 cents each. PEARS. The higher flavor, juciness and aroma of the pear, rank it above the apple and increase its value, and its produc
. Descriptive catalogue and price list for spring of 1886. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Union Springs Catalogs; Nursery stock New York (State) Union Springs Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. CAYUGA LAKE NURSERIES UNION SPRINGS, N. Y. 13 CRAB APPLES. Selected trees, 5 to 6 feet, 25 cents each ; f-^ per dozen. Leading Varieties.âHyslop, Red and Yellow Siberian, Transcendent. V Gen. Grant.âLarge, white flesh, moderately fine grained; 30 cents each. PEARS. The higher flavor, juciness and aroma of the pear, rank it above the apple and increase its value, and its production demands the best soil and the highest culture. A strong clay loam, surface cultured and manured, suits it best. The following list of varieties includes only those of tried merit as to growth, pro- ductiveness and quality ; those which are most in general demand and of which my stock generally consists. Each. Doz. 100. Standard, 4 to 5 feet S 50 $5 00 $40 00 " 3 to 4 35 3 50 " I to 2 feet post paid. ... = . 35 3 50 Dwarf, 23^ to 3 feet 40 4 00 Sv^i^lY^^.âBartlett, Ciapps\ Beurre de I'Assumption. \. YXLi^.^'^nJoti,' Belie Lturative^/'Pticliess^Fi£mish Beauty, Loiiise\BonneySeckel^ Sheldon. \ \ \ \ \ ^Duchess de Bordeaux, Lawrence, Mt. Veriim, Rutter, Winter Nelis. »4 Kieffer's Hybrid.âA new pear said to be a hybrid ^V;^^ between the Bartlett and the Chinese Sand Pear. Said to be BLIGHT PROOF by a number of parties who have grown it for many years, is certainly very free from blight if not strictly " blight ; It is immensely productive and begins to bear very early, and is of large size and very handsome. I think it will prove valuable in the south from what I saw of it there. For canning purposes it is said to be unsurpassed. Parties in this state who have canned it, are better pleased each year. As a market pear its handsome appearance commands for it the highest prices. Standard, i year, 40 cents each, $4 per dozen; 2 yea
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