. 17th annual catalogue. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Fairbury Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. 6 GALBRAITH NURSERIES, FAIRBURY, NEB. Red June—Medium, oblong, hardy and productive; deep red color; rich, spicy, sub- acid. Summer Queen—Medium to large; yellow streaked with red; tender flesh with sharp acid flavor. Sweet June—Large, pale yellow; very sweet; productive. July. Tetofsky—Tree an upright spreading grower; bears very early, usually second year after transplanting and bears every year; hardy as a crab; fruit small, round, yellow color beautifully
. 17th annual catalogue. Nurseries (Horticulture) Nebraska Fairbury Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs. 6 GALBRAITH NURSERIES, FAIRBURY, NEB. Red June—Medium, oblong, hardy and productive; deep red color; rich, spicy, sub- acid. Summer Queen—Medium to large; yellow streaked with red; tender flesh with sharp acid flavor. Sweet June—Large, pale yellow; very sweet; productive. July. Tetofsky—Tree an upright spreading grower; bears very early, usually second year after transplanting and bears every year; hardy as a crab; fruit small, round, yellow color beautifully striped with red; flesh white, juicy, pleasant and aromatic. July and August. Yellow Transparent—Very desirable apple, good size;- skin light yellow. July and August. GALBRAITH SEEDLESS—We are now able to offer to our patrons the Seed- less Apple, which we call the Galbraith, although all seedless apples came orig- inally from the same stock. The new tree has a hard, smooth bark, and is capable of growing in any climate. In the development of the seedless tree, a blossomless tree has also been developed. There is a stamen and a very small quantity of pollen, as in the blos- som of the ordinary tree. Thus the cold and frosts have not the effect on the development of this apple, as on the development of the common apple. And the apple grower who has the seedless apple trees is not worried over late frosts that now denude his orchards. It insures practically a wormless apple. It is a scientific fact that the worms in apples live off the seeds, and there being no seed, there is nothing to sustain the worm, even though it should be hatched out. The apple very much resembles the seedless orange, in that the meat is solid, and there is a slightly hardened substance at the navel end. One of the striking peculiarities of the new tree is this lack of blossoms. The only thing that resembles a blossom comes in the form of several small green leaves, that grow around the little
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