. Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, vines, shrubs plants roses & hardy bulbs. Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 8 Klkiim s Nru^Kuv. Aulingtox Heights. 111. Yellow borne in clusters, ornamentul in its flowers ami fruit ; tree a nunlerate crrower. and bears very young ; middle ot August to Octo- ber. Whitiiev >'0. Lariji'. averagiuo- one and a half to two inches in diameter skin .-mooth. ulossv. ijreen striped, spta-^hed with carmine, liesh firm, juicy, and 'flavor very i»'l rrii)ei)s hitter ])art of August. C


. Catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, vines, shrubs plants roses & hardy bulbs. Nursery stock Illinois Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 8 Klkiim s Nru^Kuv. Aulingtox Heights. 111. Yellow borne in clusters, ornamentul in its flowers ami fruit ; tree a nunlerate crrower. and bears very young ; middle ot August to Octo- ber. Whitiiev >'0. Lariji'. averagiuo- one and a half to two inches in diameter skin .-mooth. ulossv. ijreen striped, spta-^hed with carmine, liesh firm, juicy, and 'flavor very i»'l rrii)ei)s hitter ])art of August. EAKLV lUCHMOND CHERRY Early Richmond.—When grafted on the Morello or cherry sticker, this is the only cherry- that can be had in aljundance in this part of the country 'Other nurseries "vvill sell you trees that are grafted outheMahaleb or Mazzard. Avhich are grown from French seed: these Avill not thiive nor bear well in this soil, as proven by trial for over hfty years in this part of the country : nor are they hardy enough for this climate. These cherry trees on the Mahaleb can l^e propa- gated for less than half the cost of the Morello. "We M-ill guarantee the people that we will not sell them any that are grafted or budded on the Mahaleli or Maz- zard. We have the largest stock of ihis variety in Cook county, Illinois. Fruit medium size, juicy and acid, tine for cooking, and very pleasant for eat- ing when fully ripe. The tree is p -rfectly hardy when grafted on the Morello ; popular in this part of the country. All the Richmond cherries that have Ijeen sold in quantities in the Chicago market have Ijeen grown from trees grafted on the ]\Iorello or cherry sucker Be ware of the agents that will try to sell yon other cherry trees ; they only sell you once, then you never see them again, while w e are always here, and can always be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for read


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