. Catalogue of Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit trees; Berries. There is nothing in the way of fruit more delicious than the apricot. There is a mixture of sweetness and delicacy of flavor with a mild acidity hardly perceptible, and an ambrosial flavor which makes it the most tempting fruit that humanity ever tasted. Many do not know the fruit, therefore have not planted. Some know it, but con- sider it not hardy enough. It is true that the best apricots are not hardy enough for the severest clim
. Catalogue of Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit trees; Berries. There is nothing in the way of fruit more delicious than the apricot. There is a mixture of sweetness and delicacy of flavor with a mild acidity hardly perceptible, and an ambrosial flavor which makes it the most tempting fruit that humanity ever tasted. Many do not know the fruit, therefore have not planted. Some know it, but con- sider it not hardy enough. It is true that the best apricots are not hardy enough for the severest climate, but generally speak- ing they are hardy and very productive in the best peach and plum growing localities. A fruit grower who has an ideal fruit farm near Geneva, N. Y., marketed about 2,000 P'ltP^thatnfnhaiw Tho flp<*h is vpIIow bushels of the fruit the past season. He * ^^^Jt^SZ being aW the only heavy shipper of this attractive fruit, he realized excellent prices. to the stone, parts freely from the pit; the stone is small, leaving a thick, meaty flesh. It bears transportation well. I was told by the exhibitor, who was a prominent horti- culturalist, that the Royal Apricot is one of the most valuable in existence on account of its large size, its shipping qualifications, great beauty and superior flavor. C. A. Green. Price, 3 to 4 ft., 20c. each, doz., $; 4 to 5 ft., 25c. each; $ per doz. Improved Russian Varieties. — Price, large, each, 25c; doz., $ Dwarf Juneberry. Its fruit resembles the huckleberry, but is distinct. The fruit is borne in short clusters like the currant; round, reddish purple at first and becomes a bluish black when ripened. Flavor huckleberry; a mild, very rich, flavor. Bush about height and form of currant. It produces fruit in quantities, paid bears every year. It is hardy. Price, each, 10c.; doz., 75c. The Tree Cranberry. "We would like to see this valuable fruit- producing and truly ornamental tree or shrub introduced into
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