. Catalog of Wright Nursery Co. of Portland, Indiana : spring and fall 1902. Nursery stock Indiana Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. J. M. T. WRIGHT NURSERY CO., PORTLA^D, INDIANA 7 prising. Tvlany of our trees four years after planting have yielded as high as three bushels of perfect fruit. It is unfortunate that the merits of this fruit have been underestimated from the haste in which it is hurried to market in an imma^-ure condition and often before it has at- tained the proper size. When allowed to hang upon the tree until the be
. Catalog of Wright Nursery Co. of Portland, Indiana : spring and fall 1902. Nursery stock Indiana Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. J. M. T. WRIGHT NURSERY CO., PORTLA^D, INDIANA 7 prising. Tvlany of our trees four years after planting have yielded as high as three bushels of perfect fruit. It is unfortunate that the merits of this fruit have been underestimated from the haste in which it is hurried to market in an imma^-ure condition and often before it has at- tained the proper size. When allowed to hang upon the tree until the beginning of October, and then carefully ripened in a cool, dark room, there are but few pears more attractive. In point of quality it com- bines extreme juiciness with a sprightly sub-acid flavor and the peculiar aroma of the Bartlett. It is then an excellent dessert fruit. As to value cis a market fruit, it commands on an average $ per bushel when shipped in an state, and is then only a second-class cooking fruit. If marketed after being house ripened, $ per bushel has been realized when sold in quantities. Price, 50 cents each; $ per Japan Plum grown on two-year old tree from J. M. T. Wright Nursery Company. JAPAN PLUMS Early bearing, hardiness, vigor of growth, great productiveness, freedom from disease and insects, and beauty and quality of fruit. These are the qualities which are combined in this new class of plums and serve to make them ''the promising fruits of recent in- ; They have been fruited for some years in this country and have proved remarkably successful. No other plum, has ever become so pop- ular in so short a time. Their success is due to the facts: 1st—That they are practically curculio proof (though not entirely so), and are very free from black knot. 2nd—they are perfectly hardy (will stand 30 degrees below zero). 3d—They bloom early, ripen in August, and seem to succeed well on all soils. 4th—The
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