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Title: Catalogue of the Orange County Nurseries
Identifier: CAT31282653 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Orange County Nurseries; Dwyer, T. J; T. J. Dwyer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Cornwall Catalogs; Strawberries Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Vegetables Seedlings Catalogs
Publisher: Cornwall, New York : Orange County Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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T. J. DWYER, CORNWALL, NEW YORK. 39
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A SHIPPING SCENE. LIST OF EUROPEAN VARIETIES. (All on Plums.) Price for any variety enumerated below. Trees 5*4 to 7 feet, 30 cents each, per dozen $3.00 ; per 100, $15.00 ; 3 year fruiting trees heavy and fine, each, 50 cents; per dozen, $5.00 ; per 100, $25 00. Please note that these prices include packing. We have a very large and fine stock of plums, and have made our prices low for first-class stock. Spaulding—It ripens early, from middle to last of August. The fruit is large, yellowish green with marblings of a deeper green, and delicate white bloom ; flesh pale yellow, exceedingly firm, of sugary sweetness. \ Lombard—Medium, round, oval ; violet-red ; juicy, pleasant and good ; adheres to the stone ; productive. A valuable market variety. *» Niagara—Very large ; reddish purple, entirely covered with gray bloom ; flesh deep greenish yellow. ^ Reine Claude—A large fine variety ; skin greenish yellow, covered with a thick bl^om ; flesh yellow, juicy, melting, rich. ' Richmond—Fruit medium size, oval, reddish purple ; flesh juicy, sugary, greenish yellow, good. \ Shipper's Pride—Large, round, purple; very firm, excellent quality. Very productive. \ Shropshire Damson—The flesh is amber colored, juicy and sprightly. Com- mands a high price ; it is enormously productive. v" Bradshaw—Early ; dark violet-red, juicy, sprightly. Tree vigorous, productive. Green Gage—Small ; considered the standard of excellence. Mid-season. German Prune—Fruit oval in shape, nearly two inches long, of good quality and much esteemed ; hangs on the tree, and is firm, sweet and pleasant. Imperial Gage—Rather large, oval, greenish ; flesh juicy, rich delicious ; a good grower ; ripens early. >w Yellow Egg—Large, oval, yellow, juicy, rich, vigorous, productive. Early.

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