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Title: C. M. Hobbs & Sons
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: C.M. Hobbs & Sons Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries Horticulture Catalogs Evergreens Catalogs Fruit trees Catalogs Climbing plants Catalogs Shrubs Catalogs Vegetables Catalogs Flowers Catalogs
Publisher: Bridgeport, Ind. : C.M. Hobbs & Sons
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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large size; pale yellowwith bright red cheek; flesh Arm, juicy andsweet; one of the best varieties for marketand canning. July. Schmidts Bigarreau (Sweet). Heavily clus-tered fruits of largest size, deep crimson-black; tender, juicy, well-flavored. A splen-did market cherry because of its attractive-ness and general good qualities. July. Windsor (Sweet). A splendid large, liver-colored cherry that hangs on a long time androts but little. The flesh is remarkably firmand good, the tree very hardy and fruitful.Exceedingly valuable for late market andhome use. July. Wragg. Large, roundish, heart-shaped;dark crimson and when fully ripe, black ornearly so; flesh and juice light crimson, firmand good; very productive; one of the hardiestand is usually a sure cropper. Last of July. Yellow Spanish (Sweet). Large, pale yellowwith red cheek; flesh firm, juicy and excel-lent; one of the best light-colored cherries;vigorous and productive. Late June. C. M. HOBBS & S ONS, BRIDGEPORT, INDIANA 57
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Plums The plum like the pear and other finer fruits, succeeds best in heavy soilwith some clay, and being- almost entirely free from disease, they can be grownvery profitably. Of late years the demand has been growing very rapidly. Thefiner kinds are excellent dessert fruits of rich and luscious flavor; for cooking and canning theyare unsurpassed. For home consumption they should be allowed to remain on the trees untilfully ripe, but for shipping they should be gathered a few days earlier. Some of the varietiesare inclined to overbear and should be thinned in order to produce perfect fruit. Most allthe varieties, especially the native sorts, are extremely hardy and will withstand the mostsevere weather. European Plums Yellow Bradshaw. Veryflesh yellowish-greenvigorous, erect and productive. German Prune. Medium oval,rich, juicy and of high flavor; large, dark violet-red;juicy and pleasant, treeAugust purplish-blue;tree vigorous and very productive. September. Imperial Gage (Free). Lar

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