Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of the North-Western Nurseries, 1903: Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Etc., Of the Best Quality It is, therefore, the aim in the preparation of this, catalogue to make the descriptions and time of ripen ing, etc., as accurate and intelligible as possible, and in so doing to lend assistance to those desiring to make selections, so that they may obtain varieties suited to their locality and also that a succession of ripening, from the earliest to the latest, among the fruits, and flowering among the ornamentals, may be obtained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.