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OFFICE OF THE

AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 52, 54 Lafayette Place.

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Mr... .D. (C7 Browr:

My Dear Sir:--I have great confidence an: 5

Mr. Lt J. Parmer. of Pulaski; “Ne Vo, and ob be- lieve you may rely on getting plants of. good

quality from hin,

and true to name.

He is a

young man of excellent character and quite an

enthusiast in his work. -

Sincerely yours, E. G. Fowler.

The following notice appeared in the Rural New Yorker, December 16, 1893.

“The largest collection of strawberries shown by any State or exhibitor at the Columbian Ex- Mosition, was shown by L. J. Parmer, of Pulaski, Oswego Co,N. Y. He exhibited 70 varieties at one “ime. The marvel of it was the perfect condition in which it was received, owing to the careful manner in which it was packed. Crates were especially p:epared, of the Atwater & Armstrong “type, but instead of using baskets, the crates were filled with pasteboard partitions, after the style «of egg crates. A sinyle berry, enveloped in cotton wadding—not batting—wzss placed in each sxompartment. The wadding absorbed the surplus moisture and prevented the berries from 4ecoming sft. Not only oid they come in good co: dition, but they kept perfectly when exposed to ‘the a'r, for eleven days on plates. This experiment should settle the question of ventilation in -shipping berries. These had no ventilation—were in almost air-tight compartments—and the «“ondition in which th: y were receiv: d sfiter an 800 -mile ride, seems to prove that venti'ation is not

saeeded, but is rater an injury to the fruit.”

™ PO T A N T In view of our purpose to furnish GOOD plants true to name | ap 2's 2 -@ ’ “and the great pains we take to secure plants of such a character,

~we know that our prices are very reasonable.-

In no_other.art:cle of merchandise should quality

-ecount more than in plants, since their first cost, at highest prices, is trifliig compared with the labor

-<and expense that must be put upon them afterwards.

Good plants cannot be sold below a certain

«ate any more than eood cloth at shoddy prices, without l-ss tosomeone. We are not only anxious that our plants should please when received, but also when coming into bearing. We give to them «close personal supervision, and sell such as we would set out ourselves. We give liberal count and «emedy allerrors. It is our sincere wish that every transaction should be to the advantage of the “auyers as truly as to ourselves. That our prices are more moderate than many in the trade is due to the fact that we do bu~iness in small fruits on a large scale. We are willing, moreover, to conform -@ur prices to otier honorable devlers, and will not be undersold by any first class nursery. We think we can do as well by those desiring to purchase as any one, and therefore invite correspon- «lenge. In instances where partics expect to order largely, we would like an opportunity to price

heir list, Address,

L. J. FARMER, NURSERYMAN, PULASKI, N. Y.

WEW YORK. ADAMS CENTFR Sept. 29,'97. Last spring I sent to you for 50 black cap ssaspberries—the Hilborn. The were nice milants, hberal count.and 1 never had spring -get plants grow so large as they. G. W. G.

: ERIEVILLE, July 12, 1897. he raspberries I go" of you are ome fairly well. a if - - M. 7 FULTON, Jun + 22..18°%,

ZT sent you an oréer for ov-r $l worth of yplants this spring, and am glad to say that IT xeceived them in good condition, ar d about 95 mer cent of them are growing nicely. P.G.

= SACKETTS HARBOR. May 18, 1897, The strawberry plants, order No. 4212, were weceived in good condition, and ar. set out -and doing nicely, without the loss of a single plant. I beg pardon for not having informed

-you to that effect ere this. J.S.W.

“The Splendid have done better.

CHENANGO FORKS, Aug. 26, 1897.

I think I ought to have some book on the culture of strawberries. I enclose 13 two-cent postage stamps. You may send your “farmer on the Strawberry.” My Parker E rile plante, most of them, made a live of it, after I cut off the berries, bu’ they looked bad for a while. Very few of them had any runners on them, A. W.D,

(Mr. D. ordered some plan's of us and ne- glected to cut off the blossome. They loaded down with fruit as a consequence, and nearly

perished.—L. J. F.] wa TURIN, June 2, 1897. The plants generally were good, strongones, but a few of the 4th or 5th generation fromthe parent vine have or will die. A. HH. GL.

PITTSFORD, May 31, 1897, The plants were received und cared for and are doi:g well. J. M. W.

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To Our Patrons:

We thank you for the liberal patronage extended to us in the past. and solicit your further favors. Weare in this business to stay and hope by honest and careful dealing to merit your continued patronage. Our trade last spring was never larger and we never had fewer complaints.

QUALITY OF PLANTS.

Our plants are strong and healthy, free from sca‘, insects and root lice. Grown on soil that has produced four tons of hay to the acre, and cther crops in proportion, they cannot be compared to small plants grown on light, sandy soils, and we should not be asked to compete with growers of those plants, in price.

PRIGES OF PLANTS.

Prices have been made as low as possible, in view of the fact that we wish to fill all orders with strong, healthy plants that will please the customer when he receives them; and not only this, but will grow and be an everlasting source of pleasure when they come into fruiting.

TERMS.

Cash with order; or we will be pleased to send C. O. D., subject to examina- tion, provided one-fourth of the bill is sent with order as a guarantee of good faith. We have not the time to inquire into the honesty of patrons, so treat all alike and insist on a whole or part remittance before goods are shipped.

AOW TO ORDER.

Use the order sheet and send in your order as soon as possible after this cata- logue is received and carefully read through. Write your letter on a separate sheet of paper. Send money by registered letter, postoffice order, express order, bank draft on New York, or postage stamps. Do not send stamps for amounts over $1, and do not send checks on local banks unless exchange is added. Keep a copy of your order.

AOW ORDERS ARE AANDLED.

When your order is received, we record it in a book kept especially for the purpose. A postal card receipt, giving the amount of remittance received and the number of the order, is at once made out and mailed to the patron. Southern orders are filled just as soon as spring opens, and all others in rotation as received, unless otherwise instructed. Care is taken to get the plants to customers as near the time they want them as is possible. Plants are securely packed in moss, oiled paper, baskets, boxes, crates, etc., depending on the kind and the size of the order, and forwarded by mail, express or freight, at the discretion of the purchaser.

= PRAY BERRIES.

GULTURAL DIREGTIONS FOR’ BEGINNERS.

The proper way to begin the strawberry business is to start in a small way and increase the plantings as your knowledge increases. Many people make the great mistake of planting too largely on the start. They become impressed with the idea that they can get rich quickly in this business, by reading of the success of some expert or by hearing some enthusiast speak fiom the platform of a farmers, institute or horticultural gathering. They rush into the business without knowledge or definite purpose, plant more acres than they can properly care for and when

z Tf you receive an extra catalogue, hand to your neighbor.

the final returns come in they are almost always less than is expected. Natural abilities being equal, the man who has the most experience can get the best results. Of course there are men who will learn in a few years more than others will be able to learn in a lifetime. It is the lack of a proper knowledge of details which often causes the beginner to fail. We get general ideas by reading and listening to speakers, but the details so necessary to success come only by long and expensive experience. The most successful strawberry experts are those who have given it the most study. Every farmer and rural resident, who has space enough, shou’d have a patch of strawberries that will supply the table for stx weeks or so, and enough to put up for the rest of the year. It isasafe way to

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first learn by reading and experiment how to grow enough berries for the family; then, if we like the business and a market is in reach, we can go into it on a larger scale to meet the demands of that market. Find out what the market wants and try to supply it. It takes from 200 to 500 plants, made up of early, medium and late varieties, to supply the wants of a family, depending on the skill of the grower and the size of the famiry. People will eat more berries when they grow them in their own gardens than when purchased, even at a low price.

LOCATION. Plant your strawberry bed near the buildings, where you can see it every day: then if it gets weedy you will know it. Plant it near the road; then you will take pride in keeping it clean, so others will notice it. It saves time én gathering the berries as well as in hauling fertilizers, mulching materials,

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etc. Then there are odd hours often lost that might be profitably spent in the strawberry bed, if located near, whereas, if located at the other end of the farm, no one would think of the strawberries. In going to and coming from other crops the cultivator may be run through the strawberry rows as often as opportunity «wccurs, with great advantage. Lands nearly level are best for strawberries, if undeidrained. Asouthern slope makes the berries earlier; a northern exposure tends to retard the time of ripening.

SOILS. Any rich soil that will grow a good crop of either corn or potatoes will grow strawberries. Sandy soils produce earlier berries than clay, and the berries are firmer. Soils made up largely of clay, produce the largest crops of the largest berries. It is because they retain the fertilizers and moisture better, do not leach. But clay must be drained well by deep open ditchts or underdrains, and well covered by mulch in winter, The ideal soil is that made up of a mixture of all kinds of soils.

FERTILIZERS. It is economy to have the soil very rich. While strawberries do not rob the soil of much fertility, (a ton of berries removes only 85 cents worth —the balance of their make-up is mostly water), it is necessary to have sufficient plant food in the soil to provide for the growth of the plants. <A well fed, thrifty growing plant will ward off most diseases of the foliage, when weak plants will succumb. The vines and roots remain on the land and go to fertilize succeeding crops. The soil should be made rich before the plants are set out, by heavy appli- cations of fertilizers to the crops that precede the strawberries. It is a good plan to plant two crops of corn and one crop of potatoes before the strawberries are set, and apply heavy coats of manure to the two crops of corn. Use commercial fertilizers on the potatoes and on the strawberries. Use part of the fertilizer before the plants are set, harrowing it in, and the balance during the growing season, scattered around the plants. Do not allow the fertilizer to get on the foliage to burnit. It is a good plan to fertilize the beds in the spring of the fruit- ing year by scattering on the rows before growth starts. About one ton of mixed commercial fertilizers is about right. One-half should be applied before the plants are set and harrowed in, one fourth during the growing season and hoed in about the plants, and the balance in the spring before fruiting.

PREPARING LAND, AND MARKING. Plow deeply in the spring, as soon as the soil will admit of working. Harrow and remove stones or rubbish that will interfere with cultivation, Harrow again and again until the bed is as loose as an ash heap. If necessary, plow again, then harrow and harrow again. Nothing is lost in this thorough preparation, and much may be gained. Usually the crop is large in proportion to the time spent in preparing the soil. If ready to plant, mark the rows four feet apart and set the plants one foot apart in the rows. If the plants come from the nursery and the soil is not in fit condition to plant them upon, they may be heeled in closely together and held until the latter part of May; then transplanted to the field where they are to remain permanently. While the plants are heeled in the bed, they should be watered when necessary and sprayed about once a week with Bordeaux mixture to prevent the growth of blight and mildew fungii. Meanwhile the field where they are to be set out per- manently is receiving the most thorough preparation. It is plowed and harrowed again and again, bringing to the surface all stones and other rubbish and ridding the soil of the white grub so destructive to strawberry plants. Mark the rows absolutely straight and have them run the long way of the piece. If straight, we can cultivate closer to the plant; and if long, less time is spent in turning around in cultivating.

PLANTING. Trim the roots so they will be but four inches tong. This will save time in planting, and they will be less liable to be crowded together in the hole.

If they have been healed in, earth will cling to the roots when taken up, and they will receive no check in their growth by the final transplanting. Use any tool that will make the hole deep enough and allow the roots to be put down straight without doubling up. Some use a trowel and others an old hoe with the handle cut off short. our section an adz shaped tool is used that meets with general satisfaction. It costs $1, and will pay for itself in one season where one has a good many plants to set. The operator strikes the tool into the ground with the right hand and inserts a plant with the left hand back of the blade, while the

< Our plants are healthy, free from scale, insects, ete.

tool is being withdrawn. Earth settles about the roots and the operation is completed by shoving earth up to the plants by a forward movement, or push of the blade. Common workmen will set 2.000 plants in a day with this tool. We know of experts who will set 5,0C0 in a day, and set them well.

CULTIVATION. As soon as the plants are set, stir the soil about them with a garden rake, potato hook or common hoe. Be very careful not to loosen the plant. Break the crust only. Don’t dig deep. Use a Breeds Weeder between the rows, running it close up to the plants. In one week start the Planet Junior Cultivator, using the narrow teeth. Cultivate shallow and as close up to the plants as possible. Run the cultivator through the rows close up to the plants once a week as long as growth continues. As the plants spread. narrow the sweep, and go only one way in the row, and always that way. Hoe as often as possible, the time to kill weeds is when they first sprout. I think that there is hardly any limit to the amount of cultivation that may be given to an acre of Strawberries and yet return a profit.’ There are men who get as high as $1,000 from an acre. but they spend almost their entire time on that acre. Keep the soil loose on top waere the cultivator does not reach. A narrow pointed hoe may be used in amoung the runners and smal: plants with advantage.

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[Bronze Medal received for Largest and Finest Display of Strawberries at the World’s Fair Chicago, 1893. 4

BLOSSOMS AND RUNNERS. You can get a small crop of berries from the plants the first year, but it does not pay to let them bear. It robs the plants of energy that ought to be bestowed on making a better growth, that they may produce a larger crop the followingjyear. It is the best plan to cut every blossom off as soon as it appears the first season. The runners should also be clipped for the same reason. Wecut them till the plant begins to become stocky, say the middle of July, and then allow them to grow and strike root. The young plants ought not to mat the ground tooclosely. Six inches apart each way is close enough. After a sufficient number of runners have rooted, the surplus may be cut off with knives, or the row may be chopped off after a certain width is secured. Plants must not be allowed to run wild. Cutting back makes stocky plants, and these produce the largest berries and the most of them. We use common shears for cutting blossoms and runners.

MULCHING. Strawberries should be covered with some coarse material just before the severest weather comes in the fall, say the latter part of November. It may be applied before the ground freezes, or after it is frozen solid. If covered before, the mulch should be dropped off at the ends of the rows and carried on to the beds with forks. After the ground is frozen wecan drive anywhere, depositing the material where most convenient to spread. The entire surface should be

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covered just deep enough to completely hide the plants. When applied,the straw will be about three inches deep. Rain and snow will pack it down to about an inch. Strawberries will not smother no matter how deep the covering, if it is not applied too early in the fall or left on too late in the spring. Remove the covering and place it in the paths between the rows about May Ist, or as soon as growth starts. Just before the berries begin to ripen, go through the fields and pull all thistles and nlace the straw carefully about the plants so as to cover all the surface not occupied. by the plants. hy

PICKING AND MARKETING. Havea cool building or crating house where the berries may be carried, arranged and placed in the crates. Do not let the sun shine on berries after they have been picked. Sun and wind scald and discolor the fruit. Pick berries as soon as colored. Do not let a large picking ripen before you begin to harvest. Pick every other day. Leave a stem on each berry a half

A PARTIAL VIEW OF FARMER’S MAPLEWOOD FRUIT FARM.

inch long. Do not handle the berries in picking. Take hold of the stem, pinch it off and place in the basket carefully, so as not to bruise it. Do not pick in one hand and place in the other till you get a handful. It mushes the berries. Pick each berry separately and place in the basket. If you ship to a distant market, pick before too ripe and hustle them off to the train or hold in a cool place till the proper time for shipping. For the home market, allow the fruit to ripen more thoroughly, The flavor will be better and consequently you will sell more. If there is an enterprising merchant in your town let him sell your fruit. If dealing with the merchant proves unsatisfactory and there are others who peddle, your only course will be to peddle. This is hard work, but a good peddler will average to receive two cents more per quart than he would get froma merchant. Itisa fact, too, that no one can sell fruit better than the grower of that fruit, provided he isa good salesman. Marketing, the bnsiness end of fruit growing, is more important than growing the fruit.

PROFITS. The profits will be in proportion to the amount of mannre, muscle and brains invested. The usual receipts from an acre are from $200 to $300. There

6 Note the great reduction in prices by us this year.

are men, however, who receive from $500 to $1,000, from an acre. an acre as much as the average grower does into three or four acres.

VARIETIES. One of the most important points in Strawberry culture, as. well as the most difficult for the beginner to understand, is the question of varieties. Most catalogues are confusing. A long list of varieties are named and the beginner is at sea. He is unable toselect the varietles he wants. For this reason I will attempt to classify the several varieties into groups for different purposes. This classification, with the descriptions of varieties which follow, ought tu be a sufficient guide for anybody. There are hundreds of varieties of Strawberries. with especial traits that enable them to be adapted to certain soils and climates,as well as special treatmemt. ‘There are only a few that seem to do well on all soils and in alllocations. If you will name the kind of soil and for what purpose wanted, I shall be pleased to furnish you a list of varieties adapted to your special. purpose.

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GLASSIFIGATION. OF VARIETIES.

THOSE REQUIRING HIGH CULTURE. Crawford, Gandy, Hunn, Jessie» Margaret, Brunette, Champion of England MarshalJ, Mary, Sharpless, Timbrell, Henry, Bouncer and Atlantic. These varieties not only require the highest culture, but they do the best on heavy, rich soils.

LAZY MAN’S BERRIES. These will do well with indifferent culture and on most any soil. Bisel, Brandywine, Beeder Wood, Cloud, Crescent, Downing, Dayton, Enhance. Earliest, Swindle, Splendid, Sunnyside, Burt, Michel.

THE OTHER VARIETIES. Bismark, Barton’s Eclipse, Bubach, Carrie, Cyclone, Clyde, Cumberland, Edgar Queen, Eureka, Enormous, Greenville, Glen Mary, Hall’s Favorite, Haverland. Isabella, Michigan. Mastodon, Nick Ohmer, Oriole, Ocean City, Parker Earle, Princess, Ridgway, Ruby, Shuckless, Seaford, Star, VanDeman, Wilson, Warfield, William Belt, etc., etc., require good care. They wont stand much neglect, yet do not require the very highest kind of culture.

MY OWN SELECTION. Strawberries are very fickle, and varieties that do well here may not do so wellelsewhere. After testing hundreds of varieties, I prefer the following among those that have been thoroughly tested. Further experience with Carrie, Margaret, Seaford, Ridgway, Star, Earliest, Hall’s Favorite, Clyde and other new ones may lead me to change this liste Here is my list: Brandywine Beeder Wood, Bubach, Edgar Queen, Eureka. Glen Mary, Haverland, Isabella, Lovett, Parker Earle, Splendid, VanDeman, Warfield and Barton.—L. J. Farmer in American Agriculturist.

DESGRIPTION OF VARIETIES.

Those marked (Per) are perfect in flower. Those marked (Imp) are imperfect and require that those marked (Per) be planted near them, in order to get a crop of berries. The usual way is to set two to four rows of each variety alternately through the field.

Tbe price of strawberry plants is determined by the plentifulness or scarcity of the variety. Hence new varieties and those that make but few plants com- paratively, are more costly than common, free running varieties. Add 20c per 100: to the price if wanted by mail.

STANDARD KINDS. I asked several experis in different parts of the U. S. to name the six best well: tested varieties in their locality. The varieties that received the most votes were: iia. the following 18 kinds. The novice ought to find in this list what he wants.

ATLANTIC. (per.) A variety origin- type. The berries are long, quite large

ating in southern New Jersey several years ago, never became popular till tried by growers here in Oswego County. It requires the very highest fertilizing and cuiture, when it produces a large crop of the very finest berries, selling in New York Philadelphia andBoston for highest prices of any berries on the market. It is a slow growing, dwarf plant of the Wilson

and make an attractive appearance in the basket. Its bright, glossy color and firmness enable it to stand up to the best of advantage and bring the highest prices in market. Iraised a very nice crop of them last summer, the first I ever suc- ceeded with it. Those who get the best crops use over a ton of commercial fer- tilizers to the acre and give the highest

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culture. Some growers secure from 175 ‘to 225 crates to the acre and the price usually averages $5 per crate at the cars. I have known them to sell at $9 per crate for shipment to New York. The genuine plants of this variety are scarce. Sr ae 30c; 100, $1; 1,000, $6.

BISMARCK. Origin Arkansas. never fruited with me. Describedas an improved Bubach. Better color, firmer, and the plants are more thrifty growers. A very popular variety. (Per.) Doz. 40c. ; 100, $1.50; 1,000, $8.

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BIESL. (Imp.) Origin Illinois.

is a variety that has received unqualified Brandywine.

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runners, covering the ground with plants. _ Berri.-s are large, dark crimson in color » and quite productive. It is not as pro- ductive as some, but is a grert improve- ment in this respect over Gandy, which it resembles, and of which it seems to take the place. The fruits are round and bluntly pointed. Berries are firm and of a peculiar flavor. A very popu- lar market variety that is being largely planted now. The plants are unaffected by disease of the foliage. and when transplanted live the Lest of any among

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It wlll pay to tr¥ Doz. 25c; 100, 50c; 1006,

praise from many strawberry experts, $3.50.

It has never fruited here.

The plants are very free runners and cover the surface [owa,

(Per.) Origin Plants very

BEEDER WOOD. Season very early.

much like Warfield, which is said to be yjgorous and soon cover the surface with

its parent.

It is said to be very product-

new plants unless cut back. Enormously

ive and valuable. I saw it in fruiting at productive of light scarlet fruits, which

the state experiment station, and i was doing nicely.

_in greatabundance. Color, light scarlet. Doz. 25c; 100, 50c; 1000, $3.50

BRANDYWINE. svlvania.

are dark color, very vigorous and free popular varieties of the day.

: The berries were cause of earliness. regular in shape,good size, and produced medium sized but very attractive. \ii favorite very early kind.

(Per.) Origin Penn- Midseason to very late. Plants Midseason in ripening. One of the mos&

bring gocd prices in most markets be. _ The berries are It is Doz. 25c; 00, 50c; 1000. $3.50.

BUBACH

(Imp.) Origin. Llinois.

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large and enormously productive. Plants

are strong growers, but not very free runners. The foliage is healthy. Prob ably the Bubach is most extensively grown of any large variety. Its faults are poor color. irregular shape, softness and season of ripening. My experience is that we want eithera very early variety or one that lasts late mm the season. These poor points are offset somewhat by the extreme size and great productive- ness. The Bubach ripens its crop all in a heap and has never, therefore. been popular with me. Doz. 30c; 100, 60c; 1000, $4.50. .

A free copy of ‘‘Farmer on the Strawberry” with all orders.

introduced. Plants are good growers: and not affected by disease to any ex- tent. The berries are good size, long, tapering, lady finger shape, and lay around the plants in ‘heaps and piles.’ to use an expression of the originator. The color is light scarlet, glossy and very attractive. The berries are not very firm, but the bright color and attractive appearance make them very popular in market; especially desirable for home market, as the quality is good. This variety is largely grown in this locality for the New York market. Firmness is of little importance to us, as we ship by

: hi age 2 ; % EDGAR QUEEN. (Imp.) Origin Bday / ears. Doz. 25c; 100, 50c, 1000, $3.50.

County, Illinois. Season medium to ver

late. Plants free runners, and very healthy and productive. It is one of the most productive and valuable I have ever grown. The berries are bright glossy scarlet, very large and sell for the best prices in market. The largest berry

this variety. $3.50.

EUREKA. son very late.

Doz. 25¢; 100, 50c; 10003

(imp.) Origin Ohio. Sea-

Plants very free runners and productive. Color of berries, glossy scarlet. Shape of berries. irregular. This is one of the best varieties where it succeeds.

strong gravel loam. Sometimes the

berries are Knotty, caused by improper originated in Massachusetts

pollenization. it being a pure pistillate with imperfect flower. I grow it largely for shipping. it being quite firm. Fruits very large. Doz.25c; 100, 50c; 1000,$3.50.

GLEN MARY. (per.) sylvania. Season medium. This com- paratively new variety is receiving a large share of the attention of the fruit growers throughout the United States. It fruited here the past season. The first berries were very large and it produced a crop equal to the Haverland, which would average larger than that variety. The color is scarlet, the true strawberry color. Firmness about the same as Haverland and Barton’s Eclipse. It closely resembles the latter varieiy in shape. The plants are very large and make a fine growth, something like the Bubach. Some men are very en- thusiastic over this variety. One leading grower of New Jersey intends plantigg. eight acres of this variety alone in the spring. Doz. 30c; 100, $1; 1000, $6.

HAVERLAND. (imp.) Origin Ohic. Season, early tolate. One of the most productive and valuable varieties ever

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It has done best with me iy oye 100, 50¢; 1000, $3.50.

ISABELLA. sey. Midseason.

(per.) Origin, New Jer-

Plants vigorous and stocky growers. Very productive of firm fruits. Color, bright Scarlet, in clined to white tips. A valuable variety where firmness good size and productive- ness count. Doz. 25c; 100, 50c; 1000,

» LOVETT. (per.) Origin, Kentucky. eason, medium. Plants very vigverous and quite productive. Largely grown in this section as a pollenizer of Haver- land and other pistillates. Berries long in shape, dark colored and very firm. Good fer shipping and canning. Doz.

MARSHALL. This variety Season medium. Plants of the Jessie type, large and vigorous, but not entirely hardy. For this reason it often suffers in winter. The blossoms are very susceptible to in- jury from frosts and often the crop is lost. The berries are very large and productive under the highest kind of culture. There are men in this county who grow large crops of them by special treatment, but the average yzrower will not have success with it. Some of the finest specimens of the Strawberry I have ever seen, were of this variety. Color of fruit. dark glossy. Flavor, ex- cellent—unexcelled. If you can cover sufficiently to prevent freezing too hard in winter and prevent destructive frosts during blossoming season, you have a

ood variety for high culture in the Marshall. It is a gentleman strawberry, however, and won’tstand neglect. Doz. 25c; 100. 75c; 1000, $6.

PARKER EARLE. (per ) Origin, Texas. Season very late. This is one of the most satisfactory varieties that I have ever tried. The plants are very strong, stocky growers, with heavy crowns and large,deep penetrating roots.

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It is enormously productive. We once * WARFIELD. (imp.) Origin, Illinois. picked at the rate of over 13.000 quarts Season second early. Plants small, but to the acre. It requires strong soil, vigorous runners and soon cover the en plenty of manure and moisture. The tire surface. It should be restricted and berries are good size, long, with the end each new plant allowed room to develop. blunt as if sawed off. The hull or When given plenty of room, manure and calyx turns back and the berry is very moisture, the crop will be enormous. easily hulled; hence it is a great favorite We covered our plants last winter with with the housewife. It is largely grown rotted manure and the crop was im- here for late market. Dozen, 25c ; 100, mense. The berries are vf good size, 5c; 1000, $5. dark glossy, and sell well in any market ne at . , on account of appearance. The color SPLENDID. (per.) Origin, Illinois. yeaches through the berry and it is one Season second early. The most vigorous ofthe best for canning. Very firm and grower we have, covering the surface desirable for shipping. Dozen, 25c ; 100, with a mat of ee coe are 50c; 1000, $3.50. dark glossy and a field of this variety dtp ; races a oe appearance, glistening in © WILLIAM BELT. (per.) Origin,Ohio. the sun. The roots are long and enable Mid-season. A vigorous grower and the

the plants to stand drouth. The berries Plants are good size and stocky. It is inclined to rust, but this does not seem

to mar its fruitfulness. It is like Beeder Wood in this respect, but the disease does not seem to prevent the fruitfulness of either. The plants are said to be un- surpassed in productiveness, by those who have given them years of trial. One leading grower of Ohio states that he selected 387 berries out of twelve quarts picked on a matted row, that filled three quart baskets, or twelve berries to the quart. The berries are conical, except the very first one, which is misshapen, especially with high culture. It is being largely planted here and in other parts. 1 have not fruited it yet, but have seen it in fruit and am well pleased. Dozen, 30c; 100, $1; 1000, $6.

ADDITIONAL. VARIETIES.

are good size. dark crimson, seeds em- Shuckless. Cumberland. Eleanor, Anne bedded in the flesh, round in shape, and Kennedy, Hilton Gem, Sharpless, Jessie, produced in prodigious quantities A Michel, Barton’s Eclipse, Sunnyside good variety tor shipping and one of the gwindle, Burt, Brunette, Cyclone Gros best to plant alongside pistillates. A cent, Chas. Downing, Enhance, Ocean great favorite with strawberry growers. City. Doz., 25c.; 100, 60c. Dozen, 25c; 100, 50c; 1000, $3.50. : h

N Van DEMAN. (per.) Origin, Arkansas. NEW VARIETIES.

Season very early. This variety is as he following varieties have not been early as Michel’s Early and very pro- jn cultivation long enough to be truth- ductive of dark, glossy berries that sell fully called standards. Great improve- well on the local market and stands ship- ment is being constantly made in the

ment to distant markets. Itis the firm- strawberry and it pays to test the new est of all the extra early varieties and the yayieties.

best to plant on strong soil. A neighbor of\,

ours secured $100 from one-eighth of an ~ MARGARET. (per.) Origin, Ohio. acre, and they were mostly all ripened Season late. This noted variety was and were gone before mid season and raised from the seed of the Crawford, by late berries came on the market. Highly Mr. John F. Beaver, the noted strawberry recommended by the horticulturist at expert, some eight years ago. It is the New York state experiment station, claimed to be the most promising variety and other good authorities. Dozen, 30c; for fancy growers ever produced. It has 100, 60c; 1000, $4. been fruited by Mr. Crawford five years,

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Let us book your order before the rush comes on.

A BASKET OF MARGARET STRAWBERRIES.

and he speaks of it in the highest terms. It was introduced last spring at $2 per dozen, $10 per 100. We purchased 1000 plants, which shows our confidence in the variety. This season Mr. Cra vford speaks of it as follows: ‘‘This variety has done even better than I had reason to expect. The plant is a large. healthy, vigorous grower, having dark, glossy

foliage. It is very productive and the fruit is of extra size and quality. It ripens all over, a dark, glossy red, and retains its color to the center. The flesh is firmer than any other large berry I know of, and its regularity of shape may be seen in the picture. The berries represented were grown in a thickly matted row and received rough treat-

Why not speak a good word for us to your friends?

ment on the way to the photographer. With high culture, Icould raise bushels of Margarets just as fine as these. The season is from medium to very late, and the berries keep up in size to the last picking. The first Margarets ripened this season, June 2nd, and I am still (July 7th) finding some nice berries, while everything else is gone, with the exception of Giant.” Itmust be remem- bered that the season is much earlier in Ohio than in northern New York—I should say from ten days to two weeks, at least. I saw the Margaret in fruit at Geneva, N. Y., and it was a wonder in

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quality and productiveness. Mr. E. C. Davis, of Massachusetts, who won the prize for growing the largest single specimens of the “Jessie” and **Timbell’’ varieties, has made some valuable ex- periments with the Margaret. Heclaims it to be the largest, latest and most pro- ductive strawberry that he has ever fruited. He grew single specimens that measured 34 inches in diameter ani 34+ inches in length. It must be remem- bered that the Margaret reaches its high- est perfection only with high culture. It requires strong soil and intelligent treat- ment. Dozen, 75c; 100, $4; 1000, $30.

Nuggets!

NOT FROM KLONDIKE, BUT SUCH AS YOU MAY GROW ON YOUR OWN LAND, IF YOU BUY FARMER’S PLANTS.

RIDGWAY. (per.) Origin, Indiana. Mid season. Introduced by the origin- ator, M. H. Rigway, last season, at $2 per dozen. We set nearly 500 plants and have a fine stock to offer this spring. It is a nice, thrifty, clean grower of: the Bubach appearance. Plants are good size, healthy, and make a good spread. The originator thus describes it: ‘Plant

large and stocky, possessing the ability to make a large number of strong and healthy pJants Large leaf, broad, heavy and dark green in color. Blossom per- fect, a good pollenizer for pistillate vari- eties, as it remains in bloom for a long time; an ideal plant. Berry large to very lar;e, the typical form nearly round; largest specimens broadly ovate,

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but always smooth. Color, bright,

glossy crimson, with golden seeds. Firm

for so large a berry, and will stand ship- ping to distant markets except in a very wet time.

sometimes with green tips. Flesh light red, firm and rather acid. Season early to medium. This variety has been on trial here for four seasons and has

Quality as good as the best; shown itself worthy of commendation.” an almost ideal berry and one that rah 30 per dozen; 100, $4; 1000, $30.

command fancy prices on any market.

This variety was produced at the Rocky-

Glen fruit farm, several years ago, from seed of the Jersey Queen crossed with the Parker Earle, and has now been fruiting for five years. Each year dur- ing the time, it has produced the hand- somest and largest berries on the farm, and has never shown any signs of dis- ease, and is the finest growing variety on the farm. With the exception of being larger and heavier, the foliage is nearly identical with Jersey Queen. It ‘shows but little of its Parker Earle pa rentage, except in the great quantities of fruit that it sets; but it has the ad- vantage of the Parker Earle in being able to ripen perfectly all its fruit. and while the berries at the last of the season are not as large as at first, thev are all perfect in form, color and quality. E. S. Carman, edifor of the Rural New Yorker, reports as follows, in 1896 : ‘‘June 4th—Beginning to ripen: berries large, rounded, oval in shape; white fleshed and of good qualitv ; vines very thrifty and productive. June 6—A few ripe ; broadly heart shapea ; excellent quality; scarlet color; firm for so large a berry. June 10—Ripeniug in large quantities; the berries are now rather soft. This seems to be one of the most promising varieties among new straw- berries’ Prices of plants, 1898: Dozen,

ei 100, $4; 1000, $30.

HALL’S FAVORITE. (per.) Ortgia, Maryland. Season, early to medium. This is a very pretty plant and vigorous grower on our place, but has not fruited here yet. A leading berry grower o Maryland wrote as follows: ‘*As seen on Mr. Hall’s farm, Hall’s Favorite is certainly very large and fine colored, It

EAFORD. (imp.) Origin, Delaware. Season, early to medium. This variety is a very pretty grower on our place, showing health and vigor. The intro- ducer speaks of it as follows: ‘‘In a Strawberry for market growing, size, productiveness and good shipping qual- ity are all important, and these are pre- cisely the qualities for which Seaford is most remarkable. The strong, healthy plants produce fruit clusters of great size, bearing handsome berries of a size proportionately great. The size and shape of the Seaford are well shown by the engraving, made from a photograph. The color is deep red. bright and glossy, and it is a color that goes under the skin. for Seaford is pre-eminently a solid red fleshed variety, and consequently an assuredly successful shipper. The flavor is good with very little acid. A leading commission man says that he can guar- antee the sale of such berries all the time at 25 cents per quart; in fact, he could not buy other berries as fine as Seaford at any price. The plant is as large as Bubach and a much more vigorous grower, with imperfect blos- som; it ripens its crop much faster than Bubach and several days earlier, thus commanding higher prices. Six long rows were recently planted in a field of Bubach, a standard and reliable sort, for testing purposes. At fruiting time the contrast was most marked. Bubach bore a good crop of large, showy fruit, but Seaford had an immense crop of enormous Strawberries. Not less than four times as many baskets were picked

to the row from Seaford.” Doz. $1, 100, . 1000, $35. JERSEY MARKET. (imp.) Origin New Jersey. Midseason. A_ good

is better in quality than Bubach, by far, grower, but has not fruited here. The and as a grower the Bubach is no com- introducer says: ‘It originated in New parison. Hall's Favorite equalled the Jersey and has been fully tested by us. Crescent in plant growth when I saw it Ina general way it is an improved Chas. in fruit. The fruit hasnot been picked Downing resembling that old reliable for several days, and notwithstanding it and favorite variety in appearance, but was rainy at the time, seemed to be it is larger, somewhat firmer texture and about as firm as Bubach. The plant is with large, abundant, clean foliage that entirely healthy.” W. J. Green, of the has never been affected by rust or.scald. Ohio experiment station. speaks of the The berries are bright crimson in color Hall’s Favorite as follows : ‘Plants and of large but not mammoth size, healthy, vigorous and prolific. Berries being remarkably uniform in both size medium to iarge, uniform in size, Color and color. They are above the average crimson, usually well colored, but in firmness, of rich, delicious quality and

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ripe in mid season. Plant of exception- ally strong healthy habit, and a heavy, reliable yielder under all conditions, blossoms pistillate. It is not what may be termed a fashionable. aristocratic berry, but a strictly business sort, one that everybody can depend on and not be disappointed.” Doz. 7ic; 100. $4; 1000, $35.

EARLIEST. Season very early, runner on our place, inaking double the

(per.) Origin Missouri. This is the greatest

plantsof any other variety. It is a great favorite at our experiment station for an extra early variety. They speak of it as follows in Bulletin No. 109: “Among varieties fruited for the first time this season, Earliest takes eighth place as to productiveness. This is a good showing when we take into account the fact that it produced a greater per cent. of its crop earlier in the season than did any other variety. Fruit medium or below in size, roundish conic, light scar. let color, firm, fair quality. Foliage good, fruit stems short, runners abun- dant. Deserves further testing.” Mr. Paddock, the horticulturist, told me last summer that it was their best early variety. Doz. 75c; 100, $4; 1000, $30.

set a pateh of Margaret.

STAR. (per.) Season Origin Ohio. her2 but not fruited yet. Says:

second early.

strawberry grower in the country test this variety, as we feel sure that they will obtain something decidedly snperior to anything ever before on the market. The berry measures six to seven inches

in circumference on the average, and is as nearly perfection in shape as possible; all berries large, no small or ill shaped ones during the entire season. Quality is of the best. In productiveness we have never seen the ejual of the Star. It matures all its berries in a dry season, possessing the greatest drouth resisting qualities of any berry we are acquainted with, having matured a full crop when all other varieties were complete failures. The plant is a vigorous dnd strong grower, with healthy, green foliage, deep rooted and prolific, being a stamin- ate or perfect variety. Season of ripen- ing is second early. For profit we know of no berry that will equal it. When grown by the side of Bubach, Haverland, Warfield, Sharpless and several of the newer varieties, the comparison was plainly visible. Its superiority in every

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point was very marked, both in quality, size and productiveness. Placing some of the berries on the market, they readily brought a fancy price, the aver- age being at wholesale, 17 cents, at a time when no other sort would. bring over 6cents.”” Doz. $1; 100, $4; 1000, $25.

CARRIE. (imp.) Origin Virginia. Season early. W. J. Green, of Onio ex- perimint station says: “I am greatly pleased with the Carrie Strawberry, It is large, beautiful and firm, while the plants are healthy and prolific. It bears some resemblance to Haverland in habit of growth and shape of berries, but the berries are larger, of better color, more glossy and firmer. The fruit stems are long like those of the Haverland, a the berries lie out in the row. Whil this is objectionable, it is not so serious a fault as the opposite defect of short stems. We had a very dry season last year, and our plants did not make a strong growth, hence our crop is cut short on all varieties, and for this reason I feel more confident in expres- ing a good opinion of Carrie. Givena good chance, I feel sure that it would yield an enormous crop of fine berries, I am greatly deceived if my impressions of it are wrong.” The late John Little, of Granton, Ontario, said: ‘‘I think well of your seedling Carrie. The plant is all that can be desired, free from rust and blight; berries large and bright; product- ive; medium in ripening. It is well worth being introduced. If the fruit stems were not so long and a little stronger, it would be perfection itself. Where there is such a load of fruit it is impossible for the stems to hold them up.” The originator describes it thus: ‘“A seedling of Haverland, has been thoroughly tested north, south, east and west. The Carrie is firmer, better color, and better shipper, fully as productive.” It has the finest appearing plants and the longest roots of any variety we ever saw. Ihave great faith init. Doz, $1; 100, $5; 1000, 540.

CLYDE. (imp.) Origin Kansas. Sea- sonearly. W. J. Green says: “Plants vigorous, heaithy, prolific. Berries me- dium to large, quite uniform in size and regular in form, varying but litthk from conical, and mostly from 14 to 14 inches in diameter. Color varying from light to dark scarlet, depending on the degree of ripeness and exposure. Flesh light red, nearly white at center, moderately firm and of fair quality. Time of ripen- ing, midseason. This is an uncommonly

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promising perfect flowered variety, be-

Club your orders with your neighbors and order together.

cause of its prolificacy. The berries are large enough to meet the demands of almost any market, and hold well up in size toward the end of the season. A de: per color and firmer flesh would be more desirable for market, and higher quality for home use, but even without these qualities in the highest perfection, it is a remarkably promising variety, and can be confidently recommended to small fruit growers generally. If grown in matted rows it will be necessary to restrict plant production, in order to allow the sun light to reach the fruit, and prevent overbearing. Doz. 30c; 100 $1; 1000, $4.

NEW INTRODUGTIONS FOR 1896:

NICK OHMER. (per.) Originated by Jobn F. Beaver, who is conceded to be the most successful amateur fruit grower in Ohio. Named after Mr. N. Ohmer, ex- president of the Ohio state horticultural society. Mr. Crawford says: ‘After watching the Nick Ohmer three years, and hearing how it has be- haved where I have sent it for trial, never having received one unfavorable report on it, 1 am confident that it is one of the most desirable if not the very best

There is no other in the market or in sight that I would plant

ever sent out.

with as mucnconfidence. [If restricted to a single variety, it would be may firs choice without a moment's hesitation The plant is very large and stocky, send ing out plenty of very strong runners It is probably not surpassed in healthy

Give us the names of friends who need plants.

vigorous growth and great productive- ness by any variety. It has a perfect blossom. The fruit is of the very largest size—a giant among strawberries. It is never misshapen. Its only departure from the regular, roundish, conical form is when under high culture it is some- what triangular. It is dark, glossy red, firm and of excellent flavor.” Dozen,

E. 106, $10; 1000, $80.

EID’S EARLY PROLIFIC. (per. ) Origin, Virginia, The introducers say: “As compared with Lady Thompson, Reid’s Early Prolific is a week or 10 days earlier ; ripensin bulk ; deep red; large size; perfect bloomer, and a de- cidedly better berry. The fruit brought from tive to ten cents more per quart last season, in the berry markets, than other varieties.” The Norfolk Virginian says: ‘The Reid’s Early Prolific is a giant berry, of the size, shape and color long sought for. Picking began on April 11th, the berries being in the eastern markets a week or ten days earlier than the Lady Thompson and brought 50 and 60 cents per quart. The picking lasted 25 days, ending May 4th.” Dozen, $2;

700, $10. UBY. (per) Season, medium to late. W. J. Green, of Ohio station,says:

“Plants vigerous and prolific. Berries medium to large, conical, but often ir- regular, although not coxcombed. Color dark scarlet, glossy, mostly well colored, sometimes with white tips. Flesh scar- let. firm and of good quality. Season, medium to late. This variety has been on trial here for several seasons, and has uniformly behaved satisfactorily. It is particularly to be commended because of its good color and firmness. The berries retain their size to the end of the season, and hold up in quantity. For this reason it may be classed with the late sorts, al- though itripens quite early. Some rust has been seen on the foliage and in some cases the fruit has not developed fully ; but these defects, if such they may be called, are so slight as not to mar the value of the variety; hence it is recom- mended as worthy of trial.” A Mary- land grower says: ‘“Tosay that itis a fine berry and healthy plant is putting it mild: itis a Ruby indeed. Dozen, $1;

seat $5.

SAMPLE. (imp.) Originated by J. B. Gowing, of Massachusetts, 1n 1892, Exhibited by him at Massachusetts hor- ticultural society strawberry show, and took first prize for best new variety in 1896. The introducer thus describes it:

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‘‘Large size and fine quality; quite firm; continues a long time in fruit. The ber- ries are large to the last. It will yield as many berries as the Haverland and will average as largeas the Bubach. Colors all over at once.; needs no petting. If there is a plant on every square inch, you will find as fine berries and as many in the center as on the outside of the rows where the sun and air can get at them. Think of a strawberry plant ylelding as many berries as the Haver- land and Clyde and averaging larger than the Marshall! An acre of good, strong soil set with the Sample and given good culture (not high) and kept clean of grass, etc., using one and one-half tons of good fertilizer, will grow 500 bushels of first-class fruit. It will do the same the next season with but very little labor, if the plants get possession of the ground the first season.” Price, $1 each; ) per dozen.

HENRY. (per.) Origin, New Jersey. The largest berry ever grown. High quality. Dozen, $1.

ARMER’S STRAWBERRY SETTER, PRICE $1

EXCELSIOR. (per.) Originated in Ar- kansas, by the originator of VanDeman . and Bismark. The Excelsior is a seedling of the Wilson grown in a plot with Hoff- man. It is a few days earlier than Michel’s Early, larger, higher colored, firmer, and immensely more productive. Continues blooming and bearing as long as strawberries last, or until the plants begin to run. It is as strong a plant- maker as the Michel. I know this will succeed north and south and fill a long felt want.—(Description by Originator.) Dozen, $2; 100, $10.

OTHER GOMPARATIVELY NEW VARIETIES.

Doz. 100. ELVIN: Gimp) eis ante dere $ 50 $3 00 TEENS a Peeaiamtc a ots 50 2 00 SATISFACTION AY. oie. 50 2 00

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Doz,

MASTODON ...... 50 SEEK-NO-

FURTHER, .4).)t 440 PONDEROSA...:.. 50 KING’S WORTHY _ 50 MURR Aree ee 50 PERFECTION ..... . 50 SALZER’S

EKARLIEST... 50 2 CHAMP. OF ENG. 50 2 i HB) 0 eae eee = 50 2 ORTOR Rete 12 50 2 HOUT OX. ce A oe 50 2 00 THININ YSON.. 2 23 50 2 00 volt 738 Eel fy Dis ae ae d0 2 00 CYCLONE osc; (ae 25 1 00 MANWELL....... 75 5 00 PAPERS cs ee a0 3 00 MELEE ....... “2 50 3 00 COMPARATIVE SIZES OF VARIETIES. MARGOGN 4. 223 i) 0 00 1,Saunders. 2, Leader. 3, Lady Rusk. 4, Man- DROUTH KING... .75 8.00 s masanQueon, 9 Parsee manle: if BUace one MICHIGAN. 50 2 00 iP Winddor iret oe 13, Beverly. 14, Igaotum,

RASPBERRIES.

The raspberry delights in a well drained, rather loose soil, and will not do well on low, wet soils, without drainage. The red varieties should be set in rows six feet apart and one foot apart in the row, when you have pl nty of plants, and three feet apart in the row where the plants are scare. Thus it takes either 2500 or 7000 plants to the acre, depending on the distance apart they are set. We set them close because we have plenty of plants and thus get a continuous fruiting row quicker than we would to set farther apart. Set black caps in rows seven feet apart and have the plants from one to three feet apart in the row. Thus, it will take of these, either 2000 or 6000 plauts. Prepare the land thoroughly and plow furrows one foot deep where the rows are to be, setting the plants in a furrow in a straight line, so that in cultivating you can get up close to the plants. A hill of beans, potatoes or some other vegetable may be planted between the plants in the row, and also a row of these crops planted between the rows of raspberries the first year. Give clean culture and pinch back the canes when one foot high, which causes the plant to branch and grow stocky like a tree. Thesecond year, mulch with straw around the bushes and cultivate the middles to keep down weeds, and the ground moist. Pinch the new growing canes back when two feet high, this and succeeding years, and cut the laterals back in early spring, before fruiting. This rigid pruning makes the fruit larger. Remove dead canes after fruiting and maintain level culture. About 200 to 500 plants, made up of the several varieties, should be set for an ordinary family. These will supply fresh fruit for the table and enough tocan. Add5cents per dozen, 50 cents per hun- dred, if ordered by mail.

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BLAGK GAP VARIETIES.

CUMBERLAND. (New) Largest black raspberry known. Fruit sold for 10 cents per quart when other varieties weie seli- ing for 5 to 7 cents. Well named ‘‘the business black cap.” It originated in Pennsylvania and is supposed to be a seedling of the Gregg with a dash of blackberry blood in it. In size the Cum- berland is simply enormous—the berries run 7-8 and 15 16 of an inch in diameter. Here are a few reasons why the Cumber- land is the best black cap known:

5. In vigor of growth the Cumber- land far surpasses other blackcaps and: nearly equals the purple kinds. It forms a strong. upright bush, throwing up stiff, stocky shoots, well calculated to hear up their immense loads of truit,— From de-cription of introducers.

Prof. Bailey writes: ‘Tue black rasp- berries which you sent us have not yet ceased to be the wonder of everyone who saw them, and | certainly think, if the variety is productive and behaves well in the field that it ought to be intro-

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CUMBERLAND RASPBERRY COMPARED WITH WILSON BLACKBERRY.

1. (a) On account of its greatly superior size. Fresh fruit sold for 8 tc 5 cents more per quart than could be secured for Gregg, and 6 to 7 cents more per quart than could be obtained for Ohio.

(b) Evaporated fruit of the Cumber- land will sell for 1¢ per pound more than can be secured for Gregg, and 2c per pound more than Ohio would bring.

(c) Picking the Cumberland need cost only 4c to le per quart, instead of the usual 14c to 2c.

2, Yield. The Cumberland Raspberry under equal conditions will yield 2000 more quarts to the acre than Gregg and 1000 more than Ohio.

3. The hardiness of the Cumberland is such that it yielded a good crop when Cuthbert and Gregg were both frozen to the ground.

4. Healthfulness. The Cumberland seemed entirely free from those scourges of its race—Anthracnose and ‘Yellow Blight.” It has been unaffected when nearby plants of the Ohio and Gregg were badly diseased.

duced.” Price 50c each; 25 per 100.

MUNGER. (New)Origin,Ohio. Descrip- tion by introducer: ‘‘The fruit of Mun- ger is black and resembles Gregg very much. It isa better flavored berry than Gregg, tougher in texture, and therefore a better shipper. In size it excels Gregg by almost 25 per cent. Extra fine for canning and evaporating. Its season of ripening is from 5 to 8 days later than Gregg and has a special faculty for with- standing drouth and hot sun. The past season, when most others were dry and seedy, Munger ripened up sweet and juicy and readily brought an advance of 50 cents per bushel over other kinds. The canes, too, resembie Gregg, are free from disease, upright in growth, and have never yet been affected by the cold of winter.” Twenty-five cents each ; a $1; 100, $4.

PALMER. The standard early black cap. Fruit, fair size, black and pro duced in great abundance. Canes free

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It costs no more to mail plants to Oregon than to places nearer,

from disease. Dozen, 35 cents; 100, $1;

1000, $8.

HILBORN. This is the best midsea- son standard black raspberry. The canes are unsurpassed in vigor of growth, free- dom from disease, and productiveness. The fruit is very large—the largest black cap we have ever seen; sweet and juicy; selling better than Gregg or any of the older varieties. We have watched this variety for several years with interest, and now think that it is the best well tried black cap in cultivation. Not af- fected with disease or blight on our

Per dozen, 35 cents; 100, $1.25;

lace. Kou $10.

KANSAS. One of the most popular varieties now before the public. It is enormously productive of good sized berries that continue a long time in fruit, The canesare tough, hardy,sturdy

owers. Per dozen, 35c: IYO, $1. 1000, $8, 00. L J ¥ ,. MILLS, GREGG, OHIO, NEMAHA, me price. ee Dozen, $1. SCHAFFER. (Purple.) One of the

most vigorous growers as well as the most productive raspberry in cultiva- tion. ‘The berries are dark red or purple in color, which hurts their sale for market, and the quality is rather poor, but its productiveness offsets everything else and it is one of the most popular berries grown for market. Dozen, 35c;

00, $1.25; 1000, $10.

COLUMBIAN. (Dark red.) This is the most vigorous grower of any rasp- berry in cultivation. The canes often reach one inch in diameter. No berry will surpass it for yield, one bushel of fruit having been gathered from a single bush in a season. The berries are very large, shaped like the Cuthbert and are better quality than the Schaffer, seeming to be across of that variety and Cuth bert. The best berry for canning we know. The best one berry for home use weknow. The best berry for market if Cuthbert doesn’t interfere. Its only faults are these: The berries cling to the stems and are harder to pick than Schaffer, but this may be an advantage because they never ‘‘rain off” in wet weather; it sometimes winterkills, but even if so, this does not prevent its pro- duciug a large crop of fruit, for new canes will spring up from the roots and bear just as much fruit the same year. In this respect it is different from any other raspberry. I have fruited it three

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ears and am not talking at random. en cents each; per dozen, 60 cents ; 0, $3.50; 1000, $25.

CAROLINE. (Yellow.) A raspberry of sprawling habits like the black caps, which makes new plants both from tips and suckers. Enormously productive and valuable for home use if used fresh on the table. The flavor is very delicate and the berry is soft and soon spoils.

‘Dozen, 50c.

RED RASPBERRIES.

LOUDON. This variety was intro- duced a few years ago as the most hardy and productive red raspberry extant. We have fruited it three years and think that it sustains the claims made for it. The canes are stocky, strong and able to

WME ; staking. The berries are large as Cuth- bert or larger, firmer and almost as good in flavor. It stands shipment best of any red raspberry we have and we be- lieve it as productive as Cuthbert where that variety does not winterkill. Mr. E, S. Carman, of The Rural New Yorker, says that Loudon is the coming market red raspberry. The demand for plants ig simply enormous. Ten cents each ;

ozen, 60c; 100, $3.50; 1000, $26.

CUTHBERT. The standard red rasp- berry. Its only fault is that the canes sometimes winterkill, but this may be largely remedied by more thorough till- age. Old neglected patches run wild in growth and soon run out from overbear- ing and winterkilling. It should be kept in narrow rows, the suckers kept down, and canes nipped back. The fruit is large, of the finest quality and sells well in market. I never have seen this vari- ety a drug on the market. It sells for 15 eents per quart when Schaffer brings

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8 10 cents, Dozen, 25 cents; 100, Tic; 1090, $6. MARLBORO. This is the best very

early xed raspberry we have. It is

20 We have varieties true to name an@ refill orders that are otherwise.

very similar to Loudon in berry, but the “JAPAN WINEBERRY. _ Three for cane; are not such vigorous growers. 10 cents; dozen, 30 cents, 100, $1.25.

They are short and stocky and load © down with the immense crop of fru't. MAYBERRY. Ten cents each; $1 per Berries not so good in quality as Cuth- dozen. bert, but firmer and a better shipper aks Dozen, 35¢c; 100, $1: 1000, $8. : ee Preece a pee \ » ; . by Mr. Dradt,of thiscounty. immensely fen sie ty SEE IS UU os: productive and the largest red raspberry tis known. ; -fi hi 5: GOLDEN QUEEN. Dozen; 8ieaueant a 100, $1; 1000, $8, ‘’ he KING Thirty-five cents each; dozen, ~ ROYAL CHURCH. Dozen, 39 cents; $3; 160, $20. 100, $1.

BLACK BERRIES.

Require the same soil as raspberries. Set in rows eight feet apart, with plants from one to three feet apart in the row. Thus it takes from two to fiv- thousand for an acre. Cultivate and prune like raspberries. Shave off all suckers that spring up between the rows aud keep the plants in hills or narrow, continuous rows. Mulch with straw about the plants during fruiting season to keep the soi

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RATHBUN BLACKBERRY.

movist."= Always cultivate blackberries very shallow, so as not to injure the roots. Every broken root sends up an additional sucker to interfere with cultivation. Add 5c per dozen, 50c per hundred, if ordered by mail. Blackberries are a very paying crop when the markets are not overrun with wild ones. It will pay the farmer to have a supply in his garden; ’tis much easier than to chase the woods for wild ones. 4

TAYLOR. Large, long, late and very productive. Color, bright glossy black. Flavor, sweet and delicious. The best flavored blackberry. It is our favorite for the table, and is equally desirable for market. Those who don’t believe culti- vated blackberries are as sweet as wild ones, had better try Taylor. Dozen, 35c; £00%,$1.25; 1000, $10.

SNYDER. The favorite market black- berry; very productive and early. The ‘berries are round, firm and stand ship- ment quite well. Canes entirely hardy, mever winterkilling vith us, and always bearing immense crops. Dozen, 390c; 100, $1.25; 1000, $10. ‘

~ RATHBUN. The plant is a strong, erect, upright grower and, unlike most varieties, produces but few suckers. It sends up a strong main stem which branches freely, and these brancbes curve over and bend downward towards the ground, and later in the season the tips touching the ground send roots ‘down into it, and thus propogate them- selves in the manner of the black cap raspberry. Itis not a dewberry, nor is ‘there the least evidence that there is dewberry blood in it, as no dewberries were cultivated on the place dy a blackberry with the tip rooting habit. As to hardin2ss, it has withstood a tem- perature of 15 to 18 degrees below zero

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at its home, when plants of Erie and Minnewaska were badlv frozen. The fruit is jet black with a high polish. It has been shipped long distances. selling better than other varieties. A quart basket of Snyder berries had 164 berries, while 45 berries of the Rathbun filled the same sized basket.

Prof. L. H. Bailey writes, July 21st, 1896:—*‘The Rathbun blackberry, is now in full fruit and we are very much pleased with it. It is midway between a blackberry and dewberry in habit, as also in earliness. The berries are ex- ceedingly large, glossy. jet black, and of good quality. I certainly think there is

\a future for it.” Twenty-five cents each ;

ozen, $2.50; 100, $10.

STONE’S HARDY. Very similar to Snyder in shape of berry, hardiness of cane and everything except that the fruit ripens late. | Knormously pro- ductive and valuable for market. Dozen,

\35c; 100, $1.25; 1000,, B10.

WLOVETT’S BEST, (ERIE, KITTA- HPI \GAWAM, WESTERN TRI- UMPH,* WACHUSETT,” THORNLESS.

ozen, 45c; 100, $1.50.

MAXWELL’'S EARLY, ELDORADO, MINNEWASKA. Per dozen, 50c; 100, $2.00.

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Gooseberries are a fruit that will pay if a market can be secured for them.

‘Comparatively few people are used to them ; There is no fruit with us that goes The American

however. better than canned gooseberries.

varieties are smaller than the English, free from mildew and bear enormous crops if the worms are kept off. The English varieties may

be grown by spraying with liver of sul-

a taste can be readily acquired,

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phur or Bordeaux mixture which will aye) 3 aN

prevent mildew. Waich the gooseber- ries and currants in early spring and spray with paris green water just soon as the worms appear. If not at- tended to in the right time, it takes but a few days for the leaves to be en- tirely stripped. The berries then ripen prematurely ‘ in dry up in the n

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smooth variety of fine quality. The plants are entirely fiee from disease and the most productive of any gooseberry in cultivation. This and Downing are the \. varieties generally grown inour gardens. o years old, dozen, 75c; 100, $3.50. DOWNING. Very much larger than Houghton, producing nearly as much bulk _ of fruit. Color, pale green. The favorite \American variety. Dozen, 75c; 100, $3.50. SMITH. Same price. ~ PEARL. An American sort claimed to be the most free from disease and the most prolific gooseberry grown. Twen- \e: five cents each; dozen, $2.50; 100, $15. RED JACKET. Nearly as large as the English varieties, free from mildew and very productive. Color, pale red.

Bint yellow ; very sweet ;

We believe in testing the well recommended new varieties.

We are delighted with it. Twenty cents.

ch; dozen, $1.50; 160, $10.

SJHAUTAUQUA. A _ large variety supposed to be across of the American and English types. Not so subject to- mildew as the English varieties. Bush: stout and vigorous. Berries very large, often over aninch in diameter. Color, productive. Sixty cents each; dozen, $3.50.

KEEPSAKE, and INDUSTRY. Val- uable English varieties, much grown in this country, Twenty-five cents each ; dozen, $2; 100, $15.

Our gooseberry plants are all two years. old. Some three years old.

Add 10c per dozen, if sent by mail; 60c per 100 for currants and gooseberries.

CURRANTS.

Plant on very rich soil, made so by repeated applications of rich barn fertilizers and potash salts applied to the crops that precede currants. It takes 2904 plants to the acre, set in rows dx3. Give clean culture and mulch with straw about

the bushes during the fruiting season.

old wood after it has borne several crops and re- place by allowing new canes to grow from the Keep the plant in upright bush form and If you allow weeds and grass to grow around them, currants will be a failure in both quantity and quality of We spread a shovelful of manure and a quart of ashes about each plant, in November.and have wonderful success with currants and goose-

roots. do not allow it to become crowded.

fruit.

berries.

RED CROSS. (New.) Moore, of Rochester, N. V.,

and can endorse it. experiment station, Massachusetts,

Fay’s Prolific and is more vigorous.

other varieties.

larger to the end of cluster than Fay.

cents each; dozen, $1.50: two-year-olds, 20c each;

dozen, $2.

“Y POMONA. (New.) A new currant originated ¥ “4 in Indiana; claimed to be very large and enor-°7J7 Mfg Asa money getter it has a FEV aN, G7 wonderful record at its home, Twenty-five cents yn dozen, $2.50; 2 years old, 25¢c each;

mously productive.

each:

$3.50.

Originated by Jacob and sold to the intro- ducers for $1250, cash. We have eaten the fruit. Prof. Maynard, of Hatch says Red Cross, as seen at Rochester, averages larger than 4 Jacob Moore, |

the originator. says it is twice as large as Victoria, will yield twice as much as Cherry and is of better quality than any of the older varieties. Reynolds, the veteran horticulturist of Rochester, says that the Red Cross currant averages larger than Fay or Cherry and is sweeter than most. He says that the clusters are ;Z Y longer, and that the size of the berries hold out 2 ye

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‘ NORTH STAR. (New.) This variety Qozen, 55c; 100, $8; 2 years old, dozen, is claimed by its friends to be the har- 7Qg; 100, $4.

diest, the best grower, the most prolific

bearer, the sweetest and best currant WHITE GRAPE. The largest andi. grown. We have fruited it two years, most productive white currant grown. . and think well of it The berries are Flavor,sweet and very fine for the table... not so large as Fay, but more productive Not desirable for the general markets, .

nd sweeter. Tencentseach; dozen,$1; because people don't seem to take te , po. white fruits. The best i currant. .

AY’S PROLIFIC. Our favorite Mit i Waa cas among the well tried varieties for market, BELAC NAPLES, CHAMPION,

Seems to do betier on light soil than CHERRY.¥La VERSAILLES, WLEE’S,

others. The berries are very large and, will bring the best prices in fe We “PRINCE ALBERT, RED DUTCH, VIC-

have them almost as big as cherries. TORIA. Same price as Fay.

GRAPES.

Grapes do best in a sunny location on the south and east side of fences, buildings. and hillsides where the sun will play over them most all day. The soil must be loose and open and well drained. Every farmer should have 25 to 100 vines for the family use. There is no fruit more health giving. They follow closly after small fruits and save many a doctor’s bill) This mnocent fruit has often been the- victim of boards of health and sensationalists, but it has come out of the furnace- unscathed. There has yet to be proved that any case of appendicitis was caused by eating grapes, nor has any body been poisoned by Bordeaux mixture when sprayed on the grape fruit. The great secret of success in growing grapes is to» know how to trim them. Many a vine that is now runningwild might be made fruitful by proper trimming. The novice will either trim too much or too little. They require fertilizing much the same as other fruits. Our ideas of growing grapes are astollows: Select one cr two year old vines and set them: in furrows one foot deep and eight feet apart. Plant the vines ten feet apart im the furrows. Put a little surface soil in the bottom, spread roots out both ways so- as to run parallel with th the rows and cover with fine, loose soil, filling in the furrow. Keep the soil loose and open and do not piow deep enough to injure the roots. Practice shallow cultivation Use plenty of mineral] fertilizers rich im potash. There are various methods of trimming the vine, but probably the following is the most simple and easy: Allow only one cane to grow the first year, rub off all the other buds. Build a trellis, using wire or horizontal slats. In the fall of the first year. raise the cane up to the top wire and cut off all cane: above the wire. Lay the cane down and cover it with some coarse litter to protect through the winter. In the spring tie the cane to the wire so it will stand upright or perpendicular. Allow two buds to grow into canes at the top. rub off all buds. below. These buds are to produce the canes which are to be thd to the upper wire- in a horizontal position the next spring. They are cut back to four feet in the fal! and if the climate is severe all is taken from the wires, laid down and covered for: the winter. Inthe spring the whole vine is put up and tied to the wire. The vine is now in the shape of the letter “‘T.” From all along the horizontal cane tied to» the upper wire, the buds produce the canes that bear the fruit. These little canes are cut back close to the horizontal canes each fall, leaving little spurs with three~ buds each. From these spurs grow more green canes each year which bear the - fruit. By this method there need be no summer tying of the green, growing canes. By the old method, we tied the canes to the lower wire and as they grew - we tied the green canes which bear the fruit to the upper wire. There need be no» trouble in trimming the grape, if one understands the principle. Many people- trim too little. others so severely that they remove wll the bearing wood. Grapes» are borne on green wood that grows the same season from wood tliat grew the- year before. So in trimming, be sure to leave on some of the last year’s growth. If’ you leave on too much or too little, the results ale a! out the same—you get wood: and no fruit. When your canes get old and unfruitful, fertilize more. encourage- new canes to grow from the roots to replace the old ones which should be removed

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Grapes still pay in most sections to grow for local market and they always pay for home use. Grape vines will be mailed free at single rates. Add 10c per dozen, 50c per 100 for postage.

PRIGES OF GRAPES.

N. B.—The captials denote the season of ripening; the small letters the color of the fruit.

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EACH DOZ 100 =EACH DOZ 100 Agawam (M., r.) $ 10 Sl OU $2 50;$ 15 $1 25 33 50 Brighton (M., r.) 10 1 00 2 50 15 1 25 3 50 Campbell’s Eally (E., b.) 1 25 1 50 Catawba (L., r.) 10 80 2 00 12 1 00 3 00 Champion (E., b.) 10 SO 2 00 12 1 00 3 00 Columbian (M., b.) 25 2 50 35 3 50 Clinton (L., b.) 10 1 00 2 50 15 1 25 3 50 Concord, (E., b.) 10 TR 2 00 12 1 00 3 00 Cottage (E., b.) 12 1 25 3 00 15 1 50 4 00 Delaware (M., r.) ik) 1 00 2 50 1d 1 25 3 50 Dutchesse (M., w.) 15 135 3 50 20 1 60 5 00 Early Ohio (E., b.) 25 2 30 13 00 35 3 50 22 00 Early Victor (E.. b.) 10 1 00 3 50 12 1 25 5 50 Eaton (E., b.) 20 ro 4 50 25 2 25 6 00 Elvira (L., w.) 10 75 2 00 12 1 00 3 00 Empire State (E., b ) 10 1 00 3 00 15 1 25 4 00 Etta 15 1 50 4 00 20 2 00 5 00 Esther 50 3 50 25 00 60 5 00 35 00 Green Mountain (E., w.) 25 2 50 18 00 35 3 50 30 00 Goethe 15 125 5 50 20 1 50 7 50 Geartner 15 1 35 5 50 10 1 50 7 50 Geneva 15 1 50 7 00 20 1 75 9 00 Herbert sets 1.25 4 50 15 1 50 5 00 Hayes 15 1 50 6 00 20 2 00 8 00 Hartford (E., b.) 10 1 00 2 50 12 oa ‘eS 50 Iona 12 1 25 4 00 15 1 50 5 50 Ives 19 1 00 2 25 12 1 25 3 00 Isabella (E.. r.) iO 1 00 2 79 12 1 25 3 50 Jefferson, (L., r.) 15 1 50 6 OU 20 2 00 9 00 Lady (E., w.) 12 125 4 (00 15 2 00 5 50 Lady Washington(L..w.) 19 1 30 7 00 20 2 00 10 00 Lindley (M., r.) 10 1 00 2 20 12 1 25 3 00 Martha (M., w.) 10 1 06 3 00 12 1 25 4 00 Merrimack 10 1 00 3 50 15 1 25 5 00 Moore’s Diamond (M.,w.) — 10 1 00 3 20 15 1 25 4 50 Moore’s Early (E., b.) 10 1 00 2 50 12 1 25 3 00 Moyer (E., r.) 10 1 00 3 00 12 1 25 4 50 Niagara (M., w.) 10 1 00 2 20 12 1 25 3 00 Nectar (E., b.) 20 10 6 00 25 2 50 8 00 Pocklington (M.. w.) 10 1 00 2 50 12 1 25 3 00 Salem (M., r.) 10 1 00 2 50 12 1 25 3 50 Ulster (M., w.) 15 1.750 6 00 20 2 00 8 00 Vergennes (L., r.) 10 1 25 3 00 12 1 50 4 00 Wilder (M.. b.) 10 1 25 3 50 15 1 50 4 50 Woodruff (E., r ) 20 2 00 12 00 | 30 2 50 I8 00 Worden (E., b.) 10 75 3 00 | 12 1 00 4 50 Wyoming (E., r.) 10 1 00 2°20 12 1 25 3 00

ASPARAGUS.

CULTURE.—Any well drained soil will do for asparagus. Mark the rows fout to five feet apart and plant the roots in trenches made deep with the plow, about one foot apart. Thus it takes about as many plants to the acre as of

26 Send us the names of a few of your friends who need plants.

strawberries. Cover the plants with loose soil and gradually fill in the trench as the plants grow. Allow the canes to grow without cutting until the third year. Then in the spring as soon as eight to ten inches high, cut or break off the tender portion above the ground. Cuttings may be made each year as late in the season as strawberry time. Give clean culture and mow off the canes in winter and burn. Salt the soil about the plants once in a year to keep down the weeds. This vegetable is not only very palatable when cooked as green peas, but is very valuable as a medicine for the kidneys Conover’s Colossal, Palmetto and Barr’s Mammoth; doz. 25c; 100, $1, 1000; $5, for two year old roots. Columbian. White and Donald’s Elmira doz. 35c; 100, $1.25, 1000, $6. Add dc per doz, 30c per 100 if by mail.

RHUBARB. Tencents each; $5 per hundred.

HORSERADISH CUTTINGS. Dozen, 25c; hundred, $1.50.

SAGE. Holt’s mammoth. Dozen, 30c; hundred, $2.

NOVELTIES.

; The following fruits are grown partly for amusement, partly for ornament \ and partly for profit.

JAPANESE WINEBERRY. This raspberry. Berries red and the shape pretty bush of the raspberry family was of blackberries. The canes are covered imported from Japan several years ago. with small spines like the raspberry. Its fruit is the size of black caps, and Flavor similar to both raspberries and the color is deep, glossy red. It is very blackberries. Ripens before blackberries. productive where hardy and in some Grows like the dewberry and increases locations it is grown quite extensively from the tips. Twenty-five cents each; for market. It is not hardy here in\dozen, $2.50. northern New York, and must be cov- ered in winter if a crop is secured. The canes are hairy and the bush is very or- namental. Produces new piants from the tips like black caps. Tencents each;

LEAGNUS LONGIPES. Wm. Fal- coner, the editor of ‘‘Gardening,” and superintendent of the late Charles A. Dana’s ‘‘Dosoris Gardens,” says: ‘‘The \ tay ne shrub Eleagnus Longipes is one of my

dom. ee ee special favorites. I have grown it for

ae years and the longer I know it the better

STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY. This I like it. It is a native of Japan and be- is another fruit imported from Japan, longs to the olive family of plants, and supposed to be across of the strawberry is entirely hardy. Asa garden shrub it ‘and raspberry. It is a short, stocky grows to the height of five feet or more, growing plant, like a strawberry, which is bushy, broad and thrifty: plants begin sends up annua! stalks that produce fruit to fruit when two or three years old. and then die down in the winter. The The leaves are oval, oblong, green above, plants increase from root cuttings and silvery beneath, and last in good condi- suckers, like red raspberries. It fruited tion all summer long and are never dis- here this year. Seems to be a pretty figured by insect vermin. The flowers novelty, but not adapted for the com- are small, silvery yellow and borne in mercial grower. Berries red, and about great abundance, and are in full bloom the size of large raspberries. Flavor re- about the 6th to 10thof May. The fruit minds us of both its parents. Ten cents is oval, five eights of an inch long, very each; dozen, $1; hundred, $5. fleshy and juicy, bright red and droop-

JAPANESE MAYBERRY. Claimed 128 °2 slender pedicels on the under

to be a true cross of the Mayberry of eee! Be wigs aad oe

Japan and the Cuthbert raspberry. A aes itis Tipe about ay eae a i

stocky grower, but not hardy here. Said

: : would cranberries, and a delicious sauce to ripen before strawberries, and pro-

se : ; é it makes,especially for children. Indeed duces berries the size of red raspberries. I like it so well that I have planted it in

\. Three years old, 25c each; dozen, $2. our fruit garden as a standard crop, as LOGAN BERRY. (Blackberry-Rasp- one would currant:.” berry.) Said to be a cross of the wild Price, 2 years old, 20c; 3 years old, 25c; California blackberry and the Antwerp 4 years old, 30c, postage paid.

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DWARF JUNEBERRY. Not fruited with us, but said to resemble the swamp huckleberry and is a good substitute for that fruit, being of easy culture. The habit is similar to the currant, the bushes attaining the same size, and are literally loaded with fruit in June. The blossoms are large and composed of fine white petals, which with its bright,glossy,dark green foliage renders it one of the hand- somést ornamental shrubs. Fifteen cts. each dozen, $1.

BUFFALO BERRY. There is a man now living in this town who used to be with General John C, Fremont,the noted “Pathfinder,” when that distinguished gentleman traveled the mountains of the western part of the United States. He tells us that he has eaten Buffalo berries and dwarf Rocky mountain cherries all through those mountains. Upon learn- ing that we had a stock of plants of these fruits, he came to see them, and from him we learn that they are con- sidered valuable in the west. We were induced to get a stock of the buffalo berry by a friend going to Dakota and Wyoming on a government surveying expedition. Hesent us some branches, thinking we could graft them on the thornapple, with a note saying that the shrub grows all over the western moun- tains and is valuable for fruit. We pro- cured a stock of plants from a Wyoming

nurseryman and are able to say that the plants are good growers and entirely hardy. The leaves are silvery white in color and present a very fine appearance. It is said to grow to the height of ten to: fifteen feet. The berries are said to re- semble currants and to be borne in great profusion, hanging on the bush all winter. The flavor is very acid until. softened by frosts, when it is very pal- ateable and good for culinary purposes, like currants. Our plants are very well

rooted, being now three years old.

\yiwenty five cents each; $2.50 dozen.

DWARF ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY. The plants of this cherry re- semble dwarf willows in cane, and the leaves are also much like willow leaves. It is entirely hardy. The growth is dwarfish and they may be set together like currants. The fruit is black and as- large as ordinary red or black cherries.

It is borne in great profusion all along the canes, in among the leaves. While the flavor is no better than other black cherries, I consider it valuable for pies and sauce, and for this reason the dwarf rocky mountain cherry will be given a place among other desirable novelties. It was a sight to see the load of fruit on. our plants the past seasuun.

Twenty-five cents each ;

per dozen, $2.50.

ROSES.

The rose blossoms when strawberries ripen, and I suppose that is one reason

why it is my favorite flower.

We have lots of them all through the summer, and

everybody enjoys them. They may easily be grown outdoors if the following vari- eties are planted Set the plants in moist, rich soil and prune quite severely every

spring. need be no failure.

YELLOW RAMBLER. (See illustra- tion.) This is a new rose of the climbing sort, now introduced for the first time. The growth is very vigorous, often mak- ing, in well established plants, ten feet in one season. It is quite hardy, endur- ing zero weather without protection. It is of the same habit as Crimson Rambler, the flowers being borne in immense clus- ters. The color is decidedly yellow. The blossoms are of moderate size and are very sweetly scented ; it lasts three to four weeks without fading. Plants from 24-inch pots, 25c each, one year old, 50c.

CRIMSON RAMBLER. This is a very vigorous grower, often making ten feet in one season. It is enormously prolific

Cover with boards and straw on the approach of cold weather and there Our plants are two years old unless otherwise noted.

of blooms, 480 buds and blossoms being counted on oneshoot. Itis entirely hardy and should be in every dooryard, climb-- ing over the porch.

30 cents each.

AMERICAN BEAUTY. Enormous buds and full flowers. Color, a deep, glowing carmine.

COQUETTE DES ALPES. Large, white, always double, sometimes faintly tinged with pink; a free bloomer.

EARL OF DUFFERIN. The finest dark red rose; rich, brilliant, velvety, crimson, shaded dark maroon, beautifully formed and highly scented.

28 We dig plants fresh; ship atonce; liberal count; rectify all errors.

MADAME PLANTIER. The ceme- tery rose. Flowers medium size, full, sweet, and produced in great numbers. The purest white known in roses. En- tirely hardy and blooms very early.

MAGNA CHARTA. Color, a clear, rosy red, beautifully flushed with violet crimson. Flowers extra large and very double. Very fragrant and a profuse bloomer.

MRS. JOHN LAING. Splendid size and full. Color clear, deep pink: fra- grance delightful; blooms first season.

PAUL NEYRON. The very largest of all roses. Color very bright, clear rose, deepening to crimson; fragrant and a iree bloomer.

PRINCE CAMILLE DEROHAN. The darkest and richest of the red-black roses.

VICK’S CAPRICE. A striped rose of glossy pink, dashed and flamed with white and carmine.

“BALTIMORE BELLE. One of the finest climbing roses. Color white; me- dium in size and a free bloomer.

QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE. A very valuable climbing rose. Pale pink in color and a profuse bearer.

GENERAL JACQUEMINOT. Best known and most admired of all crimson roses.

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GENERAL WASHINGTON. Brilliant ual roses is 30ceach; $3 per dozen. The ; crimson flowers of full, broad form; dozen may be all different kinds if de- blooms constantly. sired. Postage paid.

Spray Pumps and Spraying.

Nearly every one is now familiar with the practice of spraying plants with various insecticides and fungicides for the prevention of injury by insects and fungous diseases. It has been estimated by competent authorities that over $300,000,000 worth of crops are annually destroyed by insects and fungi in the United States. But by proper spraying a large part of this immense loss can be prevented,

The spraying should be done by means of a spray pump, many styles of which are on the market. To do satisfactory work in spraying, one must have a first ‘class outfit. The pump must have its working parts made of brass, as the fungicides soon corrode iron or tin. The nozzle must be of good quality, it must throw a fine, mist like spray, and if it will also throw a solid stream, so much the better for its general utility. The kind of spraying outfit which should be selected will depend entirely upon the kind and amount of work to be done. For washing buggies and windows, watering flowers, spraying a few fruit and shade trees, and for general use about a home, a small pump to fit into an ordinary bucket is very | convenient. Such a pump isshown in Fig. 1 ‘he price being only $3.50. For f general garden and vineyard work, the knapsack pattern is perhaps the best, while | for spraying orchards a larger pump placed on an oil or whiskey barrel should be : purchased. L

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scale insects and chicken mites is kerosene emulsion, made by mixing kerosene with hot soap suds, thoroughly churned together, and then diluting with water. It has been very dif- ficult however, to make a satisfactory emulsion, and this fact has prevented its general use. But there has now been perfected three styles of spray pumps, which make the emulsicn in the act of pumping. One of these pumps isshown in Fig. 2. The kerosene and water are placed in separate vessels, both of which connect with the cylinder, so that during the pumping both kero sene and water are forced through the pump and | out the nozzle. During the pumping the oiland water become so thoroughly mixed together that the mixture is equivalent to an emulsion. The proportion of oil is controlled by a valve which connects with an indicator on top of the oil reservoir shown in Fig. 3. By simply turn- ing the indicator to the desired per cent. mark any proportion of oil may be obtained. For most purposes fifteen per cent. of oil should be used. This strength will kill the insects and not damage the foliage in any way. The perfecting

Fig. 3. of these kerosene sprayers greatly facilitates the killing of insect pests. lish a full catalogue of spray pumps and nozzles which we will send to any of our

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should be in the hands of every one interested in fruits and vegetables. L. J. FARMER,

Pulaski, N. Y.

30 Here are a few unsolicited testimonials received the past year.

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ARKANSAS. WINSLOW, Ark, July 12, 1897. You are to be congrat'.lated on your cata- logue, not fur the beautiful pictures, but for common selse information. Please mail me ‘Farmer on the strawberry.” Enclosed stamps 25c. forsame. G. W. M.

KANSAS GREN4 DA, May 31, 1897. Order No. 4408 was received in good cond’- tion and I seeno reason why they should not grow well. There was big extra count on everything, and 30 Hilborn extra. Trusting that we may trade in the future, [ am truly yours, L.C, C.

OVERBROOK, May 1, 1897. My order, No, 4020, arr.ved in good condition and plants are very fine. Ale lets

IOWA. een ca: Reet 1, 1897. Plants received all O. K Be Hee

mane April 12, 1897.

Plants received on the 3rd—order No. 4048— allin fine cundition and are doing well, ex- eepting the Gien Mary. Are the asparagus - plants you sent two years old? I never saw -finer plants than the cnes you sent me, I mean tLe strawberry p‘ants. Oneof my neighb« rs who gets potted plants of Henderson cam2 over when [ was setting them out. He Said they were better plunts than his, W.H.H.C.

PENNSYLVANIA. Montr-)se, Sept. 9. 1897 Last spring I got one thou-and HAilborn plants of you, which I have cultivated. ‘fhey have grown fine and look well. Which will pay best, strawberries or black caps? I have o- eacre T want to set in the spring. Willtake your advice if you will tell me. Gass

SCRANTON, May 4, 1897. Your plants came to hand to-day. Iam well wleased with same, as they are good, strong pants. IJ shall want more plants in the fall and you may “eel sure I wont forget 5

SCOTTDALE, May 13, 1897. Got the strawberry piants. Mice asl ever got. COBEColG,

RUBLE, May 2. 1897. Currants that I bought of you were delivered in good shape. They ail grew and are now bearing. Jam very much pleased with them, They are all true to name. J,M.S.

CANADA. ONY4R:0, fay 15, 189". I received your plants three weeks ag) in gvod order and they areall growing. J.S.W.

MIAMI, Manitoba, March 30, 1897. Please send ime one packet of your Horly Leader Tomato seed. for which enclosed find -25e, L found them fully three weeks eailier tban «ny | have yet used. They are well suited to this c.imate. Mrs. H. D.

NEw BRUNSWICK, May 15, 1897. Strawberry plants csme ty hand in good order anc we are well pleased with them, Mrs. W.J. M.

TENNESSEE WOODBURY, July 4d, 1897.

I was very much pleased with the quality of the plunts you sent me. They ure ihe finest jooking plants that I ever received from any source, Wrasse

UTAH MoROnlt, May 25, 1897. The strawberry plants I ordered from you arrived bere onthe 23d. Of the 50 Belle, 19

were deed. The 50 Parker Earle were all right. INS ti Be

NEW JERSEY. Mr. HOLLY, May 11, 1897. The plants came to hand yesterd 4y in good

condition. A great deal better plants than I

got from some other parties. a. Lames

METUCHEN, June 5, 1897. I received the plants O. K. in good condition. Am very much pleased with the Hilborn piants. I don’t think I have lost a dozen, and some have berries on them now. W. HLF.

CLIFFWOOD, April 26, 1897. The plants came to hand OU. K. Thursdn y. H. Van C.

LYONS FALLS, May 11, 1897. The Gandy Belles ordered from you camein good shape iu fact they were the best straw- berry plants rece'ved from any nurseryman this spring, and I sent orders for p!ants to no less than four different firms. Ina word, those plants looked ready for business. If you con- tinue to send out such stock, you need not

worry about your future success. AG: B:

DENNEVILLE, May 10, 1897 The strawberry plants and grape vines ar- rived in good condition. Am well nleased with them. He DG.

LOUISIANA. HILL SPRINGS. May 27, 1897. The p.ants, No. 4349, were received in good Order. Mrs. DeWitt S.

HAMMOND, May 14, 1897. Plants arrived in good shape. ne a: M,

CALIFORNIA. SANFRANCISCO, Noy.17,97. Tue Columbian rasoberries yousent me have made a growth of about J0 feet, with pienty of laterals. Tie Gregg pas made as fine a grovth as I ever saw on a black cap. F. D. M.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 1897.

The plants were in fine condition, and al- though in the ground but two days are put- ting fcrth leaves. F, D. M.

NOVA SCOTIA. TRuURO. May 22. 1897. Received plants to-day, all in tte best of order. They look fine, J.C. B, & Son.

NESDRASKA., BASSETT, April 19, 1897. Plants received and sect out. They were all splendid plants,except the Edgar Queen. A. nee

WASHINGTON. SoutvH PARK, May 29,’ The plants came in splendid shape, eae che grape vine. As Melis

OHIO, SoutH WARSAW, April 19, 1897. I received the plants in good condition and many thanks for the same. Yi; He

IDAHO. WALLACE, May 14, 1897. Of the Parker Earle, two are -ot living, but

there were three extra plants sent, so will not

ask you to replace those. Cc. W.B

MISSOURI. WELLESVILLE. May 18, 1897. Your piants arrived all right and all grew* except the two Juneberries. Was ie K,

MAINE. TURNER CENTER, June 12, 1897

Enclosed please find $1.63 for the strawberry plants. They were very nice and every oneis now growing like grass. 1 am much obliged to you for sending the plants right ie

MICHIGAN. MATTESON, March 24, 1897.

I received your catalogue for 1897. 1 think it a very nice, instructive and reliablv vatu- able book, and prize it hignly. . MC:

MISSISSIPPI, BROOKSVILLE, Nov. 20. ‘97. Plants received by to-day’s mail. Thanks, Mrs. M. E. B.

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**Planet Jr.’’ Garden Tools.

Space will not permit illustrating and describing all of the ‘Planet Jr.” tools, but we will gladly send a fully illustrated catalogue to any who desire it; and we can supply promptly anything ordered. “Planet Jr.” goods are standard machines, the beston the market, In sending your order to us you can rely on getting bottom prices.

The “Planet Jr.”? Double Wheel Hoe.

Tbousands of farmers and gardeners who own thie tool save its cost One or more times every year, tor in an onion field and among many other cro;s, One van do more an”? better work with it than six men with ordinary hoes. It is invaluable for all market garden crops. The wh eis are only ten inches high, as a high wheel is wrong for a wheel koe, since the wheels «zie . simply depth regulators, not lad carriers.

The‘ Planet Jr.” double wheel h:e will straddle plents eighteen inches high ard finish rows from six to eighteen ‘neches apart, at one passage.

0" Price, $6.

'To accommodate those who have litt'e work but hoeing, we cfier the ma- chine, with hoes only, under tne name ot i="“Planet Jr.’ Plain

: Double Wheel Hoe, at $3.50. The other parts can be added at any time, and will be found to fit.

The “Planet Jr.”? No. 8 Horse Hoe.

Probab'y no otber cultivating machine is so widelv known asthe ‘Planet Jr.” combined horse hoe and culti- vator. for it isin use throughout the civilized worid. It is so strongly built as 10 withstand incredible strain, yet it is light and easy to handle. Every part is perfected t make the tool acceptable to the intelligent farmer. who knows the best is always the cheapest. [2 Price, $8.00, Without Depth Regulator, $7.50.

THE “PLANET JR.” NO. 5 HORSE HOE.

This tool is similar to the number eight horse hoe, but it has a plain wheel inst 2ad of one operated by a convenient Jever.

& Price, $6.75.

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The “Planet Jr.” 12-Tooth Strawberry Cul- ° tivator and Harrow. \i

This comparatively new tcol has rapidly grown into favor with market gardeners and strawberry growers. It is carefully made and finished, has a high fiaie and the chisel-shape teeth cut an inch wide each, and may be : worn down three inches before y 4 that width ‘s ‘essened or the P teeth worn out: even then they are cheapiy repaced, Jt may pe set with teeth trailing by

simply changing one bolt in each Le 4 » plone a

tooth. The foot lever pulverizer p be ip Li 2 D ay ee” We SS

is a capital addition for prepar- “—===" ’ Ga ff... ff 4 BP Sects: ing ground for the seed drill or re) Ve her Tae

for plant setting. Hand levers = ee regulate both width and depth while in moti2n; it contracts to 12 inches, and may be further ‘-educed in width by taking off che outside teeth ; it expands to 32 inches. It cultivates deep without throwing earth upon the plants, and the smooth, round thro ited teeth turn strawberry runners without injuripg them, (2 Price, plain, $5.40; with wheel, $6.65; complete, $8.

32 Our references: P. M., Bank, Exp. Agt. or any Pulaski merchant.

The “Planet Jr.” No.4 Combined Hill Dropping Seeder and Single Wheel Hoe, Culti- vator, Rake and Plow.

Weall know that a garden seed sower that does not drop in hills is fast becoming a thing of the past, for there are few now who do not wish to p'ant beans, beets, spinach, salsify, carrots, turnips aud parsoips in hills. All crops that are to be grown from seed and then thinned to a regular stand, should be planted in hills and at just the distance apart the plants are desired; for in drili- ing, unless the seed issown unnecessarily thick, there will not always be a plant at the proper spot and the crop is therefore irregular. This ~% ‘reaps thit now-a-da’s a seed “aa SOwer Should drop in hills and at almost every distance apart. The new No. 4 “Planet Jr.” drops at 6.9,12,18 and 36 inches _ gE : apart, and also beautifully in _ a j ; LA a continuons row. It drops

: witho lt injury,can be changed from bill to -jril! cr from one distauce to another very quickly. The drili is quickly detached and the tool frame substituted It then becomes the most admirable single wheel hoe of the ‘Planet Jr.” family. ["P:ice, Complete, $10. As Drill Only,$7%7. As Wheel Hoe Only, $6.

& The “Planet Jr.” Single Wheel Hoe.

This wheel hoe is considerably lighter than tbe double, but does almost the same variety of work, being used mostly between the rows, yet it can be used to hoe beih sides at once, while the plants are small, by placing the w heel at one side of the frame.

‘ All rows from six to eighteen inches apart can be hoed at one passage. Tae frame is quickly raised or lower2d to regulate depth,and the wheel has an extra broad tace. $"Price, $4.50. To supply a demand for a cheap single wheel hoe, we offer this mach ne (plain with thre hoes only] [At $2.75, and the other attachments can be added at any time and will be found to fit. =—

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THE “FIRE-FLY” SINGLE WHEEL HOE, CULTI- VATOR AND PLOW.

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“FARMER ON THE STRAWBERRY.”

A complete practical treatise, especially adapted for bezinners; p-ice 25¢c each, or free with orders of $1.00 or more.

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Oswego Go. Fruit Growers Ass'n. A meeting of this association was held

at Oswego, December 17th. The straw- berry is the most important special crop

grown in Oswego county and meetings of the association are always interesting. The last meeting was especially interest- ing. Nearly 300 growers were present. The following addresses were given and discussions followed,—‘‘ History of the Oswego County Strawberry Business,” ‘‘Reminiscences of the Strawberry Business,” ‘‘ Yield vs Acres,” ‘‘ How to Manage Fifty Acres of Strawberries,” ‘* How to Grow Large Crops of Atlan- tics,” ‘‘ How to Grow Fancy Marshalls,” ‘“The Origin of the Garden Strawberry,” ‘Report of the Annual Strawberry Show,” ‘‘Some Experiments with Fer- tilizers,” ‘‘ History of the Strawberry Crate.”

The following interesting points were brought out: It cost Dr. Johnson only $24 per acre to get his fifty acres up to the first winter. L. B. Babcock was the first man to plate berries and it has al- ways paid him. He got $750 from an acre in war time. Wm. Adams and Henry Barton were the first men to offer strawberries on the market. In 1859 Mr. Barton, his father and the hired man came to Oswego with a load of vegeta- bles and ten quarts of strawberries. At 9 A. M. the vegetables were sold but there were still six quarts of berries un- sold and it took the three till sundown to dispose of the balance, they having to canvass the entire West Side of Oswego in order to do it. Wm. Adams was even less successful and failing in dis- posing of the few quarts by the quart, he peddled them out to the clerks in the stores by the piece. Russell Quonce gets nearly 200 crates of Atlantics per acre and the price averages about $5.00 per crate. Two years ago, they sold for as high as $9.00 per crate (86 qts), Frank Tice gets large crops of Marshalls by careful culture and scientific manuring. He is able to dispose of quite a many quarts by putting up in fancy boxes six quarts tothe box. These he sells for $1.50 per box. ‘is Marshalls sell on the general market some 5 to 10 cents above common sorts and he is able to secure as high as 10000 qts. to the acre sometimes. Jerry Heagerty said the first crates used in the county were heavy like tool chests with handles projecting at the ends so two men could take hold. They were made extra heavy of 14 inch stuff.

He called them ‘‘ Youthful Mountains.” As express messenger he was in the habit of dumping the empties into the 'river to get rid of them, and he after- | wards saw them used by farmers on the lake shore for hen coops. The baskets held two quarts and were made of quar- ‘ter-inch stuff. The next crate held 45

quarts.and following this came the Baker crate, which has done much towards pop- ularizing our berries on the general markets. He believed his own crate was a still greater improvement because lighter and cheaper. Mr. Adams shipped

the first berries from this county. They |

went by boat to Montreal and the first

shipment, about 80 quarts, netted him)

$22 in silver. A B. Dutton found that on old well-enriched soil,phosphoric acid gave the best results of any fertilizer. He secured of Bubach at the rate of 20,000 quarts to the acre. Geo. Davis

found that a fertilizer made up of the.

three elements generally paid the best,

but potash gave him the best results, and | the berries were larger and firmer. Jo-.

siah Rulison has prc v -d conclusively to

himself that it pays better to have a few | acres, not over three, and take care of |

them properly, rather than to spread over more acres and give them indif- ferent culture. great changes that had come about sinc: his first attempt at selling strawberries. in 1859. The local demand for the fruit is immense, and one town (Mexico) alone, shipped out 100.000 quarts to distant markets, the past seavon. Our berries

Mr. Barton spoke of the |

with the plants, how many lived, what success they had and so forth. These letters will be carefully preserved and the one who writes the best letter taking into consideration careful wording, originality, punctuation, spelling and improvement over the year before, will _be awarded a prize of $5.00 in gold. The next best can select plants from our catalogue to the amount of $3.00 and the next to the amount of $2.00. Ne neighbors of ours need apply and ne favoritism will be shown to any one. If we do not think that the contestants have properly complied with the require- ments, we will write them soon as they order. Thecontestants must not be over 17 years old at their last birthday. Please notice that the plants are all well rooted and are no; cuttings as offered last year.

No San Jose Scale.

| From the columns cof theCountryGen- tleman,. we Jearn that while New Jersey and some other states are afflicted with this pest, no scale has ever been found in any nursery of our state except on Long Island. In othr words. the New _ York nurseries may be truthfully said te | be deserving of a clean bill of health.

| In order to be sure that our plants are

go by iced cars to Boston. New York, | eo Philadeiphia, Chicago and many other | Clean. we made a personal examination places, and, as Mr. Adams said. it helps | of every variety we have growing and us all—the poor people who pick berries! furthermore made cuttings from every and work among the plants, the farmers | locality of our fru‘t farm and mailed

who grow them, and everybody else in our community. L. J. FARMER, Sec.

Free Plants to Ghildren. WE OFFER FOR 1898.

Six plants of strawberries (3 Brandy- wine, 3 Splendid) for 10 cents to pay ex- pense of digging. packing. advertising and postage. Orif the child wants to makea startin all the small fruits. we

will send six strawherries as above. 3.

Cuthbert, 3 Hilborn rasyberries. 3 Snyder blackberries, 3 Tavlor blackberries, 3

Fay currants, 3 Houghton gooseberries, |

3 Concord grapes, for 50 cents. All these plants will be securely labe'ed and packed soas to goany distance and arrive in perfect condition.

Gonditions.

Every young person who receives this collection and competes for the prize must write us a letter with their own hand about their home and their people

and tell anything interesting about their |

surroundings. They must tell their parents that they have sent to us for the plants and we would like to have them speak to their teacher about it. In one year we wish to hear from them again, this time telling about their experience

them to Dr. J. A Lintner, of Albany, N. Y., for inspection We guarantee every plant grown and sold by us this season to be absolutely free of San Jose Scale. Here is the letter from Dr. Lintner:

OFFICE OF STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. ; ALBANY, Jan. 14 1898.

Dear Mr. Farmer:— Your. of the 11th inst, to- ge'her with the bundle of culting=, came duly tohand [haveexamined the cuttings care- | fully and found, I am happy to state, no traces | of the San Jose Scale. Tne twigs of Eleagnus Longipes were well stocked witn plant lice, but otherwise all the cuttings were free from In- /sect pests. Yours Truly, J. A. Lintner.

Grates and Baskets. Nothing in the strawberry business | has changed so much as have the crates and baskets. From the heavy tool chests 'we have evoluted finally to the light, -airy crates of the present day. The Baker crate formerly sold for $2.50 and | when I first went into the business they cost $1.00 each. Now you can get one of Heagerty’s crates filled with baskets for about half this. Secure your crates before the rush of the berry business is on. Write us for information, stating the style, the number wanted, etc. We guarantee to supply you with good crates cheaper than any other manufac-- turer of crates. L. J. FARMER.

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THE MAPLEWOOD FRUIT FARM. LL. J. FARMER, Prop., PULASKI, - OSWEGO CO., N. Y.

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With Root’ s Home Rep’y Outfits for half-svliog and rep’g boots, shoes, rubbers,tinware,etc. No. 1, 40 it» ms,$3; No. 2, 321 items, $2. Send for free ce atalog these and ‘Root’ 8 Simplicity Process for home rep’g, carpenter and bl»cksmith tools,ete, Agts wanted, Root Bros.Co.BoxF,Ply wouth, 0.

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I ¢'Y For Largest & Finest Display of ef STRAWBERRIES * Gf] \NORLDS FAIR: CHICAGO

This exhibit consists of sixty-eight varieties of Strawberries admirably selected displayed. It is especially meritorious for the typical character of the samples shown, thus af students and ohservers an excellent opportunity for the comparison of varieties. | he a oe

[Signed] CHAS. W. GARFIELD, Individual Ju

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Approved: JOHN Boyp THACHER, Chairman Executive Committe on Aware Dated April 18, 1894. ; . . Pulaski Democrat Print

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