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Catalog,

Season of 19 2 1

C. M. HURLBURT, Proprietor Fairbury Nebraska

Fairbury Nurseries

Progressive Everbearing

SEED POTATOES

We are now prepared to furnish our customers with first-class seed potatoes and would be pleased to receive a trial order from you. The necessity for changing seed often is universally admitted by all well posted growers, especially when the best seed can be had, at so little ad- ditional outlay. Owing to the perishable nature of seed potatoes and the unsettled condition of all markets, prices are made subject to market changes, and conformation of order on receipt of same.

Extra Early Ohio

Extra Early Ohio — (Red River Grown) — This is without doubt the most popular early potato in the country. We have more calls for it than any other variety. Everyone knows what it is and that it can be relied upon for an early market variety in almost any locality. They are smooth, clean, and free from prongs and scabs They grow stronger and more vigorous, matur- ing the crop in shorter time and yielding much more than home-grown seed, so there is the ut- most satisfaction in planting them. Potato growers in the South will have their crop ready for market from ten days to two weeks earlier if our Red River Valley Ohios are planted. This variety is sometimes sold under the name of Early Six Weeks Potato. It will pay you to change your seed this year and plant a few acres of our selected stock of Ohios.

Price: 3 lbs. postpaid, 50c; by express or freight, pk., 70c; bu., $2.70; 3 bu. or barrel, $8.00.

Bliss Extra Early Triumph

This is considered the earliest of all pota- toes and is the leading early potato of all Southern States. We are all familiar with it as sold at the grocery stores, when the first NEW POTATOES are shipped in. It is at least a week earlier than the Early Rose and the Early Ohio.

The tubers are of a handsome appearance, being almost round and most uniform in shape and size, with slightly depressed eyes, which are mostly on the seed end. The skin is of a pretty light red color, while the flesh is of the purest white, both raw and when cooked. Its beautiful appearance, wonder- ful productiveness and superior table qualities

make this potato a favorite for the early market, wherever introduced.

Price: 3 lbs. postpaid, 50c; by express or freight, pk., 70c; bu., $2.70; 3 bu. or barrel, $8.C

Irish Cobbler

An excellent extra early variety, maturing good sized tubers 7 weeks from the time of planting It has also the remarkable characteristic of producing very few, if any, small pota- toes, all the tubers being of marketable size. The vines are short, of upright growth, so that the hills may be only a short distance apart. Skin is clean and smooth, flesh is pure white and of excellent quality, always cooking dry and mealy. The Irish Cobbler enjoys the distinction of being the only variety that is planted more extensively on Long Island (New York) than any other potato. In this locality I find them to do better than any variety I have ever tried out.

Price: 3 lbs. postpaid, 50c; by express or freight, pk., 70c; bu., $2.70; 3 bu. or barrel, $8.00.

^w**<*t C0£lfj Yellow Jersey and Nancy Hall — Small potatoes suitable for seed.

JWCCl i UlctlU OCcU Price: 5 lbs., postpaid, 75c; by express, 8 cents per lb.

CUSTOMER TO PAY EXPRESS OR FREIGHT ON POTATOES

1921 ORDER SHEET 1921

FAIRBURY NURSERIES

G. M. Hurlburt, Prop. Fairbury, Neb.

All remittances by Postoffice Order, Express Money Order, Bank Draft and Registered Letter at my risk. Do not send money in ordinary letters without registering it — it is not safe.

ALL POSTOFFICE MONEY ORDERS must be made out on Fairbury, Nebraska.

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VERY IMPORTANT — No difference how often you have written us always give your Full Address and write your Name, Postoffice, County and State very plainly. By so doing you will save much trouble and avoid the possibility of delay and mistake in filling your orders.

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Friends and Customers

Just a word to you. We wish to express our sincere thanks to you for the generous patron- age you have accorded us in the past and to assure you of our careful and painstaking handling of any business you may entrust to us this season. Prices are somewhat higher this year and there are a few kinds of trees that we are unable to furnish this season. This is owing to the fact that apple, cherry and plum seed and seedlings are imported by all nurserymen from foreign countries — France and Germany — and as war conditions prevented their importation we have been unable to grow trees in large quantities as in former years, and of some kinds, none at all. Then, too, the scarcity of labor and high wages has added to the cost of pro- duction But we assure you we have made our price to you as low as we possiblv can. We are not profiteers; instead, we are continuing a business which, under existing conditions, yields us a very small profit, and we are doing this so you may obtain the fruits and flowers which are so essential to and add so much to the value of your home and lands. And with this purpose in view, we have prepared our catalogue as heretofore, giving you descriptions and prices of such stock as we have on hand, so that you may make such selections as you desire.

WHAT WE DO

We cultivate our trees in the most thorough manner and dig with the best improved tree digger, thus getting good length of roots.

We guarantee all trees, vines and plants to be in good, healthy and growing condition when they leave our packing rooms.

In packing we use paper lined boxes or bales, using plenty of wet moss and straw, thus

preventing our stock from becoming dry in transit ; we make no charge for bales or boxes.

While we take the best of care, in filling orders with stock true to name, should a mis- take occur we will be responsible only for the original cost of the stock.

We usually commence shipping in the fall, October 15th, and in the spring, about March 10th. We can, however, ship a greater portion of our stock any time during the winter from

our frost-proof cellars; by this plan we can accomodate our customers who live in the South.

On receipt of an order we notify the customer at once by card ; if after a reasonable length of time you do not hear from us, write again ; sometimes letters go astray.

In filling orders we send varieties called for as far as possible ; for those varieties we are out of we substitute others in their place, equally as good, unless you write us not to sub- stitute.

We ship over the St. Joseph & Grand Island, the C., R. I. & P., and the B. & M. Railroads ; over the American Express Company and by parcel post.

' TERMS

In ordering always give age or size and price of stock wanted ; please be very particular in writing your name and address plainly.

Send cash with order, or good bank reference ; if you wish stock sent C. O. D. by express, send one-fourth cash with order ; we will then ship it and you can pay balance due to your express agent on receipt of stock.

All remittances should be made payable to C. M. Hurlburt. Send by Postoffice or Express Money Order, Bank Draft, Check or Registered Letter. For amounts less than one dollar you may send one and two-cent stamps.

Our references are First National Bank or any business man in Fairbury, Neb.

SPECIAL OFFERS

We sell 5 trees at 10 rates, 50 trees at 100 rates, 500 trees at 1,000 rates.

On all cash orders, at prices in this catalog, sent us before March 1, 1921, we will allow 5 per cent discount. This offer is to induce you to order early.

Please notice that no discount is allowed after March 1st. We make no deviation from this rule.

We prepay the freight to any railroad station in the United States, on single or club orders, for plants or trees amounting to $10.00 or more, provided the full amount of the order is sent before shipment is made ; should you prefer to have a $10.00 order or more sent by express we will prepay as much on the expressage as the freight would amount to.

Do not make the mistake of making out a $10 order, reducing from that amount the discount and due bill, and expect the freight to be prepaid. To secure prepaid freight, the order or total amount of club orders ihust be $10.00 or more, net.

Sometimes our railroad agents here fail to collect enough freight charges from us on prepaid shipments ; should your agent require you to pay additional charges in such a case, send us the receipt he gave you and we will return the money to you.

SUGGESTIONS TO PLANTERS

Never buy trees of a traveling tree agent. As a rule they are not trustworthy, and will charge from two to ten times what the tree is worth.

Buy direct from some reliable nursery or from a local nursery agent whom you know to be honest. By this plan you will save money and have a source of redress in case there is anything wrong with your order. . .

It is a good plan to send in your order early, while the nursery’s list of varieties is complete. Another thing, if you wait until late in the season, chances are that you will be so rushed with work that you will neglect to order at all, and thus lose a year’s growth on your orchard.

As soon as trees are received the boxes and bundles should be unpacked and the roots of the trees soaked in a barrel or tank of water for twenty-four hours before planting; don’t leave them in the water longer than this. If you are not ready to plant at once they may be heeled in moist earth well packed around the roots. . .

In preparing ground plow deep and pulverize the soil well before planting. Dig holes large enough so that roots of trees will have plenty of room; in planting fill holes two-thirds full of loose soil, working it well among the roots as put in, then firm as solid as you can with the foot; fill remainder of hole with water; after it has soaked away fill up the holes with more earth and do not firm it.

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FAIRBURY NURSERIES-^FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA

The first fruit in importance is the apple. Its period of ripening, unlike that of other fruits, extends nearly' or quite through the year. By making judicious selections of summer, autumn and winter sorts, a constant succession can easily be obtained of this indispensable fruit for family use. .

If apples are planted at the rate of fifty trees per "acre, rows of peach trees can be planted between the apples, which, growing more quickly than the apple trees, soon protect them from the winds and thus prove a great benefit to them. After eight or ten years of productiveness, as the space is needed for the apples, the peach trees may be removed, leaving the orchard better for the protection, and at the same time having yielded the planter a large return for his outlay and labor.

We would advise you in planting an apple orchard to select those varieties whieh have proven hardy and productive in our western country. We give a brief description of varieties which we consider best suited for Kansas and Nebraska.

PRICES, BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

5

to 7 feet.

3 years.

extra

fine trees .

$7.50

$70.00

4

to 5 feet,

2 years.

well

-branched. ,.

5.50

50.00

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to 4 feet,

2 years.

well

branched

4.00

35.00

2

to 3 feet, 2 years, partly

branched

30

2.50

20.00

1

to ,2 feet, 1

year

20

1.75

15.00

PARCEL POST PRICES

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

1

to 2 feet, 1

year

$0.25

$2.00

$17.50

2

to 3 feet

... .35

3.00

25.00

3

4.50

40.00

4

to 5 feet

6.00

55.00

Summer Varieties

Carolina Red June. Tree hardy, upright, early bearer, shoots slender, foliage dark, col- qr red, almost black in sun, fruit medium, form variable, surface smooth with minute dots.

Duchess of Oldenburg. Tree rather poor in nursery, but has proven one of the best for the North; fruit large, surface smooth, waxen yel- lofw ground covered with bright carmine stripes; sour; one of the very best for cook- ing; very productive. August.

Early Harvest. Fruit medium size, greenish yellow; tender and juicy. First to ripen in July.

Yellow Transparent. One of the earliest ap- ples. Fruit is medium large, smooth, trans- parent. Skin is clear white, turning pale yel- low when ripe. Flesh white, fine grained, aromatic, and of splendid quality. Tree is vigorous, good bearer. Two-year-old trees frequently produce fruit. Succeeds well in all Eastern states, and should be planted in all cold climates. Succeeds well on thin soils. Ripens in early August. Its hardiness, vigor and early bearing commend it to planters.

Fall Apples

Wealthy. A variety highly valued for its extreme hardiness at the far North. Tree is a thrifty grower and a good bearer. Fruit medium, roundish, skin is smooth, mostly covered with dark red, flesh white, fine grained, juicy, sub-acid, good quality. Will keep till- January. Extra good sort and splen- did dessert and cooking apple. This is one of the few most 'desirable varieties for Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska, as well as the eastern and middle states.

Jonathan. Beautiful tree, good grower, fruit full medidm1, fair producer, color dark, shaded to almost black in the sun, fruit drops in dry season. November and December, but can be kept until April.

Delicious

Winter Apples

Ben Davis (New York Pippin). Fruit me- dium to large, round, skin yellowish, splashed and striped and almost covered with red, flesh white, tender, moderately juicy, sub-acid; an excellent variety ; tree very hardy, a free grow- er, coming into bearing early and very produc- tive; it blooms late in the spring, thereby often escaping late frosts; very popular in the West and Southwest. December to March.

Delicious. Fruit is large, with the surface almost covered with a most beautiful, brilliant dark red, blending to golden yellow at the blossom end. In quality it is unsurpassed, in flavor it is sweet, slightly touched with acid, but only enough so as to make it all the more pleasing, with an aroma delightfully fragrant. The flesh is fine grained, crisp, juicy, melting and withal delicious. In keeping quality it ranks with the best, coming out of storage in March and April in perfect condition. Tree is very hardy. Delicious originated twenty years ago at Peru, Madison Co., Iowa, by the late Jesse Hiatt, and on his farm the original tree still flourishes, bearing annual crops of beauti- ful fruit.

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Winesap. Too well known to require a de- scription. Tree hardy ' almost wherever planted, early bearer and profitable; tree in- clined to overbear, causing fruit to be under- sized ; color red, sometimes almost black ; flesh almost yellow, firm and crisp; one of the best. November to May.

N. W. Greening. A greenish yellow of large size. Very juicy and sub -acid. A good cooker and a splendid keeper. The tree is hardy and a very strong grower. It does not come into bearing very early, but it pays well for itself after it does come into bearing. It is a reli- able tree and the fruit finds ready sale.

Gano. The fruit is bright red on yellow ground (no stripes) ; large ; oblong, tapering to the eye ; surface smooth, polished ; dots mi- nute ; basin shallow, sometimes deep ; eye large, cavity deep, brown in color; stem me- dium to long; core medium. Season, January to April. Tree healthy, vigorous, hardy; an early annual and prolific bearer.

Grimes’ Golden. Tree upright and hardy, fruit full, color golden yellow when ripe, me- dium to large, quality sub-acid, mild and melt- ing; valuable in any orchard.

Crab Apples

The improvements in the varieties of Crab Apples have kept pace with the other kinds of fruit. A few years ago it was only thought fit for cider, jelly and preserves, but there are vari- eties now that command good prices in the market for dessert purposes; especially is this true of the Whitney. Besides being useful they are very ornamental when in bloom and when bur- dened with their load of highly colored fruit.

Whitney No. 20. A large crab, to 2

inches in didmeter. Skin smooth, glossy green, striped with red. Flesh firm, juicy and flavor very pleasant. A fair dessert apple, and one of the best for cider and vinegar. Tree a great bearer and very hardy. Really deserves a place in our apple list. There are few early varieties of so much merit. One of the best for northern states. Ripens in August.

Transcendent. Fruit medium, brownish red and handsome. Excellent for jelly and pre- serves. Good grower and immense bearer. September.

Golden Beauty. Very large and handsome ; fine amber or golden yellow color.

PRICES, BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS

Per 1 Per 10

5 to 6 feet, 3 years, fine trees- .$0.85 $8.00

4 to 5 feet, 2 years, well branched .65 6.00

3 to 4 feet, 2 years, well branched .50 4.50

2 to 3 feet, 2 years, partly

branched 40 3.50

PARCEL, POST PRICES

Each Per 10

2 to 3 feet $0.45 $4.00

3 to 4 feet 55 5.00

4 to 5 feet .70 6.50

PEARS

Pears being upright growers, may be planted twenty feet apart each way. They should be trained to branch as near the ground as possible; the first four years’ planting, the top leaders should be cut out and thus compel them to form a bushy top. Dwarf pears come into bearing four years after transplanting and standards not until the eighth year.

PRICES, BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS

5 to 7 feet. Standard, 3 years, extra fine

4 to 6 feet, Standard, 2. years, well branched

3 to 4 feet. Standard, 2 years, branched

4 to 5 feet. Dwarf, 2 years

3 to 4 ieet, Dwarf, 2 years-

2 to 3 feet, Dwarf, 2 years-

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

...$1.00

$9.50

$90.00

... .85

8.00

75.00

... .60

5.50

50.00

- .85

8.00

75.00

... .60

5.50

50.00

... .50

4.50

40.00

PARCEL POST PRICES PEAR, STANDARD

Each Per 10

3 to 4 feet $0.70 $6.50

4 to 5 feet 95 9.00

PEAR, DWARF

Each Per 10

2 to 3 feet - $0.60 $5.50

3 to 4 feet 70 6.50

4 to 5 feet 95 9.00

Bartlett. Large size with often a beautiful

blush to the sun ; buttery, very juicy and high- ly flavored ; bears early and abundantly ; very popular. August.

Kieffer’s Hybrid. The pear was raised from seed from Chinese Sand Pear accidentally crossed with the Bartlett or some other kind grown near it. Tree has large, dark, green glossy leaves and is of itself very ornamental ; is an early and very prolific bearer; the fruit is of good quality, wonderfully showy and is

valuable for the table and market ; it never rots at the core, and is as nearly blight proof as is possible for any pear to be. September and October.

Flemish Beauty. Is large, beautiful, juicy, melting, rich and fine, good bearer, is hardy everywhere. August and September.

Duchess d’Angouleme. Very large, dull greenish yellow streaked and spotted with rus- set, flesh white, buttery and very juicy, with rich and very excellent flavor, on the quince, to which stock this variety seems well adapted"; it is always fine, the large and fine appearance of the fruit makes it a great favorite. Septem- ber and October.

Seckel. Small, skin rich yellowish brown when ripe, with a dull brownish red cheek, flesh very fine grained, sweet, is exceedingly juicy, melting, buttery, the richest, highest flavored pear known. August and September.

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PLUMS

ninm does best on a rich, well drained soil. The trees should be planted 16 feet apart. The plum does best on a , together, for they seem to produce larger crops in that

and it is welL£> P^P^^trS®S^teA^kme. Prune them so they will be low headed, and thS protert the (rStgfr6m wind storms which sometimes nlnv sad havoc with the fmlt whs* commencing to ripen.

Burbank Plum

German Prune. A large, long, oval variety much esteemed for drying, color dark purple, of very agreeable flavor. September.

Burbank. The best of all the Japan sorts of PRICES, BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS plums, nearly globular, clear cherry red, and

Perl Per 10 Per 100 with a thin lilac bloom. The flesh is deep yei

5 to 6 feet 3 rears low color, very sweet with a peculiar and very

fine trees $1.00 $9.50 $90.00 agreeable flavor, free, vigorous with strong^ up-

i 2 v«9rs right shoots, large, broad leaves , commences

well branched 85 8.00 75.00 to bear usually at two years. It Mowns late

3 to 4 feet, 3 years.... 60 5.50 50.00 and consequently more liable to escape the

late spring frosts. . . . -

PARCEL POST PRICES Lombard. Medium, round, oval, violet rea,

Per l....Per 10 juicy, pleasant and good, adheres to the stone,

3 to 4 feet .$0.70 $6.50 productive. A valuable market variety , onew

4 to 5 feet 95 9.00 the most hardy and popular. Last of August.

Prof. Hansen’s New Hybrid Plums

PRICES ON OPATA AND SAPA PLUMS Perl Per 10

4 to 5 feet, two year $1.00 $9.50

3 to 4 feet, two year 85 8.00

Sapa. Very fine, perfectly hardy new plum.- Professor Hansen’s description: ‘*The female parent is one of our

selected seedlings of the Western Sand Cherry (Prunus Besseyi) , favorite fruit of the Sioux Indians. The male parent, a large purple flesh Japanese plum originated by Luther Burbank, and by him named the Sultan. Sultan is of the Satsuma type and is perhaps a cross with some other species. The Sapa fruited first in 1907 on a tree cut back very severely for bud sticks. The tree is plum-like in habit; one-year trees in nursery have many fruit buds; the glossy, dark purple skin, and the rich dark purple red flesh of its Japanese sire. Sapa is Sioux Indian for Black. “As dark as the shades of evening ranked in the western heavens.”

Turning the branches of this tree back and exposing the long ropes of glossy blatek fruit to the rays of the sun, the background of brown smooth bark and the glossy dark green foliage, is certainly a pleasant sight and one to be remembered. The fruit is eatable and hangs on the tree

for more than three weeks. When it first commences to Sapa

mature, the skin is dark green and the flesh of the royal

purpie. The color of the skin and the flesh gr0wth, heading very low and of quite spread-

grad ually changes until it is as black as the ing habits. It forms fruit buds freely on one-

darkest midnight. The skin of this vnriGty is vGur-old shoot in nurserv and bears without

especially tender and practically disappears e^epSn Ihe next yea^ The color of the

with ordinary canning. This plum ^akes ex- flesh is green> flav0r very pleasant, combining

cellent preserves of. finest the spicy acids of the Sand Cherry with the

quality for eating fresh from the tree. rich sweetness of the Gold Plum. The plums

This Opata plum is a cross of the Dakota of this type are the earliest of any to mature.

Sand Cherry and the Gold Plum, a large Hy- PARCEL POST PRICES OF OPATA AND brid Japanese variety, originated by Luther SAPA Per 1 Per 10

Burbank and for which $3,000 was paid when 4 to 5 feet, two year....::..... $1.10 $10.00

first introduced. The Opata is vigorous in 3 to 4 feet, two year 95 9.00

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CHERRIES

A . great deal of attention is not? given to the growth of cherries in the West, and no well planted home orchard is complete without its proportion of cherry trees, and it is one of the most prolific of garden fruits. It will succeed in <any kind of soil that is not wet. It may be planted near the street, or used to line avenues as an ornament, and it will at the same time produce an abundance of delicious fruit. This may be eaten out of hand, preserved, or it will find a ready market at highly profitable prices, for shipping, canning, etc.

Our cherry treesrare budded on Mahaleb cherry stocks, which do not sprout from the roots. Care must be taken in planting that the trees are not planted too deep ; one inch deeper than where budded is deep enough; should they be planted deeper than this the tree will be liable to throw out roots above where budded, and these roots, if broken, will throw up sprouts or suckers.

Plant trees twenty feet apart, keep the main leaders headed back the first two years or three years after transplanting. By so doing you will have fine bushy tops near the ground, which will be of great advantage in picking the fruit.*

PRICES,; BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS

Per 1 Per 10

5 to 6 feet, 3 years $1.00 $9.50

4 to 5 feet, 2 years. , 85 8.00

3 to 4 feet, 1 year. .65 6.00

2 to 3 feet; 1 year...... .50 4.50

PARCEL POST PRICES

Perl Per 10

2 to 3 feet... ... -r $©.60 $5.50

3 to 4 feet....- .^;.r...:.. «... .75 7.00

4 to 5 feet............... 1.00 9.50

Large Montmorency. The best of the Mont- morency family and equal in value only by the Early Richmond. The Montmorency has all the good quality of the Early Richmond, but ripens two weeks later. The fruit is iden- tical with the Early Richmond. Some firms have put Large Montmorency out under a great many different names, but there is only one Large Montmorency and we have the true strain.

Early Richmond. The oldest and most reli- able cherry tree grown today. It has proven its excellence for generations for home and local consumption. There is nothing to take its place. It is of good size. Light red in color. Very juicy and acid flavor. It ripens about the first of June. It bears very heavy , and will, produce a crop oftener than any other

Early Richmond Cherries variety known. When in doubt plant the Early

Richmond, as it does best in all1 climates or

The Compass Cherry Plum on any soil-

The Compass Cherry-Plum originated with H. Knudson of Springfield, Minn., and is be- lieved to be a cross between the Western Sand Cherry and the Miner Plum. Its habit of growth is like the Miner, while the leaf, twig and bark very much resemble the Sand Cher- ry. It is a strong grower, and makes a very fine orchard tree. Fruit about an inch in di- ameter, and is as much a plum as it is a cherry. The shape is oblong and slightly flat- tened. The pit is between the ordinary Amer- ican plum and Early Richmond pit in shape and size. It has a flavor peculiar to itself, very palatable and rich. An immense and early bearer. Tree perfectly hardy as far north as Manitoba.

Per 1 Per 10 Per 100

2 to 3 feet trees $0.50 $4.50 $40.00

PARCEL POST PRICE

. Per 1 Per 10 Per 100

2 to 3 feet , .$0.55 $5.00 $45.00

QUINCE

Owing to the negligence of the cultivator, this valuable fruit is seldom seen in perfection, being mostly allowed to grow without the least attention or cultivation. The Quince re- quires good, deep soil, which should be clean and mellow, with an occasional dressing of manure and a sprinkling of salt; but does not

need severe pruning like many other varieties Champion

of fruit, a careful thinning out of the old de- 'PA'R.f,T5,T 'pusst* phtcf p , •

cayed wood will be sufficient. Keep a vigilant 2 to 3 fPfRCEE POST PRICE Ea«£ PJ!

search for the borer. % * * *235

PRICES, BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS Champion. Noticeable for its early bearing

_ . . . , „ , , Each Per 10 and superb appearance. Very large, mostly

3 to 4 feet, well branched — — $0.75 $7.00 oval; deep yellow; excellent quality. Tree very

2 to 3 feet, partly branched — .65 6.00 prolific and vigorous. A good keeper.

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BUDDED PEACHES

The peach tree requires a moderately rich, well drained soil, and in order to preserve the continued healthy growth of the tree and thus cause it to produce well matured fruit, its branches should be headed in each year..

Peach trees when planted alone should be set twenty feet apart, or they may be planted be- tween apple trees. Plant them deep enough so that the crook in the tree where they were budded is covered over with earth.

In Nebraska we cannot expect a full crop of peaches each year, owing to our cold winters, which kill the bloom buds; but if you can only get a full crop once in three years they will pay you better than any other crop that can be raised in Nebraska, cherries and strawberries excepted.

Below we give a short description of those varieties which we consider among the best, the greater number of which we have fruited in our own grounds.

PRICES, BY FREIGHT OR EXPRESS PARCEL, POST PRICES

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

.

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

4

to

5

feet

$0.75

$7.00

$65.00

2

to

3

feet....

$0.50

$4.50

$40.00

3

to

4

feet

.60

5.50

50.00

3

to

4

feet....

65

6.00

55.00

2

to

3

feet

- .45

4.00

35.00

4

to

5

feet....

80

7.50

70.00

Champion Peaches

Champion. Many specimens have measured 10 inches in circumference. The flavor is de- licious, rich, sweet and juicy; surpasses all other early varieties; skin creamy white with red cheek, strikingly handsome. It is hardy, productive, the largest size, highest flavor and best shipper of the early peaches. Ripens in early August.

Crosby. Medium size; bright orange yellow, streaked with carmine. On account of its beautiful color and fine quality, it commands a

ready sale in competition with the best stand- ard market sorts. Claimed to be the hardiest of all peaches. Good for home and market; free. September 10.

Elberta. A Georgia cross between Crawford and Chinese Cling; very large, well colored; all things considered, the finest yellow freestone in cultivation ; no one can go amiss by planting it; fruit perfectly free from rot, and one of the most successful shipping varieties. August 20.

APRICOTS

A most delicious fruit of the plum species. Is of a distinct flavor and one of our best and most profitable market fruits. The tree bears very young and most profusely. Ripening as it does between the cherries and peaches, the apricot is a most welcome fruit. In very sunny local- ities it is apt to bloom too early in the spring and get caught by the frost* The tree is slender in form, has beautiful dark foliage, pretty pink blossoms, and will give very satisfactory results as an ornamental tree in any garden or house lot.

Per 1 Per 10

4 to 5 feet, 2 years, budded _$0.75 $7.00

3 to 4 feet, 2 years, budded .65 6.00

PARCEL POST PRICES

Perl Per 10

3 to 4 feet .. .$0.75 $7.0^

4 to 5 feet - .85

Moorpark. One of the largest; orange

red cheek; firm, juicy with rich flavor; very productive. July.

Superb. One of the largest ; orange with red cheek; firm, juicy with rich flavor; very pro- ductive. August.

Royal. Large ; yellow ; with orange cheek ; juicy; rich and delicious; a fine variety. Last

of July. Royal

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GRAPES

The history of the grape is almost as old as that of man. Vineyards were extensively planted before orchards or collections of other fruit trees were at all common, and today it is one of the

most highly appreciated fruits. In its flavor it is hardly surpassed by any other fruit in delicacy

and richness, and few or none are more beautiful in the dessert. Any person having a plot of ground ever so small, either in country or city, can And room for one-half to one dozen grape vines. They can be trained up the side of any building or over a garden fence; but the best and cheapest way to grow them in small or large quantities is on the wire trellis.

Work the ground deep and plant a little deeper than they were in nursery. Make rows eight feet apart and six to eight feet in the rows. Some of them, the tender varieties, would be benefited by laying the vines flat on the ground during the winter, with a light covering of earth or litter.

Care should be taken to prune thoroughly each year; no more bearing canes should be left than the roots can sustain in a vigorous growth of new shoots. In a commercial way no fruit

crop shows greater returns on the investment. On all markets grapes are very popular and

command good prices. They should be planted more generally everywhere.

Concord. Bunches large, berries large, round, skin thick and covered with bloom; flesh juicy, sweet. Very hardy, vigorous and productive, at present the most popular of all our native sorts.

Moore’s Early. A large, black grape of the Concord type, the entire crop ripening before the Concord ; bunch medium ; berries large with blue bloom ; flesh pulpy, of medium qual- ity. Vine hardy, moderately productive, bet- ter as it attains age. Planted extensively as a market sort.

Agawam. Large, round, early and of great vigor of growth, rich, high, peculiar aromatic flavor, much subjected to disease and too highly flavored, where all its aroma* is devel- oped, to be desirable. Red.

Campbell’s Early

Campbell’s Early. The king of grapes. The best all-around grape on the market. A very strong, hardy vine, with perfect, self -fertilizing blossoms, always setting its fruit well and bearing abundantly. Clusters very large, ber- ries round and . of great size, very sweet and rich. The seeds separate easily from the pulp. Ripens first of August, but can be kept until December in cold storage; color black, with a light purple bloom.

Brighton. A cross between the Concord and the Diana Hamburg; bunches large, berries of medium size ; flesh sweet, tender and of the highest quality; ripens early. Red.

Niagara. A magnificent white grape and very valuable for both garden and vineyard ; a rank grower and very productive of beautiful bunches of the largest size; berries large, with tough skin; quality good; ripens with Concord.

Agawam, strong vines

Brighton, strong vines

Concord, 1 year, good vines

Concord, 1 year, select vines

Concord, 2 years, select vines

Moolre’s Early, strong vines

Niagara, strong vines

Campbell’s Early, strong vines — -

By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 2 cents for each vine ordered.

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

$2.50

$20.00

2.50

20.00

.. .20

1.75

15.00

2.00

17.00

... .30

2.50

20.00

2.70

25.00

2.70

25.00

4.50

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GOOSEBERRIES

Should be planted in good, rich soil, and well manured once a year. They will do well on any variety of soil if well drained and fertile. Prune reg- ularly and thoroughly ; cutting out all dead wood and all sur- plus branches. Do not let the bushes grow too thick; the fruit will be larger and more plenti- ful. Plant in rows four to six feet apart and four feet apart in the rows. Gooseberries should be planted in every gar- den, no matter how small; they are hardy, rugged and easily grown, and the fruit is sought for by every housewife for cul- inary purposes and sells well in all markets We gathered and sold in 1917, 130 bushels of gooseberries.

Perl - ""

Houghton, 2-year plants ; .$0.20

Downing, 2-year plants..... .35

Pearl, 2-year plants

Red Jacket, 2-year plants :... 35

Poorman’s Sweet, 2-year plants 50

Oregon Champion, 1-year plants.... 30

Carrie, 2-year plants - 35

By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 3 cents for each vine ordered.

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

..$0.20

$1.75

$15.00

.. .35

3.00

25.00

3.00

25.00

.. .35

3.00

25.00

4.50

40.00

.. .30

2.50

20.00

.. .35

3.00

25.00

Houghton. An enormously productive and always reliable old variety. Of vigorous growth, slender and spreading, not subject to mildew. Fruit of medium size, smooth, pale red, tender and of good quality.

Carrie. A variety for Minnesota and claimed to possess “more valuable points of excellence than any other gooseberry,” because “it is the most productive, the most salable, the most profitable, the hardiest, the healthiest, the freest from mildew, the earliest bearer.” Fine for the North. Of a bright maroon color and of excellent quality. Most valuable gooseberry for jams, jellies and canning.

Downing. A well-known American sort, which has given the best results everywhere. Large and handsome, pale green berry ; of splendid quality for dessert and cooking. Bush vigorous, a strong upright grower and exceed- ingly productive. An excellent sort for family use and suitable for market. This variety is seldom affected by mildew.

Pearl. A very desirable American variety. Very hardy, entirely free from mildew, superior in size and quality, and more productive than Downing. We take pleasure in recommending it for small or extensive planting as one of the best berries of recent introduction. The large

berries afe pale green and of the finest quality, and valuable for home or market.

Red Jacket (Josselyn). This American seed- ling has been widely planted in recent years, and is highly recommended by all growers. Bush is very hardy; clean, healthy foliage and entirely free from mildew. Fruit large, smooth, pale red, and of first-class flavor and quality. It is considered the best fruited goose- berry in cultivation.

Poorman’s. It is so called from the fact that when ripe it is perfectly sweet, like a sweet cherry, and requires little, if any, sugar for culinary purposes. This most remarkable gooseberry is a seedling from Houghton and is as hardy as its parent. It is a very strong grower, the bushes being inclined to grow in tree shape. It is red when ripe, very large, and has a shape and flavor like a plum.

Oregon Champion. Berries very large, brownish red color, very sweet and fine for table use and pies. Bush a strong grower, healthy and not very thorny and a very pro- lific bearer. I recommend this variety to my customers, especially for large plantations. It will bring good returns. Best berry for the market.

CURRANTS

A cool, moist location is best for this fruit, and for this reason it succeeds admirably when planted by a stone wall or fence, being benefited by partial shade. Plant in rows four feet apart, and the plants three feet apart in the rows. They should be pruned each year, and all dead wood cut from them. Keep them thinned out so that air can freely pass through them. Currant worms can be destroyed by the use of hellebore. Dissolve an ounce in three gallons of wa- ter, and apply with a syringe or small sprinkling can. This can be done with very little expense if performed at the right time.

Per 1

Champion, 2 years i. $0.40

Cherry, Red Dutch and Victoria, 2 years 35

White Dutch and White Grape, 2 years — 35

Perfection, 2 years 40

Per 10 Per 100

$3.50 $30.00

3.00 25.00

3.00 25.00

3.50 30.00

By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 4 cents for each vine ordered.

Perfection. This grand new fruit was orig- inated by Charles G. Hooker, of New York, by crossing the Fays Prolific with the White Grape Currant, with the view of combining the large size and color of the Fay with the good quality and productiveness of the White Grape. The color is a bright red ; size as large or larger than Fay; the clusters aver- aging longer. The Perfection has a long stem, making it easy to pick without crushing any

of the berries. It is a great bearer. The ber- ries are of rich, mild flavor, sub-acid, plenty of pulp with few seeds. Less acid and of bet- ter quality than any other currant in cultiva- tion. In my garden the Perfection is the best bearer with largest berries; the sweetest cur- rant I ever tasted, and the easiest to pick. Anybody can pick a basket of Perfection as fast or faster than cherries.

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White Grape

BLACKBERRIES

CURRANTS (Continued)

Black Champion. Very productive ; large bunch and berry: excellent quality, strong grower. Leading black currant.

Cherry. Red. Bunches very large, berries sometimes measuring one-half inch in diameter. A strong grower and must have good cultiva- tion to do well.

Victoria. Red. Bunches long; berries large, of a bright red color and excellent quality. A strong grower, extremely hardy. The best late variety.

White Grape. The best white currant. The bunches are large, and full, berries large, sweet, of a beautiful translucent white and of mild, superior quality; very fine for table. Bush grows quite vigorous, somewhat spread- ing, and produces large crops. A dependable and very popular variety.

In field culture plant in rows eight feet apart and three feet in rows. In garden culture plant rows five feet apart and three feet distant in rows. The pruning should be governed by th$ growth of cane and should be severe. Pinch back the canes in summer when three feet high, caus- ing them to throw out laterals. Cultivate for first season to get plants well established, then the ground between the rows may be mulched enough to keep down the weeds.

Per 1 Per 10 Per 100

Brie and Early Harvest $0.10 $0.80 $ 7.00

Snyder and Stone’s Hardy i - .10 .80 7.00

Oregon Evergreen , .15 1.20 10.00

By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 2 cents for each vine ordered.

Snyder. Very popular for the North and Northwest on account of the extreme hardi- ness. Wonderfully productive, size medium, fruit juicy and sweet, without the hard core of many sorts ; canes remarkably strong and thrifty ; more largely planted than any other of the ironclad varieties. We have a heavy demand for them every year. Season early.

Stone’s Hardy. Upright grower; very hardy; the berry is black and glossy when ripe, and has a delicious flavor. It commences to ripen its fruit about five days earlier than Snyder, and continues bearing ten days longer.

Early Harvest. One of the earliest black- berries in cultivation, a compact dwarf grow- er, fruit rather small and of good quality, heavy bearer; its extreme earliness makes it a very profitable variety. Bloom stands the spring frosts best of all.

Oregon Evergreen. The Oregon Evergreen Blackberry is one of the good things that have come to stay with us and will prove a great boon to all lovers of the wholesome and lu- scious fruit. Everyone who has a dooryard or piece of ground, however small, can now have plenty of the sweetest and best black- berries at little trouble or cost, as this valuable new variety will thrive and bear immense crops of the most luscious fruit wherever it can get a foothold in the soil, and any kind of trellis, arbor or support for the magnificent grape- like vines to run over. The Oregon Evergreen Blackberry differs from all other blackberries in form of its foliage and manner of growth. The canes do not die in winter like other blackberries, but continue to grow and bear year after year like a grapevine. The foliage somewhat resembles that of the fern and forms a remarkably handsome covering for arbors. The berries are borne in clusters of four or five on a stem, are good sized, fine flavored, sweet, and __ delicious, either to eat from the hand, canning or cooking. They are immense- ly productive. No other blackberry will bear such heavy crops and continue fruiting so long in the seasoh.

Oregon Evergreen

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RASPBERRIES

Raspberries should be set in the spring, plants three and a half feet apart in the row and rows four feet apart. Set plants three to four inches deep, depending on the soil (in heavy clay do not set as deep as in light soil) ; roots spread out and dirt pressed firmly among them. Give thorough shallow cultivation until the last of July, or if you prefer mulch in with coarse manure or something ~of that kind, and keep the ground well stirred between the rows. When the new canes are about two feet high, pinch off the top ; this will make the plant throw out side branches and do away with the necessity of tying, up. In the spring cut these side branches back to 16 or 18 inches in length. Four or five good canes in a hill are enough. Cut out old canes as

soon as through fruiting and burn them.

Per 1

Per 10

Per 100

Gregg, black

...... $0.10

$0.80

.80

$ 7.00 7.00

Turner and Cuthbert,

red .10

Kansas, black

10

,80

7.00

Cumberland

15

1.20

2.00

10.00

17.00

St. Regis Everbearing,

red .25

By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 2 cents for each vine ordered.

Gregg. Leading Black Cap and a popular market sort ; canes of strong, vigorous growth, and under good culture very productive; ber- ries are large, covered with heavy bloom, firm, meaty and of fine flavor. It requires a good strong soil to produce best results; it is not entirely hardy, but suffers during unusually severe winters ; it is by far the best Black Cap and the largest of any.

Cumberland. A mammoth mid-season Black Cap that loads its stout stocky canes with handsome fruit. The great glossy berries out- sell all others of their season, and are firm enough to ship well. Excellent quality. Many berries are seven-eighths of an inch in diam- eter. Hardiness, productiveness, size and qual- ity make it desirable. Ripens a few days be- fore the Gregg.

Gregg Raspberries

Cuthbert, or Queen of the Market. A re- markably strong, hardy variety, standing the northern winters and southern summers equal to any. Berries very large, conical, rich, crim- son ; flavor is sweet, rich and luscious.

St; Regis Everbearing Raspberry. An excel- lent novelty. Raspberries for four months ! That’s what you get when you plant the St. Regis, the new everbearing variety. Moreover, they are not only raspberries, but raspberries of the very highest grade— in size, in brilliant crimson color, in firmness, in flavor. The vari- ety has been aptly termed “the early till late” variety ; for it is the first red raspberry to give ripe fruit, while it continues to produce berries without intermission until late October. The St. Regis is of pure American blood, and of ironclad hardihood. In addition to the bright- est crimson color, and large size of the fruit, it is so firm and rich in sugar that it will stand shipping two hundred miles, arriving at mar- ket in first-class order; and it can be readily kept in perfect condition for several days after being gathered. Unlike any other raspberry, the St. Regis yields a crop of fruit the season it is planted. Plants of it planted in early April gave ripe berries on June 20th of the same year. For four weeks thereafter the ber- ries were large and beautiful, firm and full flavored to the very last.

Turner. A beautiful red berry of fine size and excellent quality. One of the hardiest and most productive varieties known.

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HIMALAYA BERRY

This berry is a new arrival from the North Slope of the Himalaya Mountain, 6,000 feet above sea level. It is black, but not a blackberry. EV>r many centuries the natives of that country have been making wine of it, and only the invasion by British troops has brought this delightful luscious fruit to our civilization. The vine is a vigorous grower, making a growth of twenty to thirty feet in one year, which can be trained on a fence or arbor similar to grape vines. The enormous clusters of large sized berries ripen all summer, making the Himalaya the most pro- ductive of any variety known. They have no core and the flavor is sweet, of unusual richness, and when ripe will literally melt in your mouth. For pies, jellies and desserts the Himalaya berry is a perfect success, being ahead of any similar fruit. The severity of their native climate has made the berries hardy and both plant and fruit will stand extremes of heat and cold better than any other variety.

25 cents each; 5 for $1.00. By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 2 cents for each vine ordered.

DEWBERRIES

Bartel’s Mammoth. Fruit very large, lusci- ous and handsome; perfectly hardy, a strong grower and enormously productive ; a superb and very profitable market fruit. The vines should be allowed to lie on the ground in win- ter and staked up early in the spring.

Imereti a. This is the leading and most pop- ular dewberry yet discovered ; it succeeds every- where and is not particular about the kind of soil. Berries very large, black and of fine fla- vor. It should not be picked oftener than twice a week, when it is very sweet and rich.

It ripens with the last strawberries.

Price — 10 cents each, 80 cents for 10, $7.00 for 100.

By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 2 cents for each vine ordered.

JAPANESE WINEBERRY

This is an entirely new, distinct and valuable berry. It belongs to the raspberry family ; is a strong, vigorous grower, attaining the usual heights of the raspberry, and is said to be perfectly hardy in all positions without pro- tection. The leaves are of the darkest green on the out- side, and silvery white underneath. The young shoots or branches are covered with a reddish brown hair or moss.

Dewberries

The fruit is borne in large clusters, often seventy to one hundred berries in a bunch. These berries are, from the time of forma- tion and bloom until they are ripe, enclosed in a “burr” which is caused by the calyx covering them entirely. When ripe the burr opens, exhibit- ing a large berry of the brightest glossy scarlet or cherry wine color. The burr and stems are v cov- ered with a heavy red- dish moss like a moss

The flavor of the fruit is entirely different from that of bemg very sprightly, sweet and juicy, having no disagreeably sour, but a luscious flavor peculiar to itself and superior to other berries. It commences to ripen early m July, and continues in bearing for a long time. It is the most prolific bearer known, the bushes be- ing literally covered with its luscious fruit. It is propa- gated from the tips like cap raspberries and dewberries, and can be increased rapidly.

Price— 25 cents each; 5 plants for $1.00. By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 2 cents for each vine ordered.

BUFFALO BERRY

The Buffalo Berry belongs to the Olive family of trees. It grows

in bush form and sometimes attains a heigist of ten feet; its leaves

are of bright silvery color, and with its load of red fruit, makes a nice shrub. It is perfectly hardy, and bears immense crops of fruit, which is very good for tarts, jellies, pies and preserves.

It is sometimes called the winter currant from the fact that fruitremains on until January.

Price — 2-foot trees, 35 cents each, 3 for $1.00.

Hy Parcel Post, prepaid, add 4 cents for each vine ordered.

14 FAIRBURY NURSERIES— FAI^BURY, NEBRASKA

STRAWBERRIES

The ground should be worked ten or fifteen inches deep and be properly enriched as for any garden crop. Drainage is necessary in very wet soil. For family use plant fifteen to eighteen inches apart, each way, and after a few strong plants have been set from runners, then pinch off all runners as fast as they appear. Keep the ground free from weeds and frequently stirred with a hoe or fork. Plants treated in this manner will produce more crowns and therefore double the amount of well-developed fruit than when runners are left to grow.

When the winters are severe, it is well to give the ground a light covering with coarse straw or litter. The covering should not be placed on until the ground is frozen. Fatal errors are made by putting on too much and too early. If coarse straw is used, it may be left on until the plants have done fruiting; taking care to open it up around the plants early in the spring, so as to give them plenty of sunlight and air.

Price — $1.00 per 100, $8.00 per 1,000. Parcel Post price, $1.25 per 100.

Varieties: Senator Dunlap, Crescent, Aroma and Gandy.

Senator Dunlap

Aroma. (Per.) Plants large, very vigorous and perfectly healthy. Makes plants just right for a good fruiting row. The blossom is rich in pollen, a good fertilizer for Sample, Bubach and Enormous. Fruit large to very large, roundish, conical, smooth and perfect in form, of a beautiful bright glossy red in color, very firm, and of excellent quality. Will give splen- did results on any soil that will grow a good crop of corn or potatoes. It is nearly as late as Gandy, of long season. Three times as pro- ductive and a sure cropper every year. Dur- ing the past five years the demand for plants of this variety has been very heavy and we have never been able to grow plants enough to meet this demand. Last spring we planted heavily to Aroma on new land and believe we have plants sufficient to fill all orders which may come our way this season.

Crescent. Perhaps the most popular of all. Plants strong, hardy and very productive ; fruit extremely large, dark red, fine flavor. A splendid market variety. Imperfect.

Notice the roots of our plants.

Senator Dunlap. (Per.) A well-tested, won- derfully productive variety, one of the safe sorts to plant everywhere and sure to take a high place among the prominent standard sorts. Plant resembles Warfield, rampant run- ner, should be restricted in its production of plants; fully equal to Crescent and Warfield in its ability to succeed under all circumstances. Fruit good size, regular form, beautiful bright red, glossy, firm, splendid keeper and shipper, excellent quality. One of the best for canning; ripens early and continues a long time. It promises to stand at the head in its wonderful ability to ripen a good crop, under almost any condition of drought or neglect

Gandy. (Per.) A well-known and popular variety which seems to do well under all con- ditions unless it be on light sand. It is of very high quality, good celor, and a standard of firmness, qualities which make it desirable for either a home or market variety. It holds its size well from first to last, and although not as productive as some, it is a profitable sort, coming in after the glut, and prolongs the season. Does best on strong, moist, loamy soil.

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Everbearing Strawberries

Ripe strawberries from June until, November— this is what you can have by planting our everbearing sorts. We catalog only two varieties, which we have tested, and are consid- ered among the growers to be the best. What lingering doubts may have been felt as to the prac- tical value of this new race of strawberries are rapidly vanishing in the light of experience. There is now scarcely a discordant note in the general praise of their qualities for the home garden, and- the developments of the present season indicates a greater value for the mar- ket garden than had before seemed probable. They have been on trial over a wide territory for about six years and the following points clearly demonstrated.

First. Extreme health of foliage. Nothing approaching it has been exhibited by any of the old line varieties. This is especially true of the Progressive, which scarcely shows a rusted leaf, while other varieties* planted near it may be badly affected. All strawberry grow- ers know that healthy foliage means capacity for heavy fruiting.

Second. Extreme hardiness of plant. Even the plants that by accident may have been left uncovered along the rows generally come through the winter in good condition.

Third. The plants produce a good crop the season they are set. The planter does not have to wait a year for returns; really, only a few weeks. This enlarges the opportunity of tenant farmers, and those who must have fruit at once.

Fourth. They are the only early strawberry. Affords a good picking a week before the first early varieties of the old kind.

Fifth. The crop they bear in June compares well with the old varieties, especially in un- favorable seasons where frost or heat cuts the main crop.

Sixth. The quality is simply exquisite, far sweeter than the standard kinds that we have been growing for twenty years. In this matter Progressive is decidedly at the head.

Seventh. In addition to this list of qualifications the Progressive has proved a first-class plant maker. A great improvement over the everbearers first sent out. Not too much so for good fruiting, but making what would be called ideal matted rows.

Set plants same as common varieties of strawberries. To get plenty of fruit the first season, do not allow the plants to form any runner s* or bloom stalks until June 1st. By that time plants will be well established and able to produce a fine crop of fruit.

Price — 4 cents each, 50 plants, $1.25, 100 plants $2.00, 1,000 plants $18.00 Parcel Post, prepaid, 50 plants for $1.35, 100 plants for $2.25

Progressive. (Per.) This is a vigorous thrifty grower, making a matted row 2 to 3 feet wide ; in fact, the best plant maker of all the everbearing kinds, and on rich soil plants should be set at least two feet apart in the rows. The color of the foliage, man- ner and habit of growth somewhat resemble the Dunlap. Fruit is medium to large in size, of a beautiful dark, glossy red. Flesh red, firm and of good quality. It will produce as many berries in June as Dunlap or War- field, and as it bears fruit on the new formed plants, it will continue to produce berries all summer, even up to the time the ground freezes in the fall, but producing the most fruit during the latter part of September and up to about November 1st. Just think of it; two crops in one year, with the fall crop selling for more than three times as much per crate as the spring crop. And if the frosts should get the blossoms in the spring the plants will immediately commence to produce other fruiting stems and will come right on with a good fair crop just as if noth- ing had happened. The frost cannot cheat

you out of strawberries if you have the Pro- gressive. You will never be sorry if you in- vest heavily in this variety.

Superb. (Per.) This variety makes large, beautiful, vigorous and thrifty plants, and just the right amount for a good fruiting row. Fruit is large to very large, of a beautiful bright crimson color, running very even for size and shape ; in fact, a crate of them looks like each berry had been run in the same mold. The berry is firm and of good quality. This variety is preferred by many growers on account of its large size, even shape and good quality. Most growers would prefer one quart of large, smooth, high-colored berries to two quarts of small ones, and we feel a good deal like this ourselves. This kind does not run down small toward the last picking, like most other varieties, but holds its size remarkably well throughout the entire season. The Superb will command a fancy price in any market, from the first picking to the last, and you will make no- mistake in ordering this variety.

Progressive Strawberries

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Russian Mulberry

This tree has been planted very extensively in the western states for the past fifteen years, and we know of no other tree that will stand as much drought and neglect and yet make a good growth each year.

It makes a good shade tree, holding its leaves late into the fall ; and for a hedge, without thorns, it has no superior.

Trees commence to bear at two years old ; fruit resembles the blackberry, and will ripen from July 1st to September.

Per 1 Per 10 Per 100

4 to 5 feet, well branched,

transplanted

Mailing price

3 ltd 4 feet, well branched,

transplanted

Mailing price

2 to 3 feet transplanted

Mailing price

6 to 12-inch seedlings .

Mailing price

12 to 18-inch seedlings.

Mailing price

18 to 24-inch seedlings . Mailing price

.$0.30

$2.50

$22.00

3.50

.. .25

2.00

15.00

.. .35

3.00

.. .20

1.50

12.00

.25

2.00

Per

Per

Per

10

100

1,000

.. .10

.90

8.00

.. .15

1.25

... .15

1.50

12.00

.. .20

1.75

....

... .25

2.00

15.00

.. .30

2.75

Russian Mulberry

Colossal

Asparagus

To prepare a bed for planting, the soil should be dug deeply and well mixed together with well-rotted manure or compost. Plant in rows two feet apart. In the rows the plants should not exceed a foot apart, and planted about four inches deep. Cover on approach of winter with manure, and fork the bed over lightly in the spring.

Price — 3 cents each, 10 plants for 25 cents, 100 plants, $2.00.

Mailing price, 10 plants for 35 cents.

Conover’s Colossal. A mammoth variety of vigorous growth, sending up from fifteen to twenty sprouts each year, from one to two inches in diameter ; color deep green, and crown very close.

Palmetto. It is earlier, a better yield, more even and regular in its growth and quality, equal to the old favorite. Conover’s Colossal.

Rhubarb or Pie Plant

This deserves to be ranked among the best early vegetables in the garden. It affords the "earliest material for pies and tarts, con- tinues long in use, and is valuable for can- ning. Make the border very ricu and deep.

Price — 15 cents each, $1.00 per 10, $8.00 per

100.

By parcel post, 20 cents each.

Linnaeus. Large, early, tender and fine; the very best of all.

Victoria. The best for market because of its giant growth.

Horse Radish

Price — 3 cents each; 20 cents per 10; $1.50 per 100. By parcel post, 5 cents each.

Elderberries

A well-known bush which bears a fine fruit for pies or wine.

Price— 15 cents each; 10 for $1.00. By Parcel Post 20 cents each.

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ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS

The judicious planting of shrubs adds greatly to the beauty and value of property, and contributes a wealth of pleasure and interest to the home. There are a few prin- ciples governing the artistic arrangement of these beautiful ornamentals, that should be more strictly observed. In general, individual specimens should rarely be isolated from the body of the design. Irregular groups or masses arranged against the buildings, fences or property lines, or as border plantations, along walks or drives, are much more effective. A good arrange- ment of shrubs invariably provides wide open stretches near the center of the lawn.

We have reduced our shrub list somewhat, omitting varieties for which, although very de- sirable in themselves, there is but little demand.

fcjpirea van liouttei

Althea or Rose of Sharon. These are fine shrubs and especially valuable because of their flowering in the fall when nearly all other shrubs are out of blossom. Hardy and easy of cultivation. Red, white and pink. 30 cents each. By Parcel Post 40 cents each.

Hydrangea. A fine shrub of recent intro- duction, blooming from July to November. Large, showy panicles of white flowers in the greatest profusion. It is quite hardy and al- together a most admirable shrub for planting singly on the lawn or in the margin of masses. To produce largest flowers it should be pruned severely in the spring and the ground enriched. 3-foot plants, 35 cents each. By mail 45 cents.

Spirea (Van Houttei). The best White Spirea. The annual growth is long and abun- dant, and covered in June with a wealth of pure white blossoms. Perfectly hardy. Should be in every collection. 30 cents each. By mail 40 cents.

Almond. Dwarf, double, rose flowering. A beautiful shrub with small, double rosy blos- soms closely set upon the twigs before the leaves appear. 30 cents each. By mail 40 cents.

Japan Snowball. A rare and exceedingly beautiful species from Japan ; flowers pure white, in very large globular heads ; 2-foot trees. 50 cents each. .By mail, 60 cents.

Bechtel’s Double-Flowering Crab. A me- dium-sized hardy ornamental tree of great beauty. When in bloom this tree presents the appearance of being covered with roses, fra- grant flowers of immense size, sure to give satisfaction to those who plant this beautiful tree. 50 cents each. By mail 60 cents.

Calycanthus. Sweet Scented Shrub or All- spice. An interesting shrub, having a rare and peculiar fragrance of wood and flowers ; its blooms are abundant and of peculiar choc- olate color. 30 cents each. By mail 40 cents each.

Mock Orange or Syringa. The Syringa is a large shrub, growing from 6 to 10 feet high. Vigorous habit, very hardy, with large, hand- some foliage and beautiful white flowers. Very fragrant. Blooms very freely. Hardy. 30 cents. By mail 40 cents.

Snowball. A well-known and favorite bush of large size. Bears balls of pure white flow- ers in June. We have a bush on our farm on which we counted over 800 blossoms at one time. Hardy everywhere. 30 cents each. By mail 40 cents.

Spirea. (Anthony Waterer). A small, dwarf- ish grower, 15 to 18 inches high and covered the entire season with large umbels of deep pink flowers. Quite hardy here and very de- sirable. 30 cents each. By mail 40 cents.

Japanese Quince. (Red). Cydonia. Also called Firebush. Very showy and one of the earliest shrubs to bloom, the flowers appear- ing before the leaves are fully developed. The brilliant scarlet flowers gleaming like red-hot coals. Fruit about two inches in diameter, yel- lowish green, and of aromatic fragrance. In- valuable for border or garden planting and make beautiful informal or clipped hedges. As a harbinger of spring the Japanese Quince deserves a prominent place on the lawn, where its bright red flowers can be seen to advantage. Sometimes, when snow may be seen in sheltered corners, this shrub will put forth brilliant flowers, glowing like living coals of fire. Very hardy and easily transplanted, and will thrive in almost any well-drained soil. 2 to 3 feet, 30 cents each, 10 for $2.50. By mail 40 cents each.

Lilac, Persian Purple. With glossy green foliage and beautiful, fragrant flowers. A good plant for the lawn and one of the best for a fancy hedge. Hardy anywhere. Flow- ers purple. 25 cents each. By mail 35 cents.

Lilac, Persian White. Same as above, with white flowers. 25 cents each. By mail 35 cents.

Weigelia Rosea. Of Japan origin, produc- ing a mass of flowers from July until fall. Very ornamental flowers, dark rose with light- er center. Very hardy. 25 cents each. By mail 35 cents.

Weigelia. (Eva Rathke). Brilliant carmine in color, almost continuous bloomer ; very fine. 40 cents each. By mail 50 cents.

Hydrangea

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CLIMBING VINES

Clematis Paniculata. (New Sweet Scented Japan Clematis). No introduction of recent years has met with such ready sale, and

given so perfect satisfaction wherever plant- ed. It grows and thrives anywhere and is a very rapid grower and profuse bloomer. The flowers are pure white. Its extreme hardi- ness, bright green foliage and delightfully fragrant flowers serve to make this one of the finest hardy climbing plants in culti- vation. Strong 2-year plants, 35 cents. By mall 40 cents.

Clematis. (Jackmanii). A very beautiful blooming variety, with flowers from four to six inches in diameter, of an intense violet purple color, borne successfully in continuous masses on the summer shoots. 50 cents each. By mail 55 cents.

Henryi. Fine, large, creamy white flowers, strong grower and very hardy. One of the best of white varieties. A perpetual bloomer. 50 cents each. By mail 55 cents.

Clematis. (Mad. Andre.) Red, very strong grower, producing large flowers. 50 cents x each. By mail 55 cents.

Honeysuckle. (Monthly fragrant or Dutch.) Blooms all summer. Very sweet. Red and yellow flowers. 30 cents each. By mail 35 cents.

Hall’s Japan Honeysuckle /

Begonia or Trumpet Flower. (Scarlet Radi- cans.) A splendid climber, vigorous and hardy, with clusters of large trumpet-shaped scarlet flowers in August. 25 cents each. By mail 35 cents.

Virginia Creeper. A luxuriant vine of rapid growth, with large luxuriant foliage, which in the autumn assumes the most gorgeous magnificient coloring. The blossoms, which are inconspicuous, are succeeded by handsome dark blue berries. The vine is the best calcu- lated to take the place in this country of the celebrated English Ivy, and is really in sum- mer not inferior to it. 25 cents each. By mail 35 cents.

Wistaria. (Double Purple.) A rare and charming variety, with perfect double flow- ers, deeper in color than the single, and the racemes of remarkable length. The plant is perfectly hardy, resembling the single Wis- taria, so well known as one of our best climb- ing plants. 20 cents each. .By mail 30 cents.

Hall’s Japan Honeysuckle. This beautiful honeysuckle is almost evergreen, very strong and hardy in growth. The flowers are de- lightfully fragrant, and bloom profusely from May until frost. A handsome and valuable vine. 20 cents each. By mail 25 cents.

Clematis

Boston Ivy. A beautiful, hardy climbing plant. This is one of the finest climbers we have for covering walls, as it clings firmly to the smoothest surface, covering it smoothly with overlapping foliage, giving it the appear- ance of being shingled with green leaves. The color is a fresh deep green in summer, chang- ing to the brightest shade of crimson and yel- low in the autumn. It is quite hardy and be- comes more popular every year. Strong plants, 50 cents each. By Mail 55 cents.

Boston Ivy

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ROSES

Our roses are all very strong two-year-old plants, either grown on their own roots or budded on Manetti, and are not to be compared with the puny greenhouse roses from two-inch pots sent out by some nurserymen.

Frau Karl Druschki

Climbing Roses

Crimson Rambler. The famous crimson clustered climber, so extremely effective when grown on pillars and trellises. The plant is a vigorous grower, making shoots 8 to 10 feet in a season. The foliage is large and glossy, the plant looks like a mass of double crimson flowers when in bloom. The panicles are large and remain perfect for several weeks. Perfectly hardy anywhere. 60 cents each. By mail 75 cents.

White Rambler. Resembles Crimson Ram- bler in foliage and habit ; flowers pure white. 60 cents each. By mail 75 cents.

“Baby Rambler” A dwarf (bush, not climb- ing) form of Crimson Rambler, and further- more everblooming. Will bloom constantly throughout the summer if planted out of doors. Has the same bright crimson color as the Climbing Rambler, and blooms in clusters of 20 to 40 flowers at one time on plants of fair size. Baby Rambler is one of the best red roses for bedding and is going to be just as popular and extensively planted as the climbing form has been. May be grown in pots. Two-year plants, 75 cents each. By mail, 85 cents.

Monthly Blooming Rose

Paul Neyron. Deep rose color, splendid foli- age and habit, with large flower. 75 cents each. By mail 85 * cents each.

Ulrich Brunner. The flowers are very large, of beautiful form and very double; color, deep rich rose. 75 cents each. By mail 85 cents each.

General Jacqueminot. Brilliant Crimson scarlet. Very showy and effective. 75 cents each. By mail 85 cents each.

Frau Karl Druschki or White American Beauty. A pure paper white, free flowering large size Hybrid Perpetual. It is a remark- ably handsome plant, with bright, heavy fo- liage filled with strong upright growth. Two- year-old field grown, 75 cents. By mail 8§ cents each.

Captain Hayward. Of largest size. Color glowing crimson, very bright and rich. About the best monthly blooming in the entire class. 75 cents each. By mail 85 cents each.

‘ Ulrich Brunner

Memorial Rose

A rose of trailing habit, a very hardy and rapid grower, with a glossy foliage, which remains on until late in the fall. Its flowers are pure white and very fragrant. It is espe- cially adapted to cemetery planting, hence its name; or it may be trained as a screen to hide some unsightly root, stump or rock. 60 cents each. By mail 70 cents.

Captain Hayward

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ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE TREES

These trees are too large to go by Parcel Post.

Mountain Ash. Hardy tree of medium size, a smooth bark, head dense and regular, cov- ered from July till winter with large clusters of bright red berries. A fine lawn tree and very hardy. 4 to 5-foot trees, each 50 cents; 10 for $4.50. 5 to 6-foot trees, each 60 cents; 10

for $5.00

White Birch. A graceful tree with silvery white bark and slender branches. When a few years old, of an elegant drooping habit, rendering the tree very effective in parks or on lawns. Very hardy, even as far north as the Dakotas. _4 to 5-foot trees, each 60 cents; 10 tor $5.00. 5 to 6-foot trees, each 70 cents; 10 for $6.00.

American White. A noble native tree of large size, wide spreading head, and grace- ful drooping branches. Easy to transplant; a hardy grower. One of the best park and street trees. Hardy every where. I can fur- nish large White Elm trees, all well pruned, well rooted and with good tops, by the car- load. Write for prices in large quantities.

Price of White

Elm. Nice, well

pruned

trees.

Per 1

Per 10 Per 100

3 to 4 feet

.$0.20

$1.75

$15.00

4 to 5 ieet

2.20

20.00

5 to 7 feet

35

3.00

27.00

6 to 8 feet

50

4.50

8 to 10 feet

6.50

Hackberry.

Also called American

Nettle

Tree. A rare

native tree, with numerous

slender branches which spread horizontally, and thick, rough bark; apple-like foliage, but more pointed and a bright, shiny green. A very desirable tree for street planting. Perfectly hardy in Nebraska and the Northern States.

Price of Hackberry, 4 to 5 feet, 40 cents each ; 10 for $3.50. 5 to 6 feet, 50 cents each; 10 for

$4 A0. 6 to 8 feet, 75 cents each; 10 for $7.00.

Hlorse Chestnut

Honey Locust. This is an ornamental na- tive tree of mo/re than ordinary value. Its branches are spreading, forming a broad, rather loose head. The branches and trunks are covered with strong thorns. Its foliage is finely compound, giving a soft and beau- tiful appearance, light green in the spring and summer, turning to clear yellow in the fall. Is of rapid growth, stands pruning well and is often used for a hedge; its thorns make it almost impenetrable. I do not know of a bet- ter tree for western Kansas and western Ne- braska.

Per

Per

Per

1

10

100

3

to

4

ft., well

pruned trees $0.20

$1.75

$15.00

4

to

5

ft., well

pruned trees

.25

2.20

20.00

5

to

6

ft., well pruned trees

.35

3.00

27.00

6

to

8

ft., well

pruned trees

.50

4.50

Thornless Honey Locust. Same as above, ex- cept that it is entirely free from thorns and is therefore much more suited for a lawn tree.

All well pruned trees, 3 to 4 feet, 25 cents each, 10 for $2.00; 4 to 5 feet, 30 cents each, 10 for $2.70; 5 to 7 feet, 35 cents each, 10 for $3.40; 7 to 8 feet, 55 cents each, 10 for $5.00.

Black Walnut. A native of Nebraska. Of large size, and majestic form, with beautiful foliage. Grows best on low ground, bears very freely. The most valuable of all trees for timber, which enters largely into the manu- facture of furniture and cabinet work, and brings the very highest price in the market. Tree is a fairly rapid grower, and also makes a fine shade tree. The large, oily nuts are of fine flavor and marketable at a fair price. 5 to 6 feet, 60 cents each, 10 for $5.00; 6 to 8 feet, $1.00, 10 for $7.50.

Silver Maple

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ORNAMENTAL AND SHADE TREES— Continued

Hard Maple

Horse Chestnuts. White flowering. A fine, large tree of compact outline, dense green fo- liage. In June the tree bears in greatest pro- fusion, large panicles of white flowers, tinged with red. Very pretty for street or lawn. 5 to 6 feet, $1.50 each, 10 for $13.50.

Maple, Soft or Silver. A native tree of very rapid growth. Hardy everywhere and easily transplanted. Leaves are finely cut, bright green on the upper and whitish on lower side. When you order a Silver Maple, you will get what is called a Soft Maple. When quick ef- fect or shade is desired, the Soft Maple is one of the best trees to plant. Largely used for street or park planting.

Prices of Soft Maple

Per Per Per

1 10 100

3 to 4 ft., well pruned trees $0.20 $1.70 $15.00

4 to 5 ft., well pruned trees .25 2.20 20.00

Black or Yellow Locust. A large native tree

or rapid growth, valuable for shade as well as quite ornamental. The yellowish white flowers are in long, pendulous racemes and appear in June. Wood is very valuable for posts, growing quicker to given size than any other hardwood tree. The timber is of very best quality and for posts outlasts, with a few exceptions, all other sorts. The Forestry Division of the Agricultural Department at Washington recommends the Black Locust for Timber Plantation for Okla- homa, Texas, New Mexico, Kansas, Nebraska and California.

Price of Black Locust

Per 1 Per 10 Per 100

3 to 4 feet, nice transplanted

trees .. — — $0.20 $1.70 $15.00

4 to 5 feet, nice transplanted

trees .25 2.20 20.00

5 to 6 feet, nice transplanted

trees .30 2.75 25.00

Maple, Sugar or Hard. A popular American tree of pyramidal form. The foliage is large and handsome, and of rich, pleasing green, turning to orange yellow and red in summer. Its upright habit of growth, dense shade and adaptability to different soils has rendered it one of the most extensively used. Valuable

for sugar and timber. 5 to 6 foot trees, 75 cents each, 10 for $7.00; 6 to 8 feet, $1.00 each, 10 for $8.50.

Carolina Poplar. One of the most rapid growing trees, with large, handsome, glossy, deep green leaves. Succeeds everywhere ; es-

pecially adapted to cities where it makes un- usually fast growth and resists smoke and gas. Pyramidal in form, making a spreading head and dense shade when properly trimmed. It is unexcelled for quick growth and effect ; makes a splendid windbreak or screen. It is used in larger numbers for street planting than any other tree.

Per Per Per

1 10 100

3 to 4 feet, wrups $0.10 $0.80 $ 7.00

4 to 5 feet, whips 15 1.25 10.00

5 to 6 feet, branched .20 1.75 15.00

Russian Olive. A beautiful lawn tree, with

spreading top ; nearly black shining bark and silvery-white, long, narrow foliage. The small yellow blossoms have a wonderful appear- ance. The exquisite perfumes are carried long distances in the air. Fine if planted in a group with green leaved trees, among shrubbery, or as a lawn tree. Hardy as far north as Canada. It deserves a place in every park or garden. Should be much more largely planted. Can also be used as a hedge or screen, as it stands pruning or shearing well. See under plants for hedges and screens.

Prices of Russian Olive

Per 1 Per 10

2 to 3 feet .$0.25 $2.00

3 to 4 feet 35 3.00

4 to 5 feet 45 4.00

5 to 6 feet .60 5.00

Red Elm. For the first time we are able to offer Red Elm shade trees. We have only a limited supply which we can furnish at the following prices : 4 to 5 feet, 50 cents each;

5 to 6 feet, 75 cents each; 6 to 8 feet, $1.00 each.

Catalpa Speciosa. Hardy Catalpa. An ef- fective tropical looking lawn tree with very broad, large leaves and fragrant purplish- white blossoms of pyramidal clusters, often a foot long. There are few trees that have been more extensively planted for commercial plan- tations in the Middle West and the Eastern States. It is hardy, grows rapidly on prairies, resists drouth remarkably well, and has hardly any insect enemies. As a post tim- ber it ranks with the Black Locust and Osage. Experiments have left no doubt as to its resistency to decay. Without doubt for fence post wood it has no equal and in view of the fact that it can be grown so easily, it ought not to require much argument to cause farmers to plant Catalpa wherever it will grow. It is all right for posts here in Nebraska.

Per 1 Per 10 Per 100

3 to 4 feet $0.20 $1.70 $15.00

4 to 5 feet — .25 2.20 20.00

Evergreens

We cannot ship Evergreens by mail

Per 1

Per 10

Scotch Pine, 2 to 3 feet ....

$1.00

$8.50

Scotch Pine, 18 to 24 inch

75

6.00

Scotch Pine, 12 to 18 inch .

.50

4.50

Jack Pine, 2 to 3 feet

75

7.00

Jack Pine, 18 to 24 inch

$0

4.00

Jack Pine, 12 to 18 inch

40

3.50

Red Cedar, 3 to 4 feet, sheared 1.50

12.50

Red Cedar, 2 to 3 feet,

1.00

8.00

Red Cedar, 12 to 18 inch

75

6.00

Red Cedar, 8 to 12 inch,

.50

4.00

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Weeping Trees

These trees are too large to be sent by Parcel Post.

These trees form objects of great , beauty when planted as single specimens on lawns, in the front yard and especially when used for cemetery decorations. Alsjbi of great value for covering arbors. Our list embraces the best varieties.

Tea’s Weeping Mulberry. We cordially rec- ommend this as one of the thriftiest, hardiest, and most beautiful weeping trees. It trans- plants easily and is appropriate for both large and small places. The leaves are lus- trous, distinctly lobed ; the branches slender and willowy, forming a tall, narrow, green tent of dense shade. Fine tree. $2.00 each.

Camper down Weeping Elm. Its vigorous branches, which have a uniform habit, over- lap so regularly that a compact, roof-like head is formed. Leaves are large, glossy dark green. A strong, vigorous grower. One of the best weeping trees. It can be trained to form an arbor if desired. The peculiar char- acteristics of this tree make it very popular and valuable for the lawn. Hardy. $2.00 each.

Per 1 Per 10

Wisconsin Willow, 4 to 5 feet, ....$0.35 $3.00

Wisconsin Willow, 5 to 6 feet 50 4.00

Mountain Ash .. 2.00

Camperdown Weeping Elm

Cuttings

Per Per

100 1,000

Cottonwood $0.35 $3.00

Mailing price 40

Carolina Poplar .35 3.00

Mailing price — 40 ......

Concord Grape 75 5.00

Mailing price 80' — •«

Hedge Plants

Per

10

Privet, 6 to 12 inches, :... $0.50

Mailing price 55

Privet, 12 to 18 inches 60

Mailing price 70

Privet, 18 to 24 inches 75

Mailing price .90

Russian Mulberry, 6 to 12 inches .10

Mailing price 15

Russian Mulberry, 12 to 18 inches .15

Mailing price 20

Russian Mulberry, 18 to 24 inches .25 Mailing price .30

Per

100

$4.00

4.25 5.oo; 5.40

7.00

7.50 .90

1.25

1.50 1.75!

2.00 2.75/

Catalpa Bungeii or Umbrella Tree. One of the finest ornamental trees we have ; it is per- fectly hardy ; you will be pleased with this tree on your lawn. Trees grafted, 7 feet high. $1.50 each.

Weeping Birch

Weeping Birch. Cut leaved. Probably the most popular and desirable lawn tree in ex- istence, and produces a beautiful effect on streets and avenues. Makes a vigorous growth and is perfectly hardy. Trunk straight, slender, white as snow; the slim side branches drooping in a most picturesque manner; foliage delicate and deep cut, color- ing finely in the fall. The drooping branches and silvery bark form a most effective com- bination during the winter months. $1.50 each, t

Forest Tree Seedlings

t Per Per

100 1,000 »

Ash, 6 to 12 inches, .$0.50 $4.00

Mailing price 60

Ash, 12 to 18 inches 75 6.50

Mailing price 85

Ash, 18 to 24 inches 1.00 8.00

Mailing price 1.25

Box Elder, 6 to 10 inches .50 4.00

Mailing price .. .60 ......

Box Elder, 10 to 15 inches .75 6.50

Mailing price 85 ......

Box Elder, 15 to 20 inches, 1.00 8.00

Mailing price 1.25

Soft Maple, 12 to 18 inches, .75 7.00

Mailing price .90

White Elm, 6 to 12 inches .75 6.00

Mailing price - 85

White Elm, 12 to 18 inches, 1.00 8.50

Mailing price ^ 1.25

Catalpa Speciosa, 12 to 18 inches 75 7.00

Mailing price — 90

Catalpa Speciosa, 18 to 24 inches,.... 1.00 9.00

Mailing price 1.25

Catalpa Speciosa, 2 to 3 feet, 1.50 12.00

Mailing price 2.00

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PEONIES

That Herbaceous Peonies are as fine and. effective in their way as Rhododendrons or Roses is now being generally recognized. They are hardier and more easily cultivated than either of their rivals, and are being used in the same way for bold display of color. Their flowers are very lasting; some of them are finely finished and exquisitely colored. Plant in deep, rich, well- prepared soil, covering the buds but an inch or two. Do not expect too much of them the first year. They are a little slow in establishing themselves.

We can furnish red, white and pink, common sorts, strong plants at 35 cents each, 3 for $1.00. By mail, 40 cents each.

We also have choice varieties as named below at 75 cents each. By mail 85 cents.

Delicatessima Peony

Delicatessima. This beautiful flower should be in every garden. Very large ; delicate, clear pink, lighter in the center ; very fra- grant ; free blooming. Exceptionally pretty in the bud ; a quality flower in every sense. It is unexcelled as a cut flower.

Festiva Maxima. About the largest and un- doubtedly the most popular Peony of them all. High built flowers borne on long, stiff stems ; the purest white inner petals slightly tipped carmine. Early.

Edulis Superba. (Lemon.) Very large, bright rose flower ; a beautiful early variety.

Pottsii. Dark crimson ; yellow stamens showing through the flower; early.

Nigra. (Terry.) Full double flower; the darkest crimson of any ; long, willowy stems ; blooms late.

r

Bed of Cannas

Modest Guerin. Brilliant carmine-rose with H high and stiff center full of rosy-pink petals.

Queen Victoria. The broad guard petals are a pretty bluish-white; center slightly edged pink.

Festiva Maxima Peony

Cannas

One of the most popular of bedding plants with their green and bronze foliage and bright flowers ; we grow six of the best varieties. 10 cents each; 1 dozen $1.00, for dry bulbs. Bulbs which have been started to grow in the greenhouse, 15 cents each; 8 for $1.00.

By Parcel Post, prepaid, add 2 cents to the price of each bulb.

Florence Vaughn. 5 feet. Green foliage ; flowers are a rich golden yellow, thickly dot- ted with red.

Mad. Crozy. 3% feet. Green foliage; flowers vermilion with gold border.

Crimson Bedder. Bright crimson scarlet.

Pillar of Fire. 6 feet. Green foliage; red flolwers.

King Humbert. 4 to 5 feet. Giant flowered, orange scarlet, bronze leaf. The flowers are very large and very free blooming. The hand- some leathery foliage is of strong habit.

Price of King Humbert, 15 cents each, one dozen $1.25; bulbs which have been started to grow, 8 for $1.50.

Phlox

No class of hardy plants is more desirable than the Perennial Phloxes. They will thrive in any position and can be used to advantage in the hardy border, in large groups on the lawn, or planted in front of belts of shrubbery where, by judicious pinching back and remov- ing faded flowers, a constant succession of bloom may be had until frost.

Assorted colors: 20 cents each; 6 for $1.00. Mailing price 22 cents each.

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FAIRBURY NURSERIES— FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA

Golden Glow

Iris

assorted colors, 10 cents each; 3 for 25 cents.

TREE

PROTECTORS

Price — 2V2 cents each; $2.00 per 100 ...Mailing price, 3 cents each.

Same are made of veneer and are the best and easiest applied of anything ever used. Two men can wrap 1,000 trees a day. They are 18 to 24 inches long, 9 to 12 inches wide, and one-twelfth inch thick, and are fastened with small wire around the center, and will last from three to five years.

Will protect your trees from rabbits, mice and borers; will also protect the stems from sunscald and can be left on during the summer and will not injure the tree. They are furnished green, tied in bundles of 100 each, and are ready for use. Soak in water before applying.

Golden Glow

Golden Glow. The most prolific and satis- factory of all yellow-flowering sorts. Grows 5 to 7 feet and blooms from early summer un- til frost. Flowers are produced on long stems in enormous quantities, and resembles gold- en-yellow Cactus Dahlias. 20 cents each. By mail 25 cents each.

Tuberoses

Excelsior Pearl. Double white, dwarf, sel- dom over 18 inches high. 5 cents each; 6 for 25 cents. By mail, 7 cents each.

Fall Double. Grows very large, often 5 feet; pure white double ; blooms late in the fall. 5 cents each; 6 for 25 cents. By mail 7 cents each.

Gladiolus

One of the most* attractive summer flower- ing bulbs. Very ornamental for the lawn. To obtain a succession of bloom there should be several plantings made at intervals of a week. Set bulbs 6 to 9 inches apart and about 4 inches deep. If the soil is poor see that it is carefully enriched. The flowers are excellent for cutting, and last a week in water, the bulbs opening well. The bulbs should be taken up in the fall before heavy freezing weather sets in and allowed to dry off in the sun. Cut off the stem close to the bulb, put in paper bags and place where they will not freeze. A cold, dry atmosphere is best. We have a fine collection of the large flowering sorts. Dry bulbs, 5 cents each; $4.00 per 100. Mailing price, 6 cents each.

RUFUS RED BELGIAN HARES

Pedigreed stock : write for prices, stating

what you want.

BOX Nebraska

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BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS

We have been breeding and showing Barred Rocks for over fifteen years and now have as good stock as can be found in our state, we use the double mating system in breeding ; that is, we use a standard colored male with very dark females to produce good colored males, and very light well marked male, with standard colored females to produce good colored females. In sending in your order please state the mating you prefer. Price of eggs per 15, $3.00.

S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS

For a number of years we have been breeding and showing this variety and have some extra good stock at present, this is the most popular breed of chickens.

Price of eggs from mated pens, $3.00 per 15 eggs. We have a large flock or farm range, eggs 50 for $5.00; 100 for $8.00.

COCKERELS

Owing to the high cost of feed during last season we have disposed of all our Cheap cockerels keeping only the best. We have Rocks and Reds, fine large birds at $5.00, $7.00 and $10.00 each

ANGORA CATS

We are breeding long-haired Angora Cats. These make the finest of pets and are also good mousers. Colors are mostly white, some mixed with buff. Prices run from $5.00 to $10.00 each. If you are interested write us for prices on kittens we have on hand.

PLANTS

Celery

In early spring of each year we grow large quantities of vegetable plants, such as Sweet Potato, Tomato, Cabbage, Peppers, Celery, Egg Plant and Kohl Rabi. We ship either by mail postpaid or express, when sent by express the customer pays the expressage.

Sweet Potatoes

Plants cannot be set with safety until danger from frost is past.

Varieties are Yellow Jersey and Nancy Hall. Plants are usually ready for ship- ment May 10th.

Per 100 Per 1000

By mail prepaid $ .60 $5.00

By express 50 4.00

Cabbage

Early Wakefield and Holland

We start early celery in the Green house and transplant it once before ship- ment.

Golden Self Blanching and Silver plume

Per 100 Per 1000

By mail $ .75

By express .60

By mail after June 1st.. .50

By express after June 1st .40

Per 100

By mail $ .60

By express 40

By mail after June 1st.. .40

By express after June 1st .35

Per 1000

$5.00

3.5(

3.50

3.00

Holland.

Tomatoes

Earliana, Stone and Dwarf Champion

Per 100 Per 1000

By mail $1.00 $8.50

By express . 80 7.50

By express from 2 in pots, per dozen .50 By express from 3 i« r*ots, per Hnr. $1.00

Golden Self Blanching

Peppers

Giant-Sweet Mango and Cayenne

By mail

Per 100

Per 1000

$1.00

$8.50

75

7.00

Rabi

Per 100

Per 1000

$ .60

$5.00

50

4.50

Dwarf Champion.

Egg Plant

Per dozen, postpaid 25 cents

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