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CATALOGUE
1918
Strawberries
and other
Small Fruit Plants
Hardy Shrubs and
Ornamentals
SENA TOR DUNLAP
The Most Profitable Strawberry
Grown. ( See page 6.)
(. Actual Size)
Keith Brothers Nursery
Sawyer, Michigan
An everbearer excelling* in every way.
The most profitable and productive variety on the market.
The World’s greatest and best known Everbearing Strawberry.
Berries large, attractive, rich dark red, perfect, pointed (see cut).
Well flavored berries, rich for table use, preserving and canning.
A berry for the home garden or commercial field. It has no equal.
Progressive Everbearing
The Progressive Strawberry is undoubtedly the best variety of its kind. We have compared it
with all other everbearing varieties and none of them can come anywhere near it as a garden or
commercial berry. Plants set in the spring will fruit within six weeks. The young plants often
blossom and form berries before they root. Eight weeks after planting there will be plenty of blos-
soms and berries. By the middle of August the row will be filled with blooms, green and ripe ber-
ries (see cut).
It is often asked, “Will the plants bear the same year they are planted?” Yes; you just can’t
keep them from bearing. Not only will the original plants bear but the
young plants formed from them will bear also. By the first of September
every plant in the row should be bearing. All during August, September
and October the Progressive yields profitably, the berries selling from 25
cents to 50 cents a quart on the market. The Progressive is
certainly an Everbearing Strawberry. It bears its heaviest
crop the same year it is set out. They will fruit some the fol-
lowing spring but not nearly so much as the Superb (see page
3). Its wonderful reputation has been made from the fact that
it forms a solid fruiting row and bears more profusely than
any other similar variety. The only fault found with the Pro-
gressive is that the plants set in the spring blossom too much
for the best formation of runners. Therefore, the bloom should
be picked off at planting time and kept picked off until the last
of June. This brings the ripening about August 1st or sooner.
PRODUCTIVENESS — A heavy bearer all through August,
September and October. Young and old plants bear profitably.
BERRY — Dark, attractive, velvety red; large, conical, well-
shaped, even size; well flavored, tart to acid.
PLANTS — Medium in size, strong, well-rooted, healthy.
RUNNERS — Numerous, strong; a good fruiting row.
Actual size. Price, per 25, 50c; 100, $1.50; 1,000, $12.00.
Introduction
Nineteen - Eight
een
THE YEAR 1 9 1 7, with its perplexing
problems and war conditions, closed
as one of the best years yet for the
man on the farm. Notwithstanding the
unsettled conditions of the world at large,
the past year has been one of opportunity
for the farmer. We wish to extend our best wishes and thanks
to our many patrons and friends who have helped to make this
past year a prosperous one for us. The people at large are now
facing some of the gravest problems ever brought before this country,
but we as citizens of this United States, are not to be intimidated
by these conditions. We are going to push forward and make the
coming year one of the greatest and most productive years yet expe-
rienced. We are looking forward with much interest to what is
going to happen. We, as men on the farm, our country’s only producers, can assure ourselves that
we are now entering upon a year of many possibilities and opportunities. Never before has the
producer looked into the future with as bright prospects for prices, demands and profits as today.
During the past year fruit-growers realized large profits on their crops, and, with the demand
for foodstuffs being what it will be, caused by this World-wide war, prices for the next two years
are going to be no lower than they are today. With these facts before us, we are appealing to our
many customers and friends to get. into the game and be liberal producers. Every quart of fruit
you produce is not only going to be of great profit to you, but it will be just that much toward
feeding the starving millions. Never before has opportunity held her door so wide open for you.
We offer you the two following suggestions. First, you who can prepare to do so, will do well
to set out all the small fruit plants you can possibly care for. Be one of Uncle Sam’s helpers and
assist as much as possible in our National production. There will be big money in the fruit
business for the next two years at least. You will be doing a patriotic act and also greatly bene-
fiting yourself by being a larger producer than ever. Second, we suggest that you, who are en-
gaged in other business and do not feel inclined to set out a large number of plants, do grow
enough fruit for home consumption. The “home garden” movement that was started last spring
has filled more than one cellar with vegetables for the winter of 1917. It was a movement that
brought nation-wide saving. Why not grow enough fruit for home consumption? That would
be patriotism.
We send this Yearbook with the hope that you will appreciate it. We trust that you will con^
sider very carefully its contents, as it is our sole representative. Its statements in regard to the
varieties offered are actual facts drawn from experience in growing and fruiting them. The vari-
eties we do list, while not so numerous, are those which have proved to be profitable and of
commercial importance.
We have endeavored to make our prices as low as possible. We have not advanced them in
accordance with the increased cost of labor expended in planting, growing, and packing our
plants. We consider ourselves entitled to a legitimate profit, and this added to the cost of pro-
duction determines the listed prices.
It is our desire to furnish our customers with the best plants grown, in order that they may
realize the greatest returns from their investment. We have always endeavored to conduct our
business on a square, upright basis, satisfying our customers and carrying out our guarantee.
No order is too large or none too small for us to handle. We consider one order as important as
another. We regard each order as a personal investment and desire to do our part in making it
a profitable one, therefore, by ordering from us your success is assured.
OUR GUARANTEE
It is our intention that every variety offered and priced in this cata-
logue will reach you in good growing condition and prove to be pre-
cisely as described. All plants shipped by us are true to name,
one-year old, and carefully packed.
You take no risk in sending us your order, for we absolutely guar-
antee you satisfaction. We make good any order which proves un-
satisfactory. KEITH BROS. NURSERY.
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KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
This is Our Only Salesman
In introducing our salesman, we wish to extend thanks for past patronage and to assure you
prompt and careful attention to all inquiries and orders with which you may favor us. Its state-
ments regarding varieties are actual facts. They are written through experience in growing and
fruiting the plants. We offer only tried varieties and list only those which prove to be profitable.
ORDER EARLY. You are thus more certain to
obtain the varieties you desire. Later in the
season we may be out of the varieties that you
desire. We ship orders in the rotation in which
they are received. If you desire to have an order
shipped on any special date, make note of same
on your order and we will comply with same as
nearly as possible.
HOW TO ORDER. Use order sheet and write
plainly. Give exact number of plants desired and
cost of same. Under no circumstance will we
substitute unless privileged to do so by the pur-
chaser. It is always well to give a second choice,
especially if ordering late in the season.
REMIT by Postoffice Order, Express Money
Order or Bank Draft. Postal Stamps will be ac-
cepted for the fractional parts of a dollar. Don’t
send coins in an enevlope unless you register the
letter.
TERMS are cash with order. With large
orders one-half the amount may be sent with
order and the balance before plants are shipped.
SHIPPING. Strawberry plants are shipped by
express, but cane plants, such as Blackberries
and Raspberries, may be sent by freight. They
often reach our customers in good condition, but
we do not insure safe delivery when shipped by
freight. Small orders may be sent by mail, but
an additional cost of 20 cents per hundred for
Strawberries and 50 cents per hundred for cane
plants is required to cover postage and safe
wrapping. Please don’t forget this.
YOUR PLANTS are dug, tied in bunches and
hauled to the packing house without any chance
of being exposed to the drying winds or sun.
Here they are packed in damp moss in crates
and shipped directly to you, thereby reaching you
shortly after being dug.
PLANTS UPON ARRIVAL should be looked
after at once. Don’t place them away in a warm
room in the package in which they were shipped.
If the weather is warm they may spoil over night.
Heel them in in a sandy soil. Surround each
bunch with the soil. They need not be watered
after being heeled in unless they are quite dry
from shipping. If the soil is ready, the plants
may be set out at once. Remember to keep the
plants cool until planted.
PREPARE THE SOIL for small fruit as if it
were a garden. Plow as early as possible in the
spring and keep well worked until planting.
Thoroughness is an important factor in success-
ful culture. Don’t plant them on land that was
in heavy sod the year before. They may be
destroyed by insects. They should follow a cul-
tivated crop, such as corn, beans, potatoes, etc.
FERTILIZE THE SOIL where possible with
well-rotted barnyard or stable manure. Plow
under at least ten loads per acre and topdress
the soil with five loads which have been well
decayed.
PLANTING should be done as early as possible
in the spring. Spread the roots and pack the soil
well around them. Don’t place the plants in the
soil any deeper than they grew. A hole made
by thrusting a spade in the soil will receive the
roots in good shape. We plant all our plants in
this manner. Some varieties of Strawberries
have imperfect blossoms, marked (Imp.) in our
catalogue, and should not be planted alone. In-
terplant such varieties every fourth row with
perfect flowered varieties, marked (Per.) This is
very important. Keep it in mind when ordering.
Distance for Planting and Plants Required
per Acre
Strawberries, 3 ft., 8 in. x 1 % ft. . . 7,920 plants
Black Raspberries 7 ft. x 3% ft.. .1,777 plants
Red Raspberries 6 ft. x 3 ft. . .2,420 plants
Blackberries 7 ft. x 3 14 ft. . .1,777 plants
CULTIVATE your plants often in order to keep
down the weeds, conserve moisture, and train the
runners in the row. Keep the hoe busy, too, and
you will succeed.
WHERE TO ORDER. Order from Northern
nurseries. If plants are dug in the South at the
time the Northern season opens, they are too far
advanced for shipping and planting. On the
other hand, plants dug in the North at the time
the season opens there, may be shipped South
without encountering this difficulty.
The Northern location of our nursery renders
it ideal for the growing of all small fruit plants.
We are within two miles of the eastern shore of
Lake Michigan. The climate is greatly moder-
ated in the spring and fall by this large body of
water. This locality is thus well suited for the
growing of large, healthy, well-rooted plants.
There are more small fruit plants grown here
than anywhere in the United States. Let us fill
your order with plants grown under these ideal
conditions. We are prepared to satisfy you in
every way.
REFERENCES
As to our financial standing and reliability we
refer you (by permission) to the Bridgman State
Bank, of Bridgman, Mich.; E. K. Warren & Co.,
Bankers, of Three Oaks, Mich.; or to the Post-
master or Express Agent of Sawyer, Mich.
CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION.
No. 1865.
This is to Certify, that I have examined the
nursery stock of Keith Bros. Nursery, and find
it apparently free from dangerous insects and
dangerously contagious tree and plant diseases.
This certificate to be void after July 31, 1918.
L. R. TAFT,
State Inspector of Nurseries and Orchards.
East Lansing, Mich, Oct. 6, 1917.
Everbearing Strawberries
Everbearing Strawberries are a success. They are profitable in every way.
Plants set in the spring bear all that summer. Also the following spring. Two crops a year.
They are a delicious fruit and make good shortcakes at all times.
We have all the Strawberries we can eat all summer. Our last shortcake for 1917 was November 25.
You should have some of these plants and grow your own berries. We can tell you how.
A big Money-maker. Nets from 25 cents to 40 cents per quart in fancy markets.
Berries sold for $4.00 to $6.00 per 16-quarts on Chicago market all last fall.
They bear big paying crops, yielding from half to as much as the June-bearing varieties.
Bearing plants, potted in late fall, sell for $2.50 per pot as Christmas specialties.
Why not have fresh Strawberries all summer for your table and to sell?
Everbearing Strawberries can be grown under the same conditions as the June-bearing varieties.
Varieties of Everbearing Strawberries
We list just two varieties of Everbearers, the Progressive and the Superb. These have proved to
be the two best with us, and we therefore recommend them for planting by our customers. Of these
two we find the Progressive the better. Read carefully what we state regarding each.
PROGRESSIVE — You will find this variety pictured and described on inside of front cover. Read
carefully what it proves to be with us.
SUPERB — This variety is one of the best known of the Everbearing sorts. It is now being offered
for sale by all dealers and proves to be worthy of a trial in any fruit garden or farm. It does not
bear so heavily in the fall as the Progressive, but produces large paying crops the following spring,
outyielding many of the June-bearing varieties. Remember it also bears the same summer and fall
after planting. Buy the Superb and you can’t lose. You will have berries the same fall and a large
paying crop the next spring.
Productiveness — Fair yields in summer and fall. Large yields the following spring.
Berry — Medium dark, glossy red, evenly colored, firm, solid flesh, well flavored, ships well.
Plants — Strong, deep-rooted, hardy, healthy.
Runners — Medium in number, but making good fruiting row on moist loam soil.
Price, per 25, 50 cents; per 100, $1.50; per 1,000. $12.00.
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KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
General List of Strawberries
Early Varieties
BEDERWOOD (Per.) — One of the old varieties that has
come to stay. It comes into bearing early in the season
and continues to produce almost perfect berries to the end
of the strawberry season. You will find the berries in the
last picking as perfect as those in the first. This is one of
the strong points of the Bederwood. We attribute this char-
acteristic to its wonderfully strong fertilizing ability. It has
a long blossoming period and is one of the best fertilizers
for the Haverland and other early and midseason varieties
(see Haverland), and we recommend it as such. It pro-
duces more quarts per acre than any other of the early
varieties. The vines are simply loaded with fruit. The
berries are rather round, medium sized, light red, firm and
of good flavor. It produces as many plants as the Warfield
or Senator Dunlap and always makes a good fruiting row.
It is one of the best of the early varieties, and should be
often used as a fertilizer for imperfect varieties. Price,,
$3.00 per thousand.
CHARLES I. — Charles the First is a very productive
berry that comes into bearing extra early and produces-
well even toward the end of the strawberry season. It is
not very often that we find an early variety that bears such
large crops and keeps it up nearly all season. It is a hardy
plant and grows a good fruiting row under the most un-
desirable weather conditions. This va’riety is one of our
best early berries. It comes into bearing about four or five
days ahead of the Bederwood, which is considered one of
our earliest producing strawberries. We guarantee entire
satisfaction with Charles I. It is a wonderfully productive
early variety. Price, $4.00 per thousand.
Bederwood.
We do not offer any variety but what has been tried and proved
to be a profitable one in every way. The different varieties are
described as we find them through actual experience in
growing and fruiting the plants.
ST. LOUIS (Per.)— This is one of our
more recent early varieties, resembling
the Haverland in color. The plants are
medium in size and
long rooted, making
them a plant that
will thrive any-
where. The St. Louis
is a great plant
maker, never failing
to make a big fruit-
ing row under half
a chance. It is a
good heavy bearer,
coming earlier than
the Bederwood. The
berries are of good'
flavor and hold up
very well under
shipping. Price,
$4.00 per thousand.
See pages eight and nine
for Special Reduced Prices.
On these pages we list one
early, one medium, and one
late variety, and by pur-
chasing plants from each of
these three varieties you can have
the berry season.
Charles I.
the best strawberries throughout
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\a.b Co.
Early Ozark.
Bubach.
THREE BIG OFFERS-PAGES 8 AND 9
EARLY OZARK (Per.) — This berry has made a great record since placed on the market. It is said
to be a cross seedling of Excelsior and Aroma, and was originated in Missouri. Early Ozark is a
grand extra early berry, and has become a favorite in many parts of the South, where it is the best
known berry that we know of. Where it has been seen in fruit, almost everybody wants plants.
The leaves are thick and leathery, with a healthy, vigorous appearance, looking as though they had
been varnished. The berries average large in size, ripen early and are very firm, which means a great
deal to commercial growers. We guarantee every
plant to be true to name. Price, $4.00 per thousand.
Medium Varieties
BUBACH (Imp.) — One of the largest berries grown.
You will find it very profitable. If you are wanting a
large, fancy berry, one that will make a big showing
on your table or on the market, buy the Bubach. You
will not be disappointed in any way with the Bubach,
and it will make you large profits. Berries large,
showy, even deep dark red color throughout. Stand
shipping and hold their color well. Plants large and
hardy. It doesn’t make so many plants as some vari-
eties, but enough to form a good fruiting row. Bubach
is an old reliable variety of the big-berry type. It has
an imperfect flower and we suggest planting it along
with the Gibson, Senator Dunlap, or Pocomoke for fer-
tilization. Price, $4.50 per thousand.
DR. BURRILL (Per.) — This variety is pictured and
described on the back cover. It is one of the best new
varieties that we offer and we are sure you will be
pleased in every way with it. If you have ever fruit-
ed^or seen the Senator Dunlap (the world’s best known
bgrry) you have an idea of the Dr. Burrill. The berry
is: a little more tart than the Dunlap, but as good, if
no^V better berry, for canning and home use. Try the
Dr. .Burrill if you do not want to take a chance. It
\viU surely please you. Price, $4.00 per thousand.
KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
Senator Dunlap.
SENATOR DUNLAP (Per.)— (See illustration
on front cover). This Strawberry is one of the
most grown strawberries that is on the market
today. There isn’t a berry region in the United
States but what knows the Senator Dunlap. It
resembles the old Warfield in many ways, and
probably this has something to do with its wide-
spread use over the country. It has a perfect
blossom and therefore can be planted by itself
with a surety that it will bear large crops. It is
just the strawberry for the home garden. The
berry is of a dark red color, medium to large in
size, with a well rounded but inclined to pointed
shape. It is one of the firmest varieties and
therefore will stand shipping and a great amount
of handling. The berry colors up rather evenly,
but when there is a part that is well shaded it
doesn’t become highly colored but takes on a deep
pink color which makes the berry appear very
beautiful. Without doubt it is one of the best
all-around strawberries on the market today.
Here are some of the things that make the
Senator Dunlap such a great berry:
A good, firm, perfect fruit, with a striking
deep red color.
An abundant producer with a medium long
bearing season.
It comes into bearing in early mid-summer
in time to get in on the early markets.
It is a fine berry to can for home uses. It
retains its color and shape after being canned.
It also retains its flavor after being cooked.
It is one of the finest berries grown for home
use, both for canning and for table use.
It has a perfect flower and will bear when
planted alone. It is also a good variety to
plant with imperfect varieties as a fertilizer.
It is a good shipper and a good seller. Peo-
ple always buy the Senator Dunlap.
It is a wonderful plant producer. There is
no question about it making a good fruiting
row.
In making out your order do not fail to in-
clude the Senator Dunlap. Price, $3.50 per
thousand.
GIBSON (Per.) — This famous strawberry
is pictured and described on the back cover.
Read carefully what it has to say for itself.
Prce, $4.00 per thousand.
HAVERLAND (Imp.)— There is none better.
One of our old varieties which has stood by us
through all our years of cultivation. It is yet one
of the best for early medium markets. It is an
abundant plant maker, never failing to make a
wide, well-filled fruiting row. The plants are
healthy, long-rooted and do well on any straw-
berry soil. It is one of our most heavy bearers
of large, pointed, well-shaped berries, making it
a very profitable market variety. They begin to
ripen medium early and last well toward the end
of the berry season. The end of the pointed
berry is often a pink color while the remainder
is a medium red, making it a very beautiful at-
tractive market berry. It is certainly a good
seller and demands the highest prices. They are
easily picked and are firm enough to ship. Re-
member that it has an imperfect flower and
should not be planted alone. Bederwood or Sena-
tor Dunlap are good to plant with it for feriliza-
tion. Price, $3.50 per thousand.
Haverland.
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Read Our GUARANTEE and INTRODUCTION
on Page One
(S POCOMOKE (Per.)— This variety is one of
the best money-makers we have, outyielding
many of the varieties of its season and coming
second to the famous Gibson. The berries are
large, round, and hold their size and shape
throughout the picking season. This is what
makes it such a profitable and well-liked vari-
ety. The berries are of a deep, dark red color,
firm and highly flavored. The plants are
strong, hardy and good growers, making good
on any soil and under all favorable growing
conditions. It ripens evenly and is one of the
best shippers yet introduced. We have no
fault to find with the Pocomoke, and recom-
mend it highly to our customers. Price, $4.00
per thousand.
PARSON’S BEAUTY (Per.) — An extra good
strawberry that can be depended upon to bring
a paying crop every year. Plant is a strong
grower with plenty of dark green foliage.
Wonderfully productive. Berries are very
large, evenly shaped, and have a beautiful
dark, glossy finish. They closely resemble
Pocomoke in every way. Parson’s Beauty is a
good, profitable strawberry and we recommend
them to our customers. This variety is now
largely planted in the East and is making the
growers there a lot of money. You will like
Parson’s Beauty and it will be a valuable addi-
tion to your list of profitable varieties. This
variety is suitable for most any soil or condi-
tion. Order some this year, sure. Price,
$4.00 per thousand. Pocomoke.
UNCLE JIM (Per.) — Uncle is right there with the goods. He is a big, grand “Old Uncle.” Berries
extra large, regular in form and of a fine quality and flavor, suitable for eating or table use. There
is a great deal to be said about the Bubach, but we think your Uncle Jim has it outdone for size.
The plants are hardy and do well everywhere. We recommend it as a profitable fancy berry. Try
it along with the Bubach if you want something surprising in the big berry line. We have a large
stock of extra large plants of this variety. Price, $4.50 per thousand.
WM. BELT (Per.) — A large, attractive berry with an attractive glossy red color. It is quite point-
ed but of uniform shape. It ripens all over at once, a factor which some of the large berried vari-
eties don’t have. Wm. Belt is a very profitable market variety, being attractive both in color and size.
Any grower wishing a variety for fancy market should not be without the^Wm. Belt. It does well in
most places with the exception of wet soil, where it sometimes rusts. Price, $4.00 per thousand.
OHIO BOY (Per.) One of our latest varieties, which.
makes a strong, vigorous growth. It resembles the
Bederwood in foliage, but has much larger berry and is
very firm, which makes it a good shipper. Its fruit is
very delicious and is fine for canning. It makes a good
fruiting row and it is not best to plant them too close
in the row; give them plenty of room, for they are
good plantmakers. Although this variety is of recent
origin, it has already won favor and a generous recogni-
tion among the berry growers of the Middle West. It
yields large quantities of dark red berries, this color
extending from circumference to center, and it is pos-
sessed of a rich flavor, that makes it very attractive to
the trade. Price, $5.00 per thousand.
PROLIFIC. This variety came from the New York
Experiment Stations as a cross of the Marshall on the
Sample. This Expt. Station found it a good producer,
yielding as high as 14,502 quarts per acre. The berries
are bright scarlet color, firm and well-shaped. The only
fault that is to be found with the Prolific is that it is
quite susceptible to leaf spot during unfavorable weath-
er. This, however, can be controlled by spraying with
Bordeaux. If you are wanting a heavy yielder, buy the
Prolific. Price, $5.00 per thousand.
Uncle Jim.
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KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
The Warfield MakerjGrownJ
WARFIELD (Imp.) — One of the most popular varieties, and
one of the best berries grown. We have cultivated it for
years and have no fault to find with it. The berries are
medium in size, dark red, firm and of a rich flavor. They are
the best for table, canning and shipping, and none meet with
more favor with the fruit grower. It can’t be beaten
for holding its firmness, dark red color, and size in
shipping and in canning. What more
can be asked for in any variety? It is a
good plant maker, making a full matted
row. In many the plants are so thick
that they have to be thinned out of the
row for best results. The plants are
long-rooted, enabling it to
withstand the drought and
produce large crops. The ber-
ries begin to ripen in early
midseason, and continue in
large numbers and even size
until the end of the berry sea-
son. It resembles the Senator
Dunlap in many ways, this va-
riety being a good one to plant
with the Warfield for fertiliza-
tion. We have no better all-
round berry to offer you. It
will please you in every way.
Price, $3.50 per thousand.
SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES.
When ordered with 1,000 each of Helen Davis
and Aroma the total 3,000 plants are offered as
follows:
1,000 Helen Davis (early), 1,000 Warfield (me-
dium), and 1,000 Aroma (late) making 3,000 plants
for $10.00.
Aroma.
Our
Spe<
On these two pages
early, one medium, ai
these three varieties
season. In order that
eties we offer the foil
of plants from each of
(early), 100 Warfield i
100 each of the thre<
250 each of the thre<
500 each of the thre<
1,000 each of the thre<
Three Be*
Arc
The World’s B
AROMA (Per.) — If you are w
select the Aroma. It is one of
the best anywhere. 1
other late variety, th
It is as prominent a
Dunlap is a medium
firm, rounded, bright
good shippers and a g
Plants hardy, product
ing row. A very pro
for market. We have
expect to sell them o
per thousand.
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the Earlies of Helen Davis
HELEN DAYIS (Per.) — One of the largest strawberries
ever produced. A wonderful yielder and every berry
smooth and well shaped. A grand early strawberry. The
plants are strong and healthy, good plant makers, pro-
duce strong fruit stems, and many of them. The fruit
is a sight to see. We seldom find a strawberry, especially
an early berry, having so many superior points as Helen
Davis, described as follows:
Plants. Hardy and strong.
Fruit. Extra fine quality and appearance.
Size. One of the very largest of straw-
berries.
Color. A beautiful, rich, dark red, clear
through.
Shape. Perfect, smooth.
Flavor. In a class by themselves, a pecul-
iar velvet quality not found in others.
Productiveness. One of the most, if not
the most productive strawberry grown.
Season. Early, and continues to bear all
through the strawberry season.
You can make money with Helen Davis.
You will find our prices far below those of
other strawberry growers. Price, $3.50 per
thousand.
Warfield.
SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES.
When ordered with 1,000 each of Helen Davis
and Aroma the total 3,000 plants are offered as
follows:
1,000 Helen Davis (early), 1,000 Warfield (me-
dium), and 1,000 Aroma (late) making 3,000 plants
for $10.00.
Helen Davis.
a profitable late variety
test we have and one of
1 more Aroma than any
ndywine coming second,
variety as the Senator
The berries are large,
id attractive. They are
: te variety in every way.
d produce a large fruit-
■ berry for home use or
\ e stock of well-rooted plants, but we
! it your order in early. Price, $4.00
f deduced Prices
“Our Three Best Strawberries,” one
a late variety. By purchasing plants from each of
3 m have the best strawberries throughout the berry
: istomers may be favored when ordering these vari-
reduced prices, providing they select the same number
i ree varieties, as follows: — for example, 100 Helen Davis
in), and 300 Aroma (late), making 300 plants for $1.50.
vies, making 300 plants, for $ 1.50
vies, making 750 plants, for 2.60
vies, making 1,500 plants, for 5.50
vies, making 3,000 plants, for 10.00
Strawberries
Late Berry
KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
TRUE-TO-NAME STRAWBERRY AND SMALL FRUIT PLANTS
The Warfield
WARFIELD (Imp.)— One of the most popular varieties, and
one of the best berries crown. We have cultivated it for
years and have no fault to find with it. The berries are
medium in size, dark red, firm and of a rich flavor. They are
the best for table, canning and shipping, and none meet with
more favor with the fruit grower. It can't be beaten
for holding its firmness, dark red color, and size in
shipping and in canning. What more
can be asked for in any variety? It is a
good plant maker, making a full matted
row. In many the plants are so thick
that they have to be thinned out of the
row for best results. The plants are
long-rooted, enabling it to
withstand the drought and
produce large crops. The ber-
ries begin to ripen in early
midseason, and continue in
large numbers and even size
until the end of the berry sea-
son. It resembles the Senator
Dunlap in many ways, this va-
riety being a good one to plant
with the Warfield for fertiliza-
tion. We have no better all-
round berry to offer you. It
will please you in every way.
Price, $3.50 per thousand.
SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES.
When ordered with 1,000 each of Helen Davis
and Aroma the total 3,000 plants are offered as
follows:
1,000 Helen Davis (early), 1,000 Warfield (me-
dium), and 1,000 Aroma (late) making 3,000 plants
for $10 ""
Helen Davis
The Queen of
the Earlies
HELEN DAVIS (Per.)— One of the largest strawberries
ever produced. A wonderful yielder and every berry
smooth and well shaped. A grand early strawberry. The
plants are strong and healthy, good plant makers, pro-
duce strong fruit stems, and many of them. The fruit
is a sight to see. W e seldom find a strawberry, especially
an early berry, having so many superior points as Helen
Davis, described as follows:
Plants. Hardy and strong.
Fruit. Extra fine quality and appearance.
Size. One of the very largest of straw-
berries.
Color. A beautiful, rich, dark red, clear
through.
Shape. Perfect, smooth.
Flavor. In a class by themselves, a pecul-
iar velvet quality not found in others.
. Productiveness. One of the most, if not
|Wr , I the most productive strawberry grown.
“ * • ‘ Season. Early, and continues to bear all
through the strawberry season.
You can make money with Helen Davis.
You will find our prices far below those of
other strawberry growers. Price, $3.50 per
thousand.
SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES.
When ordered with 1,000 each of Helen Davis
and Aroma the total 3,000 plants arc offered as
follows:
1,000 Helen Davis (early), 1,000 Warfield (me-
dium), and 1,000 Aroma (late) making 3,000 plants
for $10.00.
Our
Three Best Strawberries
Aroma
The World’s Best Late Berry
AROMA (Per.) — If you are wanting a profitable late variety
select the Aroma. It is one of the best we have and one of
the best anywhere. We sell more Aroma than any
other late variety, the Brandywine coming second.
It is as prominent a late variety as the Senator
Dunlap is a medium one. The berries are large,
rounded, bright red and attractive. They are
good shippers and a good late variety in every way.
Plants hardy, productive, and produce a large fruit-
ing row. A very profitable berry for home use or
for market. We have a large stock of well-rooted plants, but we
expect to sell them out. Get your order in early. Price, $4.00
per thousand. _
Special Reduced Prices
On these two pages wfl list “Our Three Best Strawberries," one
early, one medium, and! one late variety. By purchasing plants from each of
these three varieties you can have the best strawberries throughout the berry
season. In order that our customers may be favored when ordering these vari-
eties we offer the following reduced prices, providing they select the same number
of plants from each of the three varieties, as follows: — for example, 100 Helen Davis
(early), 100 Warfield (medium), and 100 Aroma (late), making 300 plants for $1.50.
100 each of the three varieties, making 300 plants, for $ 1.50
250 each of the three varieties, making 750 plants, for 2.60
500 each of the three varieties, making 1,500 plants, for 5.50
1,000 each of the three varieties, making 3,000 plants, for 10.00
in
KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
Brandywine.
Late Varieties
BRANDYWINE (Per.) — A fine late berry, thought by many growers to be better than the Aroma.
It is a more beautiful and attractive berry than the Aroma because of its dark red color and its bright
yellow seeds. It has a large berry deep red color, fine tart flavor, and productive in every way. A
fine market berry. Although the berry is large it is firm, and colored to the center. The plants are
healthy and do well under most conditions, but we advise planting them on rich sandy loam for best
results. You will make no mistake in sending us an order for Brandywine. They have been tried
for years with the best of success. Get your order in early
for this variety for we always sell out early, although we
grow a large number. Brandywine are sure to please you.
Price, $3.50 per thousand.
GANDY (Per.) — This is a good, reliable, late fruiting vari-
ety. Its berries are very large, well colored, uniform in shape,
firm and a good shipper. It is a variety that never fails to
fruit and make a good sized crop. The plants are healthy,
hardy, and do well both in the North and in the South. They
are large and require a good loam soil for the best fruit pro-
duction, and when given such soil and good care they are
money-makers. It always sells well on the market because of
its size and its color and high quality. It is a variety that you
should have. Price, $4.00 per thousand.
SAMPLE (Imp.) — A profitable late variety with berries of
large size, a red showy color, fine quality. The Sample has a
long fruiting season. This renders it a very good garden
variety and a profitable home market berry. It can be classed
with the Bubach in size and the Warfield in production. We
recommend this variety to our customers. It will make you
big money if you are marketing berries. Price, $4.00 per
thousand. Gandy.
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St. Regis.
Cuthbert
Berries bright
crimson, large size
rich, sugary, with
full raspberry fla-
vor. Flesh firm
and meaty, a good
shipper. Canes
stocky, of strong
growth, with abun-
dance of dark
green, leathery fo-
liage. St. Regis is a heavy bearer in the regular
red raspberry season, being very profitable then.
In addition to this they keep ripening all summer
and fall, producing berries for table use.
Fresh red raspberries are, of course, a novelty
at that time of the year and we recommend them
to you as being a good thing to have in your
garden. We have the genuine St. Regis plants
that are so extensively advertised all over the
country. We sold out of this new variety early
last spring and were obliged ‘to return many
orders unfilled late in the season. If you wish to
have some red raspberries to eat all summer,
order the Everbearing St. Regis at once, for our
supply is limited and the demand is very good.
$1.50 per hundred; $15.00 per thousand.
Red Raspberries
CUTHBERT — A remarkably strong, hardy variety. Stands
the Northern winds and Southern summers equal to any. Berry
very large, sometimes measuring three inches around; conical,
rich crimson, very handsome, and so firm they can be shipped
hundreds of miles by rail in good condition. Flavor is rich,
sweet and luscious. The leading market variety for main crop.
Without doubt the most popular red raspberry known to the
fruit grower of today, and it certainly leads all others
in points of productiveness, quality and appearance, and
by long odds in acreage grown. Price, $10.00 per thou-
sand.
KING — This new variety is coming to the front rap-
idly. Among its many points of excellence are these:
Extreme earliness, canes strong growing and hardy,
never having winter killed since its introduction. Very
prolific bearer of large, firm and bright colored fruit.
We would recommend it as the best early red raspberry.
Price, $10.00 per thousand.
MILLER — Is early and does not winter-kill. Shipping
qualities are perfect, makes a healthy growth of canes.
If you want the best medium early red raspberry, set
Miller. Probably the strongest point in favor of the
Miller is its splendid keeping qualities. They will hang
on the bushes several days without becoming
soft. This quality makes them very profitable to
the grower. We strongly recommend Miller to
all. Price, $10.00 per thousand.
. Regis Everbearing
This new raspberry will give you a good
crop of fine fruit from June until it freezes
in the fall. Introduced four years ago as
1 the most wonderful of all red raspberries. Fruit com-
mences to ripen with the earliest and continuing on
young canes until October. With us the St. Regis con-
tinued to fruit all summer, but do not seenr to yield
enough berries at any time to make it commercially val-
uable, at least not in this locality. You should have
some for your own table use.
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KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
Cumberland Black Raspberries.
Black Raspberries
CUMBERLAND — The “Business Black Cap.” Biggest black raspberry grown. This black raspberry
is offered with the full assurance that it is the most profitable and desirable market variety yet
lenown, because of its immense size, firmness and great productiveness. The fruit is simply great, far
surpassing any other variety. The berries are nearly an inch in diameter and are of such handsome
appearance that their fruit sold for 10 cents per quart when other varieties were selling for 5 cents
to 7 cents per quart. In spite of its unusual size, the fruit is possessed of great firmness and is
"thus well adapted for standing long shipment. The bush is exceedingly healthy and strong, throwing
up stout, stocky canes, well adapted for supporting their loads of large fruit.
Cumberland is very hardy, having withstood a temperature of 16 degrees below zero without in-
jury. Extra productive, being the heaviest bearing variety now in cultivation. Fruit is jet black and
•of extra fine quality. Ripens before Gregg. Buy Cumberland for profit.
This is the standard black raspberry and the sale of Cumberland exceeds all others. Strong, heavy
rooted plants, grown on our new ground. Price, $10.00 per thousand.
PLUM FARMER — A wonderful new black raspberry that has already become one of the leading
:and most profitable varieties.
We guarantee the Plum Farmer to bring you a paying crop of extra fine fruit. The plants are very
Wealthy, have a silvery bluish appearance when ripened in the fall, and succeed where others fail.
The fruit is grayish-black, very firm, a good shipper, attractive, of the very highest flavor, and is
adapted for evaporating, as well as for fresh market or home use.
Plum Farmer is a large berry and strictly first-class in every way. You have no doubt heard or
Tead of the wonderful crops of this variety in many places.
Plum Farmer is a great variety and you should have some. We bought our stock of the introducer
-and we know that they are true to name.
Our Plum Farmer plants are grown on our new ground, and, of course, are extra large, with heavy
roots. Price, $10.00 per thousand.
KANSAS — This variety is now a general favorite with fruit growers all over the United States. It
is one of our earliest Black Caps; jet black, firm, handsome and of the best quality; bush a strong
•grower, holds its foliage until frost; stands drouth and cold. We find it a very excellent variety. It
is about as large as Gregg, and very productive. Strong healthy canes, makes plenty of strong
rtips. Price, $10.00 per thousand.
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Purple Raspberries
COLUMBIAN (Purple Cap)— The Colum-
bian is a variety of the Shaffer type, of re-
markable vigor and productiveness. It is
very hardy and propagates from tips.
Fruit very large, often an inch in
diameter, shape somewhat conical;
color dark red, bordering on purple;
adheres firmly to the stem; seeds
small and deeply imbedded in a rich,
juicy pulp with a distinct flavor of
its own, making it a delicious table
berry, and the best berry grown for
canning and pies. We guarantee en-
tire satisfaction with Columbian Pur-
ple. The Columbian presents a fine
appearance in the case and always brings
the top price on the market for berries of
its class. They will please you either for
home use or market. Price, §15.00 per
thousand.
Columbian (% actual size).
Blackberries
Eldorado.
Currants
ELDORADO — We place this variety ahead of all
others without a moment’s hesitation. It is the greatest
blackberry in general cultivation today. Eldorado is as
hardy as the Snyder, twice as large and of better qual-
ity. When you get one like that you have a berry that
cannot well be beaten. Eldorado has never been known
to winter-kill, even in Northern Michigan and Wiscon-
sin. For home and market use, we recommend Eldorado
above all others. We consider it the best blackberry
ever fruited in every way, and have grown them all.
Our Eldorado field is a sight to see in blossoming and
fruiting time. The fruit is of good size, firm, and of the
very highest quality. Very profitable, as it needs no
protection in winter. Our plants this year are the finest
we ever raised, and our stock is the largest, but we ex-
pect to be sold out of this variety before the shipping
season is over, and do not be one of those who get dis-
appointed this season on the famous blackberry. Order
early so you will be sure to have your order filled.
Price, $12.50 per thousand.
LONDON MARKET (Red) — This is the best red currant we
have ever fruited. A fine new variety, a strong grower, large
fruit and very productive; holds its foliage late and is not
liable to attacks of worms and borers.
Plant is extremely vigorous with perfect foliage, which it
retains throughout the season. London Market will please you.
Price, $4.50 per hundred.
VICTORIA (Red) — Berries are very large; bunches long;
fruit of bright red color and excellent quality. It is a very
strong growing variety and exceptionally hardy. One of the
best of the old varieties but not so productive as London Mar-
ket. Price, $4.50 per hundred.
CHERRY (Red) — A very popular red currant, grown all over
the country for home use and market. The berry and bunch are
very large and there is always a good crop of fruit every year.
Cherry is a handsome fruit and it is a pleasure to grow them.
Price, $4.50 per hundred.
PERFECTION (Red) — This truly wonderful new currant has
both large size and extra good quality. Perfectly healthy, a vig-
orous grower, and, in fact, an extra fine red currant in every
way. Widely advertised all over the country. Price of Perfec-
tion, $9.00 per hundred.
LEE’S PROLIFIC (Black) — This is the leading variety of the
black currant. Very heavy bearer of large bunches of fruit.
Extra fine quality. Valuable for home use. $5.00 per 100.
Perfection Currants.
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KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
Gooseberries
DOWNING — Downing is a yellowish-green sort, and of good size, being a strong growing bush and
a very prolific bearer. This is the most popular variety of gooseberry. Downing is extra large and of
strictly first-class quality. Price, $7.50 per hundred.
HOUGHTON — An enormously productive and always reliable old sort; of vigorous, yet rather
slender, spreading growth, not subject to mildew. Fruit of medium size, smooth, pale red; tender
and good. Houghton is a very popular gooseberry. Price, $6.50 per hundred.
Grapes
CONCORD (Black) — This is the grape so largely planted all over the country for commercial
purposes. Concord is the main crop variety of grape for profit and is sold in large quantities. A
large, purplish black grape, ripening about the middle of September;
vines remarkably vigorous and free from disease; the standard for
productiveness and hardiness all over the country. Price, $3.00
per hundred.
MOORE’S EARLY (Black) — Bunch large, berry round; color black,
with a heavy blue bloom; quality better than Concord; Moore’s
Early is hardy and free from disease. You can get your Moore’s
Early ofl: a few days ahead of the main market varieties and get
from three to five cents per basket more for your crop. Price, $4.00
per hundred.
CAMPBELL’S EARLY (Black) — A wonderful new grape of excel-
lent quality and great productiveness. As a good keeper and shipper
it is believed to be unequalled by any other grape. Vines very
hardy. Campbell’s Early is an early grape, but can be left on the
vines two weeks if necessary and the quality of the fruit increases
all the time. It is both as to cluster and berry of large size, of
glossy black color, with a beautiful blue bloom, pulp sweet and
juicy, free from foxiness; seeds small, few in number and parts
readily from the pulp. Price, $9.00 per hundred. CampbellTs Early.
Price List of Plants, 1917
300 or more of a variety at thousand rates.
Strawberries Black Raspberry
Per 25
Per 100
Per 1000
Aroma
$0.25
$0.70
$400
B ran diy wine
25
.60
3.50
Bederwood
25
.60
3.00
Bubach
25
.75
4.50
Dr. Burrill
25
.70
4.00
Charles I
25
.70
4.00
Early Ozark
.70
4.00
Gandy
.25
.70
4.00
Glen Mary
25
.70
4.00
Gibson
25
.70
4.00
Helen Davis
25
.60
3.50
Haverland
25
.60
3.50
Ohio Boy
25
.75
5.00
Parson’s Beauty
25
.70
4.00
Pocomoke
25
.70
4.00
Prolific
25
.75
5.00
Sample
25
.70
4.00
Senator Dunlap
25
.60
3.50
St. Louis
25
.70
4.00
Stevens’ Late
.70
4.00
Uncle Jim
25
.75
4.50
Warfield
25
.60
3.50
Wm. Belt
25
.70
4.00
Fall Bearing Strawberries
Per 25 Per 100 Per 1000
Superb $0.50 $1.50 $12.00
Progressive 50 1.50 12.00
Red Raspberry
Per 25 Per 100 Per 1000
Cuthbert $0.50 $1.25 $10.00
King 50 1.25 10.00
St. Regis (35c for 12) 60 1.75 15.00
Miller 50 1.25 10.00
Purple Raspberry
Per 25 Per 100 Per 1000
Columbian $0.60 $1.75 $15.00
Per 25
Per 100
Per 1000
Cumberland ....
$0.50
$1.35
$10.00
Kansas
50
1.35
10.00
Plum Farmer . .
50
1.35
10.00
Blackberry
Per 25
Per 100
Per 1000
Eldorado
$0.65
$1.50
$12.50
Wilson’s Early .
60
1.50
12.00
Currants
Per 12
Per 100
Per 1000
London Market (Red) $0.75
$4.50
$35.00
Victoria (Red)..
75
4.50
40.00
Cherry (Red)
75
4.50
40.00
Perfection (Red)
1.25
9.00
Red Cross
90
4.50
40.00
Lee’s Prolific (Black) 90
5.00
45.00
White Grape (White) 90
5.00
45.00
Gooseberries
Per 12
Per 100
Per 1000
Downing
$1.25
$7.50
$70.00
Hc'ughton
1.00
6.50
60.00
Grapes
Per 12
Per 100
Per 1000
Concord (Black)
$0.50
$3.00
$22.50
Worden (Black)
4.00
37.50
Moore’s Early (Blark) 75
4.00
37.50
Campbell’s Early
(Black) 1.50
9.00
85.00
Niagara (White)
75
4.00
37.50
Delaware (Red)
90
5.00
47.50
Asparagus
Palmetto
Per 25 Per 100 Per 1000
.$0.50 $0.90 $5.75
For mail shipment add 20 cents per hundred plants for Strawberry and 50 cents per hundred plants for other stock
to cover cost of postage and wrapping.
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15
a. Home iviade Beautitul by Planting Shrubs.
Ornamental Shrubs and Flowers
Your Home! Do you think much of it? Would you like to have it appear attractive to every
passerby, and the most beautiful place in your locality? Do you realize the increased value a few
dollars worth of shrubs would add to your home and farm? The Illinois Agricultural College states
that $10.00 will buy enough shrubs to increase the value of your home most wonderfully. Your home
is where you live the year around. Why not have it attractive and beautiful. It can be made the most
attractive home in your community. Doesn’t matter about size. A small home can be made as
attractive and beautiful as a large one. Our Landscape Gardening Department is ready at all times
to suggest and aid our customers in making their homes attractive.
Our Big Offer YOUR HOME
For $10.00 we will furnish you with shrubs, draw
you a planting plan, and instruct you how to plant
the shrubs for any home ground of average size.
Send us the dimensions of your house, your yard,
and the distance from your house to the four sides
of your grounds and we will draw you a landscape
planting plan and furnish you with shrubs (at least
35) to make your home the most attractive in your
locality. Write us your wants and we will do what
we can for you. We can give you good suggestions
which will prove beneficial.
Almonds
Each, 35 cents; 10 for $3.00.
Pink Double Flowering Almond. An old
well known shrub, but a most useful one,
blooming in May with pink, double, rose-
like flowers matted up and down on the
stem. Naturally grows in the form of a
shrub, but can be pruned to a tree form
three to four feet.
Red Double Flowering Almond. Same as
the above, but with red rose-colored blos-
som. 3 to 4 feet.
White Double Flowering Almond. Same
as above but with double white blossoms.
Barberry
Each, 30 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Japanese Barberry (B. Thunbergii). A
dark-green foliage bush, with red berries
that hang on all winter. Leaves small but
very dense, red in fall. A hardy, rapid
grower. A very attractive and much used
shrub. Planted extensively for hedges and
along walks. 2 to 3 feet.
Purple Leaved Barberry (B. Purpurea).
A purple-leaved shrub with golden yellow
flowers that hang in little clusters as cur-
rant blossoms. Crimson berries that hang
on all winter. Much used for its purple
foliage. Planted along with other shrubs
or in hedge rows. Upright growth with
Japanese Barberry (B. Thnnberjfii) . crimson young shoots. 2 to 3 feet.
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KEITH BROTHERS NURSERY, SAWYER, MICHIGAN
Deutzia
Each, 30 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Double White Deutzia (D. crenata). Double
white, pink-tinged flowers in the axil of the leaves
and up and down on the shoots. Profuse bloomer
in early June. A strong and vigorous grower.
4 to 5 feet.
Lemoine’s Deutzia (D. Lemoinei). A medium
growing shrub with white, thistle-like flowers
borne profusely up and down on the stems. A
very hardy and useful shrub. Highly recommend-
ed. 3 to 5 feet.
Dogwood
Each, 25 cents; 10 for $2.25.
Blood-red Dogwood (C. Sanguinea). Spreading
in growth, with attractive blood-red branches
which are very showy and beautiful in the winter.
A very useful shrub for winter elfects. 3 to 5 feet.
Red-Stemmed or Osier Dogwood (C. Stoloni-
fera). Similar to the above in its character of
growth, with flowers more noticeable, and the
wood is of a brighter red during the winter. 3
to 5 feet.
Honesuckle
Each, 30 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Pink Tartarian (L. Tartarica rosea). Most use-
ful of the bush honeysuckles. Dark green foliage
that holds its color well all summer. Flowers
pink; attractive, appearing in early June. 5 to 6
feet.
White Tartarian (L. Tartarica alba). Same as
the above but with white flowers. 5 to 6 feet.
Golden Bells
Each, 30 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Fortune’s Golden Bell (F. Fortunei). One of
the earliest blooming shrubs, golden-yellow bell-
shaped flowers appearing in April. Very attrac-
tive in early spring, a solid mass of golden-yellow
flowers. Erect, spreading and vigorous. One of
the best Golden Bells. 5 to 6 feet.
Intermediate Golden Bell (F. Intermedia). Deep
yellow flowers appearing in early spring soon
after the snow goes off. Well colored foliage.
3 to 5 feet.
The Weeping Golden Bell (F. suspensa). A low-
growing shrub, with graceful, drooping form.
Flowers golden-yellow, pendulous, attractive.
April. 2 to 3 feet.
Hydrangea
Each, 30 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Large-Flowered Hydrangea (H. paniculata
grandiflora). One of the best known shrubs with
large, conical, white flower clusters which turn
to a brownish-red in the fall. Can be kept in this
color all winter if cut and taken indoors before
cold weather sets in. Flower clusters often 10 to
12 inches long, conical shape, drooping. Blooms
in August and September when few shrubs are in
bloom. One of the most useful and attractive
shrubs grown. 3 to 4 feet.
White-Flowered or Hills of Snow (H. arbores-
cens sterilis). Very large, white, attractive flow-
er clusters, which turn to a green color in the fall.
Blooms earlier than the Large-Flowered Hydran-
gea and the flower clusters are larger. Very at-
tractive near porches. 3 to 5 feet.
Lilac
Each, 35 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Persian Lilac (S. Persica). Bushy growth with
a large number of bright purple flower clusters,
fragrant and attractive. Fills out well at the
base and is one of the best of the purple Lilacs.
4 to 6 feet.
Mock Orange
Each, 35 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Golden-Leaved (P. Coronarius aureus). Flow-
ers creamy-yellow, fragrant. Foliage golden yel-
low, and very showy. Used greatly for its color.
Round topped but spreading. 5 to 7 feet.
Lemoine’s Mock Orange (P. Lemoineii). Num-
erous creamy white flowers in June. Foliage
bright green. A very reliable shrub.
Climbing Roses
Each, 30 cents; 10 for $2.50.
American Beauty. Flowers deep pink, attrac-
tive, fragrant; a very heavy bloomer, hardy. Used
greatly on porches and pergolas.
Crimson Rambler. A hardy, vigorous grower,
with masses of bright crimson-red, double flowers.
One of the most used ramblers. Shoots grow 6 to
8 feet in one season.
Pink Dorothy Perkins. As vigorous and rapid
a grower as the Crimson Rambler. Pink flowers
in large, beautiful, clusters. Makes a striking
contrast when planted with Crimson Rambler.
Spirea
Each, 35 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Anthony Waterer (S. Anthony Waterer.) This
shrub blossoms from May until September, haivng
pink, crimson blossoms that appear on an um-
brella-like head at the ends of the new -shoots.
Dwarfish in its habit of growth. The leaves are
laced, fine cut, and dark green. IY2 to 2 feet.
Dillard’s Spirea (S. Billardi). Grows rather
open, upright, and has a very graceful appearance
with its spikes of rose-colored flowers that appear
at the ends of the shoots. Blossoms in July and
August, when most flowers are not in bloom. 4
to 6 feet.
Nine Bark (S. opulifolia). A rank growing
shrub with attractive light golden foliage. Spread-
ing, round-topped, with white flowers which turn
into reddish-brown berries that remain in clus-
ters and hang on until frost. One of the most
reliable shrubs. 6 to 8 feet.
Van Houtte’s Spirea (S. Van Houttei). One of
the most used of the Spireas. Masses of white
flowers appear all over the drooping twigs and
branches, giving the shrub the appearance of a
bank of snow. Its graceful, drooping habit of
growth makes it a very good shrub for planting
alone upon the lawn or in the border of mass
planting. Highly recommended. 4 to 5 feet.
Snowball
Each, 30 cents; 10 for $2.50.
Common Snowball (V. opulus sterilis). A very
well known shrub with clusters of blossoms that
appear like snow balls. An old time favorite, and
is often used alone upon the lawn near the drive.
Blooms in May and June and is much used on
Memorial Day. 6 to 7 feet.
Japanese Snowball (V. tomentosum plicatum).
A low growing and bushy shrub. Flowers in
clusters in May and June, showy. Leaves very
attractive, being crimped and dark green. One
of the best medium-sized shrubs. 4 to 6 feet.
Everybody knows and admires Peonies. They are the most striking- flowers of their season
and are being used more and more in home decorations every year. They can be planted in
masses or by themselves, or may be planted in front of shrubs. Many use them for cut flowers
for table decoration. The blossoms are very attractive, being in all shades of white, pink and
red, and from 4 to 6 inches in diameter. The following are some of the most common sorts:
FESTIVA MAXIMA. Blossoms are white, shaded with pearly pink, borne on stout, long
stems. Considered one of the largest and best of the wThite peonies. Each, 50c; 10 for $4.50.
OFFICINALIS RUBRA. One of the oldest red Peonies. Blooms the last of May. Flowers
heavily doubled, fragrant, crimson-red. A sure and profuse bloomer. Each, 35c; 10, $3.00.
OFFICINALIS WHITE. Same as the above but with white flowers. Each, 35c; 10, $3.00.
PERFECTION PINK. Large, perfect, double pink flow’ers with a darker colored center. One
of the best pink Peonies. A wonderful bloomer. Each. 40c; 10. $3.50.
VARIEGATED-
LEAVED WEIGELA
(D. nana variegata).
The flowers are light
pink shaded with red.
Foliage variegated with
light yellow and green.
Used greatly for its at-
tractive foliage. 3-4 ft.
Privet
Each, 20c; 10 for $1.75.
CALIFORNIA
PRIVET (L. ovalifoli-
um). A hardy, vigor-
ous hedge plant. May
also be used with other
shrubs. Leaves dark
green and remain on all
winter. One of the most
used. 5 to 7 feet.
California Privet Hedge.
Weigela
Each, 35c; 10. $3.00.
THE ROSE WrEIGELA (D. Rosea). A most beau-
tiful shrub with spreading habits, branched with rose-
pink, trumpet-shaped flowers along the stem on the
younger shoots. Profuse bloomer in early June.
Foliage dark green. Fine shrub for mass planting
or along the foundation of buildings. 5 to 6 feet.
EVA RATHKE WEIGELA (D. Eva Rathke).
Carmine-red flowers appearing from May until
September. Dwarfish
in its habits. One of
the most attractive Wei-
gelas. Attractive in
borders or other plant-
ings or near the steps
leading up to the porch.
You will not be disap-
pointed in buying this
rose-colored hybrid
Weigela. 2 to 3 feet.
B. MORSE COMPANY, ST. JOSEPH, MICHIGAN
The
Famous Gibson
10,240 QUARTS PER ACRE
A wonderful strawberry for all kinds of climate and
soil. This strawberry will do better with less care
than any other strawberry we grow. It is very hardy,
and is not so susceptible to the different strawberry
diseases as many other varieties. It makes a very good
fruit row and we believe it is the most profitable variety
of strawberries grown. That is a very strong statement, but we
have often told our customers that if we were growing strawberries
for market and were restricted to one variety, we should choose
Gibson.
This variety has become very popular as an excellent shipper.
The form, color and flavor are retained many days after picking*
It is also an ideal variety for table use, owing to the distinct, glossy
red color, and its pleasing flavor.
Gibson commences to bear with Senator Dunlap, Warfield, etc.,
but owing to its wonderful productiveness it continues till quite late,
so we class it with our medium late varieties. It is a very strong
grower, with long roots that withstand dry weather, and has plenty
of dark green foliage to protect its enormous crop from the direct
rays of the sun.
PRODUCTIVENESS. The vines are simply loaded with berries.
You will hardly understand how the plants can produce such quan-
tities of fruit.
SIZE. Berry is extra large. One of our very largest strawberries,
and hold their size well to the end of the season.
COLOR. A dark, glossy red. The flesh of the berry is red clear
through. Calyx or hull is bright green, adding greatly to its beauty
and market value.
QUALITY. The flavor is as fine as can be found in any straw-
berry; a perfect table and canning berry and owing to its tough skin
it is a very good shipper.
SHAPE. Nearly round and regular. A berry which sells itself
on any market.
FRUIT STEMS. Are plenty and are strong and upright. This
Gibsofi. keeps the fruit up out of the sand where they are clean and where
they are easy to find and pick.
We guarantee this strawberry in every way, and we know you will be more than
pleased with this variety. This is the greatest berry we have for productiveness. The
fruit growers find Gibson one of the best strawberries for commercial purposes.
We have known it to bear 10,240 quarts on one acre under good cultivation. Why
not give it a trial and see what it can do for you? Price, $4.00 per thousand.
Dr. Burrill, One of the Best
(Per.) — A new variety. An improved Senator Dunlap. It is the result of a cross made by
Dr. Reasoner of Illinois, between the Senator Dunlap and the Crescent, two well-known vari-
eties. It has a per-
fect blossom and
does well when
planted alone or
with other varie-
ties. The fruit is
large, a velvety red
color, firm, and of
good flavor, mak-
ing it a very desir-
able berry for
table, canning or
shipping. The
plants are hardy,
doing well on any
strawberry soil,
and forms a good
wide fruiting row.
A money maker.
See page 5.
Dr. Burrill.
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