April 11, IOCS 



HORTICU LTU RE. 



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And all Standard Varieties. 



I have never been in such good shape to fill 

 your wants in this line. The viriety and 

 quality is not equalled by any grower in the 

 country. 



...I Catalogue Over 275 Varieties... 



of the choicest the world has produced. 



R05ES. 



Rhea Reid Mrs. Jatdine 



$4.00 per dozen ; $35 00 per 100. 



Grafted B ides, Maids, Richmond, Killarney, 2>4 inch. 

 $1.' 00 per 100; $100.00 per 1,000. 



Own Root Brides and Maids, 

 $3 00 per 100; $25 00 per 1 ,000. 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, 2 '4 inch very fine, 

 $2.00 per dozen ; $15 00 per 100 



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will give you, you would 

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Charles H. Totty I • E^ H. hunt, Ge^^al Agent I 



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for strawberries applies to all the 

 small fruits but it will be found of 

 benefit to prepare the soil deeper for 

 gooseberries and currants and while 

 these latter fruits will do well in al- 

 most any soil, they are more profit- 

 able if given a deep rich soil with 

 plenty of bone meal and wood ashes 

 worked into it. 



Raspberries and Blackberries. 



Raspberries and blackberries while 

 not as important as the strawberry are 

 worthy of more extended cultivation 

 and should demand greater attention 

 from horticulturists. These fruits are 

 not as hardy as the strawberry and 

 therefore need more protection during 

 our cold winters. It is often found 

 necessary in sections where there is 

 little snow to lay the canes down and 

 entirely cover them with earth. The 

 raspberry which is a very important 

 ■crop in Central New York, is grown 

 too far from the markets to ship in 

 the fresh state, so large areas are 

 given up to the growing of raspberries 

 for drying. The fruit is then sold at 

 about 20 cents a pound, often return- 

 ing the growers some 350 or 400 dol- 

 lars per acre. It would seem as it 

 there were parts of this state where 

 such an industry would be profitable. 

 Both blackberries and raspberries are 

 Tietter grown about six feet apart each 

 way so that the ground can be more 

 ■easily cared for and the first year at 

 least some root crop such as carrots, 

 l)eets or turnips can be planted be- 

 tween the rows. 



Blackberries and raspberries like a 

 j;ood firm soil and do much better 

 when planted on a hillside where the 

 land is more or less springy. It Is 



best to support in some way the 

 fruiting canes of these bushes and a 

 simple device for this is to drive a 

 strong stake into the centre of a clump 

 of bushes, nail two cross arms on the 

 stake and tie the canes to this stake. 

 When the fruiting season is over re- 

 move all dead canes and burn them. 

 For varieties in raspberries, Cuthbert, 

 Herbert and Worthy for red, Kansas, 

 Gregg and Ohio for black, Columbian 

 and Shaffer tor Hybrids; blackberries, 

 Snyder, Agawam, Ward and Dorches- 

 ter. 



The Gooseberry. 



At one time not long ago the goose- 

 berry was almost unknown in many of 

 our gardens, and hardly ever seen in 

 our markets and to many of us today 

 it is a fruit unappreciated and neglect- 

 ed, but there is a future for the goose- 

 berry. When it is thoroughly known 

 It will outclass the currant in popu- 

 larity and profit. We are only just 

 beginning to realize Its value. The 



gooseberry can be grown farther from 

 a market than any other small fruit 

 and yet be sold at a profit, for it is 

 usually shipped green and there is 

 therefore no loss in transit. Goose- 

 berries seldom sell for less than 10 

 cents a quart and if 10 quarts can be 

 grown to a four-year-old bush, you 

 can readily figure up the profits from 

 the nature of this fruit when tbe 

 bushes are set 6 by S feet apart mak- 

 ing about one thousand bushes to the 

 acre. Also gooseberries may be set 

 among your young orchard trees giv- 

 ing an additional value to the land. 



Currants may be set in the same way 

 but being a more perishable crop could 

 not be marketed so readily, though 

 thev can be used at home in the mak- 

 ing of jelly, etc., which can be sold 

 to'the city people who are willing to 

 pay a good price for a pure article. 



Many of the farmers wives in New 

 England are getting a very good in- 

 come . from the preserving of fruit 

 which they sell at a profit even great- 



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We make a specialty of supplying Florists' Trade, growing a com- 

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