100 



Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y. fruits 



Red and Yellow Raspberries, continued 



Columbian. Large purplish red fruit with a 

 sprightly flavor; vigorous and productive. 



Golden Queen. Yellow, soft, juicy, sweet fruit. 

 Resembles Cuthbert in form and flavor, and 

 therefore is an excellent dessert variety. 



BLACK-CAP RASPBERRIES 



These ripen earlier than the red kinds, and fol- 

 low Strawberries. 

 Souhegan. Fruit large and handsome; plant a 



strong grower and hardy. Ripens early. 

 Gregg. One of the largest of the blackcap family; 

 fruit large, black, with a slight bloom; moder- 

 ately juicy, sweet and rich. Ripens late and 

 evenly. 



BLACKBERRIES 



Price, 50 cts. for 10, $4 per 100 



Being easy to grow, Blackberries are a valuable 

 fruit for home use. As they ripen from early July 

 to the middle of August, they complete the season 

 of small fruits until the Peaches begin to ripen. To 

 avoid too strong a growth and straggling habit, the 

 ends of the shoots may be cut off at 3 feet in mid- 

 summer. Plant 6x3 feet. 

 Lucretia Dewberry. Large, coreless, juicy, sweet 



fruit; most delicious for the table. Ripens be- 

 fore all the others. A running Blackberry that 



can be trained to a trellis. 

 Erie. A valuable new variety; large, very early 



and productive. Desirable as a market berry. 

 Eldorado. Large berries, borne in large clusters; 



vines are vigorous and hardy; one of the best for 



table use. 

 Early Harvest. Of medium size, good quality and 



prolific; very early. It is firm, and therefore a 



good shipper. 

 Agawam. A large berry of excellent flavor. Hardy 



and productive. 

 Snyder. Berries of medium size, nearly globular, 



of good flavor; very hardy. 



Strawberries planted in spring multiply rapidly and bear 

 heavily the June of the next year. Those planted in August 

 bear the next season but do not have time to multiply. 



Strawberries give the quickest returns/ of all the fruits we 

 offer. Insects and fungi are not serious. Toward against 

 loss by the birds, have a plenty. 



Raspberries are an essential in 

 the home garden. The principal 

 attention is to hoe up the extra 

 suckers, leaving a few stalks to 

 each hill. 



STRAWBERRIES 



Price, $1 per 100; in August and September, $2 per 100 



A garden without Strawberries is incomplete. 

 If Strawberry plants are put out in August and 

 September, they will bear fruit the following June. 

 They may be planted in April and May, and each 

 plant allowed to make a dozen or more runners and 

 young plants, which bear freely the following 

 season. The beds had best be allowed to fruit 

 only two years and then be renewed. Free cultiva- 

 tion should be followed the first year, and the plants 

 covered with straw, manure, or salt hay for the 

 winter. In the spring, as the growth commences, this 

 litter may be raked off between the rows to form a 

 mulch, which prevents the growth of weeds and 

 conserves the moisture, as well as protects the 

 ripening berries from the soil. Clippings from the 

 lawn make an excellent mulch for this purpose. 

 By planting four or six varieties, early, medium 

 and late, and giving them good cultivation, the 

 fruiting season will extend from the last week in 

 May to the first week in July. 



PER. indicates perfect-flowered. 



IMP. indicates imperfect-flowered. Plant with 

 perfect-flowered varieties near. 

 Excelsior. Per. A firm, productive, high-colored 



berry; the chief quality is earliness. 

 Sharpless. Per. Very large, conical or wedge- 

 shaped; white at the tip when not fully ripe; 



good flavor. 

 Bubach. Imp. Fruit of largest size and excellent 



flavor. A prolific grower with vigorous foliage. 



A standard sort. 

 Bismarck. Per. This resembles the Bubach in its 



excellent qualities, and is slightly smaller. 



