FRUIT DEPARTMENT 



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Downing- — Large; roundish; light green, 

 with distinct veins; skin smooth; flesh 

 soft and juicy and very fine flavored; highly 

 esteemed for home use and market. Bush 

 vigorous and productive. Midseason. 



Houghton — Medium; roundish; pale red; 

 tender, sweet, very good, and berries are 

 very deliciously flavored. Very profitable 

 for canning or for catsup. Midseason. 



Industry — Very large; red; hairy; fine 

 quality; excellent flavor; extensively plant- 

 ed for market. Bush upright, strong and 

 productive. English sort and somewhat 

 liable to mildew. Early. 



Josselyn (Red Jacket) — Large, pale red 

 when ripe; oblong; very highly flavored. 

 Bush a strong, vigorous grower; hardy and 

 a wonderful cropper. Early. 



» CURRANTS *»» 



The currant is one of the most reliable of small fruits. They mature just 

 before raspberries and can be used either raw or cooked. Being hardy, they do not 

 winter kill, are easy of cultivation and require little care. They can be grown in 

 any good garden soil. The market is never over-supplied. Prune out dead wood, 

 and mulch heavily. If currant worms appear dust with hellebore. 



Champion — Very large; black; flavor of fruit particularly 

 delicious for kitchen and market. Bushes large; fruit hangs 

 well on the bushes and bears severe pruning without injury. 



Cherry — Very large; red; rather acid; bushes short, erect, 

 stout, vigorous and productive. 



dU/BSBP Fay— Very large; red; fine flavor; a 



great market currant; universally praised. 

 BjB^ Bush a cross between Cherry and Vic- 

 toria, and very prolific. 



London — Rather small; red; excellent 



for market and kitchen; ships any dis- 

 tance. Bush hardy and is planted exten- 

 sively in northern climates; retairs its 

 foliage; long clusters ami productive. 



Perfection — Large; upright red; quality 



very superior, rich, mild, sub-acid. Bush 



fPf^p good grower and healthy foliage; long 



'' clusters and productive. 



i ^i y White Grape — Large; white; sweet or 



mild, sub-acid, very good quality and pop- 

 ular for dessert and kitchen and well known in market. 

 Bush low and spreading. Dark green foliage; very pro- 

 ductive. 



# Wilder— Very large; bright red and attractive; a 

 splendid market sort; not so acid as most. Bush very 

 productive; large bunches; ripens rather early; fruit 

 keeps well. 



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RHUBARB 



Myatt's Linneaus — Leaf stalks large, tender, juicy, 

 productive, quite early. 



Queen — The extra large, tender stalks are a decided 

 pink color; delicious for canning, cooking; strong grower. 



STRAWBERRIES 



Strawberries are one of the most common and extensively used varieties of 

 our small fruits and as a commercial proposition are grown in large quantities at 

 very satisfactory profit. Are most fully enjoyed when picked fresh from the vine 

 fully ripe. Growing them presents many problems that makes it an interesting 

 occupation of itself, but it is by no means hard to secure wonderful results. It is 

 a great fruit for large profits on small spaces arid deserves the cultivation by 

 every person having ground which can be utilized. 



Everbearing varieties are receiving a great deal of attention and berries were 

 being picked in Michigan this year all through the fore part of October. The Ever- 

 bearing berries should be transplanted each year in order to insure their fruiting, 

 but the extra time and attention is well repaid for by the luscious results. 



