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CURRIE BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE. 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Ancient Briton — The best and most profitable 

 variety grown. It is enormously productive, ex- 

 tremely vigorous and fairly hardy ; berries very large 

 and luscious. Price, per doz., 75 cts.; per 100, $3.00. 



Snyder — Early, hardy and productive. Price, 

 per doz., 50 cts.; per 100, S2.50. 



IjUCRETIA nEWBEREY. 



DEWBERRY. 



Lucretia 'Creeping Blackberry) — Early.'^hardy 

 svnd vigorous. Price, per doz., SI. 00]; per 100, $5.00. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



All strawberries are either staminate or pistilate 



• (male or female), and pistilate varieties should have 



utaminate sorts planted with them about every third 



row; failures often arise from the fact that more do 



not understand this law. 



Beder Wood (Staminate)— Very productive. A 

 standard market variety. 



Bubach (Pistilate) — Medium early. A valuable 

 home berry ; large and handsome. 



Crescent (Pistilate) — Hardy, productive. 



Enhance (Staminate) — Mid-season, productive; 

 large, dark crimson ; good quality. 



Haverland (Pistilate)— Early. A large cropper; 

 fruit large. 



Jessie (Staminate)— Large, handsome and pro- 

 ductive; not very firm. 



Lovett (Staminate) — A vigorous grower. Fruit 

 large, firm and good color. 



Michel's Early (Staminate) — Excellent sort; 

 hardy, productive, early. 



Rio (Staminate)— A valuable medium variety ; very firm. 



Sparta (Staminate) — The first prize Wisconsin Strawberry wherever shown, 

 largest of all; beautiful color. Price, per doz., 50 cts.; per 100, $2.00. 



Splendid (Staminate) — Very productive and good size. 



Van Deman (Staminate) — Early. A good market sort. 



Warfield (Pistilate) — Highly esteemed for its large and uniform berries, 

 and considered one of the very best sorts for marketing. 



Price, per doz., 25 cts.; per 100, $1.50, except where otherwise noted. 



CURRANTS. 



Black Naples— A black variety, large and productive. 



Fay's Prolific — The largest and finest Red Currant grown; very pro- 

 ductive. 



Victoria — Red; very large and productive. 



White Grape — The best table variety ; large and very productive. 



Strong 2-year-old plants, each, 15 cts.; per doz., 81.50. Tearling plants, 

 each, 10 cts.; per doz., $1.00. 



HARDY GRAPES— Strong 2-Year-Old Plants. 



Brighton— One of the best dark red grapes; bunches large, sweet and of the highest quality. Ripe 

 September 1st. 



Concord— ."i. large, well-known Grape, ripening about the middle of September. 



Moore's Early— The finest grape grown, ripening three weeks before the Concord. Bunch large, 

 berries black. 



Pocklington— Fruit of a light golden yellow, clear, juicy and sweet; large bunch, ripening the first of 



September. 



Worden— -i seedling of the Con- 

 cord, but of superior quality and 

 productiveness, ripening some 

 weeks earlier. 



Niagara — Considered the finest 

 of AVhite Grapes. 



Delaware — Small red berries of 

 excellent flavor. 

 Price, each, 25 cts.; per doz. ,$2.50. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Downing — The 



best American 

 variety of a 

 light green 

 color ; very 

 vigorous 

 and pro- 

 ductive. 

 Houghton 

 — A large 

 cropper, al- 

 m o s t free 

 from mil- 

 dew. 



StrongplantB, 

 price, 15 cts.; 

 per doz., $1.50. 



RASPBERRIES. 



BLACK VARIETIES. 



Gregg — Very large and firm ; late. 

 Nemeha — Large, firm, hardy; best of all. 

 Ohio— Medium early, good quality, fair 



sizu. 



Older— As large as Gregg and ten days earlier. 

 Fine quality. 



Palmer — Early, of large size and good flavor. 

 Strong plants, per doz., 50 cts.; per 100, $2.00. 



RED VARIETIES. 



Cuthbert — An old hardy market variety, remarkable for its 

 shipping qualities and great productiveness. 



Marlboro — The best early berry for the market ; cane hard 

 and produc- 

 tive. Consid- 

 ered one of the 

 best market 

 fruits growing. 



Hansen — Early and 

 productive; fruit bright 

 red. 



Loudon — Very hardy 

 and productive; asplendid 

 shipper; large and fine 

 quality. 



Strong plants, per 

 doz., 50 cts.; per 100, $2.00. 



H.\NSKLL R.\SPBERnV. 



YELLOW VARIETIES. 

 Golden Queen — A hardy, large, golden berry of great beauty, fine quality. 

 hardinssB and productiveness. This fruit is without doubt the hardiest Golden 

 Raspberry in cultivation. Each, 10 cts.; per doz., 75 cts. 



Special prices furnished on Fruit Plants in large quantities and sorts not offered above. 



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