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CURR1E BROTHERS' HORTICULTURAL GUIDE 



SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 



WHITE BEACKBEBBX "ICEBERG. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



WHITE BLACKBERRY "iceberg." 



A splendid large white berry combining all 

 the good qualities of the best black sorts. 

 The fruit, although extra large and melting, 

 is very firm and deliriously sweet. It is a 

 strong and thrifty grower, bearing abund- 

 antly very early in the season. No garden 

 should be without it. Strong plants, each, 

 2a cts.; 3 for CO cts.; per doz., $2.00. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Ancient Briton— The best and most profit; 

 able variety grown. It is enormously pro- 

 ductive, extremely 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, $2.50. 



DEWBERRY. 



Lucretia— (Creeping Blackberry) —Early, 

 hardy and vigorous. Price, per doz., $] 00- 

 per 100, $5.00. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Downing— The best American variety of a 

 light green color; vigorous and productive. 

 Houghton— A large cropper, almost free 

 • from mildew. Strong plants, price, 15 cts.- 

 per doz., $1.50. 



All strawberries are either staminate or pistilate 

 {male or female), and pistilate varieties should have 

 staminate 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. 



Eureka (Pistilate)— Late; very productive, fine 

 quality. 



Gandy (Staminate) — Very late, fine shipper. 



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. Medium late, very pro- 

 ductive. 



Michel's Early (Staminate) — Excellent sort; 

 hardy, productive, early. 



Rio (Staminate) — A valuable medium variety ; 

 very firm. 



Sparta (Staminate) — The first prize Wisconsin Straw- 

 berry wherever shown, largest of all; beautiful color. 



Splendid (Staminate) — Large; fine quality, good mar- 

 ket berry. Very productive. 



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



Warfield (Pistilate)— Highly esteemed for its large and uniforn 

 berries, and considered one of the very best sorts for marketing. 



Prfce, per doz., 25 cts.; per 100, $1.50. 



CURRANTS. 



Black Naples — A black variety, large and productive. 



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

 ductive. 



Victoria — Red; very large and productive. 



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



Strong two-year-old plants, each, 15 cts.; per doz., $1.50. Yea 

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



HARDY GRAPES. 



Strong Two-Year-Old Plants. 



Brighton — One of the best dark red grapes; bunches large, sweet and 

 of the highest quality. Ripe September 1st. 



Concord — A large, well-known grape, ripening about the middle of 

 September. 



floore's Early — The finest grape grown, ripening three weeks before the 

 Concord. Bunch large, berries black. 



Pockllngton— Fruit of a light golden yellow, clear, juicy and sweet ; 

 large bunch, ripening the first of September, 



Worden — A seedling of the Concord, but of superior quality and produc- 

 tiveness, ripening some weeks earlier. 



Niagara— Considered the finest of white grapes. 



Delaware — Small red berries of excellent flavor. 



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



LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Black Varieties. 



Columbian — Deep purplish red, sweet and highly 

 flavored, berry large, wonderfully productive. 



Gregg— Very large and firm; late. 



Kansas — Medium early, berry as large as Gregg, vig- 

 orous and productive. 



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



Ohio— Medium early, good quality, fair size. 



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, remark- 

 able for its shipping qualities and great productiveness. 



Marlboro— The best early berry for the market; cane 

 hard and productive. Considered one of the beet market 

 fruits growing. 



Hansel! — Early and productive; fruit bright red. 



Loudon — Very hardy and productive; a splendid 

 shipper; large and fine quality. 



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



HANSELL RASPBERRY. 



Yellow Varieties. 



Golden Queen — A hardy, large, golden berry of great 

 beauty, fine quality, hardiness 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. 



