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but the result of carefully conducted experiments 
by the originator through successive crossing of the 
most promising varieties which he had produced or 
tested within the past thirty years. Some points 
of special merit in Campbell's Early are a very 
strong, vigorous, hardy vine, with thick, heavy, 
mildew-resisting foliage, and bearing abundant clus- 
ters; very large, compact and handsome. Berries 
large, often an inch or more in diameter; black, with 
light purple bloom; skin thin, but very tenacious; 
flesh firm, but tender, parting easily from its few and 
smallseeds. Flavor rich, sweet, slightly vinous, free 
from foxiness, and as the seeds part readily, they need 
never be swallowed. Its season is very early, and its 
keeping qualities remarkable, having hung upon the 
vines sound and perfect for six weeks or more after 
ripening, with no tendency to fall off or shell from the 
stem. Price, 2-year vines, 40c. each, $4.00 per doz.; 
1-year vines, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz. 
he Bronze Grape. Brighton. This still re- 
mains the best grape in 
its color for table use; in fact, too much cannot 
be said in praise of it as to quality and other proper- 
ties. In color, form and size of both bunch and 
berry it resembles Catawba, but ripens early—with 
the Delaware. Vine a free grower and productive. 
Price, 2-year vines, 30c. each, $3.00 per doz.; 1-year 
vines, 20c. each, $2.00 per doz. 
Green Mountain. (Win- 
TH White Grape. chell.) This, the earliest 
white grape, has been thoroughly tested over a 
wide area, and has proved most satisfactory. It 
combines hardiness, fruitfulness, vigor, good size 
and excellent quality. Bunch medium to large, 
shouldered; berries medium, greenish white; skin 
thin, tough, pulp tender, sweet, with few seeds; of 
excellent quality, free from foxiness, and the flavor is 
excellent, ranking in this respect as a grape of the 
first class. It is the first white grape to ripen, 
maturing even in the worst of seasons, a consider- 
ation which will be appreciated by all planters. Its 
habit of growth is vigorous and the foliage clean and 
healthy, while its bearing quality is all that can be 
desired. Itis a most valuable white grape, either for 
the amateur or professional grower. Price, 2-year 
vines, 60c. each, $6.00 per doz.; 1-year vines, 50c. 
each, $5.00 per doz. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
The large red variety shown on the 
[idustru. colored plate. It is a vigorous grower 
and immense yielder. We confidently reeoommend 
it for the garden and market. 
The very large, straw-colored variety 
[(censake. of excellent flavor; a good shipper. 
It is one of the earliest sorts and must become 
a favorite for the market as well as home use. 
Price for Gooseberries, 2-year plants, 20c. each, 
$2.00 per doz., $15.00 per 100; 1-year plants, 15c. 
each, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 
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SPECIMENS of which are shown on 
the COLORED PLATE OPPOSITE. 
This Collection is made up of the best varieties of each, with a view single to providing those that 
will succeed in the HOME GARDEN, and be a constant source of pleasure on the HOME TABLE. 
There are too many homes where enough land is allowed to run to weeds, that by a little effort and 
very slight expense could be made to yield a bountiful supply of fruits. 
The question of not knowing how we solve by sending cultural instructions with each collection, 
so that anyone can plant and care 
for them. Once planted, only the 
most ordinary effort is needed to 
keep them in good shape. There 
is nothing which adds so much to 
a suburban home as a fruit garden. 
RASPBERRIES. 
The Yellow Raspberry. Golden Queen. This 
Jow variety is almost identical with Cuthbert, 
except in color. Fruit large, productive; quatity 
first-class. It is beyond doubt the finest and most 
profitable yellow berry grown. Price, 5c. each, 50c. 
per doz., $3.00 per 100. 
Loudon. The superior 
The Red Raspberry. points of this excellent 
red raspberry are vigor of growth, large fruit; 
beautiful, rich, dark, crimson color; good quality 
and marvelous productiveness and hardiness, endur- 
ing winters without protection and withoutinjury to 
the very tips. It stands shipping the best of any 
variety, and will remain on the bushes the longest 
without injury. Seems to succeed wherever red sorts 
will do well, and promises to become the leading 
variety. Season medium to late. Price, 10c. each, 
75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 
The Black Raspberru. largest black rasp- 
berry known. In hardiness and procuctiveness 
it is unexcelled by any other variety. In size, the 
fruit is simply enormous, far surpassing any other 
sort. The berries run seven-eighths and _ fifteen-six- 
teenths of an inch in diameter, and are of such hand- 
some appearance that their fruit sold for 10c. per 
quart, when other varieties were selling for 5c. to 7c. 
per quart. The quality is very similar and fully 
equal to Gregg. In spite of its unusually largesize, the 
fruit is possessed of great firmness and is thus well 
adapted for standing long shipments. It is a mid- 
season variety. Price, 10c. each, 75c. per doz., $5.00 
per 100. 
THE BLACKBERRY. 
The New Blackberry. of ore sst traits EL 
dorado is an accidental seedling, and takes its 
name from the town close by where it was found in 
Preble County, Ohio. It has been cultivated 14 years 
and under careful test at different experiment 
stations for 4 years; has never winter-killed or failed 
to produce a full crop of the finest fruit. The vines 
are very vigorous and hardy, enduring the winters of 
the far Northwest without injury, and their yield is 
enormous. The berries are very large, jet black; 
borne in large clusters, and ripen well together; they 
are very sweet, melting and pleasing to the taste; 
have no hard core. Price, 10c. each, 75c. per doz., 
$5.00 per 100. 
Cumberland. The 
OLLECTION OF 
TABLE FRUITS. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
enderson’s ‘Great Rubu.’? “terse 
berry at the left on the colored plate. This 
new seedling strawberry has proven to be one of the 
finest varieties ever introduced, and we predict that 
it will become a popular favorite among all growers 
and consumers of strawberries, particularly among 
those who desire the most uniformly, handsome and 
large, richly colored, delightfully flavored strawberry 
for the home table. Henderson’s ‘‘Great Ruby”’ fills 
all of these requirements in a superlative degree. In 
our fifty years of experience in testing, growing and 
hybridizing strawberries, there has been no variety 
that we could send out with the abiding confidence 
that we havein Henderson's ‘‘Great. Ruby,’ proving 
highly satisfactory to all purchasers. The healthy, 
vigorous growth, remarkable productiveness, im- 
mense size, handsome uniform shape, deep lustrous 
crimson color, and, above all, the rich luscious flavor 
combined with the delightful aroma, render Hender- 
son’s “Great Ruby’’ peerless among strawberries. 
It commences to ripen soon after the early varieties, 
and bears until nearly all others are gone. The 
luxuriant growth of the plant and its remarkable 
deep-rooting qualities enable it to produce beautiful 
large berries even during a dry season when other 
varieties are withered and fruitless. Price, 10c. each, 
$1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
enderson’s -Epicure.’? 22° Brest sear. 
° let variety on the 
right in the colored plate. A delicious new 
strawberry of which we hold the entire stock. The 
quality is superb—so fine that in the locality where it 
was first grown the fruit sells better than that of any 
other variety. The berry is very handsome, large 
and attractive. It is slightly conical and of a mag- 
nificent bright glossy crimson color with golden 
yellow seeds. A distinguishing feature is the large 
vivid green calyx which sets the berry off to perfec- 
tion. This, too, protects itin shipping, making it a 
fine market berry. It is easily removed, so that the 
berries may be placed on the table as perfect as they 
left the field, a great consideration in a strawberry. 
Price, 10c. each, $1.00 per doz., $6.00 per 100. 
THE RED CURRANT. 
ondon Market. A new currant of great 
merit; a sure cropper. It 
is by all means the most profitable currant to 
grow. It sells for half more and produces almost 
double the fruit of any other variety. The fruit is 
large, fire-red, and has large, fine clusters. We did 
not have room on the colored plate to show a full- 
sized bunch. It is a good grower, an early bearer, 
enormously productive, and holds its leaf till the 
snow flies. In speaking of small fruits at the Farmers’ 
Institute, held at Bangor, Michigan, Hon. N. W. 
Lewis, said he picked a full 16-quart case of fruit 
from a single six-year-old London Market Currant 
bush. Prof. Taft, of the Michigan Agricultural 
College, reports, ‘‘London Market a very promising 
new variety.’ Price, 2-year plants, 20c. each, $2.00 
per doz., $12.00 per 100; 1-vear plants, 15c. each, 
$1.50 per doz., $10.00 per 100. 
THE “EPICURE” COLLECTION OF TABLE FRUITS, sufficient for the Home Garden, as 
follows: The 3 1-year Grapes, 6 J-year Gooseberries, 6 Raspberries (2 of each), 6 Blackberries, 
24 Strawberries, 6 J-year Currants, for $4.50, FREE BY MAIL. 
$5.50.) “Two collections for $8.50; three collections for $12.00; five collections for ${8.00. If by 
express (BUYER PAYING CHARGES), we will send 2-year Grapes, Gooseberries and Currants. . 
(If bought separately would cost 
