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OUE three years £ 

 trial of this re- |^ 

 markable Berry 4t 

 has fully demonstra- '^ 

 ted its value as a prom- "•* 

 ising New Garden « 

 Fruit worthy of care- $ 

 ful trial by all, and <* 

 likely to prove of im- ^ 

 mense value in places S 

 where more tender va- <^ 

 rieties do not succeed. ^ 

 1 1 is pronounced by all '^ 

 the most beautiful '^ 

 fruit they ever saw. ^ 

 The berries are about 5 

 the size and shape of ^ 

 the largest strawberry !S 

 as shown in the illus- "1? 

 tration above, which * 

 was mad e expressly for !S 

 this book from bearing '^ 

 bushes on our own -i^ 

 grou nds. The color is 2 

 intense, bright glisten- ^ 

 ing crimson, with an <a 

 exquisite bloom, altogether unequalled in beauty ; they have a rich, stimulating, sub acid flavor, '^ 

 entirely different from other berries ; have few seeds, are excellent for eating witli sugar, and also '^ 

 ^ for cooking and making jams, jellies and preserves, which have a new and delicious flavor, entirely >M 

 ^ their own. The plants fruit the first season, and are very productive. The bush grows 2} to 3 feet !5 

 ^ high, and though it dies down in Winter it is entirely hardy, and comes up fresh every Spring, and ^ 

 ^ blooms and fruits the same season. The fruit begins to ripen in July, and the bushes continue « 

 ^ bearing both fruit and flowers for at least three months, or until cut down by frost. They grow and 2 

 ^ do well in poor ground or rich, and can be depended on to bear a good crop every year regardless of ^i 

 ^ heat or drought. Everyone interested in Garden Fruits should give them a careful trial. We make >m 

 jj prices very low. 10 cts. each; 3 for 25 cts.; 80 cts. per doz. Postpaid; $5 per hundred by Express. J 



STBAWBEKKY KASPBEKKY. 



