LKAMON (;. TINCiLE, IM TTSVILLJ:, MARYLAND 



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Raspberry Plants 



Raspberries will succeed in any good soil suitable for garden vegetables, 

 and amply repay high culture. The best fertilizer is ground bone. Plant in 

 rows 4 feet apart and plants 3 feet apart in the rows. Pinch tops out of young 

 canes when 3 feet high, so they will branch and become stocky. Cut out all old 

 wood which dies as soon as the fruit ripens. 



25 100 250 500 1,000 



St. Regis $.75 $1.50 $3.50 $6.00 $12.00 



Plum Farmer 75 1.50 3.00 5.00 10.00 



Kansas 75 1.50 3.00 5.00 10.00 



King 75 1.50 3.00 5.00 9.00 



Gregg 75 1.50 3.O0 5.00 10.00 



Conrath 75 1.50 3.00 5.00 10.00 



Cuthbert 75 1 .50 3.00 5.00 9.00 



Columbian 75 1.50 3.50 6.0O 12.00 



Cumberland 75 1.50 3.50 5.00 10.00 



St. Regis. Red. This promises to be the 

 most valuable addition to the list of Red Rasp- 

 berries. It succeeds upon all soils, whether 

 light and sandy or heavy clay, and the canes 

 are absolutely hardy always and everywhere. 

 The canes are of a stalky, strong growth with 

 a great abundance of healthy, dark green foli- 

 age. The only variety known that gives a 

 crop of fruit the same year planted, and two 

 crops a year thereafter. Plants set in early 

 spring will give a small crop of fruit the fall 

 following, and the next spring a big crop 

 equaling that of any red Raspberry known. 

 The berries are large, beautiful and attractive. 

 If you have failed with evei-y other variety of 

 Raspberry, either North or South, p'ant St. 

 Regis and succeed. 



Gregg. An old variety of merit and too 

 well known to need description. 



Conrath. A Blackcap. Compared with 

 Gregg, they are two weeks earlier, hardier, less 

 subject to disease, and fully equal to that 

 variety when at its best in productiveness and 

 quality of fruit. 



Cuthbert. Red. This is a strong^ grower 

 with healthy foliage, and on good soil It is 

 very productive. Cuthbert is one of the old 

 standard, reliable sorts that will give a good 

 crop of large red berries of very fine quality, 

 and it is probably more largely orrown th^n 

 any other variety. 



King. Red. This is perhaps the best of the 

 very early red sorts, and unites earliness with 

 large size, bright scarlet color, firm flesh, good 

 quality and productiveness. It makes a good 

 growth and is very hardy, standing cold and 

 heat where many others fail. 



Columbian. Purple. The Columbian is a 

 variety of the Shaffer type, of remarkable 

 vigor and productiveness. It is very hardy, 

 and propagates from tips the same as Black- 

 caps. Fruit large, shape somewhat conical, 

 color dark red, bordering on purple ; adheres 

 firmly to the stem, and will often dry on the 

 bush if not picked ; seeds small and deeply 

 imbedded in a rich, juicy pulp, which has a 

 distinct flavor of its ov/n, making it a most 

 delicious ♦^able berry. 



PIr.m Farmer. Black. Berries thick-meated, 

 firm, with a bloom similar to Gregg ; large in 

 size and attractive when picked ready for 

 market. Maturing its entire crop in a very 

 short period makes it one of the most profit- 

 able of the early market sorts. 



Kansas. Black. Canes of strong growth, 

 entirely hardy with tough, healthy, clean foli- 

 age. The fruit is nearly as large as the 

 Gregg, with much less bloom ; handsome, firm 

 and of fine quality. For a good second-early 

 Raspberry there is nothing better than this. 

 It possesses all the valuable attributes of a 

 profitable market sort, and its large size and 

 attractive appearance insure ready sales at 

 good prices. 



Cumberland. Black. Perhaps the most popu- 

 lar of the Blackcaps at the present time. It 

 is very hardy and productive, ripening about 

 midseason. The fruit is the largest of the 

 Raspberry family, often measuring seven- 

 eighths of an inch in diameter, and is of such 

 handsome appearance that it is sure to brirg 

 the top of the market. The bush is healthy 

 and vigorous. 



The matter of buying your plants for 1918 planting may look like a small 

 matter, but it is an important job because so much depends on the right kind 

 of plants. 



No matter how valuable your land — no matter how much you weed, dig, 

 hoe or cultivate — no matter how deep you plow — how well you make the seed 

 bed, how much you disc and harrow or rake your garden — no matter how much 

 the sun shines, or how much rain you get — or how much you irrigate or water 

 your garden — no matter how ideal the weather conditions may be or how much 

 you fertilize or manure the soil — and every one of these things represents real 

 money — they are all lost— all wasted^ — all the effort counts for nothing if in 

 the first place you don't have the right kind of plants to put in the soil. 



