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CURRANTS. 
Currants and Gooseberries should be planted on good 
soil, which must be kept rich and well worked. Trim out 
the old wood as soon as it begins to decline, and shorten 
all the young shoots, to keep the bushes in good shape. 
Sprinkle ashes around the roots occasionally, to keep the 
borers away. ‘The currant worm may be destroyed by 
sprinkling the bushes with powdered white hellebore while 
they are wet with dew. Where it has been applied, the 
fruit should not be used without first being washed. 
Black Naples. Vigorous and productive; used for jelly 
and jams, and highly profitable for market in some 
sections. 2 years, $1.50 per doz. ; 38.00 per 100. 
Cherry. Fruit large, bunch small; deep red; acid. 2 
years (very fine), $1.50 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100. 
Fay’s Prolific. Color rich red; as compared with the 
Cherry currant, Fay’s Prolific is equal in size, better 
in flavor, contains less acid, and five times as prolific; 
and from its long, peculiar stem, less expensive to 
pick. 2 years, 20 cts. each; $2.00 per doz. 
La Versaillaise. A popular variety ; bunch and ber- 
ries large, bright crimson; fine, vigorous and produc- 
tive. 2 years, very fine, $1.50 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100. 
Red Dutch. Medium size; in large bunches; the old 
and well-known Currant of the garden; a profitable 
market variety. 2 years, $1.50 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100. 
White Grape. The best white variety ; large, sweet and 
good; best for the table; a good bearer. 2 years, very 
fine, $1.50 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100. 
Inpustry GOOSEBERRY. 
INDUSTRY GOOSEBERRY. 
A Gooseberry possessing desirable qualities for table and 
market has long heen a desideratum. The hest American 
varieties have failed to satisfy the requirements, being too 
small and of poor flavor. The foreign varieties, wherever 
tried, have either mildewed more or less, or they have 
made an unsatisfactory growth. Hence a large, handsome 
sort of good quality has been much sought after. We take 
pleasure in submitting to the publie a variety which we 
think destined to revolutionize gooseberry culture in this 
country. Although a foreign sort, it has done admirably 
for four seasons, being a vigorous grower and an immense 
vielder, and showing no signs of mildew. The above 
illustration shows the size of the fruit. We confidently 
recommend it for the garden and market, being unequalled 
for size, flavor, productiveness and vigorous growth. Color 
dark red. 
25 cts. each; 5 for $1.00; 12 for $2.00; per 100, $12.00. 




GOOSEBERRIES. 
Treatment same as for Currants. 
2 years, $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 
Downing. Large; pale green; soft, juicy, and good for 
family use, 
Houghton’s Seedling. Medium; pale red; vigorous. 
Smith’s Improved. Large; pale green; productive 
bearer; good for family use or for market. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
Plant in good soil, in rows 5 or G feet apart, and 3 or 4 
feet apart in the row. After the fruiting season, or in 
early spring, cut out all the dead wood. Blackberries 
should be planted early, before the buds start. A good 
top dressing of stable manure, applied annually, will be 
conducive to large crops. Keep the ground clean. 
Erie. This is anew berry of great promise, on account 
of ripening its entire crop at once and early. Berries 
medium or large size, black when ripe, firm, sweet, 
and of good quality. $1.50 per doz. ; $8.00 per 100. 
Karly Harvest. The berry is of fair size (not large); 
long form; a splendid shipper and of good quality. 
Early, hardy and excessively pyolifie. $1.00 per doz. ; 
$6.09 per 100. 
Kittatinny. Large; juicy, sweet and excellent; hardy 
and productive. Considered the best and most profit- 
able late berry. $1.00 per doz. ; $4.00 per 100. 
Wilson Junior. Of large size, unsurpassed productive- 
ness, fine flavor, and early. The largest and best early 
Blackberry yet introduced. 75 ets. per doz.; $4.00 
per 100. 
Snyder. Berries medium, but of excellent quality ; 
hardy; of strong growth and enormously productive ; 
ripens early. $1.00 per doz.; $4.00 per 100. 
RASPBERRIES. 
Plant in rows 5 to 6 feet apart, 2 to 4 feet apart in the 
row. Cut the tops off within a few inches of the ground 
when planted. After the fruiting season, early in the 
spring, cupaut all the old wood which bore the last erop 
of fruit. inch the vigorous young shoots several times 
during the summer. They will then grow stout enough to 
stand without staking. 
Brandywine. Large; bright red; hardy and produe- 
tive; an old variety, extensively grown for market. 
75 ets. per doz. ; $3.00 per 100. 
Cuthbert, or Queen of the Market. Large; firm; 
deep, rich erimson; of excellent quality; tall, strong 
and vigorous; perfectly hardy and very productive ; 
succeeds well in almost all localities; ripens medium 
to late. 75 ets. per doz.; $3.00 per 100. 
Doolittle’s Improved. A popular black variety, ex- 
cellent for market or home use. 75 ets. per doz. ; £3.00 
per 100. 
Hansell. Medium; bright crimson; very firm, rich, 
and of good quality; very early, ripening ten days in 
advance of Brandywine; desirable for market or hone 
ewlture. $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
Golden Queen. Berries large golden yellow, bright 
and firm, and of fine, rich flavor: vigorous, productive 
and healthy. $1.00 per doz.; $6.00 per 100. 
Gregg. A large black variety; fruit firm, of excellent 
quality and a good shipper. 75 cts. per doz.; $3.00 
per 100. 
Marlboro’. Of largest size, color a bright crimson. very 
firm; avery strong grower and exceedingly prolific. 
75 ets. per doz. ; $3.00 per 100. 
Souhegan. Jet black, of medium size: a strong grower, 
very hardy and productive ; the earliest of the Black 
Caps. 75 ets. per doz. ; $3.00 per 100. 
Turner, or Southern Thornless. Medium size; 
bright color; sweet and rich, hardy, and exceedingly 
productive. 75 cts, per doz.; $3.00 per 1.00. 
