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THE LOVETT COMPANY. 



DEWBERRIES. 



The Dewberry has not been cultivated to any great extent on account, perhaps, of the 

 few varieties that are worth growing. There is no reason, however, why people should 

 not enjoy this wholesome and delicious fruit, especially as it comes at a season between 

 raspberries and blackberries. The best mode of culture is to treat it somewhat like the 

 strawberry and plant it in rows six feet apart with the plants three feet distant in the 

 rows; or setting the plants four feet by four. Keep the soil mellow and clean. 



Lucretia. Decidedly the best of all dewberries. As early or earlier than Early Har- 

 vest blackberry and larger than the Erie. It is a superb fruit; large and handsome, of a 

 jet black, melting, and of a delicious quality. The plant is entirely hardy everywhere, a 

 healthy strong grower, and exceedingly productive. We can confidently recommend the 

 Lucretia as being a fine acquisition to the family garden and a delightful introduction to 

 the blackberry season. Doz., 40c; 100, $1.50; 1000, $8.00. (Postpaid at dozen rates. If 

 to be sent by mail, add 50c. per hundred for postage) . 



DWARF ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY. 



Of all the fruit introduced from the West this appears to be the 

 most valuable. It is as hardy as an oak, having withstood a temper- 

 ature of forty degrees below zero, unharmed in either fruit-bud or 

 branch. It is one of the most productive of all fruits, sixteen quarts 

 of fruit having been picked from off a three-years-old bush and 

 eighty cherries off a branch, twelve inches long, of a two-years-old 

 bush. The illustration here given, which is from a photograph of a 

 branch, will give some idea of its productiveness. The fruit is jet 

 black when fully ripe, averages somewhat larger than the English 

 Morello, its season of ripening being after all others are gone. In 

 quality and flavor it is akin to the sweet cherries, excellent in flavor 

 and a pleasant fruit for eating out of hand. 



This Cherry is of a bushy habit of growth, rarely exceeding four 

 feet in height, and is really a fine ornamental shrub that would grace 

 any lawn, bearing in spring a mass of beautiful white bloom. The 

 advent of this very desirable dwarf cherry will fill a much needed 

 want, viz., that of a productive dwarf cherry tree for family gar- 

 dens, for which its eariy bearing — it begins to fruit at two years old 

 — and ease of culture renders it admirably adapted. We consider it 

 a decided acquisition for garden cultivation. This does not, in the 

 young plant, produce a large fibrous growth of root, but has always 

 a scraggy appearance ; they grow readily, however, if carefully 

 planted. Having a large stock we offer it at very low rates, viz: 

 Ea., 20c; 3 for 50c; doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00 [by mail, if desired). 



JUNEBERRIES. 



The Dwarf Juneberry is an excellent substitute for the Swamp 

 Huckleberry or Wortleberry, which it resembles in appearance 

 and quality, but is of the easiest culture. The fruit is borne in 

 clusters, as shown in the engraving, reddish-purple in color, 

 changing to bluish-black. In flavor it is of a mild, rich, sub- 

 acid; excellent as a dessert fruit or canned. It is extremely 

 hardy, enduring the cold of the far North and the heat of sum- 

 mer without injury. In habit it is similar to the currant, the 

 bushes attaining the same size and are literally covered with fruit 

 in June. The blossoms are quite large, and composed of fine 

 white petals; which, with its bright, glossy, dark green foliage, 

 renders it one of the handsomest of ornamental shrubs. As it 

 grows from suckers, the plants frequently have but little roots, 

 but they transplant so readily that they rarely fail to live if 

 planted firmly. 



Improved Dwarf. An improvement upon the common June- 

 berry, and .he variety generally offered in the catalogues. It is 

 a good sort, but much inferior to the following. Ea., 10c; 3 for 

 25c; doz., 75c. 100, $4.50 (by mail); $4.00 by express. 



Success. A superb variety, the result of careful crossing by 

 Prof. Van Deman, late U. S. Pomologist, and a great improve- 

 ment upon all others. Perfectly hardy, free from disease, and exceedingly productive; fruit delicious, rich and 

 full in flavor We are the introducers of this new variety having purchased from Prof. Van Deman the entire 

 stock. Ea., 15c: 3 for 35 C ; doz., $1.00 (by mail). 



