A cool, moist location is best for this fruit, and for this reason it succeeds admirably when planted by a stone- 

 wall or ience; being benefitted by partial shale. Plant in rows four feet 

 apart, and the plants three feet apart in the rows. Keep the ground mel- 

 low and free of weeds and grass, using fertilizers copiously. Mulching is 

 necessary for the best returns. So soon as the leaves turn yellow and begin 

 to fall, with a pruning knife remove all the old wood and cut back the 

 young shoots a third of their length, cutting to the ground enough of these 

 to admit air and light into the bush freely . When the currant worm ap- 

 pears dust the bushes with powdered white hellebore or tobacco dust; it can 

 be exterminated also by dissolving the powdered white hellebore (to be had 

 at any drug store) in the proportion of an ounce to a pail of water, and ap- 

 plied with a syringe upon the leaves. 



The annexed illustration shows plants of one and two years old with 

 ground line and indications where to cut back at pruning. 



NOTE. We have one of the largest and finest stocks of Cur- 

 rants in the country and our prices are lower than ever before. 

 Such an opportunity to buy fiist class Currants at a low price 

 may not occur again. 



One year by mail at dozen rates, if desired. If by mail at 100 rates 

 add 50c. per 100. 2 yrs. plants are too large to mail. 



POMONA (New). 



Beyond comparison in productiveness and fine qual- 

 ity with any of the older sorts, and from present indi- 

 cations destined to supersede all other Red Currants. 

 Its yield of fruit is something wonderful. From 

 acres of Pomona Currants has been sold at wholesale, in 



three consecutive years, fruit amounting to $9000.00, or 

 an . average of over $461.00 yearly per acre. What 

 Currant is there that will make as good a showing as 

 this? The Pomona is a vigorous and robust grower, 

 healthy, hardy, and an early bearer; foliage abundant 

 and remains on the bush much later than other sorts. 

 The fruit is very beautiful in appearance, of a clear, 

 bright translucent red, bunches large and full,* but in 

 size of berry smaller than Cherry and Versailles though 

 larger than Victoria and very much larger than Red 

 Dutch. It is of remarkably fine quality, sweet and 

 mild, and less acid than any we know of, with very few 

 seeds and these are small. The fruit is so bright colored 

 and handsome that it always attracts buyers at mar- 

 ket and it not only hangs on the bush a long time after 

 ripe but will also keep in good condition a long time 

 after picked. 1 yr., ea., 10c; 3 for 25c; doz., 75c; 100, 

 $5.00. 2 vrs., ea., 15c; 3 for 40c; doz., $1.25; 100, $8.00. 



BLACK VICTORIA (New). 



We believe 

 this to be the 

 finest and larg- 

 est Black Cur- 

 rant in cultiva- 

 tion either in 

 this country or 

 in E n g 1 a n d, 

 where it origi- 

 nated. It is re- 

 markable both 

 for the size of"l 

 its berries and 

 for the quantity 

 produced. The 

 bunches, too, 

 are of more than 

 ordinary size 

 and well filled. 

 Its quality is 

 much better 

 than that of oth- 

 er Black Cur- 

 rants, milder 

 and sweeter. In 

 Europe, where 

 Black Currants 

 are appreciated, 

 it has been en- 

 thusiastically received, and we predict a similar suc- 

 cess for it here amons: those who like this class of fruit. 

 1 yr., ea., 20c: 3 for 50c; doz., $1.50; 100, $10.00. 



