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J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, NJ.— BLUEBERRY 



IMPROVED DWARF BLUEBERRY OR HUCKLEBERRY 



Is it Blueberry or Huckleberry? That de- 

 pends upon who is inquiring. If the person 

 speaking is from New England, it is Blueberry 

 — if from one of the Middle States, it is Blue- 

 berry or Huckleberry (as both names are used 

 in those states); if from the Southern or West- 

 ern States, it is undoubtedly Huckleberry. In 

 short, both names are used by many people 

 for the same fruit. 



It may be a surprise to some to learn that 

 statistics show that a great deal more money is 

 paid by the people of the United States for 

 Blueberries (or Huckleberries) than for all the 

 other berries put together. Almost everybody 

 is fond of them and almost everybody would 



like to grow them, but not until recently could 

 plants be had that could be fruited success- 

 fully. In the Improved Dwarf Blueberry we 

 have a variety that we are confident anybody 

 can grow with success without special care or 

 culture, if planted upon any ground except 

 where water remains near or upon the surface; 

 though it prefers a sandy loam or even sandy 

 land. Plant in rows four feet apart and three 

 feet distant in the row; give ordinary clean 

 culture — as for Currants, Gooseberries or 

 Raspberries; but do not use fertilizers, except 

 ground bone; being particular to avoid using 

 lime, wood ashes or stable manure. 



The berries are large, sweet and luscious, 

 tender and almost seedless, beginning to ripen 

 early in July and continue for a long season. 

 The bushes attain a height of 1 to 1^ feet, 

 are somewhat spreading in habit, of ironclad 

 hardihood and yield abundantly. They are 

 long-lived and are attractive in appearance; 

 especially as the rich green leaves turn to bril- 

 liant colors in autumn. To assist in making 

 the plants live, it is best to cut back the tops 

 to three or four inches at time of planting. 

 Price, well rooted plants, each, 50c.; dozen, 

 $5.00. (Rates by the 100 upon request.) 



FRUIT AND NUT TREES 



Owing to a shortage of labor during the past two years we have been unable to grow as 

 large a quantity of Fruit and Nut trees as formerly; and as the demand has been heavy of 

 late our present supply is greatly reduced; excepting Peach trees, of which we have a fine 

 stock of fine trees. A great deal of labor is required to properly pack Fruit Trees, Nut Trees 

 and Shade Trees. Therefore, as satisfactory labor at the present time is difficult to obtain and 

 the rates for same are more than double what they were three years ago, we have decided to 

 omit Fruit, Nut and Shade Trees from this issue of our catalogue, but will be pleased to 

 quote prices by letter upon request from anyone, who will state varieties and number of each 

 desired. We desire especially to invite attention to our stock of Peach Trees, which are 

 fine in every way (particularly to the Toughina and the other very valuable Stubenrauch va- 

 rieties of Peaches) and our grafted trees of Hardy English Walnuts and Pecans. 



NOTE. — In "Bush Fruits," by F. W. Card, will be found very full instructions for growing 

 the Blueberry successfully in the garden. It is a work of over 400 pages and is so valuable 

 it showld be in the hands of everyone who is interested in the culture of Raspberries, Black- 

 berries or Huckleberries. A copy will be sent by parcel post upon receipt of $2.10. 



