is THE LOVETT COMPANY, LITTLE SILVER, N /. 



X/JAPANESE RASPBERRIES, 



STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY. 



Shown on Colored Plate. 



This is indeed a remarkable fruit which, 

 like so many novel and valuable fruits, 

 comes to us from Japan. It is said to be a 

 hybrid between the strawberry and rasp- 

 berry. Improbable as this would seem to 

 appear, the habit of the plant and its fruit 

 give strong evidence that this statement is 

 correct. From the engraving, which is a 

 careful study of a plant in bearing, it will be 

 seen its habit is that of neither of the fruits 

 named, but a compromise of the two; it be- 

 ing a spreading, low-growing bush, produc 

 ing its fruit in branching clusters of three 

 or more at the ends of the stems. In form 

 and appearance of fruit it is about as good a 

 combination of a strawberry and red rasp- 

 berry as one could well imagine — in size 

 about midway betw^een the two and the form 

 of neither, but half way between each, being 

 formed of globules or drupes like a raspber- 

 ry, but in color a crimson equaling in bril- 

 liancy the most beautiful strawberry. It 

 is said to be entirely hardy. A fruit so 

 m every way, so exceedingly beautiful and prolific and so full of promise, cannot 

 meet a ready and large sale. The 

 we offer are pot-grown, strong and 

 rooted. Ea., 20c; 3 for 50c; doz., 

 100, $8.00. 



unique 

 fail to 

 plants 

 finely 

 $1.50; 



WINEBERRY. 



There is nothing but praise for this interesting plant 

 and it pleases no less in its ornamental character than 

 for its beautiful fruit. It is a large, robust grower, 

 perfectly hardy and among the most enormously pro- 

 lific of all the small fruits. The berries are borne in 

 large clusters, and each berry is at first tightly en- 

 veloped by the large calyx, forming a sort of burr, 

 which is covered with purplish-red hairs so thickly as 

 to present the appearance of moss rose buds. These 

 gradually open and turn back, exposing the fruit in all 

 its beauty. The berries are of a beautiful, translucent 

 appearance, running through all the shades of amber 

 to crimson as they ripen. In quality it is quite distinct, 

 but a decided brisk sub-acid. When cooked it is grand, 

 retaining its rich and sprightly flavor, and surpassing 

 when canned or preserved even the Huckleberry. For 

 jelly making it i>. w ithout an equal. From it a most 

 delicious and healthful wine c-an be made with the ut- 

 most ease, after the manner of currant wine. It begins 

 ripening in Jidy, the berries are produc-ed in great 

 abundance, and it continues in bearing for a long time. 

 It is proving extremely profitable as a market fruit 

 with some growers, owing to its enormous yield and its 

 ready sale at high prices in market. Grows readily 

 from seed. Doz.. 40c; 100. s;i.()0; 1000, S8.00. Trans- 

 planted plants, {too Icoyr in uiail). doz.. T.Oc; 100, S1.50; 

 1000, SIO.OO. Seed, 10c. perpkt; 2 pkts. for 15c. 



