J. T. Lovett Co. — Tree Cranberry — Buffalo Berry. 



TREE CRANBERRY. 



Among the ornamental berry-bearing shruDs there 

 are few superior .either for beauty or for the useful- 

 ness of their fruit, to the Tree Cranberry, or, as it is 

 often called, the High Cranberry Bush. And yet 

 this useful and ornamental shrub has been singularly 

 neglected, being conflned, except in a few rare in- 

 stances, to its native haunts in the North and East. 

 It forms a symmetrical little tree under culture, and 

 Is a pleasing ornament on the lawn or shrubbery. 

 Its juicy, acid fruit is of a beautiful bright red, and 

 is used as an excellent substitute for the swamp 

 cranberries. The berries hang on well to the grayish 

 branches and present an effective appearance in 

 winter. When growing in a wild slate it forms a 

 dense bush but responds readily to judicious pruning, 

 and may be made to assume either the tree form or 

 that of an open bush. The shrub is well worth 

 planting for ornamental effect alone: its ex- 

 cellent fruit makes it a profitable adjunct. It is sur- 

 prising that so few are aware of the beauty and util- 

 ity of this little tree, and many are under the mis- 

 taken impression that it cannot be safely transplanted 

 Into cultivated grounds. Plants from the nursery 

 will succeed in almost any soil and location, and 

 yield in due season a bounteous'supply of cranberries. 

 It should be more generally planted, and its value 

 then would soon become known and appreciated. 

 The trees we offer have been selected with a view to 

 large fruit and small seeds, and are sure to please. 

 Ba., 20c; doz., S^-OO. (By mail 5c each additional.) 



BUFFALO 



The Tree Cr^xbekrt. 



BERRY. 



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An ironclad fruit for the frozen North and 

 the burning South. A fruit for everybody. 

 Everywhere a great novelty, and most decided 

 acquisition. It is a tree like shrub, attaining 

 a height of 10 feet when well grown: of com- 

 pact, symmetrical habit. Leaves numerous 

 and silvery white; it would be an ornament in 

 any yard for its foliage alone, but when laden 

 with its dense, rich clusters of crimson fruit 

 from early summer, through the fall and entire 

 winter, it is a sight to be remembered with 

 pleasure. The fruit is round, smooth and glos- 

 sy, resembling in sizt-, form and color, the cul- 

 tivated red currant. Our illustration shows a 

 cluster, natural size. The fruit forms in clus- 

 ters to the very tips of the branches. It is a 

 constant and prolific bearer, entirely hardy, 

 having endured 60 degrees below zero, and 

 borne fruit the following summer. Before be- 

 ing touched by frost it is very acid; freezing 

 subdues it, until it becomes so rich and palat- 

 able that as a dessert fruit in mid-winter It if 

 without a rival, while for jellies it is claimed 

 by epicures to equal the famous Guava jellies. 

 Such is the Buffalo Berry, Shepherdia argen- 

 tea. It is a near relative to Eleagnus longi- 

 pes, and as regards quality, the Rural Neu-- 

 YorTier, (which is, without doubt, the most 

 critical horticultural journal in the country J, 

 under date of December 6, 1890, has this to say: 

 "Unquestionably the Shepherdia is well wor- 

 thy of cultivation for its fruit alone, which is 

 superior to that of Eleagnus." 

 Price, mail or express, ea„ 25o: doz., $2.00. 



