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deep blood red to center; exceedingly 

 productive, thrifty and rank in growth; 

 herries large and good shape; it is a 

 stamminate, or self-pollenizer. 75c. per 

 100; $6.00 per 1000. 



Lady Thompson Strawberry. 



The marvelous vigor and immense pro- 

 ductiveness of this berry, its ability to 

 adapt itself to all soils and all climates; 

 its apparent indifference to heat, drought 

 or flood, has rendered strawberry grow- 

 ing profitable over vast regions where 

 most other varieties could not be grown 

 with protfit, if at all. It is an exceeding- 

 ly easy plant to live and is quick to 

 grow off, rain or no rain. Hence its 

 great value, especially for fall planting. 

 Price, 60c. per 100, $5.00 per 1000. 



Klondyke Strawberry. 



We have a fine stock of this valuable 

 new variety grown from plants derived 

 direct from the originator. We know 

 them to be the absolutely true and pure 

 Klondyke. 60c. per 100; $5.00 per 1000. 



Number of Strawberry Plants Required 

 to Plant an Acre. 



11,000 to acre, 4 ft. rows. 



12,500 to acre, 31/2 ft. rows. 



14,000 to acre, 3 ft. rows. 



12 in. apart in row. 



12,000 to acre is the average number in 

 this vicinity. 



Where 11,000 plants are put on an acre 

 they are more easily cultivated with a 

 horse, and the fruit is likely to be larger. 



Blackberries. 



Early Harvest. — Large and very sweet. 

 Ripens fully two weeks before the earli- 

 est of the old field berries. Is not a 

 Dewberry, but a regular bush. Strong 

 one year old plants, 15c. each; $1.50 per 

 dozen. 



Raspberries. 



Red.— Plants, -25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



Black. — Plants, 25c. each, $2.50 per doz. 



PECAN TKBBS. 



We are often asked, "How many years 

 after planting will a Pecan Orchard be- 

 come a paying investment?" 



After considerable investigation, we 

 conclude that it will be in about ten 

 years. Although, under favorable con- 

 ditions, the trees at six years after plant- 

 ing will show some fruit, and in the 

 seventh, eighth and ninth years may 

 yield enough to pay working expenses, 

 still it will be at least ten years before 



a profitable crop can be expected. We 

 think that they will not reach the maxi- 

 mum yield until about thirty years after 

 planting. 



It is understood that this conclusion is 

 based on the supposition that the best 

 varieties of budded or grafted trees are 

 planted. 



Of course, it can be shown that results 

 better than this have been obtained, but 

 we are now considering returns that may 

 be expected from an orchard on a large 

 scale; not such as have been received 

 from a few trees here and there forced 

 under the bes.t conditions. 



Pecan growing is such a solid certain 

 profitable business that it is really un- 

 necessary to exaggerate the returns in 

 the smallest degree. 



As an inducement to start with some- 

 thing exceptionally fine, we offer with 

 every order of 50 Pecan trees, one of 

 Steckler's Mammoth and Nelson's Mam- 

 moth, and in lots of 100, two of each. 



Centennial Pecan. 



Nut large, long, pointed at both ends. 

 Shell thin. Kernel plump, rich and sweet. 

 Quality best. Abundant annual bearer. 

 Habit of growth, willowy, forming a 

 thick, round-headed tree. Original was 

 grafted more than 60 years ago. Has 

 been long known as one of the very best 

 sorts. 



Frotscher's (Egg Shell) Pecan. 



Nut large, oblong ovoid in shape, very 

 thin shell. Kernel plump, full. Quality 

 best. Abundant annual bearer. A rapid 

 grower. Comes into bearing very young. 

 Habit of growth somewhat like Centen- 

 nial, not quite so dense, forming a fine 

 round-headed tree. This is justly a very 

 popular variety. 



Stuart Pecan. 



Nut large, thin shell, ovoid in shape, 

 full meated. Quality best. Abundant 

 bearer, of rapid growth. A standard 

 variety, of established merit and popular. 



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