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Isaac Htcks & Son, Westbury Station, N. Y.— Fruits 
Red and Yellow Raspberries, continued 
Columbian. Large purplish red fruit with a 
sprightly flavor; vigorous and productive. 
Golden Queen. Yellow, soft, juicy, sweet fruit. 
Resembles Cuthbert in form and flavor; and 
therefore is an excellent dessert variety. 
BLACK-CAP RASPBERRIES 
These riperi earlier than the red kinds, and fol- 
low Strawberries. 
Souhegan. Fruit large and handsome; plant a 
strong grower and hardy. Ripens early. 
Gregg. One of the largest of the blackcap family; 
fruit large, black, with a slight bloom; moder- 
ately juicy, sweet and rich. Ripens late and 
evenly; 
BLACKBERRIES 
Price, 50 cts. for 10, $4 per 100 
Being easy to grow, Blackberries are a valuable 
fruit for home use. As they ripen from early July 
to the middle of August, they complete the season 
of small fruits until the Peaches begin to ripen. To 
avoid too strong a growth and straggling habit, the 
ends of the shoots may be cut off at 3 feet in mid- 
summer. Plant 6x3 feet. 
Lucretia Dewberry. Large, coreless, juicy, sweet 
fruit; most delicious for the table. Ripens be- 
fore all the others. A running Blackberry that 
can be trained to a trellis. 
Erie. A valuable new variety; large, very early 
and productive. Desirable as a market berry. 
Eldorado. Large berries, borne in large clusters; 
vines are vigorous and hardy; one of the best for 
table use. 
Early Harvest. Of medium size, good quality and 
prolific; very early. It is firm, and therefore a 
good shipper. 
Agawam. A large berry of excellent flavor. Hardy 
and productive. 
Snyder. Berries of medium size, nearly globular, 
of good flavor; very hardy. 
Strawberries planted in spring multiply rapidly and bear 
heavily the June of the next year. Those planted in August 
bear the next season but do not have time to multiply, 
Strawberries give the quickest returns/ of all the fruits we 
offer. Insects and fungi are not serious. To ward against 
loss by the birds, have a plenty. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Price, $1 per 100; in August and September, $2 per 100 
A garden without Strawberries is incomplete. 
If Strawberry plants are put out in August and 
September, they will bear fruit the following June. 
They may be planted in April and May, and each 
plant allowed to make a dozen or more runners and 
young plants, which bear freely the following 
season. The beds had best be allowed to fruit 
only two years and then be renewed. Free cultiva- 
tion should be followed the first year, and the plants 
covered with straw, manure, or salt hay for the 
winter. In the spring, as the growth commences, this 
litter may be raked off between the rows to form a 
mulch, which prevents the growth of weeds and 
conserves the moisture, as welt as protects the 
ripening berries from the soil. Clippings from the 
lawn make an excellent mulch for this purpose. 
By planting four or six varieties, early, medium 
and late, and giving them good cultivation, the 
fruiting season will extend from the last week in 
May to the first week in July. 
Per. indicates perfect-flowered. 
Imp. indicates imperfect-flowered. Plant with 
perfect-flowered varieties near. 
Excelsior. Per. A firm, productive^ high-colored 
berry; the chief quality is earliness. 
Sharpless. Per. Very large, conical or wedge- 
shaped; white at the tip when not fully ripe; 
good flavor. 
Bubach. Imp. Fruit of largest size and excellent 
flavor. A prolific grower with vigorous foliage. 
A standard sort. 
Bismarck. Per. This resembles the Bubach in its 
excellent qualities, and is slightly smaller. 
