TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



FRUITS 



CURRANTS, continued 



White Grape. Large, beau- 

 tiful white berry; bunch short; 

 •quality excellent. One of the 

 most pleasing Currants to eat off 

 the bush, as it is of much sweeter 

 flavor than the others. 



Black Naples. Black; large 

 bunches; berries small, with a 

 •strong, musky flavor. Valuable 

 for cooking and jams. 



RASPBERRIES 



Raspberries are an essential 

 in the home garden. The prin- 

 cipal attention is to hoe up the 

 •extra suckers, leaving a few 

 stalks to each hill. The plants 

 •should be set in rows 6 feet apart 

 ■and 3 feet apart in the row. 



Red and Yellow 

 Raspberries 



Miller's Red. Berry large, 

 firm, bright red. 



Marlboro. Bright scarlet fruit 

 •of large size. Early. 



Cuthbert. Very large, pointed, deep red berries of 

 ♦delicious flavor. This beautiful variety should be planted 

 largely. Ripens midseason to late. 



Golden Queen. Yellow, soft, juicy, sweet fruit. 

 Resembles Cuthbert in form and flavor, and therefore is 

 an excellent dessert variety. 



Blackcap Raspberries 



These ripen earlier than the red kinds, and follow 

 Strawberries. 



Souhegan. Fruit large and handsome; plant a strong 

 grower and hardy, bears fruit in great profusion. Ripens 

 early. 



Gregg. One of the largest of the Blackcap family; 

 fruit large, black, with a slight bloom; moderately juicy, 

 sweet and rich. Ripens late and evenly. 



BLACKBERRIES 



STRAWBER- 

 RIES 



Gooseberries such as these are 

 as Currants 



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 cultivation should 

 be followed the first year, and 

 the plants covered with straw, 

 manure, or salt hay for the win- 

 ter. 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 con- 

 serves the moisture, as well 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 per- 

 fect-flowered varieties near, so they will set fruit. 



Excelsior. Per. A firm, productive, high-colored herry; 

 the chief quality is earliness. 



Sharpless. Per. Very large, conical or wedge-shaped; 

 white at the tip when not fully ripe; good flavor. One of 

 the best sorts for the home-garden. 



Bubach. Imp. Fruit of largest size and excellent 

 flavor. A prolific grower with vigorous foliage. A standard 

 sort. 



as easily grown 



Being easy to grow, Blackberries are a 



Plant Blackberries in rows 

 apart 



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 strag- 

 gling habit, cut off the ends 

 of the shoots at 3 feet in mid- 

 summer. Plant 6x3 feet. 



Lucretia Dewberry. 

 Large, coreless, juicy, sweet 

 fruit; most delicious for the 

 table. Ripens before all the 

 others. A running Blackberry 

 that can be trained to a trellis. 



Erie. A valuable new va- 

 riety; large, very early and 

 productive. Fine market berry 

 Early Harvest. Of medium 

 size, good quality and pro- 

 lific; very early. It is firm 

 and therefore a good shipper. 



Snyder. Berries of me- 

 dium size, nearly globular, of 

 good flavor; very hardy. 



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Twenty Currant bushes will give plenty 

 fruit for a family 



