How to Judge Novelties 
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with all the blackberries grown at the station, the object being' to discover 
what berry would keep the longest in good condition ; my HIMALAYA 
kept in good condition fourteen days under this test — in other words, fully 
twice as long as any other berry. So much surprise was caused by this 
test that it was repeated with exactly the same results. Is it surprising that 
it is now known as the most profitable shipping berry?* 
The TARRYTOWN CANNA was awarded a Gold Medal at the Pan- 
American Exposition as the best and freest blooming carina then in ex- 
istence. It is to-day a standard and acknowledged to be the freest flowering 
canna so far produced. 
The BUR BANK ROSE received a Gold Medal at the St. Louis Expo- 
sition as the best bedding rose. This and the SANTA ROSA are hardy 
throughout most of the northern States; both are very beautiful, flowering 
freely in warm climates every day in the year, and in cold climates excel 
all but two or three others in this respect. 
The SANTA ROSA PLUM received a Gold Medal at the Lewis and 
Clark Exposition, with special mention for its great size and beauty. Its 
value as a shipping plum is now very well known. 
The OPULENT PEACH is known by growers as the best peach in 
quality ever produced. It thrives over a large part of the United States. 
The FRAGRANCE CALLA is the most abundant bloomer of all callas 
and the first and only fragrant one. 
The SUGAR PRUNE is the most vigorous and productive prune known, 
carrying also the highest per cent, of sugar. Now especially valued for its 
superior shipping and selling qualities. 
The GIANT PRUNE may 'here be mentioned for canning, and the well 
known AMERICA, COMBINATION, GOLD, SHIRO, CLIMAX, BART- 
LETT, APPLE, SULTAN and other plums. PRIMUS berry, the first re- 
corded fixed species produced by man. The ROYAL, PARADON, and 
SANTA ROSA walnuts, and numerous plumcots, stoneless plums, prunes, 
quinces, chestnuts, roses, poppies, lilies; tomatoes, opuntias ; gladiolus, daisies, 
amaryllis, tigridias, and more than one hundred other valuable new plants, 
fruits and flowers, some of these not yet generally well known, but rapidly 
coming into the people's hands through the agency of the great seed and 
nursery establishments of the world, every one of which has proved better 
than those known before in some new quality, in some soils and climates. 
All do not thrive everywhere. Please name one good fruit or nut that does. 
* Many spurious and seedling plants have been sold as the true Himalaya and 
Phenomenal by unprincipled dealers. 
