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THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, NORTH ABINGTON, MASS. 
GOOSEBERRIES 
Gooseberries are as easily cultivated as Currants, 
requiring a similar soil and a similar treatment for 
insect enemies. Plant 3 or 4 feet apart and mulch. 
A sunny situation helps to keep down mildew. 
Downing (American). The standard of excellence. 
Large pale green, and covered with a white bloom; 
best in flavor and quality; a strong grower, pro- 
ductive and healthy. Valuable for the market. 
$1.50 per 12; $10.00 per 100. 
Industry (European) . Bush a strong grower, and the 
most productive of the European varieties. Fruit 
large, dark red, mild, subacid, sweet and good 
flavor. One of the best for market, either green 
or ripe. 25c. each; $2.00 per 10. 
ESCULENT ROOTS 
ASPARAGUS 
An easily cultivated crop, capable of giving large re- 
turns, depending as much on the culture as on the 
variety used. Do not plant more than 4 to 6 inches 
deep, and do not use salt as a fertilizer. Planting in 
double rows, 18 inches to 2 feet apart in the rows, gives 
sufficient room for paying crops. Prices: — $1.50 per 
100; $10.00 per 1000. 
Gonover's Colossal. Of large size, rapid growth and 
excellent quality. 
Giant Argenteuil. A new French variety that 
makes crowns strong enough for cutting before 
any other sort, and yields enormous crops of 
mammoth, tender stalks. 
Palmetto. A very popular variety of best quality. 
RHUBARB 
Plant in rows 3 feet apart and the plants 2 feet apart 
in the rows. Every 4 years the old stools should be 
taken up, divided and replanted in soil which should 
always be of excellent quality. 
Champagne. A choice new English variety. Early, 
quick growth and of good size; bright red in color; 
delicate and tender. Nothing equal to it in the 
market. 40c. each; $4.00 per dozen. 
Linnaeus (Myatt's Linnaeus). Large, early, tender, 
and of the very best quality. 25c. each; $2.50 
per dozen. 
LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
There are few questions at the present time that are being more carefully considered by the 
well-to-do owners of real estate than the subject of landscape gardening. We have a very large 
acquaintance with landscape gardeners of note, whom we can conscientiously recommend, and it will 
give us great pleasure to have those in need of the service of a professional landscape architect write 
us, stating the size of their grounds, etc., and we will put them in communication with some 
one who can be relied upon to do a satisfactory job at reasonable rates. 
The time was when the home was confined to the four walls of the house, but that day has 
gone by, never to return, as our people are living more and more out-of-doors, and the grounds 
surrounding the house are quite as much a part of the home as is the house itself. The decoration 
of the outside is an art of itself which can be best accomplished only by those who have a fondness 
for the art, and have gratified their tastes by large reading and wide observation. Therefore, we 
recommend to our clientage the great brotherhood of landscape architects whom we know and with 
whom we shall be glad to make our clients acquainted, in the hope that we may be of service 
both to them and to those we are studying hard to serve. 
In the interest of the home made beautiful, and the children more broadly educated and refined, 
we are your servants and friends. 
THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, NORTH ABINGTON, MASS. 
