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MAY'S CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS AND FRUITS. 
Blackberries. 
This excellent and profit- 
able fruit should be planted 
for garden use in rows 5 to 
6 feet apart, with plants 
3 to 4 feet apart in 
rows; for market, in 
rows 6 to 7 feet apart, 
with plants 4 to 5 feet 
apart in the rows. Give 
the plants the same cul- 
tivation as for raspber- 
ries. 
SIOXAXZA BLACK- 
BERRY collection 
$1.00 per dozen, post- 
paid; $4.00 per 100 by 
express or freight. 
One rtoz of eaeli variety 
for $1.50, by express or 
freight. 
Rathbun. e A rect st g r -4 
er, branching freely. Will 
root from tips of 
branches like a raspber- 
ry. It is very hardy, having endured 20 below zero without injury. Forms a compact 
bush, 4 to 5 it. high, and is very productive. Fruit is largest size, sweet and delicious 
without the hard core so common in most blackberries; jet black, with small seeds and 
firm enough to hanrile and shin well. 
^»irr»ricp» Tnis is the haziest, largest, earliest and most productive variety 
OUipil9C< we have ever seen. The fruit is very large, glossy black, of firm 
substance, fine flavor and an ideal shipping variety. Doirable for canning and 
preserving on account of its rich flavor, its fine form, and its coreless nature. 
JVI*»f CPfMII This variety is desirable on account of its large size, extreme 
ITlCrsCI CdU, hardiness, handsome appearance and delicious quality. It is of 
large s size, jet black, never turning red when gathered in muggy weather, like 
many of the older varieties. It has withstood 30 degrees below zero without in- 
jury and has never been affected by blight or rust. 
Surprise. 
GENERAL LIST OF BLACKBERRIES. 
50e per dozen, postpaid; or $1.50 per 100 by express or freight. 
AX CI KM T BRITOX. A perfectly hardy variety, very vigorous and healthy. Bears 
immense crops of medium size fruit of the most luscious flavor, that bear shipping 
well and bring the highest market price. 
EARLY MARVEST. The earliest ripening variety grown. An enormous bearer, 
and a good shipper. Fruit medium size and of fine quality. 
ELDORADO. A very vigorous growing, perfectly hardy variety, enduring our severe 
winters without injury. Fruit very large, borne in clusters which ripen very evenly, 
quality unsurpassed and an excellent shipper. 
ERIE. A vigorous, hardy variety, succeeding well everywhere. Foliage clean, 
healthy and free, from rust. Fruit large, nearly round and of fine quality. 
ICEBURG, This is the most wonderful fruit novelty of the century. A magnificent, 
large white berry, of delicious flavor. The bushes are strong and thrifty, and 
bear abundantly very early in the season. 
MIWEWASKI Early, hardy and most productive. Fruit 
large, tender, juicy and sweet. 
SXYDER. Extremely hardy, enormously productive, finest 
flavor, ripening early. 
STOXE'S HARDY. Originated in Wisconsin, and is very 
hardy, sweet, productive, weighing down its strong canes 
with immense crops of delicious fruit. 
LITCRETIA DEWBERRY. 
productive, with large, showy 
throughout, ripening very early, before raspberries are gone, 
from the ground. 
TAYLOR. Berries large, of fine flavor;" canes of strong- 
growth and hardy. 
WACHU8ETT. A hardy, vigorous variety, free from thorns, 
producing fruit of medium size. 
WILSOX'S JR. The largest berry ever produced. It is 
noted for its productiveness. Needs winter protection in the 
North. 
One of the low-growing, trailing blackberries. The plant is perfectly hardy and remarkably 
floAvers. The fruit is from 1 to 1% inches long by 1 inch in diameter, soft, sweet and luscious 
Plants should be well mulched with straw to keep the fruit 
AUSTIX'8 IMPROVED DEWBERRY. The following extract from American Gar- 
dening describes this variety better than we possible can: "The berries are much larger than 
those of any other Dewberry or Blackberry. It requires no trellises or stakes and 
can easily be trained into tree form. The fruit is jet black and of superior flavor. 
For productiveness it outrivals all Dewberries or Blackberries, as high, 
as $966 per acre having been realized from this fruit, selling at 15 cents 
per quart. $1.00 per dozen, postpaid. 
THE NEW LOGAN BERRY, 
(OR BLACKBERRY RASPBERRY.) (See cut.) A wonderful fruit. This 
grand new berry has been tested here for several years. It is a strong, 
vigorous grower, quite hardy, and is a valuable addition to our small 
fruits. It originated in California, and seems to be a true hybrid between 
the raspberry and blackberry, partaking of the nature of both in quality 
and appearance, but of finer and more delightful flavor. The berries are 
the size of the largest blackberries and of a rich, dark, purple red color. 
It is an abundant bearer, the fruit has very few seeds, ripens early (be- 
fore blackberries), and isof such excellent quality for eating and cooking 
that ithas brought four times the price of other berries, and will probably 
continue high for several years. 20c each, $2.00 per doz., postpaid. 
GARDEN ROOTS. 
Austin's Dewberry. 
ASPARAGUS. — 1-year-old roots, 25 for 50c, postpaid; $1.00 per 100, $5.00 
per 1,000 by express. 2-year-old roots, 25 for 00c, postpaid; $1.25 per 
100, $7.50" per 1,000, by express. 
BARR'S MAMMOTH. CONOVER'S COLOSSAL,. 
COLUMBIA WHITE. PALMETTO. 
HORSE RADISH ROOTS. — 25e per doz., postpaid; $1.00 per 100. 
RHUBARB ROOTS 1-year, $1.00 per doz., postpaid; $4.00 per 100 by- 
express. 2-year, $1.50 per doz., by express; $6.00 per 100, by express. 
SAGE, HOLT'S MAMMOTH $1.00 per dose, postpaid. 
