J. W. Adams & Co. 
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Berries 
GOOSEBERRIES 
Gooseberry plants by mail or express, prepaid, at the prices annexed 
The Downing Gooseberry continues to hold the front rank of the pale green 
varieties. It bears large crops, and does not mildew. Strong plants, $2 
per doz. Medium, $1.50 per doz. i year, $1 per doz. 
Keepsake. Fruit very large, straw-colored, of excellent flavor. On our 
grounds bushes planted the year before were loaded with specimen ber- 
ries like good-sized plums. $i per doz. 
Houghton. Small, pale red, sweet, tender and very good. A vigorous 
grower, exceedingly prolific ; not subject to mildew, i-yearplants,$i per 
doz. 2 years. $1.50 per doz. 
The Cluster Gooseberry seems too often to be sold for the true Houghton. 
Josselyn. Large, smooth; heavy foliage. Claimed to be free from 
mildew of either leaf or fruit. Strong grower ; very prolific. 25 cts. each. 
^2.50 per doz. 
Columbus and Triumph. Seedlings of the English varieties. Large, pro- 
ductive and easily grown. 30 cts. 
STRAWBERRIES 
Soil and Situation. Land whicli will produce paying crops of corn can be relied 
upon to give good leturns if planted to Strawberries. 
Preparation. Deep and thorough cultivation nowhere rewards the fruit grower so 
bountifully and imniediatelv as with this most delicious fruit. It should be our am- 
bition to grow the greatest possible cjuantities, as well as the largest and finest ber- 
ries. Very large Strawberries sell in market much more readily, and for a much 
higher price than berries of ordinaiy size. 
Land in sod should be cultivated one year or more with corn or garden vegetables, 
to destroy ihe grubs which often in great numbers subsist upon the roots of grass, 
but do not remain in land which is kept clean of weeds. 
Hoeing and weeding is, after all, the great secret to success, or the reason why one 
prospers while half a dozen neighbors equally well situated fail. Hoeing should be 
done early and often. 
Season for planting. If the plants are not grcwn on the premises, but are brought 
from a distance, as early in the spring as the ground can be made ready is the most 
favorable time; but Strawberry plants can be safely transplanted at any season 
when there is no frojst in the ground. We are accustomed to this way of renewing 
Dur beds, with very fortunate results. 
Early autumn planting. If carefully set out at that season, they will produce a 
good crop in less than 10 months' time. 
Setting plants in August, even in dry and sandy soil, can be successfully done. 
Dig holes the size of a tumbler and then fill them with water. Set the plants and 
cover each with a large leaf, which may remain fora week, when it must be removed. 
Potted plants. These we furnish in August and September, but only to custom- 
ers who order 10 days or more before they desire to receive them. Such plants set 
out at that season, give paying crops the next summer, and there is no risk; but 
potted plants are never sent out in the spring. 
Our Strawberry Catalogue , printed soon after mid-summer, gives the results of 
the latest trials and the comparative merit of the different varieties, with such infor- 
mation as will aid our customers in this department. We mail it free to all who 
write for it. 
Distances to plant in gardens: 15 inches square, if kept in hills; set in that 
manner 4 or 5 rows, then leave a path 2 feet wide. 
Field culture. The rows may be 3^ feet apart and the plants in the row 1% feet, 
if the plants are set in spring. 
Draw a line, and have the rows perfectly straight. Whoever can grow Straw- 
berries in hills will find that the fruit is larger and the cultivation much less. Another 
element of benefit to the grower who would have big berries is to plant new beds 
every year, and have but one harvest. To weed and renew an old bed is many times 
more work than to plant annually. 
Strawberry plants, at the North Main Street Nursery, are grown in large quanti- 
ties, not for fruit, but to secure superior plants to supply our trade. 
