Hosfopd's 
Mammoth Grape 
A new and thoroughly tested grape of great value. It has an immense cluster, and 
many of the single grapes are fully an inch in diameter and of the most delicious 
flavor with few seeds, a tough, thin skin, is a good shipper, and always sells at double 
the price of the Concord in all markets. 
The vine is very productive and vigorous and of iron clad hardiness, having been 
tested here for sixteen years. It is easily propagated by cuttings. It is now offered to 
the public at one dollar each, for strong two year old vines, and 5o cents each for 
second-class vines. Address, 
GEO. HOSFORD 
Ionia, Mich 
I have fruited this grape and seen Mr. Hosford's rineyard, and have no hesitation in saying it is all he claims 
for it. Its a great acqnisition, 
R. M. KELLOGG. 
THe Ruslilre Fruli Farm 
Which is now one of the largest general plantations of small 
fruits in the great frviit belt of Central Michigan, is located 
on the bluffs of Prairie Creek, tbree-fourths of a mile north- 
east of Ionia city limits. Its reputation 
FOR FINE FRUITS 
extends far and near and during all these years has never 
suffered a serious failure. Its soil is a doop rich loam under- 
laid with a clay subsoil which has a wonderful power of 
retaining moisture during protracted drouths. Its fertility 
is kept to the highest degree and contains the greatest 
variety of fruits, employing from twenty-five to forty pickers 
every day from the beginning of strawberries to close of 
blackberries. Its phenomenal success is very largely due to 
the fact that plants are never allowed a place that are not 
stronK and vigorous and heavy fruiters. 
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Is coraiilcte iu a\l appointments, iiuj thoroush 
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HORTICUUTURJtU PTtPERS. 
TIlR flmfirifian GarflRPinn V»}>^'''<^^} the Uural PublislunK (-ompany, Times Building, New York. 
1 UU IIIIIUI lUUII V^UI VlUIIIIiy is beyond all auestion the leading horticultural paper in .Vmerica. It was 
recently consolidated witli Popular Gardening and retained the best featiires of both. Pulolished monthlv 
$1.00 per year. 
ThPi Minllinan FarniRr published at Detroit, Mich., at $1.00 per year, is the great agricultnral paper of 
I IIU /IllUlliyuil I UI niUI MichiKan ami gives tlie news and fuU discussions of all farm topics. It has a 
separate department for horticulture and allows nothing to escape whicli is of any value to fruit growers. It has a 
splendid houaehohi department, and no farmer or fruit grower is doing either iiimself or family justice who does 
not take it. 
THF Al I FfiAN fiAZFTTF published at AUegan, Mich, is the mouthpiece of all the fruit growers on the 
1 1 IL JlLLLU/111 U/li/L I 1 lj lake shore and contains a full account of all the diflferent fruit societies 
doings in the great fruit belt of Michigan. Its editor is also secretary of the Mich. State Horticultural Society It 
is a great sacrificB to lose all the practical information given off in the discussions at these meetings and spread 
before the people by this paper, _ 
FflRiVl, FIELD AND STOCKMAN, ^foS r^o^w'^eVs!'' 
GREEN'S FRUIT GROWER, TnSfsfSonX a^'^o^^e 
cents per year. 
ORCHARD AND GARDEN, "^E. silver, new .jersey. .Vlso an aWy edited paper, and f„ll„f 
