Currants 
Currants should be added to every fruit col- 
lection. It is a household favorite the world over, 
especially for making jelly. Nothing can come 
near it. Currant wine is fine for invalids. It has 
many household uses. The currant thrives on good, 
strong soil and needs plenty of fertilizer for large 
crops. Our plants are fine and we offer you the 
best varieties to select from. They should be set 
at least five feet apart each way. 
To get the best results plant in a deep, rich soil, 
and give good cultivation and plenty of well-rotted 
manure. Plant either in the fall or spring. 
LONDON MARKET (Red). A strong grower, 
productive, and bears very large fruit. Is excep- 
tionally free from the attacks of worms and borers, 
which helps to make it so popular. 
PERFECTION. Universally approved by the 
very highest authorities and should be tested 
everyvjhere as there is big money in growing large 
currants. We fruited them the past season, and 
find them by far the most handsome currants 
grown. 
WILDER (Red). The strongest grower and the 
most productive, bunch and berry large, bright red, 
hangs on bushes in fine condition for handling as 
late as any known variety. Ripens with Fay's Pro- 
lific, fully as prolific and is in every way profitable. 
A very popular berry for table and market. 
FAY'S PROLIFIC (Red). Well known and popu- 
lar currant, grown in every state in the Union. 
Color deep red, great bearer, large bunches and 
berries hold their size until the end of the stem. 
Fine flavor, not quite so sour as some. Fay's Pro- 
lific is an extra fine red currant. Try them. 
BLACK NAPLES. A currant well and favorably 
known in England and this country. Bears soon 
after planting, and lives for many years. There is 
no fruit that has such a distinctive and agreeable 
flavor when made into a jam which has no equal for 
its decidedly delicious flavor. A jam that Grand- 
ma used to make. 
Gooseberries 
The Gooseberry does fine in the North and 
grows best in a cool climate. Will grow on almost 
any elevation; no mountain is too high for them. 
Will do on very dry soil, will produce a crop under 
most discouraging conditions. They are one of 
the first berries you can use and about the only 
one you can pick before it is ripe. The rows 
should be about six feet apart, with plants four to 
five feet apart. Do not let it get too high; top 
out when it becomes excessive. Spray with arse- 
nate of lead solution if the worms bother the 
leaves; 5 pounds to 45 gallons of water; with Bor- 
deaux Mixture for mildew. We recommend Down- 
ing and Houghton. 
DOWNING. It is a yellowish green berry, one 
of the oldest and most reliable of the large fruit- 
ing varieties. A very prolific bearer, of splendid 
quality and very fine for both table and cooking 
use. A vigorous grower and usually free from 
mildew. 
HOUGHTON. Bush a vigorous grower, with 
slender branches, enormously productive, medium 
size, pale red when ripe, tender and good. The 
Houghton is a profitable gooseberry as the fruit 
hangs so thick on the branches that it can easily 
be stripped off by wearing leather gloves. 
RED JACKET. A vigorous, upright growing 
bush, healthy and productive. Fruit is light red 
and about the size of the Downing. 
Price of above varieties of Gooseberries, 10 for 
$1.00, 100 for $6.00. 
Asparagus 
Is one of the standbys in every well kept garden, 
it is one of the most healthful as well as nutritious 
of all garden vegetables. An asparagus bed once 
established will last a lifetime. The housewife is 
always anxious for the time when she can go out 
and get some nice, fresh, crisp and tempting 
asparagus for dinner. It is easily grown in rows 
feet apart; trenches should be made and well 
filled with rotted manure; soil should be put over 
the manure before setting the plants, which should 
be set about 3V4 feet apart in the row. 
You should get good strong plants of reliable 
varieties. The asparagus bed should have a top 
dressing of manure every fall. 
We have two reliable varieties that are grown 
for the market. 
BARR'S iMAMlWOTH. This variety is known 
everywhere. Is of large size, rapid growth, and 
of best quality. Stalks of this variety average an 
inch in diameter and bring highest prices in the 
market. It is deliciously tender and crisp. Large 
one vear plants, $1.25 per 100, $7.00 per 1,000. 
PALMETTO. A valuable variety, widely planted. 
An early variety grown with great success. An 
asparagus bed will last a lifetime. Put it where 
you know for sure that you will not need the 
ground. Very early and of excellent flavor. One 
year plants, $1.25 per 100, $7.00 per 1,000. 
Pulverized Sheep Manure 
By the request of a great many of our customers 
we will offer a specially prepared pulverized sheep 
manure to the fruit and truck grower. This is an 
ideal fertilizer for strawberries and so forth. It 
contains all the elements necessary for the suc- 
cess of the fruit garden. It is all fertilizer, no 
foreign matter to give it weight. It is of such 
extraordinary value that it is used by most all 
greenhouse men who need the best that money 
can buy, and they have been using it constantly 
and regularly to produce luxuriant and prolific 
growth. It will make anything grow that has vege- 
table life. For strawberries one ton scattered 
along the rows after being set, or two hundred 
pounds for each 1,000 plants scattered through 
during the growing season. For blackberries, four 
sacks for each 1,000 plants. Five to six sacks for 
each 100 grape vines. Garden crops should re- 
ceive fifteen to twenty pounds for each square rod 
planted, also several times during the season. As 
stated above, this pulverized sheep manure will 
help all garden, grain or lawn plots. Scattered 
over your lawn at the same rate several times dur- 
ing the season it will make a great improvement in 
growth and color. It will give that dark, rich green 
color that appeals to the eye and give perma- 
nent nourishment. Your lawn will have a rich, 
velvety feel when you step on it. New stools will 
form, and it will be a delight to you and your 
neighbors. 
If you are in the habit of chicken farming, with 
the aid of a basket on the lawn mower you can 
supply your flocks with plenty of green material 
and can dry the clippings for winter use for the 
poultry yard. It will supply the vegetable matter 
without any expense and insure you a supply of 
fresh eggs all winter. 
This pulverized sheep manure, if used liberally, 
will more than double the fruit or other crops you 
may grow. 
The price of this pulverized sheep manure in car 
lots f. o. b. is $37.00 per ton. One ton lots, Bridg- 
man, $40.00. One hundred pounds, $2.75. 
Bridgman Nursery Company, Bridgman, Mich. 
F. C. Stahelin & Son 
