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BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
Lfucretia Dewberries. 
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, with 
plants four to five feet apart. Do not let it get 
too high; top out when it becomes excessive. 
Spray wih arsenate of lead solution if the worms 
bother the leaves; 5 pounds to 45 gallons of 
water; with Bordeaux mixture for mildew. We 
recommend Downing and Houghton, both the 
very best in their class. 
DOWNING. It is a yellowish green 
berry, one of the oldest and most reliable 
of the large fruiting 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 pro- 
ductive, 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. 
Dewberries 
Dewberries are now largely planted In a com- 
mercial way. They resemble blackberries In 
almost every particular except the habit of the 
vines, which are of a distinct trailing nature. 
They may be allowed to run on the ground or 
may be trained on wires like grapes, except that 
the wires need be but 24 inches high. The 
Dewberry is, if anything, a better flavored fruit 
than the blackberry and they produce much 
larger crops. 
Thousands of dollars were made on Dew- 
berries at Riverside in this state where the soil 
seems to be just right for them, being of a 
fairly light sand and gravel mixture, land that 
is too high for wheat, potatoes or corn, but 
makes an ideal place for Dewberries. They 
come ahead of any of the blackberries and 
command the very highest prices in the mar- 
ket. Will produce more cases of berries than 
any blackberry we know of. If you are fond 
of blackberries, it is certainly to your interest 
to grow Dewberries. Being grown on light soil 
does not necessarily mean that they won't do 
as well on heavier or better soil, but the point 
is this: If you have any light land too light 
for corn, oats, wheat, potatoes, or hay, you can 
make it exceedingly profitable if you would 
plant this to Dewberries, — and the life of a 
Dewberry planting is many years. We recom- 
mend to you the Lucretia, as the only safe one 
to plant. 
Mr. Fred Krueger of Bridgman. set 825 Lu- 
cretia Dewberry plants two years ago and this 
year he picked from the 825 plants over 150 
sixteen quart cases, which sold at $2.00 to $2.50 
per case. There is money in Dewberries. 
IiUCRETIA. May be left to sprawl on the 
ground or else tied up on stakes or trellises 
like grape vines. Propagates from tips like 
black raspberries and never suckers. Prune 
severely. Best of its class, ripening before any 
blackberry. Very large, wonderfully productive 
and of very best quality. 
Many plant buyers of late years have stopped 
buying from the high priced firms. Shall we 
tell you why? 
You will only see plants like ours in exclus- 
ive gardens. 
A liberal purchase of our popular fruit plants 
will enable you to buy more Liberty Bonds, 
you can do this easily with our Lake Zone 
Plants. 
We know the goodness of our Lake Zone 
Plants. They are better than the ordinary kind. 
Dow-nin); OooHeberrles. 
