Fruit Trees, Small Fruits and Ornamentals. 
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SELECT GOOSEBERRIES. 
Set 4 to 5 feet apart eacli way. 
Columbus. Greenish yellow. Fruit larj^e, 
hand^uine, of oxcclU-nt (Utility. The phmt is 
vigorous and productive, and does not mil- 
dew. It merits a place in every garden. 
The editor of Tlie Rural New-Yorker saj'S : 
It islhe best vai icly yet introduced , and seems 
close to a perfect Gooseberry for' our ctinialc. 
Downing. Greenish white. July 15 here. 
Fruit large, oval. Plant very vigorous arrd 
hai"dy, with stitT, sti'ong shoots. Folia,ge 
lieavv, covei'iir.g the tVnit from the surr and 
resisting mildew. Hears most abundantly, 
and is profitable for market and home u,se. 
The best of all the American varieties. 
Houghton's Seedling. Pale red. Fruit 
small to rrredinrrr size, r'oundish, oval, sweet. 
Very ]>roductive and vakuible. 
Industry. Dark red. Frrrit lar.ge, oval, 
hairy. .^Ithorrgii a foreigrr variet)", it has srrc- 
ceeded admirably, and we have fruited it 
with great satisfaction for several seasons. 
Attains a marketable size ver\' early in the 
fiooseberry seasotr, thrrs commanciing the 
high prices of the early market. Rears error'- 
mous crops. A remarkably vi.goroits plant. 
Flavor e.Nxellent. Origin, lingland. 
Pearl. Yellowish green. Fruit e.xtremely 
lar'ge ; cinality good. The plant is an e.\- 
trernely heavy beai'er, and has beerr found to 
be entirely fi'ee fr'oin mildew. A 3-year-old 
bush is r-epoi'ted as having about 2,500 ber- 
ries. A seedlirrg of Houghton, crossed with 
Ashton seedling. 
Smith's Improved. Light green when 
ripe. About July 10 here, ( lire of tire lar gest 
Amei'icarr varieties. Fruit oval in for-m, sweet 
and e.\-cellerrt. I'lartt vigor'ous, healthy and 
harxly. Raised fr'om seed by Ur. Smith, of 
Vermont. 
White Smith. Yellowish white. About 
July 15 here. Fruit large, roundish, oblong 
arrcl smooth ; slightly downy. Flavor first 
rate, and generally succeeds well. 
Downing Gooseberries 
SELECT BLACKBERRIES. 
Set 2 ft. apart in the row, and have rows 6 ft. apart. 
Erie. Black. Last halJ of August here; holds 
out late. A slron^, hraltiiy si't->wer, free from 
(lisenses liable to attack the Blackberry. 
Productive as the Lawtoti, and without its 
faihugs. Very early ; ripens even before the 
Wilson. Extra good quality. Fruit large, 
line, berries jet-black in color, firm in tex- 
ture, tnakinji it necessarily a popular sort 
for distant shipment, as well as for home 
market. Hartly. having withstood a 
temperature of 25 dest'ces below zero. Very 
desirable for our customers in northern 
climales. A chance seedling, which sprung up 
on the sliores of Lake Krie, in northern (_)liio. 
Iceberg. White. The scientifically bred, 
pedigreed berry raised by Luther Rurbank, 
the " Wizard of Horticulture." The follow- 
ing is Mr. Burbank's own description, and 
its accuracy will be vouched for by all who 
know him. as he is commendably conserva- 
tive in all that he says about his creations. 
In his desire to mislead no one, he leans 
rather toward under-rating than exaggerat- 
ing the value of his originations. He says : 
Owiiiji to llie somcwluU unsatisfactory qualities 
(it white IJIackherrics so far known, the imprcs- 
sioii may have been entertainetl by some that no 
while Hlaekberry could be as producti\'e and 
hardy, with berries as early, abundant, larne, hand- 
some and {lelicions as the best black ones. 
'I'he well-known Lawton is, when ripened, uii- 
sui |.Kissed. and very generally known as the most 
productive market berry. Owuig to its fixity of 
face, it will reproduce itself from seed almost ex- 
actly, and its seetliings will not be influenced, 
wlien raised iVom seed pollinated by other varie- 
ties, hut it rcailily imparls its ^ood qualities when 
emplo>ed as the staminate pareiu. One of the 
«;rcat grandparents of Iceberg was Lawton. The 
tirst generation of seedlin.ns, when crossed with 
Crystal White, was alt black; the second also, 
though varying much in other respects; but the 
third produced this wonderful plant, bearing the 
snowiest wliite hen ies ever seen. 
Very little attention was paid to tlie IouilJ rows 
of cross-bred desccndanls, until oik- day tliis berry 
was discovered, among its black relatives, with 
the canes bending in various directions with their 
load of delicious, snowy berries, which are not 
only while, but so transparent that the seeds, 
which are unusually small, may be seen in the 
berries when ripe. 
Clusters larger than those of Lawton ; berries, 
as near as can be judged, were at least as lar^e, 
earlier, sweeter, moretender and melting tlirough- 
out, though as firm as Lawton is when ripe. 
From Prof. Kmory K. Smith, Leland Stan- 
ford, Jr. University, Cal.: 
1 can slill see in my mind's eve those magnifi- 
cent Iiyhrid henies in your i^xpciiment );rounds, 
but I feel I caniutt liilly apprci i.ue \'our work, for 
it would take weeks, ratlur tlian hours, to i>ive 
the experiments llu' rarelul inspi-i ticn \vhich they 
il(.-siT\e. 
