Ffuit Depaftment 
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CURRANTS 
A popular and profitable crop in a variety of soils. 
Its principal insect enemy, the Currant Worm, is 
easily kept in check by the liberal use of Hellebore, 
applied immediately upon the first appearance of 
the worm. Plant 4 feet or more apart. 
2-year plants, $1.25 per 10; $9.00 per 100, except 
Perfection. 
Black Naples. Very large; black; bunches of me- 
dium length. Much vahied for jelHes; strong 
grower; coarse leaves. 
Cherry. Fruit of the largest size; deep red, rather 
acid; short bunches; growth strong, stout, erect, 
short-jointed shoots. 
Fay's Prolific. This Currant has been widely 
planted, and has given general satisfaction, and is 
the best red Currant known. Fruit very large, 
bright red and of excellent flavor, less acid than 
the Cherry. It has a long stem, which admits of 
rapid picking, and is enormously productive. 
Perfection. The color is a beautiful bright red; 
size as large, or larger than the Fay; the clusters 
averaging longer. The Perfection is a great bear- 
er, resembling its parent, the White Grape in this 
respect. The quaUty is rich, mild, suljacid, plenty 
of pulp with few seeds. After three years' trial, 
this fruit was the first to receive the $50 Gold 
Medal of the Western New York Horticultural 
Society. $2.00 per 10; $15.00 per 100. 
White Grape. Very laige; yellowish white; sweet 
or very mild acid; excellent quality, and valu- 
able for the table. The finest of the white sorts. 
Cuthbert Raspberries 
RASPBERRIES 
One of those fruits which are adapted to a great 
range of soils, giving abundant crops, with compara- 
tively httle care, the quality of which, however, is 
in accordance with the care and cultivation accorded. 
For garden culture, plant in rows 4 feet apart, plants 
2 to 3 feet apart in the rows. For field culture, plant 
in rows 4 feet apart and the plants 3 feet apart in the 
rows. In trimming in Spring, depend upon the 
strong canes for fruiting purposes, shortening back 
the laterals to within 6 or 8 inches of the stock, and 
cut away all old, useless wood. 
Strong plants, 80 cts. per 10; $5.00 per 100. 
Cuthbert (Queen of the Market). Large, dark 
crimson berries of firm texture; sprightly acid, 
and of excellent quality; a certain cropper, always 
to be recommended. 
Golden Queen. Large, yellow fruit of highest qual- 
ity and best size; hardy and productive; fine either 
for home use or shipping purposes. 
Gregg. Most prolific; berries black, of high qual- 
ity and good size; productive and hardy. 
Marlboro. Large light crimson fruit of splendid 
quality; very early and hardy. 
BLACKBERRIES 
The ideal crop for obtaining money returns from 
poor lands. Yet the cultivation of the vines should 
not be neglected, and liberal fertilizing should be 
accorded. Mulching is of great advantage, especi- 
ally in poor soils. Plant in rows 6 feet apart, the 
plants 3 feet apart in the rows. Trim with a view 
to obtaining a crop of excellent berries from a few 
strong shoots to a plant rather than from many weak 
ones. 
Strong plants, 80 cts. per 10; $5.00 per 100. 
Agawam Fruit medium size, jet black, sweet, 
tender and melting to the core; a very valuable 
variety for home use, being sweet throughout as 
soon as black; very hardy, healthy and productive. 
Eldorado. New. This splendid variety is, per- 
haps, the best ever introduced. It stands when 
other varieties are Winter-killed, and has never 
failed to produce enormous crops of its very large, 
jet-black fruit, which are sweet and melting and 
keep well after picking. 
Erie. Fruit very large, excellent quality, handsome 
and firm and ripens early; fruit uniform, both in 
size and shape; there is no other berry that rivals 
it in combining hardiness, large size, earliness 
and productiveness. 
Rathbun. The tips touch the ground and root, 
thus propagating themselves like the Blackcap 
Raspberry; the fruit is borne in clusters and is 
eiisily gathered; berries very large, color intense 
black, with a high polish; pits very large, with 
small seeds; flesh juicy, high flavored, sweet and 
delicious. 
Snyder. A marvel of productiveness; fruit medi- 
um size, sweet and melting to the core; its value is 
its extreme hardiness, standing the Winters, 
where the Kittatinny and Early Harvest kill down. 
Wilson's Early. Very large, shining black ; retain- 
ing its color well after i)ioking, and fine for the 
table as aoon as full colored; quite firm, sweet, 
rich and good; ripens mainly together, and two 
weeks before the height of the Blackberry season. 
