CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS AXD FRUITS. 
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THE NEW 
JAPANESE 0L1YE:» 
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Eleaqnuj L°NQ1FEJ 
A valuable new fruit, as well as a mas^nificent 
ornamental shrub from Japan. Perfectly hardy, 
free from disease and insect vermin of all kinds. 
Very attraocive, in bloom, in May, after which, 
'until late In fall. It is clothed in luxuriant green foliage, silvery 
underneath, and producing in profusion hand.some, bright red ber- 
ries, which make delicious sauce. This fruit has been grown and 
highly prized in an amateur way for a number of years, but not 
until the past season has its great value as a garden or market 
fruit been recognized. 
Extract from Wm. Falconer, in the Rural New Yorker: The Shrub 
FEleagnus Ijongipes is one of my special favorites. I have grown it for years, and the 
lontrer I know it the better I like it. It ia a native of Japan, and belongs to the olive 
family of plants, and Is perfectly hardy. As a garden shrub It grows to a height of five 
feet or more, is bushy and broad and thrifty. Plants begin to fruit when two or three 
years old. The leaves are oval, oblong, green above, silvery beneath, and last In good 
condition all summer long, and are never disfigured by Insect vermin. The flowers are 
small, sUveiy-yellow, and borne in great abundance, and are in full bloom about the 6th to 
lOtb of May. The fruit is oval, five-eighths of an inch or more long, very fleshy and juic-y, bright red 
and drooping, on slender pedicels on the under side of the twigs, and borne In Immense profusion. It 
Is riiie about July 4th. We use the fruit for sauce as one would cranberries, and a delicious sauce it 
, makes, especially for children. Indeed, I like it so well that I have planted it in our fruit garden as a 
standard crop, as one would currants. We heartily endorse all Mr. Falconer has said and think from 
the enormous demand which we had the past season, it is one of the most jwpular fruits of recent 
Introduction. Its beauty as a shrub and flue qtialitles as a fruit make it a most valuable addition to thegardeu. 
Give it a place In your order this year. Our stock is<fine. Price 30c each, 4 for 91-00, 9 for $2.00. 
The following collection of new 
and valuable fruits. No one 
should fail to take ad- 
vantai^o of our 
liberal offer. 
I Bleagnus Longli>es. 
5 Japanese Wineberry. 
1 Cambridge Qrape. 
3 Everbearing Tree 
Blackberry. 
4 Black Hills Everbear 
ing Red Raspberry. 
Send 1 Hardy Chinese Plum. 
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:You \- 
r Prepaid 3 
A magnificent hardy fruilt of recent Introduction. It 
has been thoroughly tested in all parts of this country 
and proven perfectly hardy, having stood without injury 
40 degrees below zero in the northern stales. 
The tree is of small size, fruit large, round and exceed- 
flesh Is a rich apricot 
Ingly handsome, color deep red. 
yellow, very firm and 
of the sweetest flavor. 
They begin to bear 
fruit when quite young 
and its hardiness, 
healthy growth and 
delicious fruit recom- 
mends it to every one. 
Price 2Sc each, 
5 for $1.00. 
JAPANESE WINEBERRY 
^yiA M2JT Y5\LUABLE FRUIT 
Its History.— Prof. Georgeson of the .Japanese 
Imperial Agricultiu-al College, while traveling _ _ 
among the mountains of Japan, for rest and recreation, came upon thts 
growing in a wild state. Its exceeding lusclousness and beauty prompted 
him to drj' some of the berries and send the seed of them to relatives in this 
country, with the information that it it succeeded It would prove the most 
valuable berry novelty ever introduced. 
Description.— It belongs to the Rasptwrry family, igastrong, vigorous grower, 
attaining the height of a raspberry or blackberry, it stands alike the cold of 
northern winters and the heat of southern summers without the slightest degree 
of injury. Its leaves are of the darkest green outside and silvery white underneath. 
The young shoots and branches are covered with a reddish-brown liair or moss. The 
fruit is borne in large clusters, often 75 to 100 berries in a bunch. These berries are, 
from the time of formation and bloom until they ripen, enclosed in a "buiT." which is 
formed by the caly.x covering them entirely. When ripe, the burr opens, exhibiting a 
kirge berry of the brightest light glossy scarlet, or sherry wine color. The burrs " ' 
stems are covered with a heavy reddish moss like a moss rosebud. It Is abso- 
lutely free from all insect ravages. Worms cannot crawl up the stems and 
branches owlnj; to the moss or hair with which they are covered. The flavor of 
the fruit is entirely different from any other berry, being very sprightly. ■ 
sweet .and juicy, having no disagreeable sour, but a delicate and luscious 
flavor peculiar to iuself and superior to other berries. The seeds are very 
small and no more objectionable or noticeable than the seeds in 
strawberries, which gives this berry another point of great supie- 
rioritv over raspberries or blackberries. For canning or preserving, 
the 'VVineberry is greatly superior to .my other fruit. It is the only 
fruit which will retain its fresh, sprightly flavor after beingcooked, 
ard for cooking in any form there is nothing' which can compare 
with it. Price, strong thrifty young plants, IScoach, 5 for 60c, 
1; for $1.00. Extra large stock, 2Sceach, 5 for $1.00, 12 for 
$2.00. 
Mi^:50ME QM2ICE N(JT5.:^:^ 
Be sure to plant a few of these Nuts this year. They are ornamental and 
will Increase In beauty and value every year. 
Japan Mammoth Chestnut. — A giant variety from Japan, the nuts of which 
often measure four or five inches in circumference. It bears good crops when 
only two or three years old. Price 60c each. 2 for $1.00. 6 for 82. SO. 
American Chestnut.— The well known popular variety of this coimtry. A hand- 
some and valu,able tree. Price 25c each. 5 ft)r $1.00. 
The Hazelnut.— The dwarf, bushy, heavy bearing nut of America. Price 26c each. 
6for$1.00. .7 — o 
Black Walnut.— Valuable for all sections of the United States. Price 26c each, 6 for $1.00. 
The Butternut.— A very desirable tree, as it bears when quite young I C/va* oj. We will send prepaid one each Japan Chestnut, American 
and la exceedingly handsome. Price 25c each, 6 for $1.00. | r^"* ffii.UU Chestnut, Hazelnut, Black Walnut and Butternut. 
xnK .J.\PANKSB WINEBERRY. 
