Tdly the 
5,nd most pro- 
Bxistence, and If 
Fieg until fully ripo 
' good berry. Season 
Try of medium size. 
TLY harvest. The stand - 
early; ripe before raspberries 
5r<^ gone. Cane not entirely hardy. 
KfiDOILVDO. Almost as large 
berry as Kittatinny; not so good 
1 11 flavor, but withal a good one 
\" plant. 
Mcdonald blackbkkrv 
(Very Early Blackberry). McDon- 
ald Blackberry is the greatest im- 
provement since the first wild 
blackberries were planted in a gar- 
den and cultivated. Like manv 
nther improved fruits, it is a hy- 
tirid, or cross, combining the firm- 
ness and quality of the blackberry 
with the size, earljness and pro- 
<luctiveness of the dewberry. The 
l)erries are large, oblong and very 
good quality, equalling the host 
late varieties for flavor and juici- 
ness. The McDonald is enor- 
mon.sly productive, outyielding any 
other known variety of blackberry. 
The McDonald ripens fully two 
weeks before Early Harvest, which 
is the earliest ripening of all black- 
berries, and can be picked and sold 
for an extra price before any other 
varieties are on the market. 
IVIKRCERKAr. A most phenomenal grower, 
and very prolific, of larger, better-flavored ber- 
ries than Kittatinny. We have planted It only 
in a smalt way. but the cane Is very hardy, and 
from Its general appearance think it will prove 
a goftd one. 
AUSTIN'S DEWBERRY. Originated by J. W. 
Austin, Texas; said to be superior to Lucretia. 
LUCRETIA DEWBERRY. We have a very 
large demand for plants which goes to prove 
that the Dewberry is winning its way to the 
front. The cane will not withstand our cold 
winters, but can easily be covered with old hay 
or straw for protection. Berry five tim^s as 
large as Snyder. 
RATHBUN. A cross between the Dewberry 
and Blackberry: berry very largo. We have 
never hearrl an unfavorable report. Propagates 
from root-cuttings or tips. Cane is much har- 
dier than that of Dewberry and grows more up- 
right. 
Juneberries 
Cold or heat, wet or dry. the Juneberry seems 
to get along anyway, and always produces fruit. 
But the market is limited, and hence can ne\er 
be a .profitable fruit plant; hut you will always 
have fruit if you plant the Juneberry. 
McDonald Blackberry. 
Currants 
Currants do hont on a cool, sheltered, moist 
location. Plant about 3 feet apart; rows 4 feet 
apart. Being perfectly hardy, they can be plant- 
ed in the fall and do not .suffer injury from 
winter. To destroy the currant worm, dust the 
plants with white hellebore when the dew Is on. 
BI.ACK NAPLES. Vary large, sometimes 
measuring half an inch in diameter. 
BLACK CILVMPION. Bunches very large 
and the fiavor of the fruit is particularly deli- 
cious; it iiangs long on the bushes. 
CHERRY. The largest of all the red Cur- 
rants; berries sometimes measuring half an inch 
in diameter, bunches short, plant very vigorous 
and productive when grown on good soils. 
FAY (Fay's Proliflc). Bush vigorous, but not 
quite so strong a grower as Cherry; cluster me- 
dium to long, with rather long stems; color dark- 
er than Cherry; berry averages large, juicy and 
less acid than Cherry. 
RED DUTCH, An old and well-known stand- 
ard variety. Bush a strong, tall, upright grower, 
with rather tender shoots; clusters average 
about :i inches long; berries average medium in 
size, are dark red; sprightful subacid flavor. 
Gooseberries 
Until quite recently no interest 
in the cultivation of this fruit, ' furthc 
grow a meager supply for home < i>n 
yet there are few crops that will yield 
factory returns: certainly none mq 
with so little expense''in cuUivation.1 
DOWNING. A»eeedling of the Houl 
upright, vigorou's-growing plant; fr 
than its. parent; color "whitish green; 11 
soft, .juicy. \ery good; productive: valB 
ket sort. *■ • *. 
HOUGHTON'S SEEDTJN0. Ifeth* 
pale red;, flesh tender, juicy, sweet and| 
produces enormous cropd;, fre'e f rum | 
most profitable market ^'ariely. 
INDUSTRY'. English origin: the be^ 
Gooseberry yet introduced; very large: 
excellent quality; beautiful and aVi 
bearer. , 
SMITfl'S SEEDLING. A "new variet 
from seed of the Houghtbn; more vigoi 
upright in growth of plant than its ^sa 
fruit is -larger and somewhat oyal in for 
green; fiesh" moderately firm, sweet ynd 
Nut Trees 
Most farmers have a spot or corner on their land that is better adapted for nut-bearing trees than for any other purpose, and the crop gl 
from these trees nf^re than pays for the use of the land, while the trees are growing into valuable timber. There ig a- constant and growing! 
mand for nut.s, and immense quantities of them are imported yearly to meet the demand. . 
Almonds 
PRINCESS and SULTANA. Both are prolific, 
soft shelled and very good. These are the vari- 
eties mostly cultivated in Europe, and produce 
the bulk of the Almonds of commerce. 
Chestnuts 
Paper Shell Pecans. 
AMERICAN SWEET. The common variety 
that flourishes in our mountains. 
LARGE SPANISH. Yields very large nuts, 
not so sweet as the American, but by their size 
and beautiful appearance command a ready sale. 
JAPAN GIANT. The tree is similar in habit 
of growth to the Italian Chestnut. It Is a hand- 
some, sturdy, healthy tree — one of the most use- 
ful that can be grown. It grows in northern 
Japan, and has proved sulllciently hardy almost 
anywhere in the United States. Many people 
are deterred from planting nut-bearing trees by 
the thought that fifteen or sixteen years must 
elapse before bringing the tree into bearing con- 
dition, w-hile in fact the Japan Mammoth Chest- 
nut tree bears fruit at three or four years of age. 
The size of the nut is remarkable, some of them 
weighing 1 H ounces. No laut tree in cultivation 
promises to be more remunerative. 
Pecans 
GRAFTED AND BUDDED PECANS, We 
grow grafted and budded Pecans, the scions or 
buds for which were taken from trees producing 
very choice soft-shell nuts. The Pecan, when 
budded or grafted from bearing trees, comes into 
bearing the second or third year from planting, 
trees have been known to produce nuts In the 
nursery the first year. You have a certainty of 
getting nothing but choice nuts. 
Walnuts 
CALIFORNIA P.\I»ER SIIKM.. A variety of 
the English Walnut, or Madeira nut, bearing an 
oblong-shaped nut. with a very tender shell, well 
filled with a rich kernel. 
JAPAN. Produces in abundance nuts larger 
than the common hickory, which are borne in 
clusters of from fifteen to twenty. The meat Is 
sweet, of the very best quality. Leaves enormous 
size, of a beautiful shade of green. 
BLACK WALNUT. Our native species. The 
Black Walnut is planted lor its timber possibili- 
ties, the wood being very valuable. There have 
been many waste pieces of ground thus put into 
growing timber that will be found very profitable 
and the fruit also affords a source of income. 
