CHOICE FRUIT TREES, SMALL FRUITS AND ORNAMENTALS 
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Blackberries 
The past 
This fruit requires a well-drained, moderately rich soil 
northern exposure preferred. We consider it one of the best 
paying crops. 
KITTATINNY (Erie), A most excellent variety, 
season rows 25 rods long produced nearly 
five crates at a single picking of the very 
largest, best flavored fruit, and sold at 50c 
a case higher than Snyder. Berry very 
large and late. Picked fruit until Decem- 
ber 1. Rusts in some localities, but we 
have never been troubled. 
SNIDER. Undoubtedly the 
most hardy in cane and most pro- 
lific variety in existence, and if 
left on the bushes until fully ripe 
is really a good berry. Season 
early; berry of medium size. 
EARLY HARVEST. The stand- 
ard early; ripe before raspberries 
are gone. Cane not entirely hardy. 
ELDORADO. Almost as large 
a berry as Kittatinny; not so good 
in flavor, but withal a good one 
to plant. 
m DONALD BLACKBERRY 
(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 many 
other improved fruits, it is a hy- 
brid, or cross, combining the firm- 
ness and quality of the blackberry 
with the size, earljness and pro- 
ductiveness of the dewberry. The 
berries are large, oblong and very 
good quality, equalling the best 
late varieties for flavor and juici- 
ness. The McDonald is enor- 
mously productive, outylelding any 
other known variety of blackberry. 
The McDonald ripens fully two 
weeks before Early Harvest, which 
is the earllestripening of all black- 
berries, and can be picked and sold 
for an extra price before any other 
varieties are on the market. 
MERCEREAU. A most phenomenal grower, 
and very prolific, of larger, better-flavored ber- 
ries than Kittatinny. We have planted it only 
In a small way, but the cane Is very hardy, and 
from its general appearance think it will prove 
a good one. 
AUSTIN'S DEWBERRY. Originated by J. W. 
Austin, Texas; said to be superior to Lucretia. 
LUC RETT A 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 times as 
large as Snyder. 
RATHBUN. A cross between the Dewberry 
and Blackberry ; berry very large. We have 
never heard an unfavorable report. Propagates 
from root-cuttings or tips. Cane is much har- 
dier than that of Dewberry and grows more up- 
right. 
WARRANTY OF NURSERY STOCK 
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to descrip- 
tion, quality, productiveness or any other matter, of any 
nursery stock, seeds, bulbs or plants we sell. 
SOUTHERN NURSERY COMPANY. 
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 never 
be a profitable fruit plant; but you will always 
have fruit if you plant the Juneberry. 
McDonald Blackberry. 
Currants 
Currants do best 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 T.he 
plants with white hellebore when the dew is on. 
BLACK NAPLES. Very large, sometimes 
measuring half an Inch in diameter. 
BLACK CHAMPION. Bunches very large 
and the flavor of the fruit is particularly deli- 
cious; it hangs long on the bushes. 
CHER RV. 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 Prolific). 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 3 Inches long; berries average medium in 
size, are dark red; sprightful subacid flavor. 
Gooseberries 
Until quite recently no interest has been felt 
in the cultivation of this fruit, further than to 
grow a meager supply for home consumption, 
yet there are few crops that will yield as satis- 
factory returns; certainly none more certain 
with so little expense in cultivation. 
DOWNING. A seedling of the Houghton. An 
upright, vigorous-growing plant; fruit larger 
than its parent; color whitish green; flesh rather 
soft, juicy, very good; productive; valuable mar- 
ket sort. 
HOUGHTON'S SEEDLING. Rather small ; 
pale red; flesh tender, juicy, sweet and pleasant; 
produces enormous crops; free from mildew; 
most profitable market variety. 
INDUSTRY. English origin; the best foreign 
Gooseberry yet introduced; very large; dark red; 
excellent quality; beautiful and an enormous 
bearer. 
SMITH'S SEEDLING. A new variety grown 
from seed of the Houghton; more vigorous and 
upright in growth of plant than its parent; the 
fruit Is larger and somewhat oval in form; light 
green; flesh moderately firm, sweet and good. 
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 grown 
from these trees more than pays for the use of the land, while the trees are growing Into valuable timber. There is a constant and growing de- 
mand for nuts, 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 sufficiently 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, while 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*4 ounces. No nut 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 PAPER SHELL. 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 for 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. 
