Reid’s Nurseries — Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
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ELEAGNUS LONGIPES. 
DWARF JUNEBERRY. 
ELEAGNUS LONGIPES. 
This new and valuable acquisition, a native ofjapan, 
is one of our most promising new fruits, and we highly 
recommend it for more general planting. It is worthy 
a place in both fruit and ornamental collections, as its 
beautiful shape as a shrub, with its dark green foliage, 
makes it a very conspicuous sight, especially when 
loaded with its fruit ; it is also very attractive when in 
bloom in May, the flowers being a beautiful lemon- 
yellow color. The bush begins to bear at two years 
old, and the fruit is very highly prized by those who 
have fruited it, for its peculiar piquancy, mak- 
ing a very delicious sauce, and considered much 
superior to the cranberry. It is about the size 
of an ordinary cherry, but more oval, and is 
borne in large clusters in great profusion. The 
bush is very hardy and free from insects and 
disease, and grows to the height of about six feet. 
It is seldom we have to offer a plant which 
combines valuable fruiting qualifications with 
so ornamental a character. The plant will be 
prized as among the many good things which 
have come from Japan. 15c. each, $1.50 per doz. 
A NEW HARDY ORANGE. 
(Citrus Trifoliata.) 
This is the most hardy of the orange family, 
and will stand our northern climate with little 
or no protection, and is also desirable for pot 
culture. In the parks of both New York and 
Philadelphia it is growing luxuriantly, and 
blooming and fruiting profusely. You can have 
an orange tree growing, blooming and fruiting 
on your lawn or yard. It is a dwarf, of low, 
symmetrical growth, with beautiful trifoliate, 
glossy green leaves, and abundance of large, 
white, sweet-scented blossoms, larger and finer 
than any other variety of orange blossoms, and 
borne almost continually. The fruit is small, 
bright orange-red in color, having a peculiar 
flavor; of no value for eating, though it may 
prove useful in making a lemonade, as the fruit 
is as acid as a lime. Thefine appearance oftlie 
plant, with its constant habit of blooming and 
showy fruit, combine to make a plant of peculiar 
value and beauty. It is a conspicuous and at- 
tractive object in any shrubbery or pleasure 
ground, pot or tub, and is best suited for open 
ground culture, as it is deciduous and drops its 
leaves in the fall, though it will not do so if 
kept from frost. 15 cents each, $ 1 .50 per dozen. 
Improved Dwarf Juneberry. A good substitute 
for the large or swamp huckleberry or whortleberry, 
which it resembles in appearance and quality. The 
fruit is borne in clusters, and is reddish purple in 
color, changing to a bluish black. In flavor it is a 
mild, rich subacid; excellent as a dessert fruit or 
canned. The bushes are extremely hardy, enduring 
the cold of the far north and the heat of summer with- 
out injury. When this fruit becomes better known 
to the public it will be very popular. They are much 
larger and better-flavored than the wild Juneberries. 
, 10 cts., 75- cts. per dozen., $5 per 100. 
HARDV ORANGE. 
