E. CT. REID’S IMURSE RIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 
MISCELLANEOUS HARDY FRUITS 
JAPANESE WINEBERRY. 
There have been few novelties introduced to this 
country that are more interesting or beautiful in 
their way than the Japanese Raspberry, brought 
out recently under the name of Wineberry. It 
originatedfrom seed sent home by Prof. George- 
son, late of the Imperial College of Agriculture, 
Tokio, Japan, and gathered by him from a plant 
Eleagnus Longipes. 
ELEAGNUS LONGIPES. 
This new and valuable acquisition, a native of Japan, 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 beau- 
tiful shape as a shrub, with its dark green foliage, makes 
it a very conspicuous sight, especially when loaded with 
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, making 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 bight 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. 15 cts. 
each, $1.50 per doz. 
Dwarf Juneberry. 
IMPROVED DWARF JUNEBERRY. 
A good substitute for the large or swamp huckleberry or 
whortleberry, which it resembles in appearance uud 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 without injury. When 
this fruit becomes better known to the public it will 
be very popular. It is much larger and better 
flavored than the wild Juneberries. 10 cts. each, 75 
cts. per doz., $5 per 100. 
The Japanese Wineberry. 
growing in a wild state on the mountains of that 
country. The canes of this interesting plant are 
large, robust and entirely hardy here; they are 
thickly covered with purplish red hairs, which 
extend along the stem to the extremity. The 
leaves are large, tough, dark green above and 
silvery gray neneath. Each berry is at first 
tightly enveloped by the large calyx, forming 
a sort of bur, which is also covered 
with purplish red hairs. These 
gradually open and turn back, ex- 
posing the fruit in all its beauty. 
In quality good, with a rich and 
sprightly flavor, but decidedly 
brisk subacid. When cooked it 
is simply grand, surpassing by 
far, when canned, the huckle- 
berry and all other small fruits 
now in cultivation. Season of 
ripening, early in July. 50 cts. 
per doz., $1 per 100. 
Reid's Kearney, N. J., 
Nurseries. Nov. 15 , 1898. 
Gentlemen : — My trees arrived safe 
and in good condition. They are the 
finest I ever saw. Will order more 
in spring. Many thanks. 
Respectfully, H. Dixon. 
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