Reid’s Nurseries — Catalogue of Small Fruits, Ere. 
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IHPROVED 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 sum- 
mer without injury. When the 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. each, 75 cts. 
per dozen, $5 per 100. 
DWARF JUNEBERRY. 
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 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-yel- 
low 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 deli- 
cious sauce, and con- 
sidered much supe- 
rior to the cran- 
berry. 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. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per dozen. 
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 protec- 
tion, and is also desirable for pot culture. I11 tne 
parks of both New York and Philadelphia it is grow- 
ing 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, add abundance of large, white, sweet- 
scented blossoms, larger and finer than any other 
variety of Orange blossoms, and borne almost con- 
tinually. The fruit is small, bright orange-red in 
color, having a peculiar flavor ; of no value for eat- 
ing, though it may prove useful in making a lemon- 
ade, as the fruit is as acid as a lime. The fine ap- 
pearance of the plant, with its constant habit of blooming and showy fruit, combine to make a plant of peculiar 
A 1 s " * * --■* ■' ' bery or pleasure ground , 
drops its leaves in the 
ELEAGNUS LONGIPES. 
value and beauty. It is a conspicuous and attractive object in any shrub- 
pot or tub, and is best suited for open ground culture, as it is deciduous and 
fall, though it will not do so if kept from frost. 15 cts. each, $1.50 per dozen 
THE 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 originated from 
seed sent home by Prof. Georgeson, late of the Imperial 
College of Agriculture, Tokio, Japan, and gathered by him 
from a plant growing in a wild state on the mountains of that 
country. The canes of this interesting plant are large, ro- 
bust 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 grey beneath. 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, exposing the fruit in 
all its beauty. In quality good, with a rich and sprightly 
flavor, but decidedly brisk subacid. When cooked it is sim 
ply grand, surpassing by far, when canned, the huckleberrv 
and all other small fruits now in cultivation. Season of 
ripening, early in July. 50 cts. per dozen, ?i per 100. 
JAPANESE WINEBERRY. 
