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Successful Fruits 
T IS SAID every man is a crank on some subjects, and it is true that many 
nurserymen are misled in new fruits. WHY? They expect to get 
something good, even though it is cheap ; hence many new fruits are put 
on the market at introduction prices that are worthless, and have been 
procured for very little. The result is that fruit-growers have found many 
of the new sorts only old varieties renamed, or without any merits over 
to justify their introduction. 
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Is not this kind I Personal experience and personally looking after this branch puts him in 
a position to know a good thing when he sees it. As a result, we offer you FOUR NEW 
FRUITS that have no equal. They are all our property, and are backed by the highest horti- 
culturists in America. 
Tim lb relll Strawberry 0 
This is the most wonderful berry that has ever beenput on the market. It has attracted more atten- 
tion and has had the largest sale of any new fruit ever offered, ft is the Strawberry of Strawberries, and 
next year we will give our customers some reports from the prize offers we made that will startle all fruit- 
growers that have not planted Timbrell. It has passed its former record, as you will note on pages 4, 5 
and 6, and from every state in the Union glowing reports are coming. We call your special attention to 
the reproduction of a painting on the other side of this sheet. This was painted true from nature, and is 
not exaggerated, as you will also note from a letter in the body of the catalogue from our artist. 
There is no berry in existence to-day that includes the combination of merits attained in Timbrell. 
More, there are no six berries on the market combined that will give the same results ! It is the most 
productive, the best flavored, with largest average fruit, healthiest and hardiest plant, with largest foli- 
age, sweetest and lias more of the Strawberry flavor, and is the latest. This combination can not be had 
in nny other than Timbrell. E. S. Carman says : “ Timbrell is the best Strawberry in existence.” Again, 
" Were I confined to but one berry, it would be Timbrell.” 
There is nothing that we have wanted an improvement in so much as the Blackberry. Heretofore, all 
Blackberries that were of good size and profitable to grow were so tender that they would winterkill. We 
now offer you a striking combination of desirable features in Eldorado ; it is the most productive, the 
sweetest and richest in quality, without a core (that can be distinguished), and will stand the winters 
of Minnesota and the Northwest. This latter is something that Erie or Minnewaski will not do ; in fact, 
even at the Ohio Experiment Station they will not stand. Eldorado marks a new era in Blackberry cul- 
ture, and we take much pride in offering to you this celebrated new Blackberry for the first season. The 
entire stock is our property ; be sure that you get the genuine. 
We have been trying to get a Gooseberry for some years that was as large as Industry, Dut of a better 
quality ; one that would not mildew, and would be better adapted to general culture in the United States. 
This new variety we cannot recommend too highly from past experience with it. 
Loremtz Peach . 
Here is a Peach that cannot be excelled in quality and size. It has a yellow skin, with red cheek, and 
the flesh is also yellow, but it has not the same taste that goes with most yellow sorts. E. S. Carman 
says : “'It is the bost late variety I know.” 
This Peach originated close by us, and we have watched it personally with much attention, knowing 
the need for just such a variety, and having in mind the price obtained for such fruit at the date it is 
ready to market. This Peach has not failed to produce a crop in five years, while only one crop of the 
general varieties has been harvested in the same time in this locality ; hence, we claim that its fruit buds 
are frost-proof. 
We will send by mail this superb collection as follows : 6 Timbrell Straw- 
berries, x Eldorado Blackberry, x Keepsake Gooseberry and 1 Lor- 
entz Peach, for $2.50 5 or, 
X2 Timbrell, 6 Eldorado, x Keepsake and x Eorentz, for $5. 
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