P EID’S NURSERIES 
IS . . . SELECTED TREES, PLANTS, ETC. 
Currants. 
CULTURE. — They should be planted in good, deep, soil in a cool location, and manured very heavily. 
Plant 4 by 5 feet, work like raspberries, keep the soil moist and free from weeds , and mulch with manure, if the 
best quality of fruit is desired. They should be pruned every year, and all old 
wood cut from them ; keep them thinned out, so that air can freely pass through 
them. Currant-worms can be destroyed by using hellebore ; dissolve 1 ounce in 
3 gallons of water, and apply with a syringe or small sprinkling-can. This can 
be done with very little expense, if performed at the right time. 
RED CROSS. Jacob Moore, the originator, says Red Cross clusters are 
long and have well necked berries, double the size of Victorias, and far superior 
in quality to Cherry or Victoria. Nothing will compare in quality with Red 
Cross but White Dutch, which is too small. Red Cross w»as first fruited in 1889. 
I have seen the fruit growing in such masses as to hide the upper branches from 
view. It is later than Cherry ; the plant makes twice the growth of Cherry, and 
yields two or three times as much fruit. I recommend it with confidence. I 
consider Red Cross one of the best of my new Currants. 
KNIGHT'S IMPROVED (Pomona). This is one of the most profit- 
able Currants for the market, and lias many points of merit in its favor. While 
nof the largest in size, it outyields all other varieties. Color is a beautiful bright 
red and very attractive ; berry is sweeter and less acid than most of the general 
varieties ; is of good size and larger than Red Dutch or Victoria, is a vigorous 
grower, with healthy, hardy foliage, and is sure to become popular as soon as 
better known. 
PAY’S PROLIFIC. This variety has been praised very highly of late, 
and I do hot think it has in any way been misrepresented ; it is healthy, vigor- 
ous and very productive. Its bunches are from 3 to 5 Y> inches in length, so that 
they can easily be picked, and the berry commands a high price. It is some- 
what larger than Cherry, and is fully twice as productive. 
NORTH STAR. A promising new variety. The average length of the 
bunches is 4 inches. The fruit is very sweet and rich in quality, firm, and a 
good market berry, desirable as a dessert fruit in the natural state, and un- 
equaled for jelly. The length and abundance of the cluster makes it possible 
to pick 25 per cent more fruit in the same length of time from this than from 
other sorts. Recommended as a 
valuable new berry. 
Cherry. Very large, red ; bunch 
long, of great beauty and excellent 
quality. One of the best for general 
planting. 
Red Dutch. Medium size ; large 
bunches ; the old and well-known 
Currant of the garden ; a profitable 
market variety. 
Versailles. Similar to the Cherry; 
the best and most popular variety; the 
largest of all except Fay’s ; berries 
large, of bright red-crimson ; the 
bushes are very hardy and produc- 
tive. 
Victoria. Very late red variety ; fruit large, long ; very productive and 
of excellent quality. 
White Grape. The only white Currant that is really of any account ; 
very large and productive ; valuabie for home and market use ; of excellent 
quality. 
Black Naples. The best black Currant for all purposes of its class. 
Valued by some for jellies ; it is very productive ; hardy, and will stand in 
most any climate. All who desire a black Currant should plant Naples. 
Lee’s Prolific. Of European origin, and one of the best ; earlier than 
Black Naples, more productive, larger and of a better quality , a good variety 
for preserving, etc. 
PRICE LIST OF CURRANTS. 
ONE 
YEAR, 
NO. I. 
TWO YEARS. 
TWO 
YEARS, NO I. 
Red Cross 
Knight’s Improved . . 
Doz. 
fo 75 
• • • 75 
O O O 
OOO 
~«£"> 
1,000 
$30 OO 
Doz. 
100 
1,000 
Doz. 
$1 00 
I 00 
:oo 
^5 00 
1,000 
£40 00 
North Star 
• • • 50 
3 00 
20 OO 
$0 60 
?3 25 
$25 00 
75 
4 00 
30 00 
Fay’s Prolific 
• • • 50 
2 50 
20 00 
55 
3 25 
25 00 
60 
3 50 
30 00 
Cherry 
• • • 50 
2 50 
20 00 
55 
3 00 
22 50 
60 
3 50 
25 00 
Versailles 
• • - 50 
2 50 
20 OO 
55 
3 00 
22 50 
60 
3 50 
25 00 
Victoria 
• . • 50 
2 50 
20 00 
55 
3 00 
22 50 
60 
3 50 
25 00 
White Grape 
Black Naples 
■ • • 5 ® 
2 50 
20 OO 
55 
3 00 
22 50 
60 
3 50 
2 \ 00 
• • • 50 
2 50 
20 00 
55 
3 00 
22 50 
60 
3 50 
25 00 
Lee’s Prolific 
. . 50 
2 50 
20 00 
55 
3 00 
22 50 
60 
3 50 
25 00 
^■■NOTE. — Add 20 cents per dozen if to be sent by mail, as bushes are very large. Price of single plants 
one-tenth the price per dozen. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. — We have a large stock of the finest Currants ever put on the market, and 
you should NOTE OUR LOW PRICES. 
