E. W. REID’S NURSE RIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 
NEW HYBRID FRUITS 
JAPANESE GOLDEN MAYBERRY. 
A Raspberry which ripens Its fruit before strawberries. This is a decided and valuable novelty, origi- 
nated by the celebrated Luther Burbank, of California. We give the description of this wonderful berry as follows : 
“Earliest Raspberry ever known. The berries are of a 
golden straw color, as large as Cuthbert, and ripen here in April, 
a month before Hansell , before strawberries, and before tho 
earliest of the standard Raspberries of the past have hardly 
awakened from their winter rest. The bushes are distinct from 
all others, growing like trees, C to 8 feet high, with spreading 
tops, and all along the branches large white, bell-shaped blos- 
soms are pendent. These are soon followed by great, sweet, 
glossy, golden, semi-translucent berries. The plants, when well 
established, will surprise one with their abundance of fruit. 
“The history of this variety is as follows: Some ten 
years ago I requested my collector in Japan to hunt up the best 
wild Raspberries, blackberries and strawberries that could be 
found. Several curious specimens were received the next 
season, among them a red and also a dingy yellow, unpro- 
ductive variety of JRubus palinatus. One of these plants, 
though bearing only a few of the most worthless, tasteless, 
dingy yellow berries I have ever seen, was selected, solely on 
account of its unusual earliness, to cross with Cuthbert and 
other well-known Raspberries. Among the seedlings raised 
from the plant was this Japanese Golden Mayberry, and though 
no signs of the Cuthbert appears in bush or fruit, yet it can 
hardly be doubted that Cuthbert pollen has effected some of 
the wonderful improvements to be seen in this new variety.” it 
will pay berry -growers to plant 
the Japanese Golden Mayberry. 
Price, 50c. per doz., $.3 per 100. 
STRAWBERRY- 
RASPBERRY. 
This fine and novel 
fruit is a beautiful Dwarf 
Raspberry, growing only 
15 to 18 inches high 
spreading considerably, 
soon forming dense 
clumps of healthy, solid 
foliage. 
The plant Itself is 
handsome ; its bright 
green foliage resembles 
Japanese Golden Mayberry (Burbank’s). 
that of the rose. The large, pure white, 
wax-like flowers, with snow-white 
stamens, are even larger than a single 
rose, and produced in great abundance. 
The fruits are produced very early 
in the season, stand upright, well out of 
the foliage, and are thus easily gathered. 
They are of the size and shape of a 
large strawberry, and entirely distinct 
from any other Raspberry. In develop- 
ing, they pass from pale green through 
amber and orange, to a brilliant and 
shining red. These beautiful berries, 
glowing against the handsome green 
foliage, produce a most striking color 
effect. Their flavor is unique, whether 
eaten fresh or cooked, or as preserves, 
differing from that of any other fruit 
known. The bush dies down in winter, 
hence is perfectly hardy without pro- 
tection. In the spring it grows up more 
luxuriant than ever. This plant can be 
divided and transplanted successfully for 
propagation. Price, 25 cts. per doz., 
$1 per 100, $7.50 per 1,000. 
Surplus ! Surplus ! Get our rates 
on HOUGHTON and DOWNING 
GOOSEBERRIES. They will sur- 
prise you. 
The Strawberry-Raspberry, 
