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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
White Grape. The only white currant that is really of any account ; very large and productive, valuable 
foi home and market use i year, No. i, 50 cts. per doz., $3 per 100, $25 per 1,000; 2 year, No. 1 75 cts 
per doz., $3.50 per too, $30 per 1,000. ’ ’ 
Red Dutch. An old, well-known variety. Very productive. 1 year, No. 1,50 cts. per doz. Sr per 100 Szs 
per 1,000 ; 2 year, 75 cts. per doz., $3.50 per too, JJ30 per 1,000. 
NOTE. — Add 20 cts. per dozen If to be sent by mail, as bushes are very large. 
jftTt SPECIAL NOTICE. A\ c have a large stock of the finest currants ever put on the market, 
and you should note our low prices. 
Currants at present will give the grower more profit than most any other fruit. We print below a letter 
from a fruit-grower, and you can see his opinion of our stock of currants. Read it. 
E. W. Reid, Esq., Biidgepoit, O. Effingham III 
Dear'Sir: The gooseberries and currants arrived all O. K., and I am thoroughly pleased to get such well- 
rooted plants. I never saw anything better at any price. I enclose herewith draft. These will do for a family 
start, and 1 will set more in spring. If yo 1 cun send these promptly I cun get them in yet this fall Hope to get 
as good roots as were the gooseberries and currants, if possible. Respectfully, W.M. DYKE 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
This fruit, so popular, large, handsome and delicious in Europe, is beginning to receive a little of the atten- 
tion in America that it well deserves. Like Hie currant (to which it is 
closely allied), the gooseberry is a gross feeder, and delights in a deep, 
rich soil. Its greatest enemy is “ mildew,” which, however, is generally 
avoided by planting in partial shade, as recommended for currants, and 
by thorough mulching. The currant-worm is even more destructive to 
the gooseberry than to the currant ; should it appear, treat it by sprink- 
ling the bushes with white hellebore while the leaves are damp. Plant 
same distance, cultivate and prune as recommended for currants. ' 
Rates for any sort by the thousand will be given upon application. 
THE NEW LARGE RED GOOSEBERRY, RED JACKET. 
As large as the largest. Berry smooth ; very prolific and hardy ; 
quality and foliage the best. For seven years it lias stood close to 
Triumph, Crown Bob, White Smith, Smith’s Improved, Downing, and 
a dozen other (English) sorts ; and while all these have mildewed more 
or less in leaf and fruit, mildew has never yet appeared on Red Jacket. 
We need this gooseberry, which can lie grown in our own country, to 
take the place of Industry, which mildews so much that neither plants 
nor fruit can be grown, except in a very few localities in America, which 
is the reason why most Industry plants are imported from England by 
our nurserymen. 1 year, No. 1, 75 cts. each, $S per doz. ; 2 years, No. 
1, $i each, $io per doz. 
GENERAL LIST. 
RED JACKET GOOSEBERRY, 
Industry. A new variety of foreign origin, which has created a sensation everywhere ; productive of exceed- 
ingly large f.uit of dark-red color and delicious quality. Highly recommended, both in this country and 
Europe. We have fruited the Industry for two years ; it is certainly the largest gooseberry on the market. 
As our stock was not sufficient to supply our trade, we have imp irted direct from the original firm in Eng- 
land, so our customers will be sure to get genuine “ Crown ” goods. The tariff that is now 011 such stock 
made them cost as much more as when bought, but we have not advanced the rates. 1 year No 1 15 cts 
each, $1.50 per doz., $10 per 100; 2 years, No. 1, 25 cts. each, $2 per doz., $12 per 100. 
Smil h’s Improved. Large, pale yellow, good quality ; bush of spreading growth and excessively productive. 
1 year, No. 1, $1 per doz., $5 per 100 ; 2 years, No. 1, $1.50 per doz., $6 per 100. 
Houghton. The old, well-known sort ; pale red, sweet and good. Houghton gives us annual crops of good- 
sized fruit ; it is enormously productive, does not mildew, and is in every way worthy of a place in every 
garden. 1 year, No. 1, 50 cts. per doz., $3 per 100, $25 per 1,000; 2 years, No. 1/75 cts. per doz., S3. 50 per 100, 
$30 per 1,000. 
Downing. Very popular ; large, pale green, good quality ; bush vigorous, hardy and prolific. 1 year, No. 1 
50 cts. per doz., $3. 50 per 100, $30 per 1,000 ; 2 years, No. 1, 75 cts. per doz., $5 per 100. 
White Smith. Large, roundish oval, yellowish white ; of first quality and English type, one of the best. 
2 years, No. 1, $2 per dozen, $12 per 100. 
Grown Bob. Very large, red, hairy, quality high ; also from England, and of the best quality. 2 years, No. 
1, $2 per doz., $12 per 100. 
ASPARAGUS. 
Palmetto. Of Southern origin ; a variety of excellent quality ; early and much larger than any other ; very 
prolific, and all who have used it pronounce it ahead of any other. 1 year, strong, 50 cts. per doz., $1 per 
100, $6 per 1,000 ; 2 years, strong, 75 cts. per doz., S1.50 per 100, $9 per 1,000. 
Conover’s Colossal. Very large, and makes rapid growth ; planted mostly by market-gardeners. Can be 
cut quite frequently, and brings the highest price. 1 year, 25 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100, $4 per 1,000; 2 
years, 50 cts, per doz., $1 per 100, $5 per 1,000. 
Barr’s Mammoth. This is the finest asparagus ever offered for sale, being much larger and earlier than any 
other. When placed on the market its appearance makes a demand for it, while other sorts are a drug 
1 year, 25 cents per doz., 75 cts. per 100, $5 per 1,000 ; 2 years, 40 cts. per doz., $1 per 100, 87. 50 per 1,000. 
Dozen Prepaid by Mail 
RHUBARB. 
Myatt’s Linnaeus. Early, tender and very large ; known as the sweetest of pie-plant. 10 cts. each, $1 per 
doz., $4 per ioo. 
