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BARR’S GENERAL BULB CATALOGUE, Autumn, 1906. 
FRUIT TREES, ETC .—continued. 
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Barberry (Red-fruited) each o 6 
Blackberries, best American fruiting 
varieties, to name per doz., 9/- ; each 1 o 
Cranberries, the American and the 
Common Variety each 1 o 
Currants, best named sorts, 
per doz., 4/- to 6 o 
Figs, strong plants in pots each 2/6 to 5 o 
Gooseberries, best named sorts, 
per doz., 4/- to 6 o 
Grape Vines, strong planting canes, 
each 3/6 to 5 0 
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Grape Vines, Extra Strong Fruiting 
Canes ..each 7/6 & 10 6 
Japanese Wineberry, 
per doz., 9/- to 12 /-, each 1/- to 1 3 
Loganberry, a lovely hybrid between 
the Raspberry and Blackberry, strong 
plants . ..per doz., 12/- & iS/- ; each 1/3 & 1 9 
Nuts (Cob or Filbert) ...per doz. 9/- to 12 o 
Raspberries, best sorts, strong canes, 
per 100, 16/- ; per doz. 3 o 
Strawberry-Raspberry each 1 6 
BARR’S SELECT LIST OF STRAWBERRIES. 
We have made a careful selection, as offered below, of the very best and most distinct varieties of 
Strawberries, and feel confident that they will give the greatest satisfaction. For forcing, President, Royal 
Sovereign, and Vicomtesse Iiiricart 1 ic Thury should be used. 
Well-rooted Runners, supplied from August. Less quantities than 50 are charged at a little higher rate. 
EARLY. per ioo— f. d 
Royal Sovereign, a grand variety both for forcing and open-air culture, bearing very large 
handsome conical-shaped fruit of luscious flavour, flesh firm and white, continuous cropper ... 3 6 
Vicomtesse H 4 ricart de Thury, a great and continuous cropper, fruit of medium size, 
rich in flavour, and valuable for preserving, a good early forcer 4 6 
FOR MAIN CROP. 
British Queen, very large, of exquisite flavour, requires good cultivation in heavy soil 6 6 
Countess, very handsome dark crimson fruit of extra fine flavour, moderate cropper 6 6 
Dr. Hogg, large and handsome, one of the best flavoured Strawberries in cultivation, requires 
good culture and likes a heavy soil 6 6 
Fillbasket ( Laxton's ), handsome bright-red pointed fruit of fine flavour, free bearer 6 6 
Kitley’s Goliath, a grand successional bearer, fruit with tender flesh of fine sugary pine flavour 4 6 
Louis Gauthier, a fine new variety, producing an enormous crop of pale pink fruit of 
pleasant pine flavour ; the new runners, if slopped beyond the first stolon and left undisturbed, 
produce a second crop of fruit in autumn 6 6 
President, large and handsome, of richest pine flavour, heavy cropper, and valuable for general 
garden and main crop forcing ; it retains its flavour and carries well 5 6 
Reward (new), one of the best main crop varieties, resembling rather British Queen, with 
very large wedge-shaped fruit, of firm flesh and bright colour per doz. 3/- 20 o 
Sir Charles Napier, large and prolific, of refreshing flavour, carries well, prefers a light 
soil ; plant 2 ft. apart 3 6 
Sir Joseph Paxton, handsome solid fruit of delicate flavour, very prolific, a favourite 
market variety, as it is hardy and travels well 3 6 
The Bedford, bearing a good crop of handsome round fruit of finest flavour per doz. 2/- 12 o 
LATE. 
Filbert Pine, a fine late variety producing a heavy crop of orange-red fruit, of rich brisk 
flavour ; a robust grower, and good for light soils 4 6 
Frogmore Late Pine, fruit large, of extra fine pine flavour, a connoisseur's fruit; it requires 
good cultivation, and should be grown under a north aspect 6 6 
Givon’s Late Prolific, the finest late Strawberry, bearing a heavy crop of very large dark 
red fruit, firm and of rich brisk flavour 6 6 
Queen of Denmark, a valuable late variety, bearing dark mulberry-red small fruit of rich 
aromatic flavour, good sturdy grower 6 6 
VERY LATE. 
Eleanor, a fine free-growing large variety, producing enormous successional crops 4 6 
Waterloo, very large dark fruit, conical in shape, valuable for dessert ; it carries well, and may 
be forced as a last crop 6 6 
Laxton’s Latest (new), a grand variety with enormous fruit of a fine deep crimson, after 
Waterloo but having a richer pine flavour per doz. 3/- 20 o 
President Loubet (new), a seedling from Waterloo with very large fruit of rich pine 
flavour per doz. 1/6 10 o 
Strawberry Plants in Small Pots. 
To fruit first season outdoors or for shifting into large pots for forcing ...per 100, 17/6 ; per doz. 2/6 
TRUE ALPINE AUTUMNAL STRAWBERRIES. Well-rooted Runners. 
In growing these for Autumn cropping, remove the Spring blossoms in order to induce the plants to 
make runners, as these last produce the best fruit. IVe enumerate three of the best varieties. pcr too _ s d 
' Belle de Meaux, producing large red berries of rich flavour .r 4 o 
Bergeri, fruit rich crimson, free bearer 4 o 
Millet (new), a fine variety, the fruit, as exhibited in France, measuring 2^ in. long, vigorous 
grower 5 0 
