FALL CATALOGUE OF HARDY BULBS AND PLANTS 
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DEWBERRIES. 
In this new fruit (which miffht be called a Climbing 
Blackberry) we have the most delicious of all berries, and 
one of the most ornamental of all climbing vines. They 
should be trained on a trellis or tied to a stake like grape 
vines, and in the spring they produce great masses of large, 
pure white, sweet-scented tlowers, which are followed by 
clusters of delicious fruit, larger, richer and far more pro- 
iillc than Blackberries; very juicy and sweet to the core. 
The fruit is borne in great quantity, and is admitted by all 
to be the finest of all Berries. When made into wine it gives 
a gentle stimulant, which for invalids is unequaled, the 
flavor of the wine being as superior as the flavor of the fruit. 
It is perfectly hardv and does not sucker from the roots, but 
is increased from the tips like Blackcap Raspberries. Many 
wild and worthless plants of Dewberry have been sold for 
Mammoth and Lucretia. Our stock is pure and genuine. 
Mammoth— Large and fine. 20 cts. each; 3 for 50 cts.; 7 for 
$1.00; 15 for |2.00. 
NEW JAPAN PLUMS. 
These grand new plums come in bearing at the age of 
two or three yeare. blossoms often appearing the first year. 
Fruit very large, often weighing over six ounces, with very 
small i>it. Very attractive, fine quality, melting, rich and 
juicy, and enormous l>oarer8. Wherever these Plums have 
grown and fruited they have created a great sensation by 
their enormous size, fine quality and great productiveness. 
Kelsey— Rich yellow, overspread with crimson, large and 
fine. 
Botan— Large; rich purple in color; medium early. 
Ogon — Golden yellow; verj’- early, large and sweet, and an 
enormous bearer. 
Price, UO cU. each, or the for $1.oo. 
BLACKBERRY, ERIE. 
This is a comparativeiy new sort, and decidediy the best 
of aii Biackberries except our Everbearina Tree. It is of a 
rather dwarf habit and very desirable on that account. The 
fruit is borne very abundantly, the berries being: enormous 
in size and perfect in shape. It has very small seeds and by 
far the sweetest, most melting and delicious flavor of all 
Blackberries except the Tree. Do not plant any of the older 
sorts if you cau get Erie. It is twice as good as Lawton, 
Kittitinny. Wilson, or any of them. I’rice of line robust 
bushes 15 cts. each.: 3 for 30 cts.; 12 for $1.00. 
Lucretia— A new sort of immense size and delicious quality. 
Berries often two and one-half Inches in length and 
homo in great clusters. Very juicy and sweet. 15 cts. 
each; 5 for 50 cts.; 12 for $1.00. 
CRANDALL TREE CURRANT. 
A very important new fruit. It attains a height of 7 to 9 
feet, branching freely, shoots often growing 4 or 5 feet In 
one season. It bears an enormous crop every year of large 
black fruit the size of a grape, which are in quality entirely 
unlike any other black Currant, as it has none of the odor or 
disagreeable flavor common to black sorts. On the contrary, 
its quality is very fine indeed, and is not excelled for cook- 
ing in any form, either for pies. Jam or jelly. Its flavor is 
that of the Sweet Currant combined with the acid of the 
Cherry Currant. It commences to bear the second year 
from cuttings, and will yield a big crop in proportion to 
its size. It begins to ripen the middle of July and continues 
to the middle of August. Fruit hangs to the branches for 
a long time after ripening. The Currant worm does not in- 
fest this sort, and it is, in fact, entirely exempt from all 
insect ravages. It Is perfectly hardy and will stand the 
most severe climate without a particle of injury in any 
respect. Price of strong, healthy plants, 60 cts. each; 3 for 
$ 1 . 0 ). 
The D. S. Agiicultural Report for 1889, contains a flue 
colored plate of the Crandall, and among other things says 
of it: “It Is an enormous bearer, the fruit being large, 
fully one-half Inch in diameter. Its quality raw is superior 
to any of the European Black Currants, having no strong 
odor or unpleasant taste. It is well adapted for sauces, pies, 
jellies, etc. It Is never attacked by the Currant worm or 
other insects and is perfectly hardy.” 
APRICOTS, NEW RUSSIAN. 
This is a grand new fruit, and a line substitute for the 
neach in a cold climate. It is extremely hardy, having flour- 
ished as far north as Siberia, enduring a temperature of 
forty degrees below zero with impunity, exempt from dis- 
ease and ravages of insects: adapts itself to all soils, and is 
apparently as reliable in bearing as the apple. The tree 
comes into bearing in two or three years, is highly orna- 
mental, with dark livid green foliage and beautiful blossoms. 
The fruit is large, golden yellow, handsome, sweet, and of 
best quality— selling at high prices in market. It is a good 
shipper and keeps a long time after being picked. We can- 
not speak too highly of it. It is such a reliable fruiter on 
any soil and in any climate that it is bound to become one of 
the most popular fruits, and will, especially in cold climates, 
take the place of the peach. The various varieties ripen 
from June to September. We have a line stock of best 
sorts, both early and late. Price 40 cts. each; 3 for $1 00. 
PRUNUS SIMONI. 
This new Plum is called the “King of Fruits,” and is be- 
lieved to be the most valuable newfruit introduced in many 
years. It is a native of Northern China, and is much hardier 
than any peach, and is as hardy- as the leading apples, having 
stood without Injury in Iowa, thirty to forty degrees below 
zero. It forms a small tree, with quite large, long, oval 
elliptic leaves, of a dark, shining green. Its flowers are 
small, white and open in early spring. Its fruits are very- 
pretty and large, brick red or dark cinnabar color . The flesh 
shows a fine apricot yellow, is firm, and has a peculiar aro- 
matic flavor not found in the plums we cultivate, and 
equaled only by the Nectarine. This gi-aiid fruit should be 
planted by every one who has a rod of ground. 40 cts. each; 
3 for $1.00. 
