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ILL USTRA TED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
"Crandall. A native black seedling of the Western Wild Currant, and much superior to any of the 
named varieties yet introduced; distinct from the European black varieties and without their 
strong odor; wonderfully productive, a strong, vigorous grower, usually producing a crop next 
year after planting, large size, X to % inches in diameter; easily picked; can be shipped farther 
and kept longer than any other small fruit; free from all attacks of insect enemies. 
Fay’s Prolific. Color deep red; a great bearer; stems longer than Cherry and berries hold their 
size to the end of the stem better; quality first-class, not quite so acid as the Cherry; claimed to 
be the most prolific and best of all red Currants. 
La Versaillaise. Very large, red; bunch long, of great beauty and excellent quality; one of the 
finest and best. 
Lee’s Prolific. Black, large and of superior quality; vigorous and productive. 
♦North Star. The average length of the bunches is four inches; the berries from a single bunch, 
thirty in number, placed side by side, touching, covered a line twelve inches in length; the 
fruit is superior, very sweet and rich in quality, firm, a good market berry, desirable as a des- 
sert fruit in the natural state and unequaled for jelly. 
Red Dutch. The standard old variety; excellent and well known; a great bearer and a very profit- 
able market sort. 
Victoria. Large, bright red, with very long bunches; late; a good bearer. 
White Dutch. An excellent and well known sort; good quality. 
White Grape. Very large, yellowish white, sweet, or very mild acid, excellent quality and valuable 
for the table; the finest of the white sorts; very distinct from White Dutch, having a low, 
spreading habit and dark green foliage; very productive. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
Culture. In field culture 
plant in rows eight feet 
apart and three feet dis- 
tant in the rows; in gard- 
en culture plant rows five 
feet apart and three feet 
distant in the rows. The 
pruning should be gov- 
erned by the growth of 
cane and should be se- 
vere. Pinch back the 
canes in summer when 
three feet high, causing 
them to throw out 
laterals. 
Early Harvest. This is one 
of the earliest Blackber- 
ries in cultivation; a 
compact dwarf grower. 
•"Erie. Enormously product- 
ive; perfectly hardy; very 
large and of good quality; 
ripens in advance of Wil- 
son Jr.; combines pro- 
ductiveness, har diness, 
earliness, large size and 
good quality; five strong 
points of merit in its 
favor. 
♦Freed. Very hardy, pro- 
ductive and has never 
been known to rust. 
Snyder. 
