GENEVA, NEW YORK 
RASPBERRIES 
One of those fruits which are adapted to a great 
range of soils, giving abundant crops with compar- 
atively little care, the quality of which, however, is 
in accordance with the care and cultivation accorded. 
For garden culture, plant in rows 4 feet apart, plants 
2 to 3 feet apart in the rows. For field culture, 
plant in rows 4 feet apart and the plants 3 feet apart 
in the rows. In trimming in spring, depend upon 
the strong canes for fruiting purposes, shortening 
hack the laterals to within 6 or 8 inches of the stock, 
and cut away all old, useless wood. 
Strong plants, SI for 10, $5 per 100 
Columbian. A new variety of great promise. It 
is a very vigorous grower and very hardy. Fruit 
purple and delicious for table or canning, and an 
excellent shipping variety. 
Cuthbert. (Queen of the Market). Large, dark 
crimson berries of firm texture; sprightly arid and of 
excellent quality; a certain cropper, always to be 
recommended. 
Loudon. Remarkably productive of bright red 
berries of largest size, fine quality and firm texture. 
Golden Queen. Large, yellow fruit of highest qual- 
ity and best size; hardy and productive; fine either 
for home use or for shipping purposes. 
Gregg. Most prolific; berries black, of high quality 
and good size; productive and hardy. 
Marlboro. Large, bright crimson fruit of splendid 
quality; very early and hardy. 
Shaffer’s Colossal. Large, dark purplish red fruit 
of sprightly acid flavor; vigorous and productive; 
medium to late season. 
Souhegan. Black berries of superior quality 
nearly three-quarters of an inch across, borne in 
dense clusters; hardy, productive and a fine market 
berry. 
BLACKBERRIES 
The ideal crop for obtaining money returns from 
poor lands. Yet the cultivation of the vines should 
not be neglected, and liberal fertilizing should be 
accorded. Mulching is of great advantage, especially 
in poor soils. Plant in rows 6 feet apart, the plants 
3 feet apart in the rows. Trim with a view to obtain- 
ing a crop of excellent berries from a few strong 
shoots to a plant rather than from many weak ones. 
Strong plants, $1 for 10, $5 per 100 
Agawam. Fruit medium size, jet-black, sweet, 
tender and melting to the core; a very valuable 
variety for home use, being sweet throughout as soon 
as black; very hardy, healthy and productive. 
Eldorado. New. This splendid variety is, perhaps, 
the best ever introduced. It stands when other varie- 
ties are winter-killed, and has never failed to produce 
enormous crops of its very large, jet-black fruit, 
which are sweet and melting and keep well after 
picking. 
Erie. Fruit very large, excellent quality, hand- 
some and firm and ripens early; fruit uniform, both 
in size and shape; there is no other berry that rivals 
it in combining hardiness, large size, earliness and 
productiveness. 
Rathbun. The tips touch the ground and root, 
thus propagating themselves like the Blackcap 
Raspberry; the fruit is borne in clusters and is easily 
gathered; berries very large, color intense black, 
with a high polish; pits very large, with small seeds; 
flesh juicy, high-flavored, sweet and delicious. 
Snyder. A marvel for productiveness; fruit medi- 
um size, sweet and melting to the core; its value is 
its extreme hardiness, standing the winters where 
the Kittatinny and Early Harvest kill down. 
Wachusett Thornless. Fruit of medium size, ob- 
long, oval, moderately firm and less acid than any 
Blackberry we have seen; the plant is said to do 
equally well on light and heavy soils; it is also hardy 
and almost free from thorns. 
Wilson’s Early. Very large, shining black, retain- 
ing its color well after picking, and fine for the table 
as soon as full-colored; quite firm, sweet, rich and 
good; ripens mainly together, and two weeks before 
the height of the Blackberry season. 
DEWBERRY 
Lucretia. A trailing variety of the blackberry, 
ripening between the raspberry and blackberry. 
Fruit large and handsome. 
Plants, SI for 10, $5 per 100 
GOOSEBERRIES 
The Gooseberry requires annual manuring to 
sustain its vigor, and enjoys partial shade. The 
American varieties need close pruning every year. 
They may be planted in the fall and spring. 
Downing. Whitish green; vigorous and prolific; 
juicy and good. A fine reliable berry for general 
culture. $1.25 for 10, $10 per 100. 
Chautauqua. A white Gooseberry, equal to the 
largest variety in size, and excels them all as to vigor 
and yield. Sweet and exquisite flavor; almost ex- 
empt from mildew. 40 cts. each, $2.50 for 10. 
Houghton. Vigorous but slender grower. Its me- 
dium pale-red berries are plentiful and good, and 
it can be depended upon. $1 for 10, $8 per 100. 
Industry. An English variety, more generally 
planted than any other, as it is free of mildew and 
bears freely very large, dark red fruit of delicious 
quality. We recommend this for general use. $2.50 
for 10, $20 per 100. 
Red Jacket. A pure native American variety, 
rivaling the English varieties in size, and absolutely 
free from mildew. Fruit large and smooth, rich ruby- 
red in color, and a fine flavor. A most valuable varie- 
ty. 25 cts. each, §2 per 10. 
Smith’s Improved. Large, light green fruit, sweet 
and of good quality; vigorous and productive. $1.50 
for 10, $10 per 100. 
Pearl. The most prolific Gooseberry known. 
One bush produced 2,500 berries. It is free from 
mildew and is much larger than the Downing. The 
color is light green and quality first-class. Being 
thoroughly tested, we offer it asthe best of its class 
yet grown. $1.50 for 10, $10 per 100. 
CURRANTS 
A popular and profitable crop in a variety of soils. 
Its principal insect enemy, the currant worm, is 
easily kept in check by the liberal use of hellebore, 
applied immediately upon the first appearance of the 
worm. Plant 4 feet or more apart. 
2-year plants, except Perfection, $1 for 10, $8 per 100 
Black Naples. Very large; black; bunches of me- 
dium length. Much valued for jellies. Strong grower 
and coarse leaves. 
Cherry. Fruit of the largest size; deep red, rather 
acid; short bunches; growth strong, stout, erect; 
short-jointed shoots. 
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