1866 .] 
AMERICAN AaRICULTURIST. 
115 
©enesee Valley Wtirsei’les. 
Rocliester, N. Y. 
' Fruit, Ornamental Trees and SUrubJ in large 
quantities. 
EVERGREBIVS.—We offer an unusually fine Stock; 
for spring, particularly Norway Spruce, 3 to 4 ft. 
PEARS—Standards, a few stock of 1st, 
2 nd, and medium gnalities. 
IVe also offer the finest collection and largest assortment 
of fine and new imported FIiOIVER SEEDS, ever offer, 
ed In this country. 
Parties wishing to purchase in large quantities should avail 
themselves of our several Catalogues. 
Our Nurseries embrace over Three Hundred and fifty acres 
of Land. 
Catalogues Nos. 1 and 2—Abridged retail Fruit and Orna¬ 
mental Trees, Shrubs, &c. 
Catalogue No. 3—Green House, Bedding ' Plants, Bulbs, 
Choice Flower Seeds, &c. 
Catalogue No. 4—Wholesale and Trade List for spring of 
1868. FROST & CO. 
Bloomiiig’toii lN'o.i*sex*y_, 
240 Acres ! 14th Year I 
Apple, 1 and 2 year, also 1st class 3 to 5 year Standard 
Apple ; Dwarf Apple; Standard and Dwarf Pear, 
Plum, Cherry, Hale’s Early Peach, Apricot, 
Mulberries, Currants, Gooseberry, ICittatiu- 
ny, and other Blackberries, Iona, I.sraclla, Adirondac. with 
general assortment of Grapes. Apple and Pear Boot Grafts, 
Nursery Stocks, Cions, Cuttings, &c., &c. Osage Orange, 
fine 1 year. Wholesale and Retail. Potatoes—Cuzco, Garnet 
Chili, Pinkeye Kustycoat, also Calico, Earlv Goodrich, Glea¬ 
son.—Evergreens, very large stock, mostly medium and 
small sizes.—Ornamental Trees and Shrubs, Roses, the very 
largest and best assortment we know of, over GOO varieties.— 
Dahlias, Lilies, Gladiolus, Tuberoses, Pieonies.—Green-House 
and Bedding Plants--Having Eight large Houses we can 
furnish a Splendid Floral Collection. Send 2 Red Stamps 
for Cataiogues. Address 
F. K, PHtENlX, 
Bloomington, Illinois!. 
AT EOW RATES. 
We wiil send out strong, tcell rooted plants packed so as to 
go to Maine or Kansas, safely. KF” Charges pre-paid. 
STRAWBERRIES.—Following varieties: Jenny Lind, 
Downer’s Prolific—both verg early and indispensable, Wil¬ 
son’s, Hooker, Chillian and Crimson Cone, 20 cents per doz¬ 
en, $l per 100. Fillmore, (very fine and delicious,) Shaker, 
Bartlett, Peabody, Russell (one of the best). Wizard of 
the North, Buffalo, Cutter, Scarlet Magnate, Ward’s Favorite, 
and French—the last, undoubtedly one of the finest and 
most profitable early sorts grown, on account of yielding the 
bulk of its tine, beautiful fruit so^carly. 80 cents per dozen; 
S2 per 100. Green Prolific.—We agree with Francis 
Brill, of New Jersey, who says of this variety: “This we 
g lace first on the list of tried varieties. Its originator, Seth 
ovden, places it for general caltivntion, above his famous 
■Aokiculturist,’ and so do we. We do not claim this as a 
perfect Strawberry, for such does not exist, but we do say, it 
possesses a greater combination of good qualities than any 
other belore the public.” Plants that we set last spring have 
formed the most enormous and astonishing “stools” that 
we ever saw, and the same produced more fruit last season 
than the Wilson's Albany set the August before. 50 cents 
per dozen: $3 per 100. Agricnltnrist.-SI per dozen : S5 
S er 100. The 3 Tribttne sorts. Lennig’s White, and New 
ersey Scarlet, $1 per dozen. Jucuntla., or Knox’s “700,” 
$2 per dozen. 
R.4.%PBERRIES.— Doolittle’s BL.tCK Cap. I>ouble 
the size and yield of the common Black, per doz.; S-I per ICO. 
MiAJtA Black Cap.— Equal to the last in every respect, but 
2 weeks later, $1 per dozen; $1 per 100. Goldex Cap.— Same 
as the last, except of a beautiful, golden color, ?2 per dozen ; 
$12 per 100. Pup.ple Cane.— Undoubtedly the most enor¬ 
mous bearing Raspberry grown—the strong, stocky bushes 
hanging literally loaded udth fruit of a purplish, red color, 
:ind having the delicious flavor of the wild Red Raspberry, 
we do most emphatically pronounce it the best and most 
productive Raspberry grown to our knowledge, $1 per doz.; 
$5 per 100. Catawissa. —The best “everbearing” sort we 
know of. It yields a heavy continuous crop of large, delic¬ 
ious, purplish, red fruit, late in the season, for a numb.er of 
weeks, when no other small fruits are to be had, thereby 
making it indispensable for table use, $2 per doz,; $12 per 100 . 
None of the above send up “suckers,” but all are increased 
bv lavering the tips of the new growth, and neither has ever 
Munter-killed with us, notwithstanding the thermometer has 
stood 30 degrees below zero. 
BLACKBERRIES.—New Rochelle or Lawton, rows 
containing 40 plants have yielded 6 to 8 bushels of fruit with 
us, $1 per'dozen; $4 per 100. Dorchester High Bush, fruit de¬ 
licious. long, glos^ black, yields heavy crops early, and gone 
bv the time the “ Lawton ” gets fairly to bearing, $1 per doz.; 
$6 per 100. 
Adirondac Grape Nursery and 
Tineyard. 
Wholesale and retail. We can furnish superior Vines in 
large quantities to the trade, of the following: Adirondac, 
Allen’s Hybrid, Concord, Creveling, Cuyahoga, Delaware, 
Diana, Hartford Prolific, Iona. Israclla, Maxatawny,. Miles. 
Northern Muscadine, Rebecca, Rogers’ Hybrids. Pherman and 
Union Village. Also the best Foreign Varieties, carefuliv 
iiacked and forwarded by Express, or by Mail, pre-paid. 
Send for Descriptive and Pricecl Catalogue. 
JOHN W. BAILEY & CO., 
Feb. 1st, 1SC6. Plattsburgh, N. Y. 
THE AMEEICAK FRUIT BASKET! 
This favorite Fruit Basket for Strawberries, &c., is receiv¬ 
ing the highest commendation from every quarter, and is 
called by many of our best Fruit Grov.'ers and Fruit Deal¬ 
ers, the only perfect article of the kind now in use. It is 
constructed so as to equalize the weight of the fruit—can be 
packed in less space—and when filled with fruit is exceeding¬ 
ly attractive in appearance. 
Having the advantage of superior machinery, the Baskets 
are sold at a less price than any first class Basket now in 
market. AMERICAN BASKET CO,, 
Office No. 313 Chapel-st., 
New-Haveii, Conn. 
' VENEER FRUIT BASKETS. ' 
GENEVA, N. Y. 
Large stock of Standard and Dwarf Pears, and general 
Bssortinent of Standard and Dwarf Trees, including the 
Smaller Fruits. 
'Vines. 
Iona, Adirondac, by the dozen, 100, or 1000. Also, Concord, 
Creveling, Catawba. Delaware, Diana, Isabella, Hartford 
Prolific, and other well approved sorts. 
Strawberry Plants. 
Agriculturist bYthe 100 or 1000. Russell’s Great"Prolific, 
Buffalo Seedling, Triomphe de Gand, Wiisou’s Albany. 
Ornamental. 
Norway Spruce, Balsam Fir, Hemlock, Spruce, 3 to 4 feet. 
Horse Chestnut and Mountain Ash, 8 feet, and other Orna¬ 
mental Trees and Green-House Plants. 
Seedlings ot Pear, Quince, Mahaleb. Cuttings of Grape, 
Quince, Cornwell Willows. Send for Wholesale Catalogue 
W. & T. SMITH, Geneva, N. Y. 
READIMC I^URSERY. 
Two and 3 year old Concord grape vines, 1 to 3 year Rog¬ 
ers’ Hybrid vlne.s, 40 other kinds. Native grapes, popular aiid 
new sorts. Nearly all grown in open ground. (The Dracut 
Amber grape for V2, years has proved the earliest and most 
successful of any grape in my collection, ripe August 25<A.) 
.30 kinds Strawberry plants, 20 kinds Currants. Large and 
Small Fruits generally. Shade Trees and Shrubs, 100.000 Ev¬ 
ergreen Trees in variety. Send for Illustrated Priced Cata¬ 
logue. J. W. MANNING, Reading, Mass. 
CROSCE PEAR-TREES FOR SALE] AT 
A SACRIFICE. 
The Subscriber, desirous of thinning out his extensive 
Pear Orchards, offers for sale at one half the usual prices, 
over two thousand choice Dwarf and Stanctard 
Pear Trees of the Bartlett, Louise Boiiiie de Jersey, and 
Duchess d’ Angouleme varieties, from three to seven years 
old, and in full bearing condition. I’artles desU-ous of pur¬ 
chasing can give the trees a personal inspection. Orders by 
m.ail will be promptly attended to. 
William y. be.\ch. waiiingford. 
New-Haven Co., Conn. 
Red Cedar Seedlings. 
Shelter for an Orchard, and Dumb Brutes, adornment ' for 
our homes. 1 can furnish this Spring one million plants of 
Red Cedar, viz.: 
3 to 6 inches high, $6 per 1000 ; 6 to 10 inches high, $10 per 1000. 
Early orders and correspondence solicited. 
Address JOHN M. HUNTER, Ashley, Washington Co., HI. 
The Wilson Elarly Blaekberry. 
STRAWBERRIES and RASPBERRIES. No. 
1 plants. All wanting such for garden or field culture will 
do well to send and get a Descriptive and Price ’List in 
which there is no variety recommended that I do not culti¬ 
vate by the acre. Small lots mailed free. Stamp not required. 
JOHN S. COLLINS, Moorestown, N. J. 
i*li.iladLelj>lila Raspberry. 
Two strong plants, $1; 12 plants, $4 ; by malL 
Agriculturist Strawberry, 12 plants, $1.23; 100 
plants, $5. Also, GR.APEiVINES, for sale by 
THOS. S. FLETCHER, DEEANCO, 
Burlington Co., N. J. 
O SAGE ORANGE PLANTS.—E.xtra good one 
year old. $10.00 per thousand. Extra 2 year old. $12.50 
per thousand. LHKEfS PEIRCE. Ercildonn P. O.. 
Chester County, Pa. 
CURRANTS.—Cherry, tlie largest and finest rod sort, 
$2 per dozen. IVhite Grape.—The fiiiest and most productive 
White sort, f l per dozen. Houghton Seedling Gooseherry— 
Never mildews, $1 per dozen. 
GRAPES.—-MI strong roots.and true to name.—Concord 
and Hartford Pi'olific. 40 cents each, $3.30 per dozen. Diana 
and Delaware, 50 cents each, $5 per dozen. Iona, Isiaella, 
and Adirondac, $2 each, 1 of each for $3, 
CRANBERRYIPLANTS, 50 cents per 100; $1 per 
1,000; 10,000 for $30. 
Sweet Potato Pin lits in tlieir season .at low rates. 
5^ Send for my “Descriptive C’at.4logue.”— It gives 
Instructions for garden and field culture—also for gathering 
and m;irketiug the fruit. If you wish to plant largely or to 
buy to sell again, send for my “ Wiioles.\i.e List.” Stamiis 
not refused. Remember that I prepay charges on all cash, 
orders, and that not loss tlian 0 of each sort will be sent at 
the dozen rate, or less tban 50 of each sort at the 100 rate. 
Remittances can be made by mail in National Currency, 
Post Office Orders, or Drafts on New York, or Chicago. 
Address A. M. PURDY, South Bend, Indiana. 
KST-TA-TJTi-W—Its Chief Points are; 
1 . Very largest size. 
‘Z. Enormous productiveness. 
3. Most delicious flavor. 
4. Uniform Ripening. 
5. No Hard core like Lawton. 
G. Sweet eiiougb withoutsugar. 
7. Retains color after picking. 
1. Earlier than New Ilocbclle. 
f). Fit for Market when Ripe. 
10. Very hardy, has never win¬ 
ter-killed. 
IT. Tested by 3 to ten years trial. 
I’i. Admitted the Best Black¬ 
berry known bv the bigbest 
antliority. viz: Clias. Downing. Win. 
S. Carpenter, Peter B. Meade, Editors 
Agriculturist, and every one who lias 
tasted it. My 2-year old plants will 
furnish berries of medium size this season, 
if carefully transplanted and attended to. 
Order early to prevent disappointment. 
1-year plants by mail, $1.50 e.ach ; p. doz, 
$r2. by exp. less. For Testimonials, &c., 
ATEKAGE SIZE, address E. WILLIAMS, Montclair, N J. 
• -VIIVES, 
Evergreen and Decidnons Trees. 
15,000 Delaware Grape Vines, No. 1, $2700 per 100. We 
are confident these will suit purchasers, as no pains have 
been spared in the course of propagation. Some No. 2’s at 
$1.3.00. Montgomerv, Union Village, Rebecca, Allen’s Hy¬ 
brid, Catawba, Rogers’ Hybrids Nos. 3, 9,15 and 33, and some 
other varieties at equally low rates. Wilson Strawberry 
plants, $5.00 per 1,000.-Norway Spruce, 4 to 7 feet high, 
$20.00 per 100. White Corsican, and other Pines, 4 to 7 feet 
high, $20.00 per 100. American Arbor Vitse, 3 to 6 feet higli, 
$20.00 to $30.00 per 100, Siberian Arbor Vit®, 2 to 3 feet lilgb, 
$30.00 per 100. Larch, English Mountain Ash, fine. White 
Ash, Elm. Linden, and Maple, 8 to 10 feet high, $12.00 to $15 
per 100. Turkey and English Oaks, 5 to 6 feet bigli, $12.00 to 
$15.00 per 100. Will be delivered at cars or boat. Packing 
charges reasonable. 
Also, Extra Early Smooth Red, and Cook’s Favorite To¬ 
mato seed mixed, the e;irUe8t, best, and most prolific of all 
varieties. Several bushels for sale at $3.00 per pound. P.-O. 
Charges, 8 cts. per lb. FERRIS & CAVWOOD, 
Po’keepsie, N. Y. 
Rogers’ Hybrid Giapes. 
Purchasers wanting the above true to numbers, can rely 
on getting the following genuine, by sending to the sub¬ 
scriber. 
Nos. 1, 9, 13, 19, 33, two years old. 
Nos. 1, 3, 4, 15, 19. 41, 43, one year old. 
Vines two years old. $1.50 each ; $15 per dozen. 
Vines one year, $1 each; $10 per dozen ; $.30 per hundred. 
Also a few hundred strong 2 year old Creveling, $1.50 each. 
EDWARD S. ROGERS, Salem, Mass. 
Beecher'S Patent May 31st, 1864. 
These Baskets are thoroughly ventilated, and when packed 
in Crates, are warranted to transport safely to all markets. 
Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, and all other small 
fruits that are marketable. 
For style, convenience in picking and handling, and for 
profit to Fruit Growers and Commission dealers, tliey liaye 
no equal. 
The First Prize was awarded these Baskets at the 
Horticultural Exhibition of the American Institute, lield at 
Cooper Union.last season , and recommendations from many 
of our most prominent and successful fruit men througliout 
tlie country endorse this decision. 
Baskets and Crates can be Iiad of W. 11. Carpenter, 90 
Vesey-st., N. Y.; C. B. Rogers, 133 Jlarket-st., I’liiladelphia ; 
Richard Cromwell, 46 & 48 Ligbt-st., Baltimore ; and by deal¬ 
ers generally tlirougliont Town and Country. 
Manufactured only by 
A. BEECHER & SONS, 
Wcstvillc, Conn. 
By whom Circulars will be sent on application with stamp. 
MEW STKAWIIEKMIES. 
Great Agriculturist, the largest berry known, 12 berries 
have been produced that weighed one pound, plants $1 per 
dozen; $3 for fifty; $.3 per liumlred, also by the 1000 or 3000, 
at less rates. Id:i, a New Seedling, more productive tban 
AVilson, $2 per dozen; or $10 per hundred. Green Prolific, 
a very large kind, $1 per dozen; $3 per hundred ; $15 per 
thousand. Buffalo, $1 per dozen: $2.50 per hundred; $13 per 
thousand. French’s Seedling, the best early berrv, very 
large, $1.50 per hundred; $10 per thousand. Russell’s Pro¬ 
lific, a great market berry, $1.50 per Imndred; $10 per thous¬ 
and. Lennig’s AVliite, a splendid large white berry, $1 per 
dozen; $3 per hundred. Great Austin, $1.50 per bundred; 
$10 'per thousand. Monitor, Col. Ellsworth, and Brooklyn 
Scarlet, are the three Tribune Prize Berries, for which $3000 
w.as paid, these should he in every good collection, plants 
$1.00 per dozen; $3.00 per lundred; $15 per tlioisand. 
Mead’s Seedling, a m.agnificent new seedling, berries six 
inches in circumference, $3 per dozen. Negro, a new kind, 
nearly black, $1 per dozen. 12 New kinds from France and 
Belgium, all very large, some of them monstrous, $l_perdoz. 
the'”’ varieties, $10. Address AVJI. S. CARI’EN'TER, 
j 136 Eeade-st., New-York. 
Str£iwl>ei’ry 
400,000 Strong and well rooted Russel’s Prolific and French’s 
SeedlinjT Plants, lor sale. Russell’s at $1.00 per luindred': 
French’s at 70 cents per hnndred; 10 per cent, discount of 
1000 plants: 1^0 per cent, discount of 4000 plants. Pellvered 
at James Slip, New-York, without additional charge, or sent 
by mail and postage paid at 50 cents extra. 
SAMUEL HICKS, North Hempstead, (L. I.,) N, Y. 
StraAvtoerry Plants for Sale. 
Downer’s Prolific, French’s Seedling, Cutter's Seedling, 
each $4 per 1000. Other e.xcellent varieties at dillerent prices. 
Liberal discount on large Orders. Price List sent free o;; 
application, SAM’L C. DECOU, Recklesstowii, 
Burlington Co., N. J. 
A.g’ricTxlfni'i.sf 
For sale at $4.50 per 100 plants; $1.00 per dozen, by mail. 
EDWARD MERRITT, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
Agriculturist, $4 per hundred: $30 per thousand. Green 
Prolific, Buffalo, Russell’s. $1.50 per bundred ; $10 per thous¬ 
and. French’s Seedling, Downer’s Prolific, $1 per hundred; 
$5 per thousand. Pi-ice List gratis. 
JOHN CRANE, Union, Union Co, N. J. 
