1903 
' I I THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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CATALOGUES FOR 1905. 
(Continued.) 
Geo. H. Colvin, Dalton, Pa.—Price list 
of seed potatoes and strawberry plants. 
A small collection of reliable varieties. 
John Liohtfoot, Sherman Heights, 
Tenn.—Price list of strawberry plants. 
Just‘seven varieties, all known to do well 
locally are listed. 
J. II. Tryon, Willoughby, O.—Price list 
of grapevines and small fruits. In addi¬ 
tion to the usual list of varieties there are 
.some useful "dollar collections.” 
J. M. T. Wright Nursery Co., Port¬ 
land, Ind.—Catalogue of nursery stock, 
field and garden seeds; 51 pages. An up- 
to-date list of orchard varieties and seeds. 
F. W. Dixon, Holton, Kansas.—Cata¬ 
logue of small fruit plants; 16 pages. 
About all varieties adapted for general 
cultivation are offered in this neat cata¬ 
logue. 
D. Hill, Dundee, Ill.—Catalogue of ever¬ 
greens and fruit and forest trees; 26 pages. 
One of the best collections of evergreens 
in the country. Many attractive offers are 
made. 
Henry Field, Shenandoah. la.—Cata- 
lo-gue of garden seeds, potatoes, etc.; 32 
pages, many folders and inserts. A very 
business-like catalogue oft'ering reliable 
varieties only. 
II. LiGHTFOOT, Chattanooga, Tenn.—Cat¬ 
alogue of standard strawberries; eight 
pages. All the varieties offered are good 
ones. Preference is given to those of 
known local excellence. 
William Palmer, Grooms, N Y—Price 
list of strawberry plants. Mr. Palmer 
knows how to grow line strawberries, and 
has originated some excellent varieties. 
Ills list is good and safe. 
It. M. Keli.ogg, Three Rivers, Mich.— 
■•Great crops of strawberries.” An inter¬ 
esting catalogue of strawberry plants, and 
a valuable mine of information concern¬ 
ing berry culture and plant physiology. 
C. E. Whitten, Bridgman, Mich.—Cata¬ 
logue of small fruit plants; 30 pages. 
Quite original in its make-up. There are 
e.xcellent cultural instructions and full de¬ 
scriptive matter concerning the different 
varieties. 
Edward F. Dibble, Honeoye Falls, N. 
V.—Catalogue of northern-grown potatoes 
and field seeds; 20 pages, illustrated. This 
is a very neat catalogue, offering reliable 
varieties. The new White 20th Century 
oats is the great leader. 
il. F. Burt, Taunton, Mass.—Price list 
of Dahlias; eight pages, illustrated. Mr. 
Burt is an expert, and lists a bewildering 
collection of this popular flowering plant. 
Gver 300 varieties are described. 
J. Bolgiano & Son, Baltimore, Md.— 
Catalogue of garden and farm seeds; 55 
Itages, colojed cover, representing vege¬ 
table novelties. A specialty is made of 
market garden seeds adapted to the great 
trucking regions near Baltimore. 
M. Crawford Co.. Cuyahoga Falls, O.— 
Strawberry plants and Gladiolus bulbs; 20 
liages. A most valuable selection of straw¬ 
berry varieties is offered with Mr. Craw¬ 
ford's usual terse and original descriptions. 
Merits and defects of the new kinds are 
treated w,ith absolute impartiality. 
Frank Finch, Clyde, N. Y.-Catalogue 
of garden seeds and seed potatoes; 20 
pages. The Twentieth Century potato is 
the leading novelty. It is a vigorous, pro¬ 
ductive white-skinned variety of good 
ciuality. The vines are claimed to be al¬ 
most insect and blight-proof. 
Arthur J. Collins, Moorestown, N. J.— 
Catalogue of Pleasant Valley Nurseries; 
26 pages, well illustrated. Nut. fruit and 
ornamental trees and plants. The fruit 
collection is very good, and in addition, 
many of the most promising varieties of 
nuts are offered in grafted and seedling 
trees. 
Griffith & Turner, Baltimore, Md.— 
Farm and garden supplies; 150 pages. An 
immense collection of requisites for the 
farm and garden is illustrated in this large 
catalogue. The seed and plant department 
occuiiies about one-third of the space, the 
remainder being given to countle.ss me¬ 
chanical appliances useful in country 
places. 
Harry N. Hammond Seosd Co.. Bay City, 
Mich.—Catalogue of field and garden seeds; 
t»2 pages. A very large collection offered 
by an enterprising firm. There are many 
specialties, particularly among potatoe.s. 
Everything is lauded in the most unspar¬ 
ing manner, and it is difficult to make a 
judicious selection. 
Myer & Son, Bridgeville, Del.—Fruit 
trees and plants; 18 pages. Colored cover. 
This little catalogue offers an excellent 
collection of up-to-date fruits. The Bril¬ 
liant raspberry is claimed to be brighter 
even than Miller Red and ripens up its 
crop mucli faster. The Premo dewberry 
is pushed as the earliest and most profit¬ 
able of its class. 'Phere are other new 
fruits seldom listed by nurseries. 
John W. Hall, Marion Station, Md.—Cat¬ 
alogue of berry plants and second crop 
seed potatoes; 32 pages. The leading nov¬ 
elty is the Oliver Pride strawberry, pro¬ 
ducing Immense crops of large brilliant 
red berries, held well from the ground, 
ripening all together a few days after 
Michel. A good collection of standard 
strawberries and potatoes is offered. 
T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va.— 
Guide for the farm and garden; 76 pages. 
Colored cover. Garden, flower and agricul¬ 
tural seeds. There is a very fine collection 
of forage and economical plants. The 
Iron cow pea, resistant to root-knot and 
wilt disease, and the New Era cow pea, 
early and quick growing, for northern sec¬ 
tions, are among the good things offered. 
Ij. L. Olds, Clinton, Wls.—Catalogue of 
farm and garden seeds; 40 pages. Farm 
.seeds, grains and pota.toes are great 
specialties. Two new potatoes are offered 
as remarkably promising. Vornehm was 
grown from seed of a European variety 
and is claimed to be of the very highest 
quality, and has yielded nearly 300 bushels 
an acre under ordinary field culture. The 
Clinton is strong and vigorous, free from 
blight and an enormous yielder. 
Titus Nursery, Nemaha, Neb.—How to 
Grow Fruit; 24 pages, brilliant colored 
plate of Virginia Beauty apple. Good in¬ 
structions for orchard planting and a fine 
list of fruit and ornamental trees and 
plants. Some varieties are offered that we 
have not noticed elsewhere, such as the 
Russell peach. Tecumseh plum and the 
old Little Red Romanlte apple, valuable in 
every family orchard, as it keeps until all 
other apples are gone, then ripens into ex¬ 
cellent eating quality. 
QTDAU/DEDQY Dl AMTQ—I’«i'e“Oandy rilzej’tho 
olnAVVDLnnl rLAniO bestmarket berry; large 
and tine. More money in the tJaiidy Prize than any 
oth(*r. A splendid shipper. $3.50 per 1.000 WATKIS & 
NICHOLSON, IjakeviewGreenhon.se, Haminonton,N.J 
A NEW STRAWBERRY. 
Estimated yield 700 bu. per acre. 
Netted 0400.00 per acre for us. Beau¬ 
tiful, round as an orange, large, 
good quality. 75 other varieties. 
Slany new Raspberries, Blackber¬ 
ries and other fruits, especially 
some new apples. Our new Cata¬ 
logue tells all about it. Sent free. 
W. N, SCARFF, 
New Cerllele, _ Ohio. 
THE MINUTE MAN 
srra-A.’WBEH.n.Y 
is the most productive berry yet introduced. 
Give it a trial this year. 
We also have 30 other varieties. Our prices are 
right; our plants are right. Give us a trial order. 
Price list sent on aiiplication. 
Box670. GEORGE F. WHEELER, Concord, Mass. 
Olive’s Pride. 
This grand new strawberry contains more points of 
excellence than any other variety. 40 other varieties 
of choice plants. My plants are as good as the best. 
My 33 page free catalogue tells you all about these 
strawberries and about my second-crop seed potatoes, 
etc. J. W. HALIj. Marion Station, Md. 
Strawberry Plants 'r 
We will ship the following collection for the 
GARDKN by express (receiver to pay charges): 
350 Michel (Karly) 
350 Lady Thoinp.son (Mediums 
350 Excelsior (Earliest) 
~r>0 All plants are strong, healthy, 
true to name. Address 
.lOHN LIGHTFOOT, Sherman Heights, Tenn. 
THE VERY FINEST 
Straw 
Rasp 
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Goose 
Grapes 
AND 
Currants 
in the world are grown from plants sent out by 
me—for thirty years a small fruit specialist. 
Beautiful, illustrated catalogue of 50 pages, giv¬ 
ing honest descriptions of varieties—some to be 
had of no one else—fair prices and replete with 
valuable hints on culture, free to everybody. 
J.T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 
FREE! 
My new Illustrated Catalogue of shade, fruit and 
evergreen tre(‘s, flowering slirubs, etc., wholesale 
])rices. Save agents’ commissions. Buy direct from 
the Nursery. I pay the freight. EUGENE U. 
I’OTEKSON, Montrose Nurseries, Montrose, N. Y. 
400,000 TREES 
and PLANTS at Wholesale Prices. Appie, Pear, 
Cherry and Peach trees. $8.(X) per 100. Cat. Kkke. 
UELIANCE NURSERY. Box 10, Geneva, N. Y. 
Cherry Pectoral 
“I had a very bad cough for three 
years. Then I tried Ayer’s Cherry Pec¬ 
toral, My sore lungs were soon healed 
and my cough dropped away.” 
Mrs. Pearl Hyde, Guthrie Centre, la. 
Doctors first prescribed this grand medicine over sixty 
years ago. They use it today more than ever. They rely 
upon it for colds, coughs of all kinds, bronchitis, con¬ 
sumption. They will tell you how it heals inflamed lungs 
and strengthens weak throats. AU druggisu; Low^rMass! 
Strawberry Plants gI-SI i 
None Better. Price, $3.00 up. 43 Varieties. Free 
Catalogue. R. C. B. Leghorn and Red Cap Fowls. 
IJIEAIj fruit CO., Eleroy, III. 
Two New Strawberries 
We are introducing this season two new straw- 
henries, “Early Hathaway’’ and "Ijouis Hubach". 
They will Irecome leaders. Address the originators, 
lfUB.4CH & IIATIIAW'AY, .ludKonia, .4rk. 
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It is our purpose this spring to show to the fruit growers of 
the country the superiority of the trees we grow. The 
purpose was conceived several years ago. We have 
had an eye single to it ever since in pro¬ 
ducing the present stock of trees. 
Harrisoiv’s Fruit Trees 
Stand Superior to All OtKers 
wherever they go. They are the product of right methods of propa¬ 
gating and a favored climate. The present stock is of unusual ex¬ 
cellence. We want every apple grower to know its merits bv placing 
an order, large or small, with us this spring. It must make for better 
orchards auci will tell for years to come. The trees range from 3}4 to 
6 feet high, every oi\e guaranteed on a whole root, strong, well 
branched roots, smooth, clean, vigorous, and free from disease. 
All Seasons’ Apples 
are included, over KXI varieties, everything worth growing. The 
following are but samples of the long list: 
AnnlAc Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, Summer Rambo, Red 
rtppiCS. June. Early Harvest, Golden Sweet, Early Strawberry. 
Maiden’s Blush, Gravenstein, Fall Rambo, 
Duchess of Oldenberg. 
Fallawater, Haas, 
Fall Apples. 
W«f\iAr Annlr^c Jonathan, King, Limber Twig,Missouri Pippin,Northern Spy, 
’^ **'*^* YV. Greening, Rome Beauty, Stark, Scott’s Winter, 
Smith's Cider, Tallman Sweet, Wine Sap, Willow Twig, etc. 
All our trees are in the pink of condition for present planting. They are absolutely 
true to name. Having grown them specially to demonstrate tliat our nurseries do pro¬ 
duce superior stock, we earnestly solicit a trial order from all iiuarters. 
0\ir Methods of Packing 
Trees will be fresh dug and roots preserved, properly packed and promptly sliipped. 
We Gviararvtee Absolutely Safe 
Delivery ArvywKere In tKe V. S. 
Also headquarters for Peach and Kieft'er Pear 
Trees, Strawberry Plants, Asparagus Roots.etc. 
ir'ri/e to-Jay /or Free Special Atfle Tree List. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES, 
Box 29, Berlin, Md. 
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FRUIT TREES Agents Wanted. 
and PLANTS. free catalogue. 
CHATTA. NURSERIES, 
Chuttiliiooica, Tenn. 
All stock healthy, free from disease and true to 
name. It is a well-known fact that nursery slock 
grown ill the clay soils of this section does heitei 
than from either farther South or North. 
Get good trees, true to name, buying direct of the grower of trees. Plant the best varie¬ 
ties. Locate orchard with care and do not neglect it. We offer for sale 750,000 apple, cherry, 
peach and other orchard trees, and millions of small fruit plants, grape vines, roses, etc. Our 
new catalogue is double the ordinary size. We give one new Thanksgiving Prune tree (worth 
$ 1 . 50 ) free with each early order of ^ 5 . 00 . Our specialties are: Apple, i 6 c.; Peach, 12 c.; 
Cherry, 15 c.; Small Fruit Plants, Roses, Vines. lOO-page catalogue free. 2 new Red Cross 
Currants mailed for 10 c. Secrets of Fruit Growing, 150 photos, loc. Copy Green’s Fruit 
Grower free. Good salary 
paid for work at home. 
GREEN’S NURSERY CO., ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
