FAIRBURY NURSERIES, FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA 
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Currants 
A cool, moist location is best for this fruit and for this reason it succeeds admirably 
when planted by a stone wall or fence, being benefited by partial shade. Plant in rows 
four feet apart, and the plants three feet apart in the rows. They should be pruned 
each year, and all dead wood cut from them. Keep them thinned out so that air can 
freely pass through them. Currant worms can be destroyed by the use of hellebore. 
Dissolve an ounce in three gallons of water, and apply with a syringe or small sprinkling 
can. This can be done with a very little expense if performed at the right time. 
Perl 
Per 10 
Per 100 
Cherry, 2 years. 
$0.12 
$1.10 
$10.00 
Victoria, 2 years.... 
.12 
1.10 
10.00 
Red Dutch, 2 years.. 
.12 
1.10 
10.00 
White Dutch, 2 years 
.15 
1.30 
12.00 
White Grape, 2 years 
! .15 
1.30 
12.00 
Perfection, 2 years. . 
.15 
1.30 
12.00 
By parcel post, prepaid, add 4c for each 
vine ordered. 
WHITE GRAPE. The best white currant. 
The bunches are large and full, berries 
large, sweet, of a beautiful translucent 
white and of mild, superior quality; very 
fine for table. Bush grows quite vigorous, 
somewhat spreading, and produces large 
crops. A dependable and very popular va¬ 
riety. 
VICTORIA. Red. Bunches long; berries 
large, of a bright red color and excellent 
quality. A strong grower, extremely hardy. 
The best late variety. 
SEP DUTCH. An old well known stand¬ 
ard variety; berries dark red, mild sub¬ 
acid; one of the most valuable late varie¬ 
ties. 
PERFECTION. This grand new fruit 
was originated by Charles G. Hooker of 
New York, by crossing the Fay’s Prolific 
with the White Grape Currant, with the 
view of combining the large size and color 
of the Fay with the good quality and pro¬ 
ductiveness of the White Grape. The color 
is a bright red; size as large or larger than 
Fay, the cluster averaging longer. The Per¬ 
fection has a long stem, making it easy to 
pick without crushing any of the berries. It 
is a great bearer. The berries are of rich, 
mild flavor, sub-acid, plenty of pulp with 
few seeds. Less acid and of better quality 
than any other currant in cultivation. In 
my garden the Perfection is the best bearer 
with largest berries; the sweetest currant 
I ever tasted, and the easiest to pick. Any¬ 
body can pick a basket of Perfection as 
fast or faster than cherries. 
CHERRY. Red. Bunches very large, ber¬ 
ries sometimes measuring one-half inch in 
diameter. A strong grower and must have 
good cultivation to do well. 
WHITE DUTCH. Cluster 2 to 3 inches 
long, berries medium, translucent, a little 
darker than white grape; quality excellent 
and ripens early, vigorous and productive. 
Blackberries 
SNYDER. Very popular for North and 
Northwest on account of the extreme hardi¬ 
ness. Wonderfully productive, size medium, 
fruit juicy and sweet, without the hard core 
of many sorts; cane remarkably strong 
and thrifty; more largely planted than any 
other of the ironclad varieties. We have a 
heavy demand for them every year. Sea¬ 
son early. 
OREGON EVERGREEN. The Oregon 
Evergreen blackberry is one of the good 
things that have come to stay with us and 
will prove a great boon to all lovers of the 
wholesome and luscious fruit. Everyone 
who has a dooryard or a piece of ground, 
however small, can now have plenty of the 
sweetest and best blackberries at little 
trouble or cost, as this valuable new va¬ 
riety wil thrive and bear immense crops 
of the most luscious fruit wherever it can 
get a foothold in the soil, and any kind of 
trellis, arbor or support for the magnifi¬ 
cent, grape-like vines to run over. The 
Oregon Evergreen blackberry differs from 
all other blackberries in form of its foliage 
and manner of growth. The canes do not 
die in winter like other blackberries, but 
continue to grow and bear year after year 
like a grapevine. The foliage somewhat 
resembles that of the fern and forms a 
remarkably handsome covering for arbors. 
The berries are borne in clusters of four or 
five on a stem, are good sized, fine flavor¬ 
ed, sweet and delicious, either to eat from 
the hand, canning or cooking. They are 
immensely productive. No other black¬ 
berry will bear such heavy crops and con¬ 
tinue fruiting so long in the season. 
ELDORADO. This is the leading com¬ 
mercial variety under cultivation today, 
and long has been considered the most 
profitable variety. Eldorado is a strong, 
upright grower, and perfectly hardy, as it 
produces big crops regularly, even through¬ 
out the nothern states, without winter 
protection. The canes are stocky and free 
from disease. It is one of the most pro¬ 
ductive Blackberries ever grown. Berries 
large, jet black; flavor and quality excel¬ 
lent. Fine commercial variety, as it is a 
fine looking berry and stands up well after 
picking. 
Per 1 Per 10 Per 100 
Snyder .$0.05 $0.40 $3.50 
Eldorado .05 .40 3.50 
Oregon .08 .60 5.00 
By parcel post add 2 cents to each plant 
ordered. 
