Berries-Asparagus 
The Linn Comity Nurseries 
STRAWBERRIES 
The Blakemore Strawberry introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
is gaining in favor. The fruit has good size, color, and firmness; excellent quality 
for canning, and is easy to pick and hull. The plants are extra vigorous and pro¬ 
ductive, and do best on heavier soils. 
The Dunlap is the old standby; it is good for all purposes and succeeds under 
most conditions. 
The Progressive is our favorite Fall Bearing variety. It is unexcelled in quality, 
very productive and has good size, if growing conditions are good. 
Plant new beds each year in rows 4 feet apart and 18 inches in the row. 
PRICES— Per 10 Per 1000 
Dunlap and Blakemore _$1.00 $ 8.00 
Progressive, fall bearing _ 2.00 15.00 
ASPARAGUS 
This is one of the first spring vegetables ready to use, and one of the most whole¬ 
some of them. Plant it along the fence and plant it by the hundred rather than by 
the dozen. 
Martha Washington (Rust Proof). 
PRICES— Per 10 
Two-year plants, heavy _$0.40 
One-year plants _ .30 
Per 100 Per 1000 
$3.50 $20.00 
2.00 10.00 
RHUBARB 
Rhubarb, like Asparagus, should be planted in rich soil where it need not be 
disturbed, and will produce a great lot of wholesome food with a minimum amount 
of work. Heavy clumps of it may be forced in the furnace room in winter if they 
are dug in the fall and allowed to freeze hard before taking in. 
PRICES— Each Per 10 Per 100 
Heavy roots ___$0.20 $1.50 $10.00 
Light divisions _, v _ .15 1.00 6.00 
NUT TREES 
TRANSPLANTING. Nut trees are hand-dug and usually have long, deep roots. 
They are not difficult to transplant if the top is cut back, and roots are protected 
from unnecessary exposure, the holes are dug deep enough to avoid crowding the 
roots, and mellow, moist top soil is tamped very firmly about them. Painting the 
cut ends and entire top with a very thin coat of melted paraffine at the time of 
planting will prevent desiccation and help greatly should the tree be slow in start¬ 
ing, as will also a mulching or dust mulch about the tree to conserve soil moisture. 
CIONS. Very often young seedling trees are available which can be top-grafted 
to the better varieties, and bearing trees produced very quickly. For such work 
cions of many varieties not listed can be supplied, and a list of them will be sent 
upon application. 
BLACK WALNUTS. The steadily decreasing number of walnut trees and in¬ 
creasing use of walnut for interior finishing and furniture assures a good future mar¬ 
ket for walnut logs. Many a tree will bring enough to buy an acre of ground about 
it, or even several acres, for they may be grown on bottom land which overflows. 
For the production of timber alone, seedling trees could be used, but would be less 
uniform in growth than grafted trees, and for the production of nuts, all would be 
inferior and some have no value at all. The grafted kinds are well worth planting 
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