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Valdesian Nurseries, Bostic, North Carolina 
Blackberries Raspberries 
The Crop That Will Make You 
Money—Quick 
Blackberries or dewberries make the best 
paying crops—five acres in berries will earn 
as much as 40 acres in corn or wheat, with 
less than one-eiglith the upkeep or labor. Try 
out one-fourth, or better still, one acre; plant 
in rows or “hill fashion.” Plant in rows 3 
feet apart in your orchard. Make every foot 
of ground pay. Berries bring good prices and 
will go still higher. 
Early Harvest—The first to ripen—a most 
productive early bearer. Fruit medium size, 
roundish-oblong. Flesh tender, juicy mild and 
of good quality. The very early variety. 
Snyder—Extremely hardy, enormously pro¬ 
ductive, medium size, no hard, sour core. Easy 
to pick, fruit in clusters, mostly on top like 
raspberries. 
Eldorado—Very vigorous and hardy endur¬ 
ing the winters of the Northwest Avithout in¬ 
jury, and their yield is enormous. The berries 
are large, jet black, borne in clusters, and ripen 
well together; they are very SAveet, melting and 
pleasing to the taste; haA r e no hard core. 
Rathbun—Berries A r ery large; SAveet, luscious: 
have no core and are firm enough to ship and 
handle AA'ell ; canes make a strong erect growth, 
yielding fine crops. 
Each Per 10 Per 100 
Price, strong plants.$ .15 $1.00 $6.00 
Dewberries 
Plant in roAA r s six feet apart, three feet dis¬ 
tant in the rows, keep the soil melloAV and 
•clean. 
Eucretia—The very best of the deAvberry fam¬ 
ily. Berries are far larger and incomparably 
better than any blackberry; of unequalled ex¬ 
cellence. The Eucretia Dewberry has received 
the highest praise from the best horticulturists 
in the country. Hardy, a great bearer, fruit 
large, black and glossy, without hard core and 
very delicious. Itipens early. 
Each Per 10 Per 100 
Price, strong plants.$ .15 $1.00 $5.00 
Raspberries are one of the most delicious and 
popular fruits groAvn, are easily cultivated and 
require little care. Cut out old and Aveak roots 
each year. Plant in good soil in hills about 4 
feet apart. With a little care and attention 
they will produce large crops of berries. In 
large plantings it is advisable to plant them 
thickly the same as hedge row. 
Cumberland—The largest of all the black¬ 
caps ; coal black berries; very firm and quality 
of the A r ery best; excellent shipper. Bush a 
strong grower, stocky canes and unusually pro¬ 
lific. Mid-season. 
Price, strong Each Per 10 Per 100 
plants $ .20 $1.00 $5.00 
St. Regis—Earliest of all, wonderfully pro¬ 
lific; it equals most blackcap varieties; gives a 
crop of fruit all summer and autumn, fruiting 
on old canes in generous quantities until late 
in August, Avhen berries begin to ripen on 
young canes. Berries bright crimson, of large 
size and surpassing quality; canes, stocky, 
strong growth with abundance of dark green, 
leathery leaA T es. It succeeds upon all soils, 
AA T hether light and sandy or cold, heavy clay, 
and canes are absolutely hardy. 
Price, strong Each Per 10 Per 100 
plants .$ .15 $1.00 $6.00 
Strawberries 
ProgressiA'e EAerbearing — Is without doubt 
the best everbearing strawberry plant in culti¬ 
vation. The leading strawberry growers of the 
country agree upon this. It is the only one of 
the everbearing varieties that does Avell in the 
South. Though it is not a good shipping va¬ 
riety, but for home use and local market it is 
superior to any other sort. It is a good plant 
maker and aauII yield fruit the first year, that 
is truly wonderful. Berries of medium size, 
smooth and good color, a single plant often 
producing a hundred berries in one season. 
We believe it will produce more berries with 
less care than any other sort. No lover of 
strawberries should fail to plant at least a few 
rows of this variety. 
Per 100 Per 500 Per 1000 
Price ...$1.50 $6.00 $10.00 
liy All Means plant acclimated A T arieties that 
are best adapted for our climate. We list the 
kinds that do best in the South and East. You 
know the country is Hooded Avith advertise¬ 
ments that list many kinds of berries that are 
not adapted to this part of the country. 
Excelsior — Earliest 
berry in cultivation. Me¬ 
dium size, flesh firm, rich 
and red, rather tart, but 
is an unequaled shipper. 
Largely raised in the 
South for the Northern 
markets. Plants \ T ery pro- 
ductive. Perfect. Extra 
early. 
12 100 1000 
Price, Common sorts 
strong 
plants ...50c $1.25 $6.00 
Improved Eady Thomp¬ 
son—This variety has been 
grown world wide in great 
variety of soils, and it 
seems to succeed quite 
well. It is early, very 
large, and quite produc_ 
tive. 
12 100 1000 
50c $1.25 $6.00 
Can also supply Ivlon- 
dyke and Aroma. 
Residence of Mr. O. E. Thomas, Forest City, N. C 
Showing banking for all year beauty. 
