A Brand New Blue Ribbon Raspberry 
Introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture 
The Potomac is being introduced because the stock is 
free from Mosaic, it is hardier, more resistant to common 
diseases, more vigorous and productive, and better suited to 
canning and preserving than present purple varieties. It 
has been hardy wherever tested and appears to be adapted 
to a wide range of climatic conditions. It makes a very 
vigorous, erect cane growth, especially the 
first year, and almost a full crop has 
been harvested under favorable conditions 
the second summer after planting. It is 
one of the very few raspberry varieties 
from which jelly may be made without 
the addition of pectin. 
Hybrid between Farmer Black and 
Newman Red with that extraordinary 
vigor and fruitfulness sometimes dis¬ 
played by hybrids. Potomac is adapted 
either to the red or black raspberry coun¬ 
try and that means either to the north or 
the south and even over on the Pacific 
Coast, in Oregon, it has also given the 
same outstanding performance. 
Most Productive of All 
Raspberry Varieties 
A fruiting row of Cumberland along¬ 
side of Potomac showed 10 to 12 berries 
on a lateral as compared with an average 
of 20 to 25 berries on a lateral of Po¬ 
tomac ; and besides, the Potomac has 
many more canes and many more laterals 
than Cumberland. Counting the berries in 
a heaped quart of the two varieties, 360 
berries of the Potomac filled the measure, 
while 400 were required for a quart of 
large size Cumberland. 
Here are the reasons why Potomac is an out¬ 
standing variety. 
1. It bids fair to become the heaviest yielding 
of all raspberries. 
2. Comparable to Latham Red in size and 
firmness of fruit. 
3. Quality is excellent—making an excellent 
jelly without the addition of pectin and making 
a jam supreme. 
4. Vigorous, healthy growth exceptionally re¬ 
sistant to Anthracnose and Leaf Spot and to our 
knowledge it has never shown any traces of the 
Mosaic diseases, 
5. Potomac is far better than any other purple 
raspberry we have ever grown. 
Price, POTOMAC 1-yr. Plants, 25c each; $1-50 per 12; $2.50 per 25 postpaid; $H.OO per lOo by express. 
COLUMBIAN 
CARDINAL 
The leading commercial variety in the Great Lakes section. Midseason, vigorous, 
and productive. Berries dark, fairly firm; rich sprightly flavor. 
The most satisfactory purple for central Ohio and south. Price, Columbian and 
Cardinal, $1.00 per 12, postpaid; $3.00 per 100: $25.00 per 1000. 
Famous Whitesbog 
Delicious in Flavor—Profitable—Very Ornamental 
Large clusters of sapphire blueberries; plump, tender, prac¬ 
tically seedless, the size of grapes and far superior to the wild 
Blueberries in flavor. 
They are easy to grow. They beg to be eaten—fresh with 
cream or in any of the multitude of ways in which wild Blue¬ 
berries are served. 
DELIGHTFULLY ORNAMENTAL No shrub is of greater beauty 
the year round than the Blueberry. During the summer the 
foliage is a deep, rich satiny green, and against this background 
hang clusters of berries royal in their magnificence. The leaves 
are crimson and a bronze in autumn and twigs red in winter. 
In the spring are the pink buds and the white flower bells. 
Price, strong plants, finest varieties developed by U. S. Dep’t 
of Agriculture, $1.00 each; $15.00 per 10. postpaid. 
Two plants should be set to insure cross pollination. We 
will supply two varieties when more than one plant is ordered. 
Whitesbog Blueberries prefer an acid soil containing an 
abundance of peat or other partially rotted vegetable matter. 
They also need a moderate supply of moisture and good 
drainage. If your soil is not already acid this condition may 
be created easily by mixing with the surface soil and a lib¬ 
eral quantity of peaty material such as acid peat, partially 
rotted leaves, pine needles, sawdust or chip dirt from an old 
wood pile. A surface mulch of leaves or straw each year is 
also beneficial to hold an even soil moisture. 
Blueberries 
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