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Monarch of the West. 
a delicate aroma ; of first quality, color clear, light red, 
with a smooth, shining surface. 40 cents per 10; $2.50 
per 100. 
Monarch of the West.—This is a well tested and 
truly worthy variety ; will grow on most any good soil; 
stands drought and wet; berry very large, firm and of 
most delicious quality. 40 cents per 10 ; 82.50 per 100. 
Crescent Seedling.—(p) Large, conical, quite uni¬ 
form in size and shape ; bright scarlet, moderately firm, a 
remarkable grower, and considered the most productive 
variety known, one grower having picked 346 bushels to 
the acre : will bear more neglect than any other, taking 
entire possession of the ground to the exclusion of weeds. 
It appears alike at home in all soils. 40 cents per 10; 
$2.50 per 100. 
Seth Boyden.—A very general favorite ; medium 
early, large size, bright crimson, firm, juicy, rich, and 
immensely productive. 40 cents per 10; $2.50 per 100. 
Chas. Downing.—Fruit medium to large, conical, 
deep scarlet, fine llavor, productive. 40 cents per 10; 
$2.50 per too. 
Jucunda.—A strawberry of the largest size, high 
color, holding its fruit well up on the vines ; brings the 
highest price in market. 40 cents per 10; $2.50 per too. 
f 55 r "\Ve will send two plants each of the eleven vari¬ 
eties of strawberries named above, which may justly be 
considered the cream of the new strawberries of the past 
season, for $1.50 ; we will send one-half dozen plants of 
each of the above, for $3.25 ; or one dozen of each kind, 
for $6.00. 
NEW STRAWBERRIES. 
Pioneer.— Very early, of large size, bright red, 
flesh firm and of excellent quality. 40 oents per 10.; 
82.50 per 100. 
Iowa Prolific.—A new variety from Iowa, large and 
prolific, and of good quality. 40 cents per 10 ; $2.50 per 
100. 
Marvin.—A cross of Jucunda with Wilson, resem¬ 
bling to a certain extent both, although distinct from 
either; a berry of extraordinary promise, being one of 
the very latest in ripening. 10 cents each ; $1.20per 12 
Miner’s Great Prolific.—Large to very large ; deep 
crimson, strong grower, and so enormously prolific that 
the fruit is literally heaped about the plants. 10 cents 
each ; $1.00 per 12. 
Essex Beauty.—One of the early varieties ; fruit 
firm, very large, cone shaped ; crimson, exceedingly 
handsome. 10 cents ca^h ; $1.00 per 12. 
Duncan.—A large, early variety of delicious flavor, 
making it especially valuable for home use. 10 cents 
each ; $1.00 per 12. 
Seneca Chief.—Very large, conical; dark crimson ; 
firm, very good, late ; productive and vigorous. 4© 
cents per 10 ; $2.50 per 100. 
Other Varieties of Strawberries that have 
been Fully Tested. 
Price, 30 cents per 10; $2.00 per 100. 
Agriculturist (p).—Splendid berry of large size and 
good flavor. 
Col. Cheeney (p).—Large, roundish ovate; bright 
scarlet ; flesh rather firm ; fine quality. 
Dr. Warder.—Large, showy ; productive ; of ex¬ 
quisite flavor. 
Green Prolific (p).—Fruit large, of fine scarlet color; 
very productive. 
Kentucky.—A strong, vigorous, productive variety, 
bearing its berries well up from the ground ; fruit large, 
bright scarlet ; firm, juicy, rich and sweet. 
Michigan Seedling.—Ripens a week to ten days 
later than Wilson’s. 
Nicanor.—Plants vigorous and productive; berries 
fair size, bright scarlet. 
President W i 1 d e r.—Plant a vigorous, healthy 
grower, very productive ; fruit large, roundish, quite 
regular, bright crimson scarlet, firm, juicy, sweet and 
rich. 
Russell’s Prolific (p).—Large size, pretty firm, good 
flavor, less acid than Wilson’s. 
Sterling (p).—New ; highly recommended both for 
family use and market. 
Star of the West.—Bright deep red color, smooth, 
flesh firm, good quality. 
Wilson’s Seedling.—One of the most productive 
and profitable varieties for market culture. 
NEWER STRAWBERRIES. 
ALL POSSESSING SOME POINTS OF MERIT. 
Price, 40 cents per 10 ; $2.50 per hundred. 
Black Defiance. -A splendid sort, one of the best; 
very large; fine, perfect form, and fine flavor; a luxuri¬ 
ant grower, and productive. 
Capt. Jack.—A most vigorous grower, healthy and 
( productive ; berries large, handsome and solid. 
Cumberland Triumph.—A magnificent variety ; 
berries immense, fine, perfect form, and of fine flavor; 
plant very vigorous and productive. 
Duchesse of Edinburgh. — Recommended very 
highly as one of the very largest and best. 
Forest Rose.—A variety of great excellence, of large 
size and handsome. A very luscious berry, somewhat 
resembling the Jucunda in color and texture. Plants 
very vigorous and productive. 
Great American.—The plants and berries of this 
are prodigious. Single berries have been exhibited 
measuring nine inches in circumference. It ripens late, 
after most varieties are gone. 
EVERGREENS. 
In the following list we quote only such sizes of Ever¬ 
greens as can be sent by mail. 
Norway Spruce.— When planted alone on the lawn 
makes a majestic pyramid of living green from base to 
summit ; perfectly hardy to withstand the severest cold 
of our northern winters or the greatest heat of summer. 
Unrivaled as a screen or wind-break. No evergreen 
excels it in safety of transplanting, in close, compact 
habit of growth, and in endurance of close pruning from 
year to year without injury. 2 years, 3 to 4 inches, 25 
cents per 10; $1.25 per 100; 4 years. 6 to 8 inches, 10 
cents each ; 50 cents per 10 ; $3.00 per xoo. 
American Arbor Vitae.—A hardy, pyramidal tree; 
when grown singly and properly sheared, a handsome 
object; planted closely, it makes a compact and beauti¬ 
ful hedge of light green. 4 to 6 inches xo cents each; 
50 cents per 10 ; $4.00 per xoo. 
• Arbor Vit«, (Golden).—A beautiful variety of the 
Chinese, compact and globular in form ; color a lively 
yellowish green ; not quite hardy at the north ; should 
be planted in a shaded situation. 4 to 6 inches $1.00. 
