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u profit, and a source of the most healthful and delicious food supply juiy* family can have. He ginning with 
the Strawberry in May, the supply is never exhausted until the last winter Apples have gone. Juneherries, 
Cherries, Raspberries, Wineherries, Currants, lilackbcrrics, 1*1 ums, Reaches, Pears, Grapes, etc., follow suc¬ 
cessively. They save expense, are luscious and convenient, and any place well stocked with fruits always 
finds a ready sale at a good price; they enhance its value often many times in excess of its cost. 
We have for years made a specialty of Choice l'ruit Novelties and have introduced nearly all of the lead¬ 
ing ones for ten years past. The varieties here offered are all of recent introduction, and each and every one 
possesses great merit. The trees here offered are young and thrifty and will make a very rapid growth and 
bear nuiekly. When fruit trees or shrubs are received before they can In- planted they may be safely kept for 
any length of time by having the roots packed in boxes of moist soil and stored in a cool cellar or shed. It is- 
important to order fruit trees early * that they may - be planted out before the foliage starts. 
At prices named we send strong, robust young stock by * mail, postpaid, but by express we can send much 
larger trees, especially* Peaches, Apples, Plums, etc. Strawberries, Raspberries, Dewberries, Grapes , etc., 
arc of course as well sent by mail as by express, as far as size is concerned. Our fruit stock is all vigorous and 
healthy, and whether y*ou have it sent by mail or express it will be sure to please you by its rapid and vigorous 
growth and early* bearing. HV* have no San Jose Scale. See Certificate of last year. 
Choice Strawberries. 
Of all the fruits known to cultivation the Strawberry is 
conceded to be the most luscious, and is a universal favorite; 
yet it is not grown by one-half the people who might grow it 
just as well as not. It is but a few hours' work to plant a 
Strawberry bed and care for it during the year, and no work 
can possibly yield a better return. Strawberries bought in 
the market are not to be compared with the luscious ruby 
beauties, fresh and ripe from the vines. The following are 
the very best varieties in cultivation- the cream of all in¬ 
cluding extra early, medium and late sorts: 
Shuckless It is not often that we have a more important 
novelty to introduce than (his. It is a thorough depar¬ 
ture from the general run of Strawberries, differing from 
all others in one most important respect, and in this 
point lies its great value, and we are sure our readers 
will appreciate it when we say that in picking the fruit 
the berry parts from the calyx something like, the Rasp¬ 
berry, thus avoiding the ' *ksome task of hulling them 
before they can be placed upon the table. The hull re¬ 
mains upon the stem. This one point should, and we be¬ 
lieve will, make this the most popular berry for home 
gardens that has yet been introduced. Aside from this 
advantage, the berry is of large size, beautiful color, of 
rich, sweet flavor and a hardy, robust grower, producing 
one of the largest crops of all berries. Everyone who 
loves and cultivates St rawherries, must, of course, have 
this variety, if only a. few plants to grow a stock from. 
50c. per doz.; $2.00 per 100; $15 per l.OOu. 
Meeks Early— This is a most important new berry, inas¬ 
much as it is the EAmu kst and hf.st of all early varie¬ 
ties. It is a good week ahead of any other in ripening, 
and it is also of large size, fine quality and very produc¬ 
tive. No other early variety can compare with it, and it 
must find its way to every collection. 50c. per dozen; 
$2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1.000. 
Mlneola -For a general all-around Strawberry, we believe 
this to be the finest variety in cultivation. It originated 
on Long Island and has been cultivated here for ten or a 
dozen years by a few growers, and was first introduced 
into general cult ivation by us last year. The fruit is of 
very large size and exceedingly sweet and luscious in 
quality, in this respect surpassing any other variety. It. 
is a most vigorous grower, its foliage being of great size 
and wonderfully healthy and luxuriant. The fruit is 
borne on tall stems which hold them well up from the 
sand and dirt below . The berries are perfect in shape, 
beautiful in color, enormous in size and exceedingly pro¬ 
lific, succeeding well on al 1 soils. Either as a market, 
home or exhibition berry it is par excellence. Could we 
grow hut one variety this would be our choice. Fine 
plants, 50c. per dozen; $2.00 per 100; $15.00 p« r l.(XK). 
Ocean City A new berry of wonderful value. Its great 
points of value are, enormous size, surpassing almost any 
other known sort, and enormously productive. Unlike 
all large berries, which are usually shy hearers, this one 
is very prolific. Tn beauty it has no equal, and always 
brings a larger price in market than any other. It is a 
lmrdy and vigorous grower, supposed to he a cross be¬ 
tween Wilson and Sharpless. From what we know of it 
we believe it is a variety of pronounced value. Fine 
plants, 00c. per dozen; $2.00 per 100; $10.00 per 1 , 000 . 
SPECIAL OFFER. 
4 s ?tr plant* each of the above four tinrxt Straicherries for 
$ 1 . 00 ; 12 plant* each for $ 1 J> 0 ; loo plant h each for $8.00. This i* 
the 8nc*t collection of Strawberries it in possible to have. 
