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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
I Childs’ Golden Japanese Mayberry. 
■ This most remarkable fruit grows in sturdy tree form, 
j six to eight feet high and ripens its fruit before Strawber- 
! ries. a month before the earliest Raspberries. The bushes 
are distinct from other berries, with spreading, tree-like 
i tops, large, bell-shaped, pendulous blossoms, which hang 
along the entire length of the branches in pairs or triplets 
These large, handsome blossoms are followed by great ber 
ries which are of a golden-yellow color, and in quality sweet 
and luscious beyond description. It is not a wild or native 
berry of any country, but a Hybrid raised by Luther Bur¬ 
bank, from Japanese species. 
PRICE Strong, two-year-old plants, from open ground, 15c. 
each ; 4 for 50c.; 10 for $1.00; 25 for $2.00. 
Tree Straw’berry, 
Or Strawberry-Raspberry. 
The Largest and Most Beautiful Berry - in the World, 
and the Most Productive and Easily r Grown. 
This is one of the most unique and at the same time the 
largest and most beautiful berry of any kind that has yet 
appeared before the public. It comes to us from Japan, and 
is of the Raspberry family, though in many respects it re¬ 
sembles a Strawberry, growing on a bush two feet high. The 
plant is entirely hardy in any location, ami a most prolific 
yielder, ripening an enormous crop of fruit in July and Aug¬ 
ust. and more or less all the time up to November. In qual¬ 
ity the fruit is called good, though not so finely flavored as 
either the Strawberry or Raspberry, but quite as good as 
most Blackberries. It is very fine when cooked, and makes 
a jelly which has a unique flavor and is superior to the jelly 
of any other fruit. In habit of growth the plant is distinct 
from both the fruits named. The root is perennial, throw¬ 
ing up numerous strong branching shoots, which are covered 
with its large, beautiful berries the whole summer, from 
early in July until freezing weather, rendering it a perpet¬ 
ual bearer. The canes or shoots die to the earth in winter, 
new ones being thrown up the following spring, which begin 
blooming and setting fruit at once. The foliage is light 
green in color, bright, clean, cheerful and pleasing, and ex¬ 
empt from attacks of all insects and diseases. The berries 
are globular, slightly oblong in form, monstrous in size, a 
rich, glossy, ruby red color, sweet and melting and of such 
transparent beauty as to cause everyone to shout with 
amazement upon first seeing a plant in bearing. The blos¬ 
soms, too, should not be overlooked. They resemble in ap¬ 
pearance single roses (the petals being cupped) snow white 
in color, and are deliciously fragrant. As these exquisite 
flowers are produced constantly from early spring until 
autumn, the plant is well worthy of cultivation if it pro¬ 
duced nothing bur flowers. This berry is so hardy and vig¬ 
orous that it may be planted in any waste or out of the way 
place, along fences, etc., where it will naturalize, take care 
of itself and boar enormously as a wild berry. The past 
season we gathered thirty bushels of berries from three 
i owe. each «wx) feet. long. Strong plants, 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 
7 for $1.00; 15 for $2.00; 30 for $3.00. Seed, 15c. per pkt. 
