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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Gooseberries. 
This is a berry which in England holds first place, and is 
more extensively grown than any other small fruit, except 
mg only the Strawberry. It is not grown in this country to 
the extent it ought to be, mainly owing we judge to the poor 
quality of the varieties in general cultivation. The follow- 
mg varieties will be found to be great ly superior to others. 
Industry— A Gooseberry of strong vigorous growth, free¬ 
dom from mildew or other diseases, and large, hand¬ 
some fruit of delicious quality. The berries are dark 
cherry in color, and when ripe are rich and sugary. 
Keepsake- Very large, light green and of the richest qual¬ 
ify* Considered to be the finest new Gooseberry in many 
years. Strong grower and an immense cropper, like In¬ 
dustry. but one or two weeks earlier. 
Lancashire Red In size the berries are the largest known, 
almost rivaling plums. Color, a rich plum-red while the 
quality is exceedingly sweet and delicious. The plant is 
ent irely tree from mildew, being an exceedingly strong 
and healthy grower and a prodigious bearer. 
Price, 25c. each; 8 for 00c.; u for $2,00. One each of ttic 
three sorts for 00c.; - each for $1.60. 
Grapes. 
Everyone who liasa hare fence, wall or outbuilding, or a 
few feet of vacant ground, can plant a few grape vines and 
reap an annual harvest of luscious fruit. Owners of country 
places, or even of eil y lots, need never be without an abund¬ 
ant supply of Grapes in season. There is no fruit that yields 
a more prompt or generous return. Everybody can grow it, 
and everybody should have it in abundance. The following 
sorts are the very cream of the hundreds of varieties which 
are before the public; they are mostly varieties of recent in¬ 
troduction and of improved quality. 
Early Ohio 'Phis is the earliest of all Grapes, originated at 
Euclid, Ohio, in 1882, being a chance seedling of the Con¬ 
cord. The third year from seed it set thirty clusters of 
fruit which were allowed togrowjtlv'y ripened August 
20 th. it lias borne large crops every year since, ripening 
in 1889 the loth of August, and always as early as the 20th 
of that month; fully one week to ten days earlier than 
Moore, s Early. It is fully three times as productive as 
Moore’s Early, better in quality, and never drops from 
the stem, a fact that shippers will fully appreciate. On 
account of its earliness the fruit is readily sold in the 
market at 10 to 15 cents per pound at wholesale. Testi¬ 
monials received from all parts of the county corrobo¬ 
rate the foregoing in every detail. The introduction of 
this variety makes it possible to grow Grapes in any lo¬ 
cality where heretofore it, has been impossible to ripen 
them on account of frost. 80 c. each: 4 for $1.00. 
Moore’s Diamond This is probably the finest of all white 
Grapes. The vine is hardy and healty in growth, vigor 
ous and perfectly free from mildew. Berries large, of a 
beautiful light straw color—almost white and of amost 
delicious quality, having few seeds and a pulp which 
melts in one’s mouth like snow. 20c. each; $ '. 00 per dozen. 
Moyer An extra early Grape, about the size and color of 
the old Delaware, but with a larger bunch. It is perhaps, 
sweeter and more delicious than any other Grape grown] 
in thisi respect being superior to the Delaware. It has 
beautiful red berries, which are very handsome,and the 
vine is a hardy, robust grower, vigorous and productive. 
Originated in Canada. 20c. each; $ 2.00 “per dozen. 
Niagara No Grape has been so largely advertised as this 
and none so extensively planted during the first few 
years, and, we may say, none lias proved more profitable. 
It is the leading white Grape of the day. Berries very 
large, borne in la rge bunches. Flavor sweet and delicious, 
there being but very few varieties which can equal it. It 
is exceedingly productive and as hardy and robust in any 
locality as the Concord. 15c. each; $1.25 per dozen 
Colden Pockllngton A very sweetanddelicious Grape of 
a beautiful amber color. Hardy, vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. A magnificent sort. 15c. each; $1 JO per dozen 
One each of above 5 grand Grapes for 75 c. 
Ohio 
New DWarf 4 (1 qeberry. 
The her ries are the size of ordinary cherries, being green 
in an unripe sta te, changing to bright scarlet, and,when fully 
ripe, to a dark purple blue; and as the three colors hang in 
clusters upon a hush they present a most charming and 
appetizing sight. It is exceedingly sweet and has a pecul¬ 
iarly rich and luscious flavor; a most charming fruit to eat 
1 rom 1 the hand. It is also one of the most sliowv flowering 
shrubs, as it blooms very early in the spring,' and every 
branch is a solid wreath of delicate feathery whiteness so 
numerous are the flowers, ^rice, 20 c. each; d for 50c 
