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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
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KleagEHis L;oi}gipes. 
This is a new fruit from Japan, and was, we think, first 
seen in fruit at the summer residence of Mr. Chas. A. Dana, 
editor of the New York Sun. For two or three years many 
people have been to see it and to taste it, and it seems that 
no one ever tires of praising it. It has fruited elegantly in 
our own grounds now for two summers, and as a rare or 
fancy fruit it is one which is sure to delight its possessor. It 
is a shrub, fruiting when only three or four feet high, and 
probably never exceeds five or six feet when fully grown. 
The fruit is borne in quantity the whole length of the 
branches, is oblong or olive shape and about the color of a 
dark red cherry. It has a small pit and an excellent flavor, 
being rich, juicy, sprightly, and more luscious than the 
cherry. It ripens in July and August, and the fruitremains 
in good condition a long time before dropping. The bush is 
perfectly hardy and robust. Price, 25c. each; 5 for $1.00. 
Everyone who has a bare 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 city lots, need never he 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— This 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 to grow; they ripened August 
20th. It has borne large crops every year since, ripening 
in 1889 the 15th 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 country 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. 30c. each; Ufor $1.00. 
Moore’s Diamond— This is probably the finest of all white 
Grapes. .The vine is hardy and healthy in growth,vigor- 
ous and perfectly free from mildew. Berries large, of a 
beautiful light straw color—almost white—and of a most 
delicious quality, having few seeds and a pulp which 
melts in one’s mouth like snow. 30c. each; $2.00 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 this respect being superior to tbe 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 has proved more profitable. 
It is the leading white Grape of the day. Berries very 
large, borne in large 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. 
Golden Pockllngton— A very sweet and delicious Grape of 
a beautiful amber color. Hardy, vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. A magnificent sort. 15c. each; $1.50 per dozen. 
One each of above 5 grand Grapes for 75 c. 
Ne\V 0\Varf Jarjeberry. 
The berries are the size of ordinary cherries, being green 
in an unripe state, changing to bright scarlet, and when fully 
ripe, to a dark purple, blue; and as the three colors hang in 
clusters upon a bush 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 
from the hand. It is also one of the most showy 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. Price, 20c. each; 3 for 50c 
Grapes. 
Ohio 
