58 JOHN LEWIS CHILDS FLORAL PARK QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Childs’ Golden Japanese Mayberry. 
This is the most remarkable of all fruit novelties ever 
introduced, and, like the Wineberry, belongs to the 
Raspberry family. It grows in sturdy tree form, six 
to eight feet high and ripens its fruit before Straw- 
' berries, a month before the earliest Raspberries, and 
before some of them have hardly wakened from their 
winter’s rest. The bushes are distinct from other berries 
with spreading, tree-like 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 glossy berries which are of a golden-yellow 
color, and in quality sweet and luscious beyond description. 
There is nothing like it in cultivation, and its extreme earli¬ 
ness makes it at once the most important of all small fruits 
The bushes are entirely hardy in any location. We pur¬ 
chased this berry when there were only about a dozen plants 
of it. and it cost a small fortune. The stock is yet limited 
We have every reason to believe that the common wild 
balmon Berry of Oregon is being sold as the Japanese May¬ 
berry. As the introducer, we have the genuine stock, and 
?i?-r? pe T people wiu not be deceived by that which is bogus 
Childs’Japanese Golden Mayberry is not a wild or native 
berry of any country, but is a Hybrid raised by Luther Bur¬ 
bank, from Japanese species. 
PRICE— Strong two-year-old plants, from open ground, 15c. 
eack; 4 for 50c.; 10 for $1.00; 25 for $2.00. 
The Strawberry, 
Or Strawberry-Raspberry. 
This is one of the most unique and at the same time the 
most beautiful berry of any kind that has yet appeared be¬ 
fore the public. It comes to us from Japan, and is said to be 
a hybrid between the Strawberry and Raspberry. Whether 
this is correct or not we are unable to say, but that the plant 
is entirely hardy without protection and a prolific yielder, 
we can bear testimony from personal observation. In habit 
of growth the plant is distinct from both the fruits named, 
lne root is perennial, throwing up numerous strong branch¬ 
ing shoots, which are covered with its large, beautiful ber- 
ries the whole summer, from early in July until freezing 
weather, rendering it a perpetual bearer. The canes or 
snoots d ie to the earth in winter, new ones being thrown up l 
the following spring, which begin blooming and setting fruit 
a £ onc l e *i foliage is light green in color, bright, clean, 
cheerful and pleasing, and exempt from attacks of all in¬ 
sects and diseases. The berries are globular, slightly oblong 
inform, ranging in size from 1J4 to 1^ inches long and one to 
134 inches m diameter, sweet and melting and of such trans¬ 
cendent beauty as to cause everyone to shout with amaze¬ 
ment upon first seeing a plant in bearing. The blossoms, 
too, should not be overlooked. They resemble in appear¬ 
ance small single roses (the petals being cupped) snow white 
m color, and are as richly and deliciously fragrant as Gar¬ 
denias or Orange blossoms. As these exquisite flowers are 
produced constantly from early spring until autumn, the 
plant is well worthy of cultivation if it produced nothing 
but flowers. 
PRICE of strong plants, 15c. each; 4 for 50c.; 10 for $1-00 
