1935 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. YANKTON. SOUTH DAKOTA 
SMALL FRUITS 
Currants and Gooseberry plants may not be shipped into the following states because of 
Federal Quarantine: Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Michigan, Idaho, New York, 
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, 
Blackberries 
When you receive the Blackberries they will 
have a certain amount of the old cane on them. 
The new canes come up from below the ground, 
and produce the fruit the next year after planting. 
Plant your Blackberries about 2 feet apart in the 
row and the rows 5 feet apart.. 
Eldorado — One of the hardiest and most 
vigorous of all blackberries, enduring the winters 
of the Northwest without injury. The yield is 
enormous, berries large, jet black and borne in 
large clusters. Very sweet, has no core and will 
keep eight to ten days after picking. A splendid 
blackberry. Per 10, 65c; 25, $1.30; 100, $4.50; 
500, $17.00. 
Dewberries 
These will be delivered to you with a portion of 
the old cane attached. This is of no value except 
for handling purposes, as the new cane that pro¬ 
duces the fruit next year comes from the crown of 
the little plant you will receive. The Dewberry 
will have a quantity of fine roots. In planting, 
these must be spread out, the soil worked in 
carefully among them and the crown not covered 
over one and one-half inches. Plant 18 inches 
apart in the row, row's 4 to 5 feet apart. 
Lucretia — We do not advise planting this un¬ 
less you have sandy soil, as it does better on that 
than on any other soil. This is a creeping plant 
and will often grow as much as fifteen feet in one 
season. The vines should be trimmed back to 
about three feet for best results. The fruit is 
about three times the size of the Blackberry, very 
sweet. Prices: 5 for 40c; 10,60c; 25, $1.00; 100, 
S3.00. 
Currants 
Currants can be grown successfully in any part 
of the country and will produce fruit quicker than 
any other small fruit, and are a sure annual crop. 
They grow and produce with almost no care, but 
just like any other tree or plant, will pay a 
hundred-fold for additional care. Just give them 
a little cultivation, some manure worked into the 
soil, a little bit of trimming after the fruit is 
harvested, and you will have, not only fresh 
fruit, but quantities to can and make the best 
jelly. If you like a milder jelly, mix currant juice 
with one-half apple juice, and it’s delicious. 
Currant Prices ("All but Perfection and Red 
Lake): Each 20c; per 5, 90c; per 10, $1.60; 
per 25, $3-50; per 50, $6.50. 
White Grape Currant — The best of the 
white Currants and strongest growing. They run 
a little sw'eeter than the reds and are equally as 
good in yield. White currants are delicious. 
London Market — Plant is extremely vigor¬ 
ous, with perfect foliage which it retains through 
the season; an enormous cropper. For any use — 
home or market. One of the best. 
Victoria— Large; bright red; bunches ex¬ 
tremely long; berries medium size, of excellent 
qualify. Good erect grower, very productive. 
Ripens late, making it one of the most valuable 
sorts. Hardy. 
Perfection Currant 
By the introduction of this new Perfection 
Currant we are doubling the crop and the size. 
We picked currants of this variety in our nursery 
this past season, nearly as large as the Early 
Richmond Cherry and in clusters of ten to twelve 
currants on each stem. When first introduced, 
won Berry Gold Medal at Pan-American Expo¬ 
sition and gold medal awarded at the Louisiana 
Purchase Exposition. It certainly is a wonderful 
fruit and should be in all your gardens. Each, 
25c; per 5, $1.00; per 10, $1.75; per 25, $4.00; 
per 50, $7.50. 
Red Lake Currant 
' A new and belter Currant from Minnesota. 
The Currant you've been looking for. Large, a 
heavy producer. Long clusters of juicy berries 
that make up into beautiful, sparkling, bright 
red jelly. The Red Lake has a wonderful future 
as a home or market Currant. Get in on the 
ground floor. Supply very limited so order early. 
Not more than five to a customer. Price 50c 
each. 
RASPBERRIES 
Spaced 5x5 in hills, 1,742 per acre 
Red Raspberries 
Latham Raspberry—The great raspberry of 
Minnesota. This berry is the leading berry 
wherever red raspberries can be grown. High 
quality, large, hardy, better shipper than many 
other red raspberries. Good color. On account 
of its hardiness, productiveness and vigorous 
growth, it is planted now more extensively than 
any other variety of red raspberries. The House 
of Gurney, Inc., highly recommend this variety to 
anyone wishing to plant red raspberries. Per 5, 
50c; 10, 79c; 50, $2.25; 100, $3.90; 500, $18.00; 
1,000, $28.00. 
Chief Raspberry—A Minnesota introduction 
that is becoming very popular among the fruit 
growers due to the fact that it ripens its fruit a 
w r eek earlier than the Latham. Is unusually 
hardy. Plants free from disease. Of high qual¬ 
ity and a good shipper. On account of this being 
an early bearer, it usually produces a good crop 
before dry w’eather sets in and on that account 
is one of the best raspberries for planting in 
practically all sections. Per 5, 50c; 10, 70c; 50, 
$2.25; 100, $3.90; 500, $18.00; 1,000, $28.00. 
Ohta Raspberry—Introduced by Prof. N. E. 
Hansen of Brookings, South Dakota. There isn’t 
a hardier Red Raspberry on the market than the 
Ohta. This is large, good quality, plant very vig¬ 
orous. We have picked Ohta berries this year 
from the time the first ones ripened, early in 
July, until the ground froze. Absolutely an ever- 
bearing the first year, and if you want continuous 
berries each season, transplant a few of the 
Ohta from your patch each fall or spring, cutting 
the old stock down to about eight or ten inches. 
Each, 20c; 10, $1.00; 50, $2.10; 100, $4.00; 
500, $19.00. 
Black Raspberries 
Logan (New Black Gap) — The best, most dis¬ 
ease-resistant and most profitable Black Rasp¬ 
berry. Ripens 1 week earlier than Cumberland. 
Per 10, 60c; 25, $1.00; 100, $3.00; 500, $13.00; 
1,000, $23.00. 
Wessington Spgs., S. Dak. 
House of Gurney October 3, 1934 
Aankton, S. Dak. 
Gentlemen: 
Inclosed you will find two pictures of 
Chinese Elms which I got from you. 
I think this is a great tree for our country. 
I was asked by dozens of folks last summer 
what kind of trees are those that they don’t 
dry up as you know that we had very little 
rain. Yours truly, 
Herbert Mettler. 
(See picture to the right) _ 
GOOSEBERRIES 
Carrie—Prof. Hansen’s report on this goose¬ 
berry at the State Horticulture meeting-in 1910: 
“We have fruited the Carrie the past season or 
two and are well pleased with it. 
I saw a large plantation near Excelsior, 
Minn., in 1907, in heavy bearing, and certainly it 
was a sight to behold." 
At the meeting of 1911 he further reports: 
"The Carrie is intermediate in size between the 
Houghton and Downing, and it is a heavy bearer 
at Brookings. It is a welcome addition to our 
present short list of Gooseberries." 
Here at Yankton it'has proved much the best 
of all. For size, quality and productiveness we 
call it best. 2 yr. each, 25c; 10, $2.00; 50, $8.00; 
100, $15.00. 
Downing Gooseberry —Larger than the Car¬ 
rie. Will not stand quite as much grief but is an 
excellent berry for Iowa, South Dakota, Ne¬ 
braska and Minnesota or in localities where con¬ 
ditions are equally favorable. A very productive 
and profitable variety. 2yr. 25c each; 10, $2.00. 
100, $15.50. 
Oregon Champion Gooseberry — Berries 
very large brownis’n-red color, very sweet and 
fine for table use and pies. Bush a strong grower, 
healthy, not very thorny and a very prolific 
bearer. One of the best berries for the market. 
Prices: 2 yr. Each, 25c; 10, $2.25; 100, $17.00. 
Houghton — Medium size, pale red, sweet 
when thoroughly ripe; very spreading grower, an 
excellent bearer; the standard gooseberry, the 
best for the Northwest. 2 yr. each. 20c; 5, 90c; 
10, $1.65; 50, $6.25; 100, $11.00; 500,$50.00. 
“Chinese Elm — 3- to 4-foot seedlings 
planted spring of 1933 by Herbert Mettler, 
Wesslngton Springs, S. Dak.” 
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