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GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES 
Deciduous Fruits Department 
MULBERRIES 
While Mulberries are of little value for commercial purposes or table use, there are neverthe¬ 
less several purpt)ses for which they are admirably suited and of decided value. They form an 
economic food for poultrv and swine, and for lollinj^ birds away from other fruits there is nothing 
else so effective. 
DOWNING. A subacid berry of good cjual- 
ity ; strong,upright grower, with beautiful foli¬ 
age ; valuable as a shade tree, as well as for its 
fruit 
HICKS. F ruit sweet; tree grows rapidly and 
bears young f \ ery productive ; should be grown 
by every farmer who keeps swine or j^oultry, 
this variety being of special value for this pur¬ 
pose; continues in bearing four months of the 
year. 
STUBBS. A form of the native red Mul¬ 
berry, discovered in Laurens covinty, Georgia, 
some years ago. Large, black, vinous ; excel¬ 
lent ; very prolific. 'I'he fruit, which is from 
ij'i to 2 inches long, is greatly superior to that 
produced by any of tlie cultivated varieties. 
'Tree vigorous and handsome, with broad, 
healthy-looking foliage. 
TOWNSEND. A new variety, which on ac¬ 
count of its extreme earliness we have deemed 
worthy of propagation. Berries of medium si/e 
and fair quality, l^rouglit to our attention by 
one of our employees of that name, on whose 
place it has been growing for years. Should be 
jdanted where birds are apt to ruin other early 
fruits. March and April. 
MULTICAULIS {J/on/s ntnifiiauHii), The 
.Silkworm d'ree. --\ \ery vigorous tree, exten¬ 
sively used for purptises of propagation, for 
shade and for feeding silkworms. 
Frotscher Pecans from our own trees. (See Nut Department, opposite page) 
