SELECT VEGETABLE, FIELD AND FLOWER SEEDS 
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Wm. Belt (Perfect Flowers). A luxuriant 
grower and very productive. Medium in ripening. 
Large, conical-shaped fruit. The color is a brilliant 
glossy red. A valuable variety for home or market 
use. 3octs. per doz., 80 cts. per ioo. 
Glen Mary (Perfect Flowers). Strong, robust 
grower, of excellent flavor for so large a berry. 
One of its characteristics is that the last fruit is as 
large as the first. Specially recommended for 
home use. 35 cts. per doz., 80 cts. per 100. 
Parker E,arle (Perfect Flowers). One of the 
most profuse bloomers extant. In order to mature 
this mass of fruit it must be fed and watered fre¬ 
quently. The fruit is very fine and gives excellent 
results under the right kind of treatment. 30 cts. 
per doz., 75 cts. per 100. 
Gandy (Perfect F'lowers). This is a late va¬ 
riety, with large, firm, fine-flavored fruit, and 
always brings the highest market price. This is 
one of the most profitable varieties. 30 cts. per 
doz., 75 cts. per too. 
Bubach ( Pistillate). A strong, healthy-growing 
variety. Fine, firm, rich colored fruit, coming in 
with the second-early varieties. Bubach is planted 
largely with Sharpless ; the size, color and shape 
are much alike. 30 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100. 
Sharpless (Perfect F'lowers). One of the 
leading varieties. The plant is exceedingly large and 
vigorous. It demands a well-enriched soil. One 
of the largest and best flavored berries we have. 
30 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100. 
RASPBERRIES 
Really the most reliable and profitable of all 
the small fruits, unless, perhaps, it be the currant. 
While Raspberries will thrive fairly well on almost 
any soil, except that which is low and wet, they 
come to their highest perfection on a deep, rich, 
moist loam. The blackcaps often grow well and 
fruit to perfection on quite light, dry sand. 
The red and yellow varieties, such as are propa¬ 
gated from division of the roots, may be planted in 
the autumn, after the leaves fall, or in early spring ; 
while the cap varieties, that are propagated by 
layering the tips, should always be planted in 
spring, either quite early, before the crown starts, 
or late, when they are 3 to 6 inches high, when they 
may be handled much the same as other hardy 
plants in a growing collection. 
The ground should always be liberally manured 
for Raspberries, or any crop, for that matter, un¬ 
less it be naturally in a high state of fertility. Well- 
rotted stable manure, supplemented with potash in 
some form, or any good commercial fertilizer rich 
in phosphoric acia and potash, will answer. Blow 
the ground deeply and well. Whatever fertilizer is 
used, apply broadcast after plowing, and work in 
with the harrow. Most people make the mistake 
of planting too closely. The strong-growing red 
varieties, if liberally fed, will give best returns if 
planted in check rows, not closer than 7x7 feet, 
while 5 x 5 is close enough for the blackcaps ; and 
if one has an abundance of land, extending each of 
I these a foot will result in better berries. 
RED VARIETIES 
Cuthbert. The leading market variety. Canes 
hardy ; large, healthy foliage. Berries large, dark 
crimson, quite firm and of good flavor. Season 
late. 50 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $8 per 1,000. 
Loudon. A seedling of Turner crossed with 
Cuthbert, combining the earliness, hardiness, beauty 
and sweetness of the one with the great vigor, size 
and productiveness of the other. 60 cts., each, 
$3 per doz. 
BLACK VARIETIES 
Gregg. Very large, of 
fine quality ; productive, 
late, hardy. 50c. per doz., 
#1.25 per 100, $8 per 1,000. 
K a n s a s . Early. 
Stands drought well, and 
is uninjured by frost; pro¬ 
duces more canes and 
branches, and the fruit is 
much larger than that of 
the Gregg. Jet black, 
firm texture. 50 cts. per 
doz., $1.50 per 100, $8 per 
1,000. 
Ohio. Fruit large, 
fine quality, and best of 
cap sorts for drying. 
Strong, hardy, productive, 
late. 50 cts. per doz., $1.25 
per 100, $8 per 1,000. 
Kansas Raspberries. 
