SMALL FRUITS AND PLANTS 
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Choice Selection of Small Fruits 
Avoiding the long lists of varieties which tend only to confuse the inexperienced 
planter we offer a selected list of the several sorts we know will give satisfaction. 
CURRANTS 
Currants are perfectly hardy and may be planted in 
spring or fall. They succeed well in a cool, moist soil, and 
should be planted about 3 ft. apart and well cultivated. The 
currant worm can be controlled by applications of Slug 
Shot and the old non-productive wood should be kept pruned 
out. Heavy 2-year-old plants, each 30c and op, according 
to size and variety. 
Black Champion. Produces large crops of excellent 
fruit. 
Cherry. Fruit of the largest size, deep red, rather 
acid, short bunches, strong erect grower. 
Perfection. Beautiful bright red berries of large size; quality rich 
mild, subacid; having plenty of pulp and few seeds. Awarded Gold Medal 
by the Western New York Horticultural Society. One of the most pro¬ 
ductive of currants. Each SOc and up. 
North Star. Red, hardy, good quality, bush is a strong grower. 
White Grape. Very large, yellowish-white sweet currant, excel¬ 
lent quality, valuable for the table, finest of the white varieties. 
CHEKKY,CURRANT 
BLACKBERRIES 
For garden culture, plant 2 feet apart in rows 3 feet apart. 
Pinch back canes when 4 feet high and allow three canes to hill. 
3 canes for 25c, dozen 90c. 
Early Harvest. A very early productive variety with sweet 
medium sized berries, two weeks earlier than the Snyder. 
Snyder. A hardy, well-known variety, berries of medium 
size, sweet and melting, producing in profusion, early. 
GOOSEBERRIES 
This fruit is so useful for cooking when green or ripe, and 
may be canned with such facility, that it is beginning to be culti¬ 
vated very extensively for both home and market use. It requires 
the same cultivation and treatment for worms as the currants. 
Downing. Whitish green, vigorous and prolific, of splendid 
quality for desser ts or cooking, fine for general culture. 
Houghton. Medium pale red berries, tender and good, very 
productive and vigorous. 
Red Jacket (Josselyn). Large 
smooth berries of good flavor, fruit 
%0J bright red The best large variety to 
plant. 2 year old bushes, each 35c 
and np, according to size. 
RASPBERRIES 
Plant 3 feet apart in a row and keep vines growing in good condition. 
Old wood must be cut away as soon as it has fruited to give vigor tc 
young canes. 
Cnthbert. Large, dark red variety, producing large crops of large 
conical deep berries which are sweet, high flavored, a certain cropper 
geason, medium to late. 
Gre^fi. A very showy berry, one of the best and largest black caps 
These Raspberries can only be planted in the spring and the young 
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canes should be pinched back when about ‘ 
ft. high to keep the bushes snug and com¬ 
pact. 3 canes for 23c, doz. 90c. 
Vegetable Plants 
In their seasons for plant¬ 
ing we have live, fresh 
'ants of Cabbage, Cauli- 
ower,Tomato, Pepper,etc. 
STRAWBERRY, Brandywine 
STRAWBERRIES 
Early spring is the best time for setting out. The plants are set 12 in. 
apart in rows, 18 inches between rows. At the end of the season they will 
have formed narrow rows of plants. This system will produce more and 
better berries than where the rows are thickly matted together. A mulch 
of leaves or straw is to be applied after the ground freezes in winter: the 
covering should be removed before growth starts in the spring. Doz* 20c, 
50 75c, lOO SI.25. 
Brandywine. Berries very large, broadly heart-shaped, bright red 
in the center, firm flesh, a fine flavor, a late berry. 
Senator Dunlap. One of the best flavored berries, fruit of good size, 
regular form, beautiful bright red, firm, splendid keeper, one of the besl 
for canning, ripens early. 
William Belt. Berries large, conical, rather long, bright red, glossy, 
quality good, moderately firm, plants vigorous, healthy and quite prolific. 
SHREDDED CATTLE MANURE FOR ROSE BUSHES, 5 LBS. 26C, 10 LBS. 45c 
