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RASPBERRIES 
Raspberries do well in almost any soil. They are usually 
planted 4 feet apart in rows which are 6 feet apart. The old 
wood of black varieties should be cut out as soon as it has 
fruited. With red varieties the suckers should be thinned out 
each Spring to 5 or 6 in each hill. Black and purple varieties 
should be pinched early when the canes are about 2 feet high. 
Plant reds twice as thick as blacks. 
BLACK RASPBERRIES 
CUMBERLAND. The main crop variety. Today the most widely 
planted of ail black Raspberries. The bushes are vigorous grow¬ 
ers. The fruit is very large and firm and of exceptionally high 
quality. Our stock of Cumberland Raspberries comes from select 
strains of the best fruiting stock, and they are hardy in the 
Central West. 
New Logan Black Raspberry 
The Earliest Black Raspberry 
Here’s a new Black Raspberry for you this year. It’s been 
tried and tested and found a highly desirable variety for 
the Farm Belt. It’s a hardy, sturdy grower and the heavi¬ 
est yielder of large jet-black sweet, juicy berries. Ten days 
earlier than Cumberland. This strain has been selected es¬ 
pecially for heavy fruiting. Absolutely guaranteed true to 
name, to be perfectly healthy and of the genuine selected 
fruiting strain. 
Per 5 
Per 10 | Per 25 Per 100 
2 yr. Transplants. 
$0.50 
.30 
$0.90 
I .50 
$1.85 
.90 
$6.50 
3.25 
1 yr. Tips. ‘. 
TWO-YEAR TRANSPLANTS—Order Transplants for Quick Re¬ 
sults. Many prefer the Two-Year Transplants because they make 
heavier bushes and bear more fruit the first year than the tips. The 
transplants' are winter hardened and are a year older, and I recom¬ 
mend that you use transplants instead of tips, although we have 
both for sale, and many are successful with tips. 
RED RASPBERRIES 
Per 5 | Per 10 j Per 25 jFer 100 
Transplants, 2 yr., heavy. 
$0.45 
$0.75 
$1.70 
$5.75 
Tip plants. No. 1. 
.25 
.45 
.80 
2.85 
ST. REGIS—EVERBEARING. This is known as the Everbearing 
Red Raspberry. It fruits on new canes and will fruit up until 
snow flies in the Fall. Produces a full crop in the regular Rasp¬ 
berry season and then continues to produce in late Summer and 
Fall. Will bear the same year as planted. The berries are 
bright crimson and bear big crops. 
Strong Plants, per 10, 40c; v 85c per 25; $3.00 per 100. 
FR.UIITS /2eat 
Bush Fruits come into bearing when young. Certainly no home 
garden is complete without a few of each of these varieties. You 
can have fresh fruit on your table throughout the season. 
CURRANTS—Heavy Fruiting Plants 
The Currant, from its hardiness, free growth, easy culture, 
great and uniform productiveness, pleasant flavor, and early 
ripening is one of the most valuable of our summer fruits. 
On account of the large amount of pectin they contain they 
are especially desirable for making jellies, jams, preserves, pies, 
tarts, etc. They are easily grown. 
Plant four feet apart each way. 
CULTIVATION. Good cultivation and pruning will more than 
double the size of the fruit. Old bushes should have the old and 
stunted wood cut out, and thrifty shoots left at regular dis¬ 
tances. I recommend clean cultivation. 
IMPROVER PERFECTION. Queen of all. These beautiful red 
Currants with the long stems and bright red berries are the 
largest of all red varieties of currants that are grown. The 
Perfection should be in every garden in the entire country. 
Size 
Each. 
Per 5 
Per 10 
Per25 
2 yr. 
$0.25 
.20 
$1.10 
.85 
$2.00 
1.50 
$4.75 
3.25 
PRICES ADD CURRANTS EXCEPT 
PERFECTION (Postpaid): 
Size 
Each 
Per 5 
Per 10 
Per25 
2 yr. 
$0.20 
$0.85 
$1.50 
$3.25 
1 yr. 
.15 
.30 
1.25 
2.65 
CHERRY. Large, red berries on short cluster, 
sort. 
The Two Finest 
Robust, fruitful 
Latham 
LATHAM RED RASP¬ 
BERRY. (The Biggest 
Red.) Latham is one 
of the finest red rasp¬ 
berries that we can 
grow here in the Cen¬ 
tral West. It is the 
largest red, originating 
in Minnesota where 
some of our finest rasp¬ 
berries come from and 
is considered better 
than any berry except Chief. It is very hardy. 
CHIEF. Earliest red. Another Minnesota State farm rasp¬ 
berry. Some consider it even better than Latham because 
it yields heavier and is 10 days earlier. It is very pro¬ 
ductive, producing more fruit than any other red rasp¬ 
berry. Chief is the coming market variety and is fine 
for home use, too. It has that brilliant red color of 
Latham and is equally firm, juicy and tasty. You should 
have Chief growing in your berry patch right along side 
Latham and Cumberland. 
YOUR CHOICE, Latham or Red Chief, per 5, 25c; per 10, 
40c; per 25. 90c; per 100, $3.25. 
PURPLE RASPBERRIES 
COLUMBIAN. Fruit of this berry is very large, purple in color, 
rich flavor. Excellent for canning and very hardy. 
Per 5 | Per 10 | Per 25 |Per 100 
2 yr. Heavy Transplants.| $0.55 
Tips ..| .35 
I $1.00 | $1.90 
.60 | 1.25 
$7.00 
4.50 
PAY’S PROLIFIC. The leading market Currant. Extra large 
stems and berries. Uniform in size and easily picked. 
GOOSEBERRIES 
Sure Fruiting, easy to grow, produce abundantly. A lifetime of 
fruit! There is nothing better than a Gooseberry pie, and the 
Downing will do well and thrive any place in the Middle West 
and clear Into Canada. We ship our clean, hardy Gooseberries 
and Currants most anywhere. 
Set Gooseberries 3 to 6 feet apart. 
DOWNING. Downing is a large, handsome, pale green berry and 
of splendid quality. Good for both cooking and table use. 
HOUGHTON. This is another one of the very popular Goose¬ 
berries. It is a pale red when fully ripe. Very sweet and tender, 
and the bushes are always heavily loaded with this fruit. The 
Houghton Gooseberry is a favorite of many because of its very 
sweet flavor. 
JCSSELYN or RED JACKET. Often called the Old English 
Gboseberry. The fruit is a bright rich crimson, and I want 
to recommend this fine fruit to you for your planting.. 
Size 
| Each 
Per 5 
| Per 10 
Per25 
2 year . 
1 year . 
.I $0.25 
.| .20 
$1.10 
.85 
1 $2.00 
1 1.50 
$4.75 
3.25 
BLACKBERRIES 
Our Blackberries are grown from root cutting plants and are 
heavy rooted and hardy. We will not send you sucker plants. Will 
grow abundantly, and the Blackberry when fully ripe is one of 
the most delicious of fruits. Plant in rows 6 to 7 feet apart, 
plants 3 feet apart In the row. 
ELDORADO. One of the very hardiest and best. Berries jet black, 
sweet and delicious. Excellent for eating, canning, cooking and 
market. Berries have no hard core and keep well after picking. 
Per 5, 35c; per 10, 55c; per 25, $1.10; p.er 100, $3.85. 
EAREY HARVEST. The old standby, very early. Does well in 
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Per 5. 25c; per 10, 40c; per 25, 
85c; per 100. $2.95. 
SNYDER. This is the hardiest Blackberry grown. Fruit medium 
size, good market sort, will stand the cold Winters of most any 
of the northern climates. Per 5, 35c; per 10, 55c; per 25, $1.10; 
per 100, $3.85. 
DEWBERRIES (Coreless Blackberries) 
LUCRE TIA. The big, hardy, low-trailing berry that resembles the 
Blackberry. Vigorous and hardy. Jet black in cblor, sweet and 
juicy. Our plants are grown from heavy, vigorous root cut- 
ings, much superior to tip plants. 
_ | Per 5 | Per io | Per25 
No. 1 strong plants.I $0.35 | $0.60 | $1.15 
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