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The Blue Book of Gardening 
Guavas 
GUAVAS. ..STRAWBERRY, Immense bear¬ 
er, producing fruits larger than English 
walnuts. Skin fine deep claret color, pulp 
fleshy and soft, juicy and purplish red; 
strawberry like flavor and fragrance; fine 
for jellies and jams; plants in one gallon 
cans, 2Sc to 50c each; in 5 gallon cans, 
$1.00 to $1.50 each. 
LEMON GUAVA. A tropical variety of this 
beautiful fruiting shrub. Sometimes called 
Pear Guava. It grows to be quite a large 
shrub. Fruit pear shaped and yellowish; 
fine for jellies and preserves. Fruit of a 
delicious flavor. In 1 gal. cans, $1.00 each. 
Grapes 
25c each, $2.50 per dozen. 
BLACK HAMBURG. Bunches very large, 
heavy shouldered; berries large, round, skin 
thick; coal black when ripe; flesh sweet 
and juicy; one of the best table and market 
grapes. 
Concord 
EMPEROR. Deep rose colored; bunches 
very large, long and loose shouldered; skin 
firm and thick; this makes it a good mar¬ 
ket and shipping variety. 
FLAME TOKAY. Berries pale red, coming 
in very large bunches moderately compact; 
flesh firm and sweet. 
MALAGA. Strong growing variety; planted 
extensively in the Imperial Valley; very 
early, vines very strong and producing 
large bunches of yellowish green berries; 
skin thick and fleshy. 
ROSE OF PERU. Strong growing vine; 
well adapted for making arbors. A very 
fine quality grape; good bearer. 
SULTANA. Bunches long and very com¬ 
pact; berries small amber colored, seedless; 
immense bearer; grows in sandy soil pro¬ 
ducing large crops. 
MUSCAT. One of the most popular vari¬ 
eties. Excellent for making arbors or plant¬ 
ing in field. Good market variety. 
MISSION. This is the old and well known 
grape; first known in California; large 
bunches, berries medium size, round, purple 
black; sweet and delicious. 
THOMPSON’S SEEDLESS. Enormous 
bearer; rapid grower; bunches large, green¬ 
ish yellow, seedless; skin thin; much larger 
than the Sultana. 
CONCORD. Growing large bunches of black 
berries; flesh moderately juicy; very sweet; 
vigorous; adapted for trailing or covering 
arbors. 
Bush Fruits 
PIERCE, OR CALIFORNIA CONCORD. 
A giant leaved and very prolific variety. 
The berries, like the leaves, are of extraor¬ 
dinary size, and when ripe the fruit is 
exceedingly sweet and strongly aromatic; 
berries a bluish black when fully matured; 
demand a ready sale in the market. Price 
on 1000 by request. 
BERRY FRUITS 
LOGANBERRIES. A hybrid between Rasp¬ 
berry and Blackberry, producing fruits 
averaging an inch long, of a dark red color 
and bearing in immense clusters. Canes are 
very large without thorns, but have fine 
soft spines. Price, 20c each; $2.00 per 
dozen. 
BLACKBERRIES. Hardy, fast growing, suc¬ 
ceed almost everywhere. Extra large, 15c to 
25c each. Standard, 75c per doz.; $6.00 per 
100 . 
Crandall. Upright, stiff, the earliest and 
sweetest; very productive and hardy. 
Mammoth. Trailing, needs support; very 
large, long, juicy berry. Heavy bearer. 
Himalaya. Rank grower, needs high support, 
trim like grape; very late, tart until fully 
ripe; heavy bearer after second year. 
Cory Thornless. Strong, 15c each; $1.20 
doz.; $8.00 per 100. Simply a Mammoth 
with thorns removed. Even longer berry. 
We have found no other thornless which 
would bear. This is productive. Lighter 
grade, good, $6.50 per 100; $55.00 per 1000. 
RASPBERRIES, CUTHBERT. Berries very 
large; deep rich crimson; good for ship¬ 
ping ; stands the sun and heat well. Price, 
20c each; $2.00 per dozen. 
DEWBERRIES, GARDENA. Berries large; 
glossy black; sweet, rich and delicious. 
Vines are heavy bearers and growers. 
Price, 20c each; $2.00 per dozen. 
LA FRANCE RASPBERRIES. New, giant 
red, everbearing. Four years’ test prove 
this a very valuable variety, much stronger 
grower and much larger berries than any 
other. Thoroughly everbearing same as St. 
Regis. Berries may crumble a little more. 
Heavy cropper in late summer and fall. 
Price, strong, 25c each; $2.25 per doz.; 
$15.00 per 100. Good, 20c each; $1.80 per 
doz.; $12.00 per 100. 
CAROLINA STRAWBERRIES 
Plant Blackberries on Hillside 
backyards. They cover the ground 
with green the year around and 
yield abundantly. 
Winsel-Gibbs sturdy stock 
will grow in any soil — and the 
gophers won’t touch ’em. 
BLACK CURRANTS. Large and black. 
Valuable for jams and jellies. One year 
old, open rooted, 15c each. Two year old, 
established in one gallon cans, 25c each. 
RED CHERRY CURRANT. Very large; 
deep red; fine for preserves; best market 
variety. One year old, open rooted, 20c 
each. Two year old, established in one gal¬ 
lon cans, 25c each. 
WHITE GRAPE CURRANT. Large; yel¬ 
lowish white; good table variety; best of 
all white currants. One year old, open 
rooted, 20c each. Two year old, established 
in one gallon cams, 25c each. 
Cory Thornless 
DOWNING GOOSEBERRIES. A good va¬ 
riety ; shape roundish; skin whitish green 
and smooth; flesh soft. One year old, open 
rooted, 20c each; two year old, established 
in one gallon cans, 25c each. 
HOUGHTON GOOSEBERRIES. Vigorous 
grower; abundant bearer; fruit medium 
size; pale red; sweet and juicy. One year 
old, open rooted, 25c each; two year old, 
established in one gallon cans, 25c each. 
JOSSLYN GOOSEBERRIES (Red Jacket). 
Large size; smooth, prolific and hardy; 
foliage bright, clean and health; a wonder¬ 
ful cropper. Price, 25c each. 
STRAWBERRIES. KLONDYKE. A good 
variety for planting in this vicinity. A 
great improvement on the old Brandywine 
variety. Price, $1.50 per hundred; $12.00 
per thousand. 
PROGRESSIVE EVERBEARING. Well 
known standard everbearing, which means 
in California all summer but not all winter. 
Very prolific and exceedingly sweet, but 
likely to be small unless in very rich 
ground and given extra water. 
Other Varieties. We can often supply other 
varieties, such as A-l, Excelsior, Dunlap, 
etc. Write for list. 
CAROLINA STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
The leading variety for home and commer¬ 
cial purposes, large red berries growing in 
profusion on strong plants. The Carolina 
strawberries have been thoroughly tested in 
this vicinity and have given big berries. 
Doz., 25c; $2.00 per 100; $15.00 per 1000. 
