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if You Will Leave the Selection of Varieties 
below with no injury. They rarely ever 
^ow over 3^^ feet hi^rh with us, branch- 
inj? naturally like a tree without pruning, 
and require very little attention except 
to be kept clean of weeds and grasses. 
The fruit is very large, some berries 
attaining over 1 inch in diameter, of a 
fleep rich red color, very attractive. It 
is very fine flavored, different from 
Cuthbert, having an agreeable flavor all 
its own. The plants are enormously pro¬ 
ductive, fruiting through the longest 
eason of any red raspberry we have, 
beginning with Marlboro and lasting 
later than I^oudon and Cuthbert. I am 
al)le to sell the fruit in our local market 
in preference to all other varieties. We 
have fruited in six years and consider it 
the best red raspberry for home use and 
near market. We are planting it exten- 
.sively for market and believe that when 
its merits are fully known that the 
demand for plants will be enormous. The 
Idaho fruits from July to October and is 
the bf ^t everbearing raspberry we know, 
i'rices for plants. IGc each; dozen, $1.00; 
2.-;, $7 -.0; 100, $5.00; 1000, $35.00. 
Mar.uoro—The standard extra early 
variety produces a good crop of fine 
colov ), firm berries, very early in the 
.season. Twenty-five for 50c; 100, $1.25; 
1000 . $ 10 . 00 . 
R^oy and King—Twenty-five for 50c* 
100. $1.2.5. 
I oudon—Twenty-five for 75c; 100, $2.00. 
Laton—Twenty-five for $1.00; 100. 
$3.00; 1000, $20.00. 
Miller—Twenty-five for 50c; 100, $1.25. 
Herbert—Twenty-five for $1.50; 100, 
$5.00. 
St. Regis—The St. Regis everbearing 
red raspberry is the sensation of the day. 
It is being talked about from the Atlantic 
to the Pacific. People are planting it by 
the hundreds and thousands and the 
demand is enormous. I have taken great 
pains to ascertain the facts and the evi¬ 
dence is that it is a very valuable variety. 
It originated In New Jersey among a 
colony of Italians who made money by 
selling the fruit to hotels and restau¬ 
rants late in the fall after all other kinds 
of berries were gone. It is a fine berry 
in every respect, being hardy, very pro¬ 
ductive, of good color and fine flavor. It 
does finely in the regular season and you 
get the fall crop extra. We unhesitat¬ 
ingly recommend this variety. 15c each; 
Dark Red Varieties 
Columbian—The most popular of well 
known purple raspberries. It is a strong, 
healthy grower, sometimes inaking canes 
1^/4 inches in diameter. The canes are 
distirrguished by the yellowish color and 
are very thorny. It is not entirely 
hardy but if the canes a re frozen to 
Washington. I). C.. April IGth, 191.^. 
I received the plants in good order. 
A. HAMMER. 
Sand Spring, Okla.. March 2l8t. 1913. 
Almonds and Spanish chestnuts have arrived and 
they are beauties. It Is a pleasure to do business 
with such as you and I shall take pleasure In 
recommending you to others. kd. a. PAGE, 
Independence. Mo., May 12th. 1913. 
My plants. No. R-648. came In excellent condition, 
and there were more than I sent for: thanks 
S. H. CARTER, 
the ground a new set will come up in the 
spring and bear a fair crop of fruit. I 
have picked them at the rate of 5,000 
quarts to the acre at one picking. It is 
fine for home use and for common 
markets where large quantities of rasp¬ 
berries are wanted at a fair price, they 
can be grown so cheaply. The fruit is 
very large, meaty and firm, but picks 
rather hard unless the patch is well culti¬ 
vated and the fruit well ripened. Even 
then it will crumble some. Its dull red 
color' is overlooked when the housewife 
learns that they can be purchased for a 
few cents a quart less than real red rasp¬ 
berries. Tliey are so enormously pro¬ 
ductive that tlie grower can well afford 
to sell them at a moderate price. When 
canned they are of excellent flavor. The 
Columbian is a great money maker. 
Twenty-five for 50c; 100, $1.50; 1000, $12.00. 
Schaffer’s Colossal, Haymaker, Car¬ 
dinal—Twenty-five for 75c; 100, $2.00* 
1000, $15.00. 
Royal Purple—This variety is the 
greatest advance yet made in purple 
raspberries. What I think of it is best 
expressed by the fact that I paid $1,000 
for the original stock of plants. It origi¬ 
nated in Indiana by an old nurseryman 
with years of experience who says it 
surpasses everything he has ever seen in 
the raspberry line. The original bush 
stands in a stiff l)lue grass sod and has 
borne 10 successive large crops and 
some of the time in the winters the mer¬ 
cury has gone 35® below zero. The canes 
are model growers, very vigorous and 
healthy, upright in growth. The color 
of the bark is a deep, rich red, unlike 
Columbian or Schaffer, and the canes are 
smooth except near the roots. Pickers 
can go through these bushes and gather 
the fruit without tearing clothes or 
scratching their skin. The berries are 
large, purple in color, very firm, good 
keepers and shippers. They pick easily 
from the l)ushes and can be gathered 
before fully ripe if wanted, when the 
color is more attractive. It is so firm 
that they can be handled and shipped in 
quart baskets. They do not crumble 
when picked and present a better appear¬ 
ance in the basket than other purple 
raspberries. One strong point in their 
favor is their season of ripening. With 
us they were fully two weeks later than 
Columbian in ripening the bulk of the 
crop, although they were ripe fully as 
early to start with as that variety. The 
past season we were able to get 2c per 
quart above other purple raspberries. It 
is unquestionably the most valuable 
purple raspberry and if T were confined 
to one variety of raspberry of any kind, 
It would be Royal Purple. We have 
fruited it five seasons. Price of plants, 
35c each; dozen, $3.00; 100, $6.00; 1000 
Providence, R. I.. June 3d.U 1913 
Plants received In good condition and all are In 
the ground. MRS. ALLK.V H. PRICE. 
Plymouth, Cal.. March 22d, 1913 
The blackberry plants you sent me are splendid, 
sucli line rooted plants. I received them In gooo 
condition and am pleased with them. 
MRS. AUCE GRAVES, 
tails village. Conn.. June 18th. 1913. 
The strawberrj* plants reached mo In fine condition 
and are growing rapidly. Some are already putting 
out runners. MRS. E. b. HASELTINE 
