and Royal Purple Raspberries For Most Markets 
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Currants 
The currant requires a very moist, rich, strong soil to do its best. The 
culture is very similar to gooseberries. They must be kept clean early in the 
summer before fruiting, and when in fruit, must be mulched with straw or 
some quick growing crop, like buckwheat, sown to keep down weeds and to act 
as a carpet for the pickers. After fruiting, the mulch should be removed, the 
old surplus wood cut out and clean cultivation be given. If sprayed with poison 
to kill the worms and with bordeaux or lime and sulphur, to keep the foliage 
from mildewing, the growth will be large, the bushes will remain healthy and 
large annual crops can be gathered. 
Varieties 
Perfection. 
Fay's Prolific— 
A vigorous 
growing bush, 
enormousl v 
produ c 11V e , 
with fruit of 
the largest size. 
Inclined to do 
better on light 
soils than some 
varieties. Very 
popular with 
most growers. 
10 c each; doz., 
$1; 100, $4; 
1000, $35. 
White Grape— 
Best variety 
for home use. 
Very sweet and 
appetizing 
Plants healthy 
and productive. 
Best white 
variety, 10c 
each; doz., $1; 
100, $4. 
Wilder —A 
vigorous, u p- 
right growing 
bush, very pop¬ 
ular in many 
eastern locali¬ 
ties. It is very 
productive and 
the berries are 
large. Recom¬ 
mended highly 
by S. D. Wil¬ 
lard. 10c each; 
doz., $1; 100, $4. 
Red Cross—A 
newer variety 
which has 
made great 
strides in popu¬ 
lar approval. 
Preferred b y 
some to Fay. 10c each; doz., $1; 100, $5. 
Perfection—A new variety of great 
merit. We have fruited it several years 
and consider it the best variety of cur¬ 
rant now before the public. It is pro¬ 
ductive, extremely large and picks easily. 
The picture of this currant shown here¬ 
with was made from a photograph taken 
at the Geneva, N. Y., station in July, 
1901. It is a seedling of Fay and White 
Grape, resembling both in many respects. 
The flavor is very fine. In size it equals 
or exceeds the Fay. Probably the most 
popular new variety now before the pub¬ 
lic. It has won medals and diplomas 
wherever placed on exhibition. 20c each; 
doz., 12; 100, $12. 
Lakerlew. Ore., March 28th, 1913. 
1 have read with interest your book on the 
strawberry and was much pieaaed with It. If every 
nurserj'man would write their catalogue as >ou do 
and tell the truth, there would not be so many 
failures in growing fruits. 
GEORGE CAMPBELL. 
Boulder. Col., April 7th 1913. 
Last year we bought 12 Pan-Amerleanfll and six 
Amerlcus strawberry plants of you. The Americus 
yielded very well and developed 20 new plants, which 
we will set out this season. The Pan-American did 
not do much. MRS. MARY M. WHIGHT. 
West Haverstraw. N. Y., Sept. Ist. 1913. 
Enclosed find money order for $3.15. Please senn 
me by express one dozen each of Francis ami Amerlcus 
potted strawberry plants. 
Tlie difference of 15 cents is for "Farmer on the 
Strawberry,” which you sent me by request and 
which I think is positively the very best I have 
ever read on the subject, and 1 want to possess the 
work as a reference. JOHN PK CAMP. 
Branford. Conn., April 17th. 191.3. 
The 4.000 Plum Farmer raspberry plants I 
ordered of you were received in good condition and 
planted during favorable weather. Please send me bv 
express as toon as you receive this 1,000 Plum Farmer 
black raspberry plants. I need them now. 
H. W. AVERTLL. 
Wilmington, Pel. March 2l8t, 1913. 
The strawberries I bought from you last year 
equaled my eypectations. Out of the dozen plants. 
11 of them lived, and, if the winter did not kill 
them, I think I will have 75 to 100 plants. I also 
had three or four dishes of berries to eat. and the 
flavor was all right. CHAS. H. GRAY. 
Klberiton. Ga.. March 15th. 1913. 
The strawberry plants came In good order: many 
thanks. MRS. T. M. SWIFT. 
Phillips. Me.. Oct. 13th. 1913. 
We were more than pleased with the fall bearing 
strawberries. They have been bearing all the fall 
and now, after several frosts, have l)uds, blossoms, 
green and ripe berries on them. 
MERY 8. RUBIER. 
Nlvervllle. N. Y.. July 25th. 1913. 
I received the strawberry, and the Blowers black¬ 
berries in May and saw that every plant was set 
out properly. The blackberries are all right. TTie 
Amerlcus strawberries are fine, and I only lost one 
out of 50 but I have only 19 left out of the 50 
sharpless. MRS. J. M. 8UTHERLANP. 
Mystique. Iowa, July 14th. 1913. 
The Plum Farmer raspberries I got from you several 
.vears ago are the best yet. A. J. MASTERS. 
Athens. Pa.. July 14th, 1913. 
The fall strawberries I received from you last 
spring have gone beyond my expectations. I removen 
the blossoms until the Ist of July, and now they 
are just starting to blossom again. I let some fruit 
and the berries were fine. They are the berries t«. 
raise to make money on. JAMES H. PATTERSON. 
Newburgh. N. Y., June 6th. 1913. 
We received the Americus strawberries in fine 
condition and thanks for the extras. They were as 
nice strawberry plants as I ever saw and are all 
living. FLOYD WEIR. 
Nezj>erces. Idaho. July 22d, 1913. 
The American strawberry plants 1 purchased of you 
last year are doing finely. Every plant lived. 1 
believe they are going to be a success. 
MBS. J. T. PRICE. 
