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DARK RE1) OR PURPLE RASPBERRIES—Continued. 
in quart baskets, which is saying a good deal 
for any raspberry. The plants of Royal 
Purple are not near so rampant growers as 
the Columbian but resemble black caps in 
appearance and size. The canes are almost 
entirely thornless except near the roots. 
Pickers can go among the bushes of Royal 
Purple without tearing their clothes off. The 
original bush stands in a stiff blue grass sod 
and has borne seventeen successive large 
crops of fruit. A plantation of Royal Purple 
in full fruit is a sight to behold. On account 
of its lateness to ripen, the Royal Purple often 
brings 2 cents per quart more than Colum¬ 
bian. It will stand a temperature of 35 to 40 
degrees below zero without injury. It is 
enormously productive, the berries are ex¬ 
tremely large and can be picked easily, much 
more so than Columbian. This variety orig¬ 
inated with an old nurseryman in Indiana 
and we paid him $1,000 in cash to control the 
sale of the plants. We have now a fine lot of 
plants and offer them at reduced prices. The 
Royal Purple plants are not as large as Co¬ 
lumbian, but have the greatest vitality and 
nearly every one will grow. Price of plants, 
15c each, 12 for 75c; 25 for $1.25; 100, $3.50; 
1,000, $25.00. 
Schaffer’s Colossal, Haymaker and Cardinal. 
25 for 75o; 100, $2.00; 1,000, $15.00. 
Strawberry-Raspberry. An interesting nov¬ 
elty from Japan. The roots are perennial and 
send up canes each year about 12 to 18 inches 
high, and these die down by the frosts of 
autumn. The fruit averages about the size 
of large strawberries, is deep red in color and 
has about the same consistency as raspber¬ 
ries; resembling them more closely than it 
does strawberries. The berry is produced on 
the tops of the annual growth and they are 
quite a pretty sight when the fruit is ripe. 
Some people like the flavor of the fruit, others 
do not. 15c each; 75c per dozen; $5.00 per 
100 . 
“I believe your Royal Purple is the best purple variety ever introduced. With me, they 
are more hardy, fully as productive, much firmer and they will not crumble like other 
purple varieties. As a canning berry it has no equal. I would rather have the Royal Purple 
canned than any other variety of berry, be it strawberry, raspberry or blackberry. Then- 
only fault seems to be that the tips do not root as good as the Columbian.”—B. BAKER, 
Hoosick Falls, March 14th, 1914. 
“My Plum Farmer black caps lived well and have borne a great crop of great berries 
this year.”—MRS. C. H. GLASIER, Salem, New York, August 12, 1914. 
“The Plum Farmer and Royal Purple raspberries I bought of you last year had a full 
crop of large berries this year and are like young trees now.”—MRS. E. G. SYLVARA, 
Dushore, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1914. 
