James Vick’s Sons, Seedsmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Sprayers 95 
KNIVES pruning and budding 
Budding. No. 718 — 1 blade, open, cocoa handle.$0.35 
No. 419 — 2 blade, folding, ivory handle, superior steel . 1.25 
No. 690 — 2 blade, folding, buffalo handle, ivory tip .... 1.00 
No. 919 — 1 blade, folding, ivory handle.1.25 
No. 917 — 1 blade, folding, ivory handle, sheep’s-foot blade 1.25 
Pruning. No. 117 — 1 blade, folding, cocoa handle, round end.80 
No. 801 —1 blade, folding, cocoa handle.65 
No. 923 — 1 blade, folding,stag handle.x.oo 
No. 928— 1 blade, folding, stag handle.x.25 
BASKETRY 
Raffia is the native name of a palm growing in Madagascar which furnishes 
the raffia fiber of commerce. This fiber is the inner skin peeled from the 
under side of the palm leaf. When first stripped it is of a pale green color, 
but after being dried in the sun it becomes a light straw color. For export it 
is collected in large skeins, twisted or braided, and then packed in compressed 
bales of about 220 pounds. At first it was sold in the natural color only, being 
used principally for tying of vegetables, and in greenhouse ami vineyard 
work. With its adoption for basketry it began to be dyed in various colors, 
and our present list embraces the following different colors : 
No. 3 — Indi an Red 
No. 12—Light Orange 
No. 5—Yellow 
No. 16—Bright Yellow 
No. 14—Sage Green 
No. 17—Emerald Green 
No. 6—Dark Navy 
No. 7—Red 
No. 8—Pink 
No. 10—Brown 
No. 9—Black 
No. 13—Bright Green 
PRICES ON BASKET MATERIALS, 
Add postage as follows : Ounce 3 cents ; 
Raffia- Colored 
Raffia—Natural 
Sweet Grass . 
Reeds—No. 1 
No.. 2 . 
No. 3 . 
No. 4 . 
No. 5 . 
No. 6 . 
lb. 6 cents ; pound 18 cents. 
OUNCE y x 
Lit. 
POUND 
$0 06 $0 
20 
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25 
15 
40 
* 50 
10 
3° 
1 00 
07 
25 
75 
07 
25 
75 
07 
20 
60 
05 
15 
50 
05 
15 
50 
Samples of Raffia and Reeds on application. 
BOOKS ON BASKETRY 
Basket-Making. By T. Vernette Morse. 32 pages, illustrated with 106 work¬ 
ing designs. A condensed work valuable to^thc beginner. Postpaid 25 cents. 
How to Make Baskets. By Mary White. 200 pages, cloth bound, finely 
illustrated with working designs and half-tone plates. The best work on the 
subject we have seen. Postpaid, £1.00. 
BROWN’S EASY WEEDER 
This new idea as a weeding device has made itselfan immediate favorite with 
growers everywhere. With it, a boy can do more and better work than two 
men with any other tool ever put on the market. Does not cut 'or destroy the 
roots of plants. Takes out all the weeds; its oval shape permitting the oper¬ 
ator to weed behind the plants while standing in front. It works the surface to 
a fine mulch. It makes the hard places easy to reach. For working in ashes 
or commercial fertilizers, it has no equal. 50 cents' each, by mail, postpaid. 
I sent to you last year for my Aster Seed and was never more delighted 
with the result. I did not think it possible for Asters to be so beautiful 
People from far and near were constantly admiring them. 
Middlebury Center, Pa., Feb. 22, /qoq. MRS. A. S. LENT. 
Last year among other seeds I got a variety of your best sisters and they 
were beautiful. The Lavender Gem especially seas the daintiest flower I 
ever saw, bvt they were all good. Very truly yours , 
Sarina y Ont., March 12, iqoq. MRS. />. M. WEES. 
Am pleased to say I took first prize on .Asters at the Valley Fair and my 
seed also came from Vicks. 
Brattleboro, Vt., January /j, igog. GEO. E. BISHOP. 
Your Mikado Pink Asters have been simply wonderful The first one 
blossomed Sept. 10th and the last of them—a big bouquet—are tunuin the house 
(Sept. 27th.) Every one who has seen them has marveled at their size and 
mistaken them for Chrysanthemums. JENNIE A. WILCOX 
bo Hawthorne Si., Bridgeport , Conn. 
The Auto-Spray No. 1 
Fully guaranteed. The only practical 
compressed air sprayer, and useful in the 
fullest variety of spraying. We recom¬ 
mend it for trees, vines, shrubs, up to five 
acres of field crops, disinfectants, and small 
whitewashing jobs. 
There is no other sprayer which will do 
such a variety of work and do it so well. 
The tank is furnished in cither brass or 
galvanized iron as desired,and has a capac¬ 
ity of three gallons solution. 
There are no screw, or spun thread con¬ 
nections whatever in the construction of 
the machine, and even the pump is locked 
to the tank by means of a cam which can 
he removed or replaced by a simple twist 
of the wrist. 
The pump is of heavy brass two inches 
in diameter, and two or possibly three 
pumpings will empty the tank under 
higher and more constant pressure than 
any other knapsack sprayer. 
We recommend the brass tank, as It will 
not corrode; also the Auto Pop No. i 
Shut-off, automatic in action and operat¬ 
ing a self-cleaning wire through the nozzle. 
Each machine securely packed in a 
separate box ; shipping weight 15 pounds. 
Auto-Spray No. i-A — Brass tank 
and stop cock.$6.75 
Auto-Spray No. i-B — Brass tank 
with Auto Bop ( Recommended ) 7.65 
Auto-Spray No. i-C—Galvanized 
tank and stop cock. 4.50 
Auto-Spray No. i-D — G alvanized 
tank and Auto Pop.5.40 
Brass extension pipe, two feet. 
Galvanized extension pipe. 
Brass elbow extension. 
Brass strainer. 
Auto Pops, supplied separately. 
• 45 
•35 
•45 
.90 
1.15 
All prices quoted f. o. b. express or freight office, Rochester. 
Auto-Spray No. 3-B 
While primarily built for applying whitewash 
and cold water paint, it is also perfectly adapted 
as a general purpose sprayer for trees, plants, 
shrubs, vines, etc. The tank is made of either 
brass or galvanized iron, as ordered, and has a 
capacity of eight gallons solution. The pump and 
large air-chamber arc made of heavy brass, and 
the pump is fitted with a special graphite packing 
which can he readily adjusted. The agitation is 
mechanical and effective. 
We offer this machine as the best all-around size 
and equipment in lever handle high pressure pumps 
for small orchards and general work. It can be 
easily carried about, cither by the handles or 
mounted on a wheelbarrow. 
Each machine securely crated, and complete 
with eight feet of high-grade hose, eight feet of 
extension, stop cock and Vermorel nozzle. Ship¬ 
ping weight, 40 pounds. 
Auto-Spray No. 3-B—Galvanized tank, com¬ 
plete . $1 x.20 
Auto-Spray No. 3-C—Brass tank complete . 13.20 
Prices quoted f. o. b. express or freight office, 
Rochester. 
N. C. A., Non-Clog Atomic Nozzle 
The most valuable nozzle on the market Positively the only nozzle that will 
not clog, despite the claims of other manufacturers. Its many poipts will appeal 
to any practical orchardist. Can he adjusted by a simple mechanism to throw 
from a fine spray eighteen inches from the nozzle mouth, to a concentrated form 
throwing twenty feet Has a capacity of two, three or four point Vermorels 
according to the disc used, each nozzle being furnished with four discs. A 
special feature is the patented screen through which the solution passes before 
entering the nozzle proper, and absolutely prevents the possibility of clogging. 
Patent applied for. Net price, $1.25. Also fitted with standard kt inch pipe 
thread. 
