NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
5 
The Best of All 
PERFECTION CURRANT 
This grand new fruit was originated by C. G. 
Hooker, of Rochester, N. V., by crossing the 
Fay's Prolific with the White Grape Currant, 
with the view to combine the large size and color 
of the Fay with the good quality and productive¬ 
ness of the White Grape. 
AWARDED THE CARRY MEDAL 
The Fifty-Dollar Gold Medal of the Western 
New York Horticultural Society, July, 1901, after 
three years' trial. The first fruit to receive this 
grand prize. Also received the highest awahd 
given any new fruit at the Pan-American Expo¬ 
sition. 
The Perfection Currant is very highly in¬ 
dorsed by Prof. S. A. Beach, horticulturist of the 
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station 
at Geneva, after four years’ trial there, in compe¬ 
tition with about sixty varieties. 
The color is a bright red, size as large as the 
Fay’s, or larger, the clusters averaging larger, the 
size of berry being well maintained to the end of 
the cluster. 
Productiveness. The Perfection is a great 
bearer, superior to Fay, or any other large sort. 
Quality. Rich, mild, sub-acid, plenty of pulp, 
with few seeds. Less acid and of better quality 
than any other large currant in cultivation. 
In order to protect all customers from imposi¬ 
tion, the originator is sending out the Perfection 
under seal. See that each plant bears it. 
Strong 2-year plants, $1.25 each; $12.50 per 
dozen. 
We are the only seedsmen that have the right 
to offer the Perfection for sale this year. 
THE NEW KING OAT 
Introduced by us last year, gave such general 
satisfaction that we are giving it more prominence 
by describing it in these, our special pages. The 
price is so reasonable that all who want a first- 
class Oat should take advantage of this ofTer and 
renew their seed stock, and thus be assured of a 
good crop next season. 
The King is a white, side oat, having a strong 
straw, from five to six feet in height, and does not 
lodge. The grain is plump and heavy, having 
large meat and thin husk. While the oat crops of 
1900 and 1901 were almost failures, both in quan¬ 
tity and quality, showing much rust, the King Oat, 
owing to its hardiness and vigor, yielded enor¬ 
mously, on both heavy and light soils, with only 
ordinary cultivation. Thoroughly tested on our 
farm, with all leading varieties, it has proven itself 
a superior variety, both in quality and quantity. 
Pound, 20 cents ; three pounds, 50 cents; peck, 
35 cents ; bushel, $1.00; in lots of over ten bush¬ 
els, special price on application. 
