NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES 
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Fruits 
We have taken great care in selecting the varieties in this list, offering only such 
varieties as we know to be the very best, fine in quality and prolific. All plants that will 
stand the extreme changes in temperature which we have in this climate. 
APPLES —We carry in stock only such varieties as have been thoroughly tested, and 
which possess real merit. They do well planted on any good ground, and with little care 
give very satisfactory results. All the best varieties at 50c. each. 
PEARS Peais can be grown in almost any good soil with little care. . They gener¬ 
ally give very satisfactory results. Any variety at 50c. each. 
CHERRIES —The best results can be obtained by planting on moderately rich light 
loam or sandy soil. Any variety at 50c. each. 
PEACHES Plant in light, rich soil. The ground should be kept free from grass or 
weeds. An occasional top dressing of wood ashes or slaked lime will be advantageous. 
Any of the best varieties at 25c. each. 
QUINCES They require a deep, rich soil. Should be manured with thoroughly rotted 
manure. A little coarse salt or lime sprinkled around the trees is beneficial in keeping 
away insects. Price, 50c. each. 
PLUMS They do best planted in rich, heavy loam, well-drained. Care must be taken 
as the fruit forms to keep from the attacks of the curculio. Any commercial variety at 
50c. each. 
GRAPES —Grapes will flourish and bear abundantly in almost any good, dry soil, 
especially if the vines are trained on trellises. Best varieties at 25c. each. 
GREENHOUSE GRAPES —For growing under glass in hot or cold vineries. One- 
year-old plants, $2.50 each. Strong two-year-old vines fruiting canes, $5.00 each. 
CURRANTS —Plant in good soil and keep well-worked and manured. There are very 
few fruits that will so thoroughly repay as this for good and proper treatment. Best 
varieties, $1.00 per dozen; $6.00 per 100. 
GOOSEBERRIES —They do best planted in good, rich ground, kept well-worked and 
free from grass and weeds. Cut out the old wood as soon as it begins to decline and 
shorten all the young shoots to keep the bushes in shape. Price: 25c. each; $2.50 per dozen. 
BLACKBERRIES— Plant in good soil in rows five feet apart, and plants three or four 
feet apart in the row. Soon after fruiting season or early spring, cut out all the dead 
wood. A good top dressing of stable manure applied annually will be conducive to large 
crops. Keep the ground well-worked and clean. Best kinds, 50c. per dozen; $3.00 per 100. 
RASPBERRIES —Plant in rows about five feet apart and three feet between the 
plants. They like good, rich soil, with plenty of manure worked into it annually. Imme¬ 
diately after the fruiting season or early in the spring, cut out the old wood which bore 
the last crop of fruit. Best kinds, 50c. per dozen; $3.00 per 100. 
STRAWBERRIES —Ready in August and September. Pot plants, $3.50 per 100. 
Special prices given on large quantities. 
Seeds 
This important department has our careful attention, knowing the necessity of pure, 
good and true seed. Instead of giving showy and highly colored packets, we will endeavor 
to put all that unnecessary expense into the seed, the article that the customer wishes to 
procure. It should never be the question with the buyer, “How cheap can I buy my 
seeds?” but “Where can I procure the very best of seeds?” A penny saved in the first 
instance may bring not only failure and disappointment, but labor wasted and a whole sea¬ 
son lost. Yet a great deal depends on the season, soil and attention given to the crops, 
and, therefore, we wish to draw our customers’ attention to the usual disclaimer: That 
while we exercise the greatest care in having all seeds pure, true and good, our seeds are 
sold without any warranty, expressed or implied, and without any responsibility in respect 
to crop. If our seeds are not accepted on these terms, they must be returned at once. 
Special list of such will be mailed on application, or, to save time, will fill your order 
with strictly first-class seeds at the price of any reliable dealer. 
GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS— We have made a careful study of the best composi¬ 
tion of grasses to make a permanent and beautiful lawn and are selling Manda's Universal 
Lawn Seed Mixture at $4.50 per bushel. This mixture is as good as any and better than 
many and invariably gives good results. Current prices of any variety on application. 
