26 
Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, L. L 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
Price, 2-years-old, $1.50 per doz. 
This fruit, which isso popular in Eurcpe, is begin¬ 
ning to receive some of the attention in America 
which it deserves. 
Downing;. An upright, vigorous bush ; fruit 
medium size, with flesh soft, juicy and good; 
productive. 
Smith’s Improved. Lightgreen; abovemediumi 
size : flesh moderately firm and sweet. 
Industry. The best foreign variety; very large^ 
. dark red, of excellent flavor and a heavy bearer.. 
$2 per doz. 
CURRANTS. 
Price, 2 -years-old, $1 per doz. 
Currants thrive best in good, deep soil, in a cool 
situation, and should be heavily manured, culti¬ 
vated like raspberries, and also carefully pruned 
every year. 
Cherry. Very large, red and productive. A 
strong grower. 
Fay’s Prolific. Fruit large, rich red in color, on. 
long stems, making it easy to pick ; fine flavor. 
Versailles. Similar to the Cherry, except in the 
growth of the bush ; vigorous and prolific. 
Victoria. A late red variety, of good size. 
CURRAIfTS, continued. 
AVhile (irape. The best while Currant; bunches 
moderately long, berries large; flavor delicate; 
fine for a dessert fruit. 
lire’s Prolific. A black variety of recent intro¬ 
duction ; fruit large, earlier than the Black 
Naples. 
a(;k Naples. Very large ; valued for jam. 
RASPBERRIES. 
Price, 50 cts. per doz., $4 per 100. 
The soil for Raspberries should be prepared the 
same as that for strawberries, and the plants set in 
rows 7 feet apart and 3 feet apart in the row. 
Cutlibert. Large to very large, conical, bright 
red : firm, with an excellent, sprightly flavor ; 
productive. 
Golden Queen. A yellow variety of the Cuth- 
bert tvpe : large size, beautiful, translucent yel¬ 
low ; flavor unsurpassed ; productive. C . 
GOLDEN QUEEN RASPBERRY. 
WHITE GRAPE CURRANT. 
RASPBERRIES, continued. 
Marlboro. Bright scarlet fruit of large size ; early. 
Shafter’s Colossal. The largest Raspberry, both in bush and 
fruit, ye tintroduced ; very productive. Fruit purplish red, sub¬ 
acid ; succeeds generally. 
Columbian. (New.) Extremely vigorous; fruit very large. 
$2 per doz. 
Miller’s Red. Vigorous, early, productive ; good quality; a prom¬ 
ising novelty. 
BEACK CAP RAHPBPRRIKS. 
Souhe^ifan. Fruit large and handsome; plant a strong grower 
and hardy. Ripens early. 
Ohio. Of good quality; ripens in midseason. 
Gregg. One of the largest of the black cap family; fruit large^ 
black with a slight bloom; moderately juicy, sweet and rich^ 
Ripens late and evenly. 
