Fruit Department—S mall Fruits 
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STRAWBERRIES, continued 
pollenizers, but care must be taken to keep the run¬ 
ners of each variety from encroaching upon the others. 
Ordering Plants. We cannot fill orders for plants 
at the prices quoted until early in November, and pro¬ 
viding that the condition of soil admits of being dug 
with safety. To fill orders for plants before the last 
crop of runners is well rooted entails the loss of three 
plants where one is secured. We request our patrons 
not to have plants forwarded until the weather is 
sufficiently cool, and the soil in good order to plant 
with safety. 
Leading market varieties in CAPITALS. 
Varieties marked (S.) are staminate , or with per¬ 
fect blossoms. 
Those marked (P.) are pistillate , or with imperfect 
blossoms. 
BESSIE. (S.) Large, crimson, firm; excellent 
flavor ; resembles Sharpless ; plant very vigorous. 
BEVERLY. (S.) Large, irregular in shape; 
deep red, colors evenly; quality very good; foliage 
healthy; a fancy market sort. 
BIG BOB. (S.) Very large; deep red, somewhat 
irregular; sweet; best in rich, sandy land. An all- 
around good berry. 
Enhance. (S.) Large, irregular; dark crimson; 
firm, good quality; very productive. 
H. W. Beecher. (S.) Large to very large; dark 
red, colors evenly; firm, very good; very productive; 
midseason ; plant very robust; valuable, 
Howell No. 2. (S.) Under high cultivation this 
produces enormous berries of very good quality. 
HOFFMAN. (S.) Large to very large; ripens 
earliest of all berries; colors evenly and carries well; 
quality very good ; very vigorous, and stands the sum¬ 
mer well. Origin Charleston, S. C. Remarkably 
successful in the coast region. Can supply this variety 
in very large quantities. The most profitable early 
variety for this section. Matures two weeks in advance 
of Wilson’s Albany. 
LADY THOMPSON. (S.) Large, usually round ; 
light scarlet; colors evenly, and berries are of regular 
size ; firm, sweet, quality best; as early as the earliest, 
and a prolific bearer; plants strong and healthy. 
May King. (S.) Berry medium; bright scarlet, 
firm ; early and of best quality, but not very prolific. 
Requires high cultivation. A fine family berry. 
MICHEL. (S.) Medium, regular and globular; 
colors evenly, dark red ; quality very good ; very pro¬ 
lific, and ripens very early. In some sections it is the 
earlist of all varieties. Foliage healthy, plants robust. 
A valuable early variety for shipping. 
MRS. CLEVELAND. (S.) Very large, regular in 
shape; good quality ; plant healthy and prolific; an 
excellent berry for family use. 
Parker Earle, Large; deep red ; soft, excellent 
quality and very profuse bearer, but requires very high 
cultivation. 
SHARPLESS. (S.) Very large, irregular; deep 
red ; sweet, and of very good flavor; vigorous grower 
and prolific. A valuable market variety, as the berries 
are uniformly large. 
TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. [(S.) Large ; dark red ; 
1 flesh red, firm; berries average, even in size; quality 
very good ; a vigorous grower and an excellent pollen- 
izer. 
TUBBS. (S.) Large ; deep red ; best quality; pro¬ 
ductive and healthy growth. This is considered as a 
rival of the Wilson’s Albany. 
WILSON’S ALBANY. (S.) Large, always regu¬ 
lar ; high flavor, subacid; prolific; vigorous grower. 
No variety combines more good qualities. In 1857 
we received 6 plants from Mr. Wilson, and our pres¬ 
ent stock is directly descended from these plants. 
Miscellaneous Fruits 
for a number of years produced immense quantities of 
fruit, which ripens here early in May, and continues 
through a period of four weeks. Fruit about one- 
third inch in length, oblong; bright red, and covered 
with minute white dots. This plant is well worthy 
of cultivation, both for ornament and for its fruit, 
which is juicy and edible, with a sharp, rather pun¬ 
gent, agreeable flavor; makes a beautiful jelly. Foli¬ 
age light green, silvered beneath. Flow¬ 
ers fragrant. Plant perfectly hardy, almost 
evergreen. 
Elagagnus Simonii (Simon’s Oleaster). 
Fruit larger than edulis; matures here in 
March. Owing to its early blooming 
properties, the fruit is apt to be killed by 
late frosts The plant is an evergreen 
and is very ornamental. 
ERYOBOTRYA (LOQUAT) 
(Biwa of the Japanese) 
One-year-old plants (pot-grown), 20 cents each, $1.75 
for 10, $15 per 100; two-year-old plants (pot- 
grown), 25 cents each, $2 for 10. 
ELAEAGNUS-JAPAN 
OLEAStLR 
(Gumi Fruit of the Japanese) 
Price, pot-grown plants, 25 cents each, $2 for 10. 
Elaeagnus edulis. A low-growing shrub. Our 
specimens, about 8 feet high and 10 feet spread, have 
Japan Oleaster (Ela:agnus edulis) 
at Fruitland 
Japan Medlar. Trees of medium height, with long, 
glossy leaves, which are evergreen; flowers white, in 
spikes, and produced in winter; fruit of the size of a 
Wild Goose plum, round or oblong, bright yellow, 
and produced in clusters; subacid and refreshing. 
