Cumberland 
Raspberry 
Waterloo 
Rhubarb 
There is no garden of whatever size that cannot have 
a clump of Rhubarb. There is nothing quite so de- 
lightful as the first pie made from fresh Rhubarb grown 
in your own garden. Stewed Rhubarb with its brisk 
tartness is delicious and healthful, too, and mighty re¬ 
freshing in the spring, when we crave fresh things. 
Those who know the old “Pie Plant” would hardly 
recognize the improved varieties with their immense 
growth and thick tender stalks. 
McDONALD. A very early new variety and of 
the highest quality. Stalks large, tender, and 
of excellent flavor. 
RLIBY. Like its name indicates, it is a new 
red-stalked variety, beautifully colored. Me¬ 
dium sized stalks, very tender. Unexcelled for 
pie, cooking or canning. 
WATERLOO. A fine flavored red variety, large 
stalks, tender and very fine flavored—the kind 
that can be used all season. A very profitable 
variety for the market. 
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The Blackberry is a native fruit in all the northern states. For best results they 
should be bent over to the ground and covered with a mulch of hay or straw for 
the winter. The following cultivated varieties are recommended. 
ALFRED BLACKBERRY. A new, hardy Black¬ 
berry. Alfred is a vigorous grower that will 
produce a crop the year after planting. The 
fruit is much larger than the regular Black¬ 
berry, small seed, almost coreless and very 
sweet and juicy. Alfred starts bearing about 10 
days earlier than the Eldorado and is perfectly 
hardy, having stood through temperatures of 30 
degrees below zero without showing any signs 
of injury. 
ELDORADO. The berries are large, coal black, 
flavor sweet and melting, and have no hard core. 
Very firm and therefore an excellent market 
variety. 
McKAY’S Tender Asparagus 
To make an Asparagus bed, prepare a place of fine loamy soil to -which has been added a 
liberal dressing of manure. Plow or spade deeply. Plant in rows from three to five feet apart 
and from one to one and one-half feet apart in row. Make a trench about nine inches deep. 
Plant Asparagus and cover tops with about three inches of dirt. 
When cultivating, work soil at edge of furrow towards plants so 
that by midsummer the ground is level. Do not cover six inches 
deep at first or plants zoill be smothered. Put on a good coating of 
manure annually and work it into the soil. 
MAMMOTH WHITE. A distinct variety of mammoth size, great yield 
and superior quality. Remarkable for the clearness of its color until 
several inches above the surface. 
PALMETTO. Where well grown, with proper mulching, it produces 
shoots of large size and exceptionally tender. Delicious in quality. 
WASHINGTON. A rust-resistant pedigreed Asparagus. As a standard 
variety for the production of fancy Asparagus for the home or market, 
it stands ahead of all others in size, vigor, tenderness, quality and 
rust-resistance. 
Washington Asparagus 
GROW YOUR OWN FRUIT 
There is need for more home-grown fruit. 
Too few of us with land make any attempt 
to enjoy health-giving fruit for our own use. 
Every family having land—it doesn’t take 
much-—should grow some fruit. It’s cheaper 
to grow it than it is to buy it! 
Alfred Blackberries 
McKAY’S Early Rhubarb 
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