THE NEW 
RHUBARB 
RED LAKE CURRANT 
(See color illustration, page 32) 
Grow Your Own Curronfs—The Plants Take Up Little Space 
A new currant that comes from the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. A selection 
made from over 5000 new kinds. It was tried out over a period of years before being 
introduced and was found to be the best currant ever introduced. 
Up to the time Red Lake was introduced. Perfection Currant stood at the head of 
the list of all Currants. 
Red Lake has all the good qualities of Perfection. It is a dark red berry. The berry 
is as large as that of Perfection. The bunch is just as long and just as well filled out. 
It is just as sweet. It is just as good as Perfection in all respects, and it goes Perfection 
one better. It has what Perfection lacks—a good strong bush. 
Red Lake is an early midseason Currant, so it is on the market when it is at its 
best. Holds its dark green foliage very late. 
Strong 2-yr., No. 1 plants, 2 for ^1.00; 5 for ^2.15, piostpaid 
PIXWELL 
Most everyone likes Gooseberries. We like green Gooseberry sauce and 
green Gooseberry pie. But we do hate to pick the Gooseberry because of the 
terrible thorns. Prof. Yaeger of the North Dakota Station spent years and 
tried out thousands of seedling 
Gooseberries looking for a good 
Gooseberry with fewer thorns that 
could be easily picked. Out of all 
his seedlings he picked this one 
and named it Pixwell. It is not 
thornless but it has comparatively 
few thorns and these are so con- 
structed as to give very little 
trouble in picking. 
One can encircle with the hand 
a limb of Pixwell at its base and 
draw the hand the entire length of 
the limb to the tip and hardly feel 
the prick of a single thorn. Try 
this on any other Gooseberry. Pix' 
well is considered one of the best 
Gooseberries in cold southern 
Manitoba. 
Strong 2-yr., No. 1 plants, 2 
for ^1.00; 3 for ^1.35; 12 for 
^4.00, postpaid. 
MocDONALD. A new and select strain of Rhubarb or Pie- 
plant developed and sent out from the Experimental 
Station of the Dominion of Canada. MacDonald is un- 
usually high in sugar content for a Rhubarb which 
causes a great saving in sugar in its cooking. It is also 
an unusually fine flavored Rhubarb which makes it very 
desirable. Usable over a long period of time. Makes a 
fine pink sauce of finest flavor. 
Strong roots, 50c each; 6 for ^2.75, postpaid 
RUBY. Another fi ne Rhubarb from the Canadian Station. 
Ruby, like MacDonald, is very high in sugar content, 
and is of exceptionally fine flavor but differs from that 
variety in color. MacDonald is a green stemmed sort 
with a good deal of red veining running through it 
while Ruby is a deep rich ruby^red, the reddest of all 
Rhubarb. It makes a deep rich red sauce which is very 
beautiful and tasty. 
Strong roots, 50c each; 6 for $ 2 . 75 , postpaid 
See the picture of the 2'year Splendid Plum trees on 
page 43. The Rhubarb shown at the right in that picture 
is of Ruby Rhubarb, the picture taken only 4 months after 
the Ruby was planted. The MacDonald is still larger than 
the Ruby. 
POORMAN GOOSEBERRY 
A great improvement over the old varieties of Gooseberries such as 
Downing, Houghton, Carry, etc. A great big new berry after the type 
of the large English Gooseberries with much of the fine quality of the 
English kinds. A very large berry, red, juicy, sweet, thin-skinned and of best quality. 
Does best in heavy soils, either clay or loam, but not good for sandy soils. 
Strong, 2-yr., No. 1 (Postpaid) 2 for ^1.00; 3 for ^1.35; 12 for ^4.00 
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