14 THE DANIELS NURSERY 
ASPARAGUS 
MARY WASHINGTON—This Giant Asparagus, 
the result of vears and years of plant breeding 
work done by the United States Department 
of Agriculture, is everywhere admitted to be 
the finest asparagus grown. Mary Washington 
seems to be the ideal asparagus as it is rust- 
resistant and surpasses all other varieties in 
yield and quality. Its enormous tender shoots 
of vivid dark green retain their tenderness 
at tees not branch until well above cutting 
eight. 
MARY WASHINGTON ASPARAGUS PRICES 
12 25 50 100 
Jeyeare plants..saec $1.00 $1.75 $2.75 $4.00 
Ieyvear plants .90 1.35 2.00 3.25 
RHUBARB 
RUBY—The highest quality, finest red rnubarb 
known for the home garden. Ruby is a 
heavy producer, has higher color than Mac- 
Donald—is unexcelled in quality and very 
mild. It excels all older rhubarbs in every 
culinary use, but is especially outstanding 
for sauce because of its mildness and its 
deep red color. Plant Ruby freely and enjoy 
the splendid health-giving rhubarb at its 
very best. 
MacDONALD—tThe finest of the large stalked, 
high quality rhubarbs. The planter who 
wants a rhubarb of high quality—good red 
color and heavy yield of large stocks,- will 
find nothing better than MacDonald. 
RHUBARB PRICES 
(Ruby and MacDonald) 
i 5 10 
Strong Divisions .4...:..c<cccars. $0.70 $3.25 $5.50 
Medium Division................. -60 2.75 4.50 
DANNY SAYS: 
What’s cooking? 
Could be any of the 
fine fruits and vege- 
tables we all can at 
home nowdays. But if 
it’s easy to grow— 
almost anyhere—Rhu- 
barb or Asparagus, it 
will be extra good and 
extra healthy. 


DANIELS 
QUALITY GRAPES 
THE HARDY GRAPES 
This group of hardy fruits requires no winter 
protection and can be grown on a trellis, arbors 
or building with the same degree of safety as 
can the wild grapes. 
BETA—About half way between the Concord and 
the wild grape in both size and quality and is 
a very heavy producer. A great favorite for 
jellies and wines. 
ALPHA—Similar to Beta in hardiness, appear- 
ance, size and manner of growth but is gener- 
ally considered to surpass it in quality. We 
recommend it as preferable to Beta for general 
plantings. 
THE DESSERT GRAPES 
For crop insurance these varieties should be 
given some winter protection. They should be 
laid down and covered with soil. 
CONCORD—The most popular and widely grown 
of the blue table grapes. It is the standardyof 
comparison for all other varieties. 
DELAWARE—The finest Red grape. Although 
small in size it is unequalled in sweetness and 
spiciness. 
NIAGARA—America’s leading green grape. Very 
large and highly productive. Probably the finest 
of all the green or white grapes. 
GRAPE terete) 
5 10 
ALPHA 25yeareere. $0.55 $2.50 $4.75 
BETA 2 year.......... 2.50 4.75 
CONCORD DEY Carre 55 2.50 4.75 
DELAWARE 2 year.......... 75 3.25 6.00 
NIAGARA 2 -VCATL Oi 75 3.25 6.00 
CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY CULTURE 
The Plant—Unlike the brambles, we find 
that the wood in this group lives for many 
years just like an ordinary shrub. And 
also, like an ordinary shrub, the plant will 
be much more attractive, fruitful and have 
perpetual youth, if we constantly remove 
the older wood. The fruit is borne from 
lateral buds on wood in its second year of 
growth and from spurs on older wood. As 
the wood gets beyond its fourth or fifth 
season, the spurs become weaker, the new 
shoots thinner, the tops more crowded, 
with a marked reduction in size of both 
berry and yield, and a marked increase in 
difficulty of harvesting. 
_Planting—These plants may be set out 
either in fall or spring. If planted in the 
fall, they should be pruned back severely 
and mounded up in the same manner as 
recommended for raspberries. A _ strong 
two-year. old plant is the best to set out. 
The plants should be set carefully, an inch 
to two inches deeper than they grew or- 
iginally; and after planting, at least one- 
half of the top should be removed by 
heading back strong shoots and thinning 
out weak or crossing branches. The most . 
common planting distance is 4 by 6 feet. 
Culture—Culture should be in every re- 
spect similar to that reeommended for the 
brambles. 
Pruning—Pruning is especially important 
for these fruits. The best berries are pro- 
duced on strong one year wood and short 
spurs of one, two and three years of age. 
All wood older than this should be re- 
moved at the base and only three or four 
strong basal shoots allowed to remain after 
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