Currants 
CHERRY. An old favorite. Of the largest size, but not 
as productive as its rivals. Plant of slow, sturdy 
growth, holding its fruit well up from the ground. 
Should be picked when first turned red. Fruit very 
acid and desirable for jelly-making. 
RED LAKE. Large berries in long clusters. Early mid- 
season. The best currant to plant. 
Goosorborrucs 
CHAUTAUQUA. A very vigorous and productive 
grower. Light yellow fruit free from spines and 
down. Very sweet and of exquisite flavor. 
DOWNING. Pale green, large and handsome. The most 
popular market variety. Fruit covered with a white 
bloom that makes it very attractive. Bush a strong 
grower, productive and healthy. Quality excellent. 
FREDONIA. Is a very large, late, dark red gooseberry 
of the English type. The Fruit is good in quality and 
attractive in appearance, and keeps and ships well. 
The plants are vigorous, productive, and of an open 
habit of growth that makes harvesting easy. Every 
garden should have a few Fredonias. 
Strawherres 
CATSKILL. A New York variety. Needs thinning as 
very productive. Very large light red fruits with 
bright green cap. Excellent quality. 
DORSETT. Another new variety producing enormous 
crops of bright red berries. Flavor unexcelled. Fruit 
borne on stalks well off the ground. Ships unusually 
well because Fruit is so firm. 
FAIRFAX. Very high yield, dark red, very firm, large 
size which holds up through a long season. Brings a 
high price on the market for it ships well and is of 
excellent quality. A fitting companion to the new 
Dorsett. 
GEM EVERBEARING. Dark, red berries with sweet- 
ish tart flavor. Plants freely. 
MASTODON. A new everbearing variety of excep- 
tional size and productiveness. Large crops from June 
until October. Deep red color, fine flavor. 
PREMIER. Extra early. Very productive. Fruit of good 
quality. Very prolific and considered the best early 
market variety by many growers. 
Mulborrucs 
NEW AMERICAN. The best all-round mulberry. 
Equal to the Downing in all respects and much 
hardier. Fruit large, black, sweet and rich. Tree vig- 
orous and very productive. Season, mid-June to mid- 
September. 
RUSSIAN. A large spreading tree with showy flow- 
ers; fruit attractive to birds. 
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Red Lake Currant 
Caparagus 
MARY WASHINGTON. This variety is the result of 
careful breeding by the U. S. Department of Agri- 
culture, Washington, D. C., with the object of 
eliminating rust. Produces straight shoots of dark 
green. Tight, firm buds that do not open out or begin 
to branch until far out of the ground. Very large. 
PARADISE. A new variety much superior to the 
Washington types of asparagus. 
tthubarh 
MYATT’S LINNAEUS. The standard market sort. Al- 
most evergreen, and except in very hot, dry climates, 
grows right through the summer and is sometimes used 
until October. 
VICTORIA. Very large. Beautiful color. Quality good. 
Valuable for market. Early. 
McDONALD. A bright red, early variety, large stalks, 
very crisp and tender, mild flavor. 

Downing Gooseberry 
