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THE DANIELS NURSERY 

Red Lake Currant 
The Country’s Finest Red Currant 
This splendid currant is another 
triumph for the great Minnesota 
State Fruit Breeding Farm. Univer- 
sity authorities and growers through- 
out the country agree that this is 
the finest red currant yet introduced. 
Wherever it has been tried it has 
met with instant favor — rapidly 
superseding older varieties in both 
home and commercial plantings. 
Ripens early mid-season and holds 
on the bush for a long time without 
“shelling” or shriveling so it can be 
marketed when prices are highest. 
Always brings top prices. We con- 
sider it the most profitable, not only 
of all currants, but of all small fruits 
as well. Established plantings were 
producing from $500 to $1,000 per 
acre even at pre-Pearl Harbor prices, 
and the demand has been greater 
than the supply. 
RED LAKE PRICES 
1 5 10 25 
li vearee $0.40 $1.60 $2.85 $5.75 
2 year........ 0 2.50 4.50 9.00 
3 year........ -70 3.00 5.50 11.00 
DANNY SAYS: 

Daniels 
Large 
New 
Heavy 
Producing 
Currants 
and 
Gooseberries 
That 
Delight 
the 
Commercial 
Grower 
and 
Thrill 
the 
Homemaker 
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DANIELS QUALITY 
GOOSEBERRIES 
Pixwell Gooseberry 
“It picks so easy and so well 
And yields enormous crops to sell.” 
A marvelous new gooseberry de- 
veloped at the North Dakota Experi- 
ment Station. 
We consider this the best of all 
gooseberries now available for gen- 
eral planting. It is an extremely 
easy variety to pick as the thorns are 
rather soft and not troublesome, and 
the berries hang on slender stems 
almost 2 inches below the twigs. 
Hardy, a vigorous grower, and one 
of the heaviest yielding gooseberries 
we have ever seen. 
The berries are large, light green, 
ripening to a pinkish color. The fall 
foliage is an attractive bronze, mak- 
ing it an excellent plant in shrub 
borders or for use as a hedge. 
Strong 2 year plants 90c each; 
5 for $4.00; 10 for $7.00 
Speaking on CURRANT events—no event in current 
currant history has been more important than the intro- 
duction of Red Lake and Cascade Currants. They’re so 
big, so fine and so productive that I’m afraid that if I 
showed you our fruiting fields in full production you 
might still be inclined to “call me a liar.” 

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 recommended 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 
each annual pruning. Strong one year 
wood should be cut back from one-fifth to 
one-third. If this pruning program is fol- 
lowed closely the fruit production will be 
greater, the berries larger, and the picking 
much easier than if they are allowed to 
grow in neglect. 
Cascade Currant 
(Minn. No. 70) 
Another splendid Currant created 
by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding 
Farm. Just as hardy and productive 
as the Red Lake but larger in size 
and about a week earlier. 
A more upright grower than Red 
Lake, but the bunches and the stem 
are both slightly shorter. 
Those who crave the “ultra” in 
size and quality in a currant will 
want to plant Cascade. 
Our stocks are very limited, so 
please order early. 
CASCADE PRICES 
1 year plants 50c each; 5 for $2.00 
2 year plants 75c each; 5 for $3.25 

