FRUIT DEPARTMENT— Small Fruits 
STRAWBERRIES, continued 
not to have plants forwarded until the weather is 
sufficiently cool, and the soil in good order to plant | 
with safety. 
Leading market varieties in CAPITALS. 
All varieties listed below are staminate, or with 
perfect blossoms. 
BESSIE. Large, crimson, firm; excellent flavor; | 
resembles Sharpless ; 
plant very vigorous. 
April 25. 
Ripe 
BEVERLY. Large, irregular in shape; deep red, 
colors evenly; quality very good; foliage healthy; 
a fancy market sort, 
BIG BOB. Very large; deep red, somewhat irregu- 
lar; sweet; best in rich, sandy land. An all-around 
good berry. Ripe May 1. 
Enhance. Large, irregular; dark crimson; firm, 
good quality; very productive. 
H. W. Beecher. Large to very large; dark red, 
colors evenly ; firm, very good; very productive; 
midseason; plant very robust; valuable. 
Howell No. 2. Under high cultivation this pro- 
duces enormous berries of very good quality. Ripe 
April 25. 
HOFFMAN. Large to very large; ripens earliest of 
all berries; colors evenly and carries well; quality 
very good; very vigorous, and stands the summer 
well. Origin Charleston, S. C. Remarkably suc- 
cessful in the coast region. Can supply this variety 
in very large quantities. The most profitable early 
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variety for this section. Matures two weeks in ad- 
vance of Wilson’s Albany. Ripe April 15. 
LADY THOMPSON. Large, usually round; light 
scarlet; colors evenly, and berries are of regular 
size; firm, sweet, quality best; as early as the ear- 
| liest, and a prolific bearer; plants strong and healthy. 
Ripe April 20. 
MICHEL. Medium, regular and globular; colors 
evenly, dark red; quality very good; very pro- 
lific, and ripens very early. In some sections it is the 
earliest of all varieties. Foliage healthy, plants ro- 
bust. A valuable early variety for shipping. Ripe 
April 20. 
Mrs. Cleveland. Very large, regular in shape; 
good quality; plant healthy and prolific; an excellent 
berry for family use. Ripe April 30. 
SHARPLESS. Very large, irregular; deep red; 
sweet, and of very good flavor; vigorous grower 
and prolific. A valuable market variety, as the ber- 
ries are uniformly large. Ripe May 1. 
TENNESSEE PROLIFIC. Large; dark red; flesh 
red, firm; berries average, even in size; quality very 
good; vigorous grower and an excellent pollenizer. 
TUBBS. Large; deep red; best quality; produc- 
tive and healthy growth. This is considered as a 
rival of the Wilson’s Albany. Ripe May 1. 
WILSON’S ALBANY. Large, always regular; 
high flavor, subacid ; prolific; vigorous grower. 
No variety combines more good qualities. In 1857 
we received 6 plants from Mr. Wilson, and our 
present stock is directly descended from these plants. 
Ripe May 1. 
Miscellaneous Fruits 
ELAEAGNUS—JAPAN 
OLEASTER 
(Gumi Fruit of the Japanese) 
Price, pot-grown plants, 25 cents each, $2 for 10; 
a few very strong field-grown plants, 3 to 4 feet, 
bushy, at 50 cents each, $4 for 10, 
Elaeagnus edulis. 
A low-growing shrub. Our 
specimens, about 8 feet high and 10 feet spread, have 
for a number of years produced immense quantities of 
JAPAN OLEASTER (ELAEAGNUS 
EDULIS) AT FRUITLAND. 
fruit, which ripens here early in May, and continues 
through a period of four weeks. Fruit about one- 
third inch in length, oblong; bright red, and covered 
with minute white dots. This plant is well worthy of 
cultivation, both for ornament and for its fruit, which 
is juicy and edible, with a sharp, rather pungent, 
agreeable flavor; makes a beautiful jelly. Foliage 
a green, silvered beneath. Flowers fragrant. 
Plant perfectly hardy, almost evergreen. 
Elaeagnus Simonii (Simon’s Oleaster). Fruit 
larger than edulis; matures here in March. Owing 
to its early blooming properties, the 
YH fruit is apt to be killed by late frosts. 
The plant is an evergreen and is very 
ornamental. 
ERYOBOTRYA 
(LOQUAT) 
(Biwa of the Japanese) 
One-year-old plants (pot-grown), 20 cents each, $1.75 
for 10, $15 per 100. 
Japan Medlar. Trees of medium height, with long, 
glossy leaves, which are evergreen; flowers white, in 
spikes, and produced in winter; fruit of the size of a 
Wild Goose plum, round or oblong, bright yellow, 
and produced in clusters; subacid and refreshing. 
Maturity from end of February to April. Not fruit- 
ful north of Charleston, but tree otherwise perfectly 
hardy here. This is well adapted to the coast belt. 
Catalogue of Bedding and Greenhouse Plants, etc.» 
issued in February. 
