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HOLLY VARIETIES (Ilex Opaca) 
OLD HEAVY BERRY (Female) 
Everyone loves Old Heavy Berry for its brightness . . . brightness 
of red berries shining against some of the darkest green leaves to be 
found on any Holly variety. And berries... that's why we call it Old 
Heavy Berry, for the clustered berries are so heavy that they weigh 
down the limbs with bounty. 
Old Heavy Berry is one of the steadiest berrying of all the Hollies. 
Mature specimens have gone as long as two decades without missing 
a crop. Quite rapid growing, too, with six to twelve inches per year being 
expected in this area. Popular as a Holly orchard tree and unexcelled 
as a specimen on the lawn or most anywhere about the yard. Should 
be pruned to shape each year. 
Old Heavy Berry is featured in color on the front jacket cover and 
in color on an inside plate of the book on ‘’Hollies” ... by H. Harold Hume 
(MacMillan) at your local bookstore. We grow about 15,000 per year. 
CARDINAL (Female) (Improved Strain) 
Cardinal is perhaps the nation’s most advertised Holly variety. Peo- 
ple often buy it just because they have heard or seen the name. Actu- 
ally, Cardinal is one of our slower growing varieties, one to four inches 
per year being usual. Obviously, Cardinal is not the right Holly for 
those who wish a large specimen quickly but it is a wonderful Holly 
in the foundation planting or in a small yard... . for every home “has 
room” for the beauty of Cardinal. As it grows slowly, Cardinal may be 
planted near or beside the window to delight the eye of the house-bound. 
Cardinal becomes bushy when young and shapes up without prun- 
ing; usually acquires a pyramidal form, tho it may be sheared to most 
any shape desired. Makes a very beautiful hedge. Cardinal berries quite 
regularly tho occasionally will miss a year. Birds love to nest in Cardinal 
because it is so densely armored with stickery green leaves. Named 
for the Cardinal bird because of the bright red berries. We grow about 
10,000 per year. j 
7 DILATUSH’S SPREADING HOLLY (Female) »/-~-— 
The only American Holly we know of that will not grow upright. Like 
a pfitzer juniper, the Spreading Holly grows rapidly in a much broader 
than tall manner. Here at last is a graceful Holly that may be planted 
under picture windows, on either side of the steps and in so many 
places where a low spreading Holly would be lovely. It is a poor berry- 
ing tree, but perhaps you will forgive it that fault. Not available until 
Fall, 1956. 
