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SMALL FRUIT AND PLANTS 
Eat them fresh -- Can them -- Quick-freeze then. 
ASPARAGUS ; 
Paradise is the variety we grow. Extra large, many an inch or 
more through -- tender. Fine flavor. Rich in vitamins so essential 
to health. Do not require much room. Space 1 foot apart in rows 2% 
feet apart or 1% feet each way. 
RHUBARB 
Red McDonald is the variety we grow. Bright red skin with white 
flesh. It is 2 or 3 times larger than the common Rhubarb, far more 
tender and much sweeter. Seediess. Skin is so tender it needs no 
peeling. Does not require much room. Most orders are for a dozen or 
half dozen. Fine for sauce and pies. Space 3 feet apart each way. 
GCOSEBERRIES 
Excellent for sauce and pies. Requires very little room. Fruits 
second year. Space 4 feet apart. Sun or partial shade. Most orders 
are for a dozen or haif dozen. We raise Carrie, which is green turn- 
ing to red: and Poorman a green variety. 
CURRANTS 
Red Lake is the variety we raise. Large, giossy bright red 
berries: clusters are long and filled out to the end. Every home has 
room for some currant bushes. Requires very little room. Bears next 
year after planting. Very productive. Used for eating fresh, sauce, 
jelly, pies, jam, preserves and for freezing. Space 4 feet apart. 
RASPBERRIES 
Cumberland is grown some commercially here and southward. Bed 
and purple raspberries do good north and west of here, but not so good 
south of here. All varieties need seme protection here and north and 
west -- for best results. Excellent for eating fresh, can, preserve, 
freeze. Space 3 to 4 feet in row -- with rows 5 to 6 feet apart. 
C UMBERLAND 
Is a black-cap berry, an old favorite, bears in June. Fruits 
second year. 
SODUS 
Produces large purple-red berries, increasing in favor, bears in 
June. Heavy bearer. A cross of red and black raspberries. 
SUNRISE 
Produces red berries in June. An improved Latham. 
INDIAN SUMMER 
Fruits are red berries; fall cropper. Bears early summer then 
another crop on the new canes in the fall. The two crop raspberry. 
BLACKBERRIES 
Snyder is the variety we handle. Bears June. Space 3 to 4 ft. 
in row ~- with rows 5 to 6 feet apart. 
BOYSENBERRIES 
Not hardy north and west of here and requires winter protection 
here. We do not handle the thornless variety. Space 6 feet apart. 
If more than one row, rows 6 to 8 feet apart. 
