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[lower right column is missing] 92. SEED CATALOGUE AND GARDEN GUIDE.

CONDENSED LIST OF PLANTS. [table] [column heading: EACH.] ABUTILON, Layelion.--Bright golden yellow. 10. Snow Ball.--Pure white, very handsome. 10. Thompsonii Plena.--The only double variety of its class. Flower, rich, deep orange, shaded crimson, foliage variegated. 15. ALOYSIA, Citridora.--(Lemon Verbena)--Delightfully fragrant. 15. ALTERNANTHERAS.--Bright colored dwarf growing foliage plants largely used for carpet bedding, borders, etc. Per doz., 75c. 10. AMPELOPSIS, Veitchi.--(Boston Ivy) One of the finest climbers we have for covering walls, as it clings firmly to the smoothest surface, forming a perfect mass of foliage. Color, fresh, deep green in summer, changing to crimson and yellow in autumn. 25. ARTILLERY PLANT.--Very desirable for baskets and vases. 10. AZALEA INDICA.--One of the showiest and prettiest of greenhouse shrubs, flowers are produced in great profusion and are of various colors. Can only be sent by express. Large plants. 1.00. BOUVARDIA.--Valuable for winter blooming. 15. CACTUS.--We have a great many varieties of these curious plants. Price, 10 to 25c each, or of 10 sorts for $1.00, postpaid. CALLA, Ethiopia.--(Lily of the Nile)--Fine house plant; flowers large, creamy white; each 10c; extra large. 25. Little Gem.--Miniature form of the calla. Very desirable for house culture. 25. Richardia.--(Spotted Calla). 15. CLEMATIS, Jackmanii.-- Most magnificent and showy vine in existence; of strong, healthy growth, perfectly hardy and sure to succeed anywhere. Flowers four to six inches in diameter, of a rich, deep, velvety purple, distinctly veined. Strong plants; each 50c; large and extra strong, three years old. 1.00. COBOEA SCANDENS.--Large, purple, bell-shaped flowers. 15. CUPHEA, New Tricolor.--Blooms the year around, flowers are rich hued having delicate rose tinted, green tubes, the brilliant red petals winging out the tips, more like a bright, flying creature than a flower. 10. Platycentra.--(Cigar Plant)--A fine basket plant. 10. CYCLAMEN.--Fine for winter blooming. 15. CYPERUS.--Splendid for the center of vases or aquariums. 15. FARFUGIUM.--Leopard Plant. 20. FEVERFEW, Double White.--Per doz., 75c. 10. FERNS.--These beautiful plants are much valued for vases, or rock work, or as specimens for parlor. 20. GLECOMA.--(Variegated Ground lvy)--Foliage bright green, marked with pure white, and has a refreshing fragrance similar to mint. Beautiful for hanging baskets. Will be largely used in cemeteries, as it is entirely hardy, graceful and ornamental. 10. GAZANIA, Peacock Flower.--Large, showy flowers; color a deep orange, with almost a black center. Is very ornamental. 10. GERANIUMS, Scented Varieties.--Nutmeg, Rose, Balm, Peppermint, Mrs. Taylor, Skeleton Leaf and Variegated Rose, each. 10. Fancy Leaved--Madam Pollock and Sunset. Beautiful fancy foliaged sorts; each. 25. Mt. of Snow, Happy Thought, Crystal Palace Gem, Golden Circle, Cloth of Gold, Mad. Salleroi, Marshall McMahon and Bismarck. All good variegated foliage sorts; each. 10. HYDRANGEA, Hortensis.--Well known favorite plant with large heads of flowers; bright pink. 15. Thomas Hogg.--Pure white. 10. Variegated.--Foliage white and green; flowers pink. 20. HIBISCUS, Rubra, Fl. Pl.--A splendid double variety, having large, bright red flowers. Blooms freely. 15. Grandiflora.--Plant covered with large scarlet crimson flowers. 15. HOYA.--(Wax Plant)--The well known house climber, with thick, fleshy leaves and curious waxy flowers. 25. Variegated.--Mottled green, white and pink. 30. HELIOTROPE, Mad. Blonay.--Nearly pure white. 10. President Garfield.--Has fine large trusses of deep purple flowers. 10. HELIANTHUS, Multiflorus.--(Hardy Double Golden Sunflower)--Flowers of a rich golden yellow. Very double and large. 10. IVIES, English.--No vine exceeds this. [1?]. German.--Grows very fast. 10. Variegated English.--Foliage very prettily marked with pure white on a dark green ground. 25. LANTANAS.--There are few bedding plants that bloom more continuously or afford a greater variety of color, the colors changing in a curious manner from day to day. 10. MAURANDIA.--Graceful climbers for window or conservatories, or for open ground in summer; admirable to hang from vases, cover stumps and low trellises, flowering freely. 10. MYOSOTIS. (--Forget-Me-Not)--A charming, constant blooming plant, requiring plenty of water and partially shaded situations. 10. MEXICAN PRIMROSE.--Is a perpetual bloomer, in flower at all times of the year, a good specimen showing always from ten to thirty saucer-shaped blossoms. Many handsome colors. 10. MARGUERITE DAISY, Single White.--. 10. Double Golden--Beautiful, either as a pot plant or bedded out. It might be called the "Shower of Gold," as it is a perfect mass of rich, golden yellow flowers the whole year round. 10. MOON FLOWER.--A handsome climber, growing to a height of twenty-five to forty feet, and covered nightly and on dull days with its white, moon-like flowers 5 to 6 inches in diameter. 15. MOUNTAIN PINK.--A fine plant for basket or rockeries. Flowers bright pink, two inches in diameter. 10. PALMS.--Fashionable decorative house and window plants. In season for shipping the year round. Mailing size, 25c each; large $2.00 to $5.00 each by express. PANSIES.--These lovely flowers are too well known to need any description. Our plants are strong and well grown from the best seed; all choice varieties mixed. Doz. 50c. PASSION FLOWER. An attractive vine bearing beautiful flowers. 15. PETUNIA.--All the finest double fringed varieties. 10. PELARGONIUMS.--Commonly known as Lady Washington geraniums. Flowers are large, with deep blotches on the upper petals and bright spots on the lower; very beautiful and ornamental; we have a very large assortment of these. 20. SMILAX.--Well known, handsome climber, and the most popular of all vines with the florists. 15. SALVIA, Splendens.--Pretty flowering plants and indispensible in autumnal garden; bright scarlet. 10. TORENIA.--An admirable plant with light blue flowers, blotched with very dark blue; shape like gloxinia. 15. VIOLET, Swanley White.--A truly superb variety which originated in Italy. It is the best double pure white variety, bears a profusion of large, snowy sweet-scented blossoms; it is not uncommon for a plant to have as many as 50 flowers open at once. 15. VERBENA--One of the most popular of all plants for bedding; we have all varieties, including all the new kinds; doz. 75c. 10.

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NURSERY DEPARTMENT. Nothing is more healthful than fruit, and nothing more easily grown. Most of our customers can spare room for a small bed of strawberries, a few rows of raspberries, blackberries, currants or grapes, and what is more delicious than a dish of fresh fruit from your own garden, instead of depending upon fruit which has stood in the hot sun all day in a market stall. There is really no comparison in flavor. It is wonderful the amount of fruit which can be grown in a space thirty or forty feet square, and it costs but little for plants sufficient to fill it. And then you certainly have room enough for a few fruit trees. It takes no more room or trouble to grow an apple or cherry tree than it does a shade tree and you will have both shade and fruit. Our stock of all kinds has made a very fair growth the past season, and is in splendid condition, thoroughly acclimated, hardy, strong, well grown, properly labeled, and all will be pleased who order from us. All stock is carefully packed and shipped by express or freight at expense of purchaser unless stated by mail--but the present special rates of express and freight charges are very low. Don't buy of tree peddlers, but send your order to us and be sure of getting what you want. TIME OF SHIPMENT.--For south of Iowa line we begin shipments March 20th; for Iowa and other states of the same latitude, about April 10th. For north, about April 20th. Send your order early so that we can select stock for you and have no delay. DISCOUNTS.--On orders amounting to $5.00 or over you may select stock to the amount of 10 per cent extra. Five of any sort at the ten rate, six at the dozen rate, and fifty at the hundred rate. If you want a large amount, send us your list and we will make special prices wherever possible. NOTICE.--Orders for nursery stock are always shipped direct from the nursery and they must amount to at least 50 cents.

[image] PAGE'S IDEAL. PARAGON.

APPLES. We grow over one hundred sorts, yet are not always able to supply all kinds called for. But if selections are partly left to us we can always fill the place of any sort we may be out of with others equally as good and ripening at the same season; the same is true of other fruits. Below we give a partial list of our best known varieties, of which we have a large stock.

SUMMER SORTS. YELLOW TRANSPARENT.--The earliest and best; skin clear white, changing to pale yellow when fully ripe; flesh white, tender, juicy, sprightly, sub-acid; good early bearer. RED ASTRACHAN.--Medium size, beautiful deep crimson, striped yellow, hardy and good quality. DUCHESS.--Of good size, yellow, streaked with red, juicy, rich sub-acid, a favorite everywhere. COLE'S QUINCE.--Large size, greenish yellow, very best quality. Bears well when quite young. BENONI.--Medium size, deep red color, rich flavor.

AUTUMN SORTS. WEALTHY.--A perfect iron-clad. Fruit of large size, of fine appearance and quality, rich, sub-acid and delicious. An early and profuse bearer and quick seller on the market; keeps well. LONGFIELD.--One of the best of the Russian varieties, an early and abundant bearer and the fruit is of most excellent, rich, sprightly sub-acid quality, from October to February. Medium size, yellow with a decided blush on one side. SNOW OR FAMEUSE.--Very popular, medium size, fine quality. UTTER'S RED.--Medium to large, and one of our best autumn sorts. HAAS OR GROS POMIER (meaning big apple).--A large handsome, red striped fall apple, juicy and very productive. Hardy.

WINTER SORTS. RAWLE'S JANET (Jennetin).--Medium size, greenish yellow, striped with red, rich, crisp and juicy; a long keeper. WALBRIDGE.--Medium size, very good quality; one of our hardiest and best keeping sorts. Handsomely striped red. WILLOW TWIG.--Medium to large, good quality; popular. SHERIFF.--A small round apple of good quality; very hardy. GRIMES' GOLDEN.--Medium to large, golden yellow and flesh a still deeper golden, sub-acid, rich, spicy, aromatic; one of our very best and most profitable market sorts; there is nothing superior in quality. ROMAN STEM.--Medium size, brown russeted, very good quality; desirable for home use. TALMAN SWEET.--Medium size, yellow and red, rich and sweet.

PAGE'S IDEAL.--This grand new variety which we now offer for the first time originated in Central Iowa and was named by the introducer in honor of Chas. N. Page, the manager of the Iowa Seed Co. It is a seedling and has proved to be an immense bearer of choice winter apples and is perfectly hardy in southern and central Iowa. The apples are medium to large in size, of a greenish yellow color with one side handsomely suffused or blushed with red. In quality it is one of the best producing an abundant crop of fine shaped choice specimen fruits. Season December to March. Each 50c; doz. $4.00. PARAGON.--A seedling from Tennessee. The original tree is over fifty years old, still vigorous and bearing, though mutilated by storms. Young trees show the same remarkable vigor of growth, bearing very young and are very productive. Fruit large, roundish, somewhat flattened; color dark red, slightly streaked; flesh firm, yellow, crisp, aromatic, sub-acid and juicy. A very late keeper, rich and of excellent quality. Is thought to be a cross between Wine-sap and Limber-twig, combining the good qualities of each. The large size and showy appearance of this apple attracted much admiration at the World's Fair. Each 50c, doz. $4.00. PEWAUKEE.--Medium size, bright yellow, splashed and striped red, sub-acid, with rich, aromatic flavor. IOWA BLUSH.--Hardy and desirable for the north; small and good quality. WOLF RIVER.--The famous prize apple from Wisconsin which took three first prizes at the New Orleans Exposition. Very hardy, a strong grower and a profuse bearer of large, beautiful fruit of excellent quality. Color light yellow, shaded with crimson and red; very showy. Has been grown to the weight of twenty-seven ounces. JONATHAN.--Popular everywhere; medium size, handsome, deep red color; juicy, rich, and always brings an extra price; trees scarce this year. BEN DAVIS.--Large striped apple; handsome and bears well. McMAHON.--Large, beautiful, glossy white, with delicate crimson cheek, juicy, lively, tart flavor; good for cooking or desert [dessert]. FLORA BELLFLOWER.--Fine, large, yellow fruit of good quality. PRICE'S SWEET.--A large, late keeping greenish yellow apple of flat shape; tree very hardy, claimed by many to be of superior quality to Tallman Sweet. CHISMAN.--An Iowa apple which has been fruited for twelve years and proved perfectly hardy; large size, color yellow with a blush cheek; an early bearer, very productive; long keeper, tender, juicy, sub-acid and delicious; in use all winter. PRICES.--For any of the above, except Page's Ideal and Paragon, 4 to 6 feet, each, 20c; doz. $2.00.

RUSSIAN APPLES. May be relied on as strictly genuine, as the stock was procured directly from the Iowa Agricultural College. We will make our patrons, who wish it, a selection of different sorts at the same price. Titus, Autonovka, Borsdorf, Grandmother, Bohemian Girl, Switzer, Longfield, Good Pleasant, and twenty-five other varieties; 4 to 6 feet, each 30c; doz. $2.25.

CRAB APPLES. HYSLOP.--Large, deep crimson; one of the most beautiful of crabs; very popular; keeps well. RED SIBERIAN.--Small, yellow and scarlet, handsome, tree erect, full grower and early bearer. TRANSCENDENT.--Large, yellow, mostly covered with red; tree very virgorous and productive; popular and desirable; September and October. WHITNEY'S NO. 20.--One of the largest of crabs, glossy, green, splashed carmine, firm, juicy, pleasant, great bearer; excellent for cider. SOULARD.--A very large native crab; originally found on the Illinois river; any of above, 4 to 6 feet, each 25c; doz., $2.25.

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[image] THE ABUNDANCE PLUM

PLUMS. Iowa is the home of the best plums for the northwest. The varieties we offer have been thoroughly tested, and we only grow those that experience has shown us to be the best. ABUNDANCE.--This is unlike any other plum. It is exceedingly hardy. Its propensity for early bearing is such that it loads in the nursery row, bending the limb with the weight of the great ropes of fruit until they sometimes break, and this is the case every year. Many who have grown it claim that the curculio has no effect upon it, the eggs failing to hatch and produce the destructive grub. Sometimes even little one-year-old saplings, only two feet high, are white with bloom and set heavily with large fine plums. The fruit is large, showy and beautiful. Amber, turning to a rich, bright cherry color, with a decided white bloom. Flesh light yellow, exceedingly juicy and tender, and of a delicious sweetness. Each 50c, doz. $5.00. STODDART.--The largest and finest native plum known. Although a new variety, it has been tested in northeastern Iowa for about ten years, and for large size, hardiness of tree, good quality and abundant bearing, we think it has no competitor. Many specimens measure 6 1/2 inches and upward. It is the most profitable native plum known. Each 75c. DE SOTO.--Medium size, good quality, has proved profitable wherever planted. WOLF.--Large, dark red, good quality. Extra fine for cooking and canning by reason of its being a freestone. It is a vigorous grower, entirely hardy, and an abundant annual bearer. HAWKEYE.--Very large, dark red, handsome, rich and good. Hardy and productive. WEAVER.--An old, well known and favorite sort. WYANT.--This fine new native plum is considered by Prof. Budd as one of the best. FOREST GARDEN.--Large, of good quality, and the best very early variety. ROLLINGSTONE.--Not so large as some, but of the very highest quality, and covered with such a deep bloom that it looks to be a "blue" plum. Any of the above, except Abundance and Stoddart, 4 to 6 feet, each 40c, doz. $4.00.

PEACHES. The following varieties of peaches are all hardy, and succeed well as far north as central Iowa, and there is a growing demand for them. CROSBY.--A handsome new variety of medium size, rich orange yellow with blush; freestone, pit small, flesh yellow, juicy and sweet. Tree low, spreading; willowy habit of growth; perfectly hardy in a peach country. Each 50c, doz. $5.00. TONG PA.--A large freestone Chinese white peach. Perfectly hardy.

[image] CROSBY PEACH.

ELBERTA.--Large size, beautiful color, yellow and red, delicious quality, a vigorous grower, one of the most productive on all soils; a good shipper. BOKARA NO. 3.--The most hardy of all varieties. Has stood 28° below zero near Des Moines and borne a crop every year. Fruit grown on our place was shown at World's Fair, and measured seven inches in circumference, and were in good condition after having been picked for a month. It is a freestone variety, flesh of good quality, skin tough, yellow, with red cheek. Each 50c, doz. $5. CHAMPION.--Hardy, and should head every list for Iowa growers. Large size, handsome, luscious fruit; skin creamy white with red cheek. Originated at Nakomis, Ill. PRICE, except where noted, 3 to 5 feet, each 30c, doz. $3.00.

CHERRIES. THE WRAGG.--Sturdy grower and immense bearer of large, handsome, dark colored fruit. The original trees of the Wragg cherry are still growing in Dallas county, Iowa, and are thirty years old, still bearing fair crops of fruit. It is undoubtedly the most profitable late cherry introduced for Minnesota, Wisconsin and the northwest. It is a large, dark colored fruit and should not be picked until fully ripe. By covering our trees with netting to protect from birds, we have had fresh fruit on till the first week in September for the past three years. It is highly recommendecl by the State Horticultural Society. Four to six feet, each 50c, doz. $5.00. EARLY RICHMOND.--The best early, medium size, dark red, juicy and sprightly acid. ENGLISH MORELLO.-- Blackish red, rich, acid, quite productive. MONTMORENCY.--Large, bright red, acid. DYE HOUSE.--Medium, rich, juicy and of good quality when fully ripe; very productive; little earlier than Richmond; hardy. PRICES.--Above 4 varieties, strong trees, 4 to 6 ft., each 40c, doz. $4.00. RUSSIAN CHERRIES.--From the long list of Russian cherries we have only selected those that were best adapted to our soil and climate. The following list we recommend are those that we have thoroughly tested: Russian Ostheim Lutovka, Orel 24, Bessarabian, Bruseler, Braune, Griote De Nord, 4 to 5 feet, each 60c, doz. $5.00.

PEARS. Pears can be grown in Iowa. We know of some in this city which were set out simply as shade trees, and now they produce good crops of fruit. Many of the varieties, however, grown in the east are not hardy enough for this climate. KOONCE.--Medium to large; yellow with blush, very handsome, early and of delicious quality. Tree vigorous, good grower and productive. BESSEMIANKA.--Famous seedless pear of Russia. Medium size, russeted, very sweet, tender, juicy, delicious. Hardy. KIEFFER'S HYBRID.--It is a fair dessert fruit and one of the very best for canning and preserving. Its large size and handsome appearance always causes it to sell well on the market. Its freedom from blight, early bearing, productiveness, vigorous growth and handsome appearance indicate it has come to stay. Season October and November. IDAHO.--Large and handsome, core small, skin golden yellow, with russety spots; flesh melting, juicy, with a sprightly, vinous, delicious flavor. Season, September and October. FLEMISH BEAUTY.--Large juicy, rich flavored. Season September and October. BARTLETT.--Very popular, large clear yellow; rich, juicy, high flavored, great bearer. Any of the above, 3 to 5 feet, each 40c, doz. $4.00.

[image] 1 BUSHEL FROM A 4 YEARS OLD KIEFFER PEAR TREE.

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[image] CRANDALL CURRANT

BUFFALO BERRY. A novelty from Wyoming. It is a tree-like shrub attaining a height of ten feet when well grown, of symmetrical, bushy habit, and would form a striking ornament on any lawn. The fruit resembles in size, form and color the cultivated red currant, but the bunches are more compact and the fruit remains on the bush all winter, and the freezing really improves the flavor. Excellent for pies, jellies and preserves, or dried. Very hardy. Strong plants, each 25c.

CURRANTS. One of the most prominent horticulturists in the country recently informed us that he made more money from his crop of currants than from any other source. They are a most profitable crop if well cared for, for the market is never overstocked. Our plants are fine and large. If by mail, add 10c per 10; 50c per 100. NORTH STAR.--This new seedling currant is very vigorous, perfectly hardy, and seldom affected by the borer. The bunches are long and well filled with fruit, and borne in the greatest profusion, as shown in our illustration which is, of course, greatly reduced in size, as the berries are about half an inch in diameter. The fruit is of superior quality, very sweet and rich, desirable for market, and as a dessert or for jelly it is unsurpassed. The most rapid grower and prolific sort we know of. Each 25c, 10 for $2.00.

[image] NORTH STAR CURRANT.

FAY'S PROLIFIC.--Has been widely planted and given general satisfaction. It is a strong grower, wonderfully prolific and bears early. Fruit large, bright red and of good flavor and very uniform in size. It is the berry for market or home gardens and you cannot afford to omit it from your list. Each 20c, 10 for $1.50. CRANDALL.--A new black currant, and by many considered one of the most valuable novelties of recent introduction. Grows six to eight feet high, in a tree form; is perfectly and absolutely proof against currant worms and insects. Enormously productive and generally produces fruit same season planted. Fruit sometimes as large as the Concord grape. Excellent flavor. Try it. Each 25c, 10 for $2.00.

[image] MOUNTAIN CHERRY.

WHITE GRAPE.--Largest, best white sort; very handsome, sweet, and productive. CHERRY.--Is sometimes one-half inch in diameter. Is productive if on good soil. RED DUTCH.--An excellent and well known old sort. WHITE DUTCH.--Same, except color. Each 15c, 10 for 80c.

Japanese Wineberry. One of the most widely advertised fruits and very popular in some parts of of the country. Resembles the raspberry. Fruit round, deep red, glossy and handsome. Of luscious flavor, and makes a rich wine. Vine hardy and productive. Each 25c, 10 for $1.75.

RUSSIAN MULBERRY. A valuable tree of vigorous growth and hardiness. Quite desirable for windbreaks and for feeding silk worms. Fruit of medium size, pleasant and palatable. 2 to 3 ft., each 15c; 10 for $1.00. 3 to 4 ft., each 20c; 10 for $1.50.

DWARF ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY. This new fruit was discovered growing in the mountains of Larimer county Colorado, and promises to be a valuable addition to our cultivated fruits, as it has now been grown in the nursery several years. Our illustration was made from a photograph of a branch and shows its great productiveness. It begins bearing very young, and sixteen quarts have been picked from a three-year-old plant. The fruit is jet black when ripe, and averages somewhat larger in size than the English Morello cherry, and it is late in ripening. In flavor it resembles the sweet cherries. It is dwarf, growing to a height of about four feet, and when covered with its mass of white flowers it would grace any lawn. Large size, each 50c; small size, by mail, each 30c.

GOOSEBERRIES. One of the most popular fruits in England, and is now beginning to receive more attention here. Plant three or four feet apart each way, manure well and remove old canes after fruit is gathered. Does well if grown in partial shade. Should have rich soil. If by mail add 15 cents per 10. INDUSTRY.--The best English sort yet introduced in this country. Berries are very large, one to one and one-half inches in diameter, of most excellent flavor, both pleasant and rich. Color dark red when fully ripe. Under favorable conditions it bears immense crops. A northern exposure and partial shade are desirable for it. Each 35c, 10 for $3.00. DOWNING.--Best of the American sorts. Fruit large, pale green, and of excellent quality, both for cooking and table use. Bushes stocky, hardy, vigorous and very prolific. Strong two year plants. Each 15c, 10 for $1.25. HOUGHTON.--Fruit of medium size; skin smooth; pale red; flesh tender and good. Each 10c, 10 for 75c.

DEWBERRIES. Larger, sweeter, and by some considered superior to the blackberries. If by mail, add 15c per 10, 60c per 100. LUCRETIA.--Decidedly the best of all the dewberries. It is a superb fruit, large, handsome, shining jet black, melting and delicious quality. Earlier than the blackberries. Each 15c, 10 for $1.00.

[image] INDUSTRY GOOSEBERRY.

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[image] MOORE'S DIAMOND.

GRAPES. There is scarcely a yard so small, either in the country or city, that room for one to a dozen or more grape vines cannot be found. They do admirably trained up by the side of any building, or along the garden fences occupying but little room, and furnishing an abundance of the healthiest fruits. They are a most satisfactory fruit and can be as easily grown as potatoes. Make the soil mellow, and plant the vines somewhat deeper than they stood in the nursery. All kinds listed are perfectly hardy, but the Agawam should have some winter protection. If to be mailed, add 20 cents per dozen. MOORE'S DIAMOND.--A vigorous grower, with dark healthy foliage, entirely free from mildew. A prolific bearer; bunches large, handsome and compact, slightly shouldered; color delicate, greenish-white, with rich, yellow tinge when fully ripe. Skin smooth and free from specks; pulp tender, juicy, and nearly transparent, with very few seeds. Berry about the size of Concord. Quality best; rich, sprightly and sweet. Ripens about two weeks before Concord. Each 20c, doz. $2.00. MOORE'S EARLY.--A most profitable black variety. Vine is even more hardy than its parent, Concord, while it ripens fully two weeks earlier, thus obtaining the advantage of larger price ruling at the time, and being more sure to ripen its entire crop in a short season. Fruit is well shown in our illustration, the berry being much larger than Concord, and quality almost identical. Claimed by some to be exempt from mildew or disease. Each 20c, doz. $2.00.

[image] MOORE'S EARLY.

COTTAGE.--This is the grape of all others for those who only have space for a few vines and grow them for their own use. It will be found to adapt itself to a very wide range of soils, from deep, black loam to clay, and is a strong, vigorous grower everywhere. It is perfectly hardy, and is undoubtedly the best grape for arbors or covering verandas in the whole list. The foliage is of a bright, pleasing green, while the underside of leaf is a beautiful golden yellow. The bunch is medium to large, berry larger than Concord and ripens earlier. Very productive, juicy, tender and delicious. It is a long keeper. The berries seldom burst open. Can be kept until Christmas in good condition. Each 15c, doz. $1.50. AGAWAM.--A fine, large, red berry, and cluster of good size. Quality excellent, decidedly aromatic flavor, very vigorous grower and productive. We consider the Agawam superior in flavor to any other variety that we grow. Each 15c, doz. 1.50. GOLDEN POCKLINGTON.--The vine is thoroughly hardy; strong grower, never mildews in vine or foliage. Called a white grape, but the fruit is a light golden yellow, clear, juicy and sweet to the center, with little or no pulp; bunches very large, sometimes shouldered. Each 15c, doz. $1.50.

WORDEN.--In brief, an improved Concord, both bunch and berry being larger, handsomer, earlier and better quality. Our stock is true. Strong two-year roots. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. CONCORD.--So popular that it needs no description. Either one or two-year-old vines. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. BRIGHTON.--A cross between Concord and Diana Hamburg. Resembles Catawba in color, size and form of bunch and berry. Flesh rich, sweet and of the best quality. Ripens earlier than Delaware. Vine vigorous and very hardy. This variety has now been thoroughly tested, and it may now be truly said to be without an equal among early red grapes. Each 20c, doz. $1.75. NIAGARA.--Bunch medium to large; berry large; skin thin and tough; slightly pulpy, tender, sweet. Vine vigorous, healthy and very productive. All things considered, probably the most valuable white grape in cultivation. Each 15c, doz. $1.50.

GRAPE COLLECTION. One vine each of the above nine unexcelled varieties (four black, two red, two white and one golden sort), making a splendid assortment for any private family, for only $1.25, or $1.40 postpaid.

RASPBERRIES. Any good corn ground is suitable for them, and they like it rich. Set in rows five feet apart, and three feet apart in row. If by mail, add 10c per doz., 50c per hundred. REDFIELD.--See description of this splendid variety with novelties. Each 50c, doz. $4.00. KANSAS.--Ripens just after Souhegan; berries as large or larger than the Gregg, jet black, firm, handsome and of the best quality. Very vigorous growth, which continues through the season; holds its foliage until frost, stands drouth and cold; exceedingly productive. Fruit firm, carries well to and presents a handsome appearance in market. Each 15c, doz. $1.25. SOUHEGAN OR TYLER.--Large, black, without bloom and of medium quality. Plant very hardy and a great bearer, ripens a little before Ohio. Each 10c, doz. $1.00. OLDER.--This new variety bids fair to become one of our leading berries; fruit large, black, firm; a strong grower. Each 15c, doz. $1.10. SHAFFER'S COLOSSAL.--A cross between the red and black raspberry. Popular and immensely productive and vigorous. Berries largest of all. More extensively grown for canning establishments than any other variety, growers being able to sell far below the price of the red varieties and reap a handsome profit. One grower reports having picked 6,839 quarts from less than one acre and a half. Each 10c, doz. 75c.

[image] SHAFFER'S COLOSSAL RASPBERRY.

OHIO.--Early, hardy and productive; black. Each 10c, doz. 75c. CUTHBERT.--Dark crimson. Each 10c, doz. 75c. GREGG.--Popular, late black sort. Each 10c, doz. 75c. NEW GOLDEN QUEEN.--Beautiful, clear amber color, firm and of delicious flavor. Of very vigorous, strong growth, hardy and in productiveness simply marvelous. No home garden is complete without it. Each 15c, doz. $1.00.

[image] GOLDEN QUEEN RASPBERRY.

COLUMBIAN (New).--A seedling of the Cuthbert. Originated in New York. In color and fruit it closely resembles the Shaffer. Is moderately firm, nearly sweet. Little later than Shaffer, with longer season. Plants, so far as tested, make a strong, vigorous growth. We consider this worthy of a more extended trial. Each 40c, doz. $3.50.

RASPBERRY COLLECTION. One plant each of the above ten varieties, making an unequaled assortment, for only $1.25.