. Everything for the fruit grower : 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Miscellaneous Hardy Fruits .41. REID'S NURSERIES, UPLAND, OHIO. IMPROVED DWARF JUNEBERRY. A good substitute for the large or swamp huckleberry, or whortleberry, which it resembles in appearance and quality. The fruit is borne in clusters, and is reddish purple in color, changing to a bluish black. In flavor it is a mild, rich subacid; excellent as a dessert fruit or canned. The bu
. Everything for the fruit grower : 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Miscellaneous Hardy Fruits .41. REID'S NURSERIES, UPLAND, OHIO. IMPROVED DWARF JUNEBERRY. A good substitute for the large or swamp huckleberry, or whortleberry, which it resembles in appearance and quality. The fruit is borne in clusters, and is reddish purple in color, changing to a bluish black. In flavor it is a mild, rich subacid; excellent as a dessert fruit or canned. The bushes are extremely hardy, enduring the cold of the far north and the heat of summer without injury. When this fruit becomes better known to the public it will be ver}' popular. It is much larger and better flavored than the wild Juneberries. 10 cts. each, 75 cts. per doz., $5 per 100. JAPANESE WINEBERRY. There have been few novelties introduced to this country that are more interesting or beautiful in their way than the Japanese Raspberry, brought out recently under the name of Wineberry. It originated from seed sent home by Prof. George- son, late of the Imperial College of Agriculture, Tokio, Japan, and gathered by him from a plant growing in a wild state on the mountains of that Elffiagfnus Longipes. EL^AGNUS LONGIPES. This new and valuable acquisition, a native of Japan, is one of our most promising new fruits, and we highly recommend it for more general planting. It is worthy a place in both fruit and ornamental collections, as its beau- tiful shape as a shrub, with its dark green foliage, makes it a verj^ conspicuous object, especially when loaded with fruit; it is also very attractive when in bloom in May, the flowers being a beautiful lemon-yellow color. The bush begins to bear at two years old, and the fruit is very highly prized by those who have fruited it, for its peculiar piquancy, making a very delicious sauce, and considered much superior to the cranberry. It is
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