. Catalogue 1894 : everything for the fruit grower. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Nut trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 8 E. W. Reid's Catalogue of Small â Fruits, Etc. GREENVILLE. Comparing this variety, as we do, with Bubach No. 5, which is known to growers as a most superb berrj', would sav it resembles it in growth. The leaf is a lighter green, bat has not the robust growth, yet it is a better grower and more free to run. The fruit is not quite so large as the Bu- bach, but is of better
. Catalogue 1894 : everything for the fruit grower. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Nut trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. 8 E. W. Reid's Catalogue of Small â Fruits, Etc. GREENVILLE. Comparing this variety, as we do, with Bubach No. 5, which is known to growers as a most superb berrj', would sav it resembles it in growth. The leaf is a lighter green, bat has not the robust growth, yet it is a better grower and more free to run. The fruit is not quite so large as the Bu- bach, but is of better quality and much more solid, making a good shipping variety. Com- pared with Bubach, Warfield, Haverland, Gandy, Crescent, and Cumberland, on a scale often points, Greenville obtained the highest av- erage. In the ten points, it has five firsts, while the six varieties above combined only made six firsts, thus showing that no other berry of the leading varieties named includes anything like so many of essential poinls as Gieenville. The above scale was as fol- lows : Productiveness, Firmness, Quality, Size, Color, Near Market, Distant Market, Home Use, and General Pur- poses. It was No. I in Productiveness, Qual- ity, Near Market, Home Use, and General Pur- poses; was No. 2 in Size, and Distant Market; hence it is a rare case when you find one par- ticular fruit that will rank, as this, over the above selections from about fifty varieties. We cannot say too much for this berry, as it is one of the very best, and it will, when known, be planted extensively, as fruit growers, for commercial purposes, have found that they cannot grow anything that will give them more satisfaction. The plant and foliage are entirely hardy with us, and Greenville will be one of the berries for the masses. Our stock of this variety is large, and we have made low. The following is the oflScial report of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station of 1891 : "The Greenville is a strong co
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