. Childs rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits. Fruit Varieties United States Catalogs; Flowers Varieties United States Catalogs; Vegetables Varieties United States Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Fruit; Flowers; Vegetables. \e\V I"J\Varf Juijeberry. We were first to call attention to this excellent fruit i three years ago. and can claim the largest share of credit for i having brought before the public this superb new berry. It j is a native of Alaska, and therefore of the most iron-clad hardiness. It is a quick grower, forming dense clumps of | bushes which seldom grow higher than a
. Childs rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits. Fruit Varieties United States Catalogs; Flowers Varieties United States Catalogs; Vegetables Varieties United States Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Fruit; Flowers; Vegetables. \e\V I"J\Varf Juijeberry. We were first to call attention to this excellent fruit i three years ago. and can claim the largest share of credit for i having brought before the public this superb new berry. It j is a native of Alaska, and therefore of the most iron-clad hardiness. It is a quick grower, forming dense clumps of | bushes which seldom grow higher than a man's head, \ though they bloom and bear heavily when only one or two , feet in The berries are the size of ordinary cherries being green in an unripe state, changing to bright scarlet, and. when fully ripe, to a dark purple blue; and as the three colors hang in clusters upon a bush they present a most charming and appetizing sight. After the berry is fully ripe : it will keep on the bush in perfect condition for two or three weeks without decaying or dropping. It is exceedingly sweet and has a peculiarly rich and luscious flavor. We do not hesitate to pronounce it the most charming fruit to eat raw from the hand we have ever tasted. Aside from its value as a fruit it is one of the most showy flowering shrubs, as it blooms very early in the spring—before leaves start— and every stem and branch of the bush is a solid wreath of delicate feathery whiteness, so numerous are the flowers. Xo garden is complete without this magnificent frulL Price, 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 7 for § Filbert, Kcntisb (7ob. This is a most desirable nut and the largest and finest of Filberts. The bushes are of somewhat low growth and oc- cupy little room and may be planted in any out-of-the-way place. They produce annually large crops of the choicest nuts. This is nne of the choIcesL scarcest and highest priced nuts von can find in the market. Plant a few by all means. They will be sure t
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