Lovett's illustrated catalogue : trees and plants . -, earlier thanthe earliest blackberry and as large as the largest of them. Thecanes are ofgreat hardi-ness and ex-ceedingly pro-lific, thrivingeverywhere;of slender,trailing habit,and entirelyfree from dis-ease and in-sect fruit issuperb, largeand hand-some, jetblack,rich andmelting, andships andkeeps well. Igrow the Lu-cretia largelyfor market,having fruited some ten acres each year for severalyears past. Doz., 30c.; 100, $ ;lOOO, $ 12 J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. CURRANTS. One-year plants mailed postpaid at doze
Lovett's illustrated catalogue : trees and plants . -, earlier thanthe earliest blackberry and as large as the largest of them. Thecanes are ofgreat hardi-ness and ex-ceedingly pro-lific, thrivingeverywhere;of slender,trailing habit,and entirelyfree from dis-ease and in-sect fruit issuperb, largeand hand-some, jetblack,rich andmelting, andships andkeeps well. Igrow the Lu-cretia largelyfor market,having fruited some ten acres each year for severalyears past. Doz., 30c.; 100, $ ;lOOO, $ 12 J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. CURRANTS. One-year plants mailed postpaid at dozen rates if desired. If by mail at loo rates, add ^oc. per plants are too large to mail. A cool moist location is best for this fruit, and for this reason it succeeds admirably when planted bya stone wall or fence; bemg benefited by partial shade. Plant in rows 4 feet apart, and the plants3 feet apart in rows. Keep the ground mellow and free of weeds and grass, using fertilizers copi-ously. Mulching is necessary for the best returns. So soon as the leaves turn yellow and begin to fall,with a prunmg knife remove all the old wood and cut back the young shoots a third of their length, cut-ting to the ground enough of these to admit air and light into the bush freely. When the currant wormappears, dust the bushes with powdered white hellebore or tobacco dust; it can be exterminated also bydissolving the powdered white hellebore (to be had at any drug store) in the proportion of an ounce to a
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