. Benton County Nursery Co. Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Shade trees, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs. Gooseberries GOOSEBERRIES Gooseberries should be planted in good, rich soil and well manured once a year, Prune regularly, thoroughly cutting out all dead wood and surplus branches. Plant in rows 4 to 6 feet apart in row. It is well to mulch heavily in the fall. Plants are hardy, rugged and easily grown. OREGON CHAMPION GOOSEBERRY—Berries very large, brownish red color, very s
. Benton County Nursery Co. Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Shade trees, Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants), Catalogs. Gooseberries GOOSEBERRIES Gooseberries should be planted in good, rich soil and well manured once a year, Prune regularly, thoroughly cutting out all dead wood and surplus branches. Plant in rows 4 to 6 feet apart in row. It is well to mulch heavily in the fall. Plants are hardy, rugged and easily grown. OREGON CHAMPION GOOSEBERRY—Berries very large, brownish red color, very sweet and fine for table use and pies. Bush a strong grower, healthy, not very thorny and a prolific bearer. One of the best ber- ries for the market. HOUGHTON — A medium sized American variety which bears abundant and regular crops and never mildews; fruit smooth; red, tender, and very good; valuable. DOWNING — Fruit larger than Houghton, roundish, light green with distinct veins; skin smooth, flesh rather soft, juicy and very good. Vigorous and productive. The most popular variety for market growing. SEE PRICE LIST ATTACHED TO THIS CATALOG Black Varieties CUMBERLAND—The longest of all the black- caps; coal black berries; very firm and the quality of the very best; excellent shipper. Bush is a strong grower, stocky canes and unusually prolific. Mid-season. NEW LOGAN BLACKCAP—The best depend- able early black raspberry grown. In some localities where it has been grown for the past few years it has almost displaced the other standard varieties. Berries are as large as the Cumberland, bears as heavily and ripens a week ahead of Cumberland. This gives the grower a chance to make some really good money. One of the New Logan's outstanding characteristics is its resistance to mosaic and other raspberry diseases. We have a fine lot of thrifty plants to offer. Gentlemen: I recently purchased IS Chief Rasp- berry plants. I set them in new ground and have raised three hundred pl
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