. Catalogue of nursery stock. Seed industry and trade Michigan Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 46 GREENING BROS., MONROE, MICH. Shaffer's Colossal — Fruit large ; purple, soft, with sprightly, sub-acid flavor; hardy, vigorous and productive. Much esteemed. Season medium to SHAFFER'S COLOSSAL CLASS I!.—BLACK CAPS. Earhart — Strong, stocky grower with an abundance of stout heavy spines ; very hardy ; fruit of large size, jet black and of good quality, commencing to ripen early and continues until stopped by freezing in the autumn. Gregg—Of good size ; fine quality ; very pro-


. Catalogue of nursery stock. Seed industry and trade Michigan Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 46 GREENING BROS., MONROE, MICH. Shaffer's Colossal — Fruit large ; purple, soft, with sprightly, sub-acid flavor; hardy, vigorous and productive. Much esteemed. Season medium to SHAFFER'S COLOSSAL CLASS I!.—BLACK CAPS. Earhart — Strong, stocky grower with an abundance of stout heavy spines ; very hardy ; fruit of large size, jet black and of good quality, commencing to ripen early and continues until stopped by freezing in the autumn. Gregg—Of good size ; fine quality ; very pro- ductive and hardy. It takes the same position among black caps as Cuthbert among the red sorts. No one can afford to be without it. (See cut.) Johnston's Sweet—Berry nearly as large as Gregg, perfectly black, quite firm, holds its shape well in handling and shipping, in quality sweeter and more delicious than anything else in the black cap line; in can- ning and evaporating it retains its sweet- ness and flavor to a high degree. Mammoth Cluster—The largest black cap except Gregg. Canes of strong- growth and very prolific. Berries large and of tine Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greening Bros; River Raisin Valley Nursery; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Monroe, Mich. : D. M. Ferry & Co.


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