. Allen's catalogue 1909 : choicest strawberry plants and other small fruits, vegetable seeds etc. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. CURRANTS. Choose a moist, rich soil for currants. Plant four by five feet apart. Keep free from weeds and grass by cultivation and mulching. Use plenty of manure and trim out superfluous wood by cutting back the new growth two-thirds each year. Sprinkle ashes around the roots occasionally to keep out borers. If currant worm appears, dust with hellebore. I am o
. Allen's catalogue 1909 : choicest strawberry plants and other small fruits, vegetable seeds etc. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Nursery stock Maryland Salisbury Catalogs; Strawberries Maryland Salisbury Catalogs. CURRANTS. Choose a moist, rich soil for currants. Plant four by five feet apart. Keep free from weeds and grass by cultivation and mulching. Use plenty of manure and trim out superfluous wood by cutting back the new growth two-thirds each year. Sprinkle ashes around the roots occasionally to keep out borers. If currant worm appears, dust with hellebore. I am offering four varieties only, which I consider as good as can be had. They are four good, reliable varieties that will thrive and produce well anywhere that any variety will grow. i S f % PERFECTION.—Awarded $ gold medal by the Western New York Horticul- tural Society. Color beautiful bright red; size of berries and cluster as large and larger than Fayes Prolific; very productive; sea- son of ripening about the same as Cherry; habit of growth intermediate between Fayes Prolific and White Grape, of which variety it is a cross. A new variety very highly recommended. By express, receiver to pay charges, $ per dozen. $ per 25, $ per 50, and $ per 100. RED CROSS.—The Rural New Yorker says : "Red Cross is the best of all, old or new, currants for midseason. It is large and productive. The masses of fruit almost completely cover the bearing canes. It is undoubtedly one of the best currants, if not the very best, on the ; CHERRY.—Strong grower, fruit very large, sometimes measuring one-half inch in diameter. This is a most excellent red va- riety. WHITE GRAPES.—This is the larg- est and most productive white currant. Fla- vor sweet, and very fine for the table. I will send any of the above varieties, except Perfection, by express, receiver to pay charges, at $ per dozen. $ per 50 and $ per Please note that these images are
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