. Lovett's illustrated catalogue : trees and plants. r feetapart, and the plants three feet apart in the rows. Keep the ground mel-low and free of weeds and grass, using fertilizers copiously. Mulching isnecessary for the best returns. So soon as the leaves turn yellow and beginto fall, with a pruning knife remove all the old wood and cut back theyoung shoots a third of their length, cutting to the ground enough of theseto admit air and light into the bush freely. When the currant worm ap-pears dust the bushes with powdered white hellebore or tobacco dust; it canbe exterminated also by dissolv
. Lovett's illustrated catalogue : trees and plants. r feetapart, and the plants three feet apart in the rows. Keep the ground mel-low and free of weeds and grass, using fertilizers copiously. Mulching isnecessary for the best returns. So soon as the leaves turn yellow and beginto fall, with a pruning knife remove all the old wood and cut back theyoung shoots a third of their length, cutting to the ground enough of theseto admit air and light into the bush freely. When the currant worm ap-pears dust the bushes with powdered white hellebore or tobacco dust; it canbe exterminated also by dissolving the powdered white hellebore (to be hadat any drug store) in the proportion of an ounce to a pail of water, and ap-plied with a syringe upon the leaves. The annexed illustration shows plants of one and two years old withindications where to cut back at planting. Prices: 1 yr., 3 for 20cj doz., 50c; 100, $ 2 yrs., 3 for 25c; doz.,60c; 100, $; except as otherwise noted. One year by mail at dozen rates, if desired. If by mail at 100 rates. add 50c. per 100. POMONA. Beyond compar-ison in productive-ness and fine qual-ity with any of the older sorts, and from present indica-tions destined to supersede all other Red Currants. Itsyield of fruit is something wonderful. From 6>£ acresof Pomona Currants has been sold at wholesale, inthree consecutive years, fruit amounting to $, oran average of over $ yearly per acre. WhatCurrant is there that will make as good a showing asthis? The Pomona is a vigorous and robust grower,healthy, hardy, and an early bearer; foliage abundantand remains on the bush much later than others fruit is very beautiful in appearance, of a clear,bright translucent red, bunches large and full, but insize of berry smaller than Cherry and Versailles thoughlarger than Victoria and very much larger than RedDutch. It is of remarkably fine quality, sweet andmild, and less acid than any we know of, with very fewseeds and these are sm
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