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Title: Farm and floral guide
Identifier: CAT31283796 (find matches)
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: L. L. May & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Minnesota Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flower Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs
Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : L. L. May & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, PLANTS, BULBS AND FRUITS.
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The Two Finest Currants for Home or Market Garden. Mav's Oiant Rflhv The largest of all the red currants ever introduced. The bushes are unusually strong in habit of growth^ * . u,ai v 17 7 • and bear immense clusters of berries in the greatest abundance. In color the berries are a most beautiful shade of bright red, and in formation the bunches are so immense that they resemble more a small bunch of rich red grapes than they do a bunch of currants. Many fruit growers are now planting largely of this variety in place of the older sorts, on account of the enormous yields which are- certain to be the result; indeed, we know of no fruit which is more desirable for home cultivation than the currant providing the right varieties are grown. You will make a great mistake if you don't secure a few plants of White Wine and Giant Ruby this year. Price 35c each, 3 for $1.00, 6 for $1.75, 12 for $3.0O. White YXf in© A sPlen RI/lfkht*t*l7 No one wno has a garden can afford to be without it. Over 30,000 sold last year. Vi'V ViVvl WWl lilt) VI vv Jjmvnvvl I y. Everyone wants it. Unlike others it requires no stakes and is by far the most pro- ductive, hardiest, finest flavored and handsomest blackberry we have ever grown. It grows in upright tree form to a height of six or seven feet, and produces its large delicious berries in the greatest abundance for several weeks during the summer. No person who has a few feet in their yard to spare can afford to be without this splendid fruit. It is ornamental as well as useful, and its habit of growth, hardiness and enormous yield makes it a most desirable variety. A few of these trees will keep a family supplied with delicious berries the entire season The immense sale of this grand fruit has compelled us to grow an enormous stock the past season, and this also enables us to offer them at a low price, so that they are now within the reach of ail our friends. Our stock is extra strong and will generally fruit heavily the first year, and is al- ways certain to bear abundantly of its mammoth delicious berries the second season. Don't fail to order the Everbearing Tree Black- berry. Price 25c each, 6 for $1.00, 15 for $2,00, postpaid. tbe Strawberry Raspberry, or tree Strawberry. S^St beautiful fruits ever seen; berries the size and shape of the largest strawberries; bright, rich, shining scarlet, with an ex- quisite bloom; makes lovely jams, jellies and tarts, having a delicious flavor en- tirely different from any other fruit; bears the first season and gets larger and stronger every year. Came from Japan and tested for two years here; the bush grows from eighteen inches to two feet high, is entirely hardy and will do well everywhere, regardless of heat or drought. All lovers of fruit should give it a trial. It will surprise and please you. Price 15c, 4for50c, 12 for $1.00. Colossal Dewberry. Es^S introduced. This is a fruit for every- body, and one that all should have. The Colossal ripens early, berries are ex- tra large and handsome, jet black and of the most delicious quality. It is one of the most desirable small fruits for general cultivation we have ever seen, and will please all who try it. Not only is it valuable as a fruit, but early in the spring it produces great bunches of pure sweet scented flowers. Our stock is true and fine. Price 25c each, 3 for 60c, 7 for $1.0O, 15 for $200, postpaid.

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