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Title: Spring 1897
Identifier: CAT31282709 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: John A. Salzer Seed Co.
Subjects: Nursery stock Wisconsin Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Cereal grasses Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: La Crosse, Wis. : John A. Salzer Seed Co.

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Russian Mulberry. The trees of seed planted 7 years ago are now 22 feet high, and this year just laden with fruit. The fruit is very valu- able, about the size of Black- berries, and is used for dessert or preserves, similar to the Raspberry or Blackberry. Each, by mail, 15c.; 8 for »1.00, post- paid. » Siberian Giant M ul berry • The fruit Is very large, solid and of delicious flavor, and it remains on the bushes a long while; indeed the plant looks as though it were an everbearer, as the fruit hangs on from the time it begins to fruit until it is ripe— fully four months. Price, each, 25c.; 3 for 50c. THE MAGNIFICENT CZAR OF RUSSIA A New Fruit, Eleagnus Longipes.
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New Mulberry, Czar of Russia. A magnificent introduction from Western Russia. It grows as freely here as any forest tree, and can be planted anywhere. They bear when but two or three years old, according to size, from 1 to 10 bushels of fruit, which, when ripe, falls to the ground and is eagerly eaten by fowls and pigs, which thrive on same remarkably. A few trees will sustain a large flock of fowls and a drove of pigs for 2 or 3 months, as they bear and ripen their fruit for a long period. The Mul- berry, especially this sort, makes delicious pies and preserves, and is also used in Russia for wines. The fruit has a subacid, sweet taste, and is used foi dessert, as we use Black* berries or Raspberries. We would not part with a cluster of 6 trees on pur private place for $100.00. Price, each, 25c.; 3 for 60c.; 6 for 81.00, post- paid. TREE OF RUSSIAN MULBERRY FIVE YEARS OLD. Eleagnus Longipes. Wm. Falconer, in Rural New Yorker^ says: "The shrub Eleagnus Longipes is one of my special favorites. I have grown it for years, and the longer I know it, the better I like it. It is a native of Japan, and belongs to the Olive family of plants, and is perfectly hardy. As a garden shrub it grows to the height of 5 feet or more, is bushy and broad; and thrifly plants begin to fruit when two or three years old. The leaves are oval oblong, green above, silver beneath, and last in good condition all summer long, and are never dicfigured by insect vermin. The flowers are small, silvery yellow, and borne in great abundance, and in full bloom about 6th to 10th of May. The fruit is oval, very ^eshy and juicy, bright red, and drooping on slender ped- icles on the under side of the twigs, borne in immense profusion. It is ripe July 4th to 20th. We^use the fruit as sauce, as one would Cranberri^, and a delicious sauce it makes, especially for children." Bach, 30c.; 4 for $1.00, postpaid.

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