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Title: Spring 1902
Identifier: CAT31285825 (find matches)
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Storrs & Harrison Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Ohio Painesville Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs
Publisher: Painesville, Ohio : Storrs and Harrison 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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FRUITS—GENERAL COLLECTION. 153 Sharpless—One of the old favorites. Large, produc- tive, flesh firm, sweet, with a delicate aroma; of fine quality, color clear light red, with a smooth, shining surface. Sample—(P) One of the very best berries and seems to succeed nearly everywhere. Plants strong, large and healthy, producing in profusion large dark colored berries of uniform size and color, firm enough to ship well. Believe this like Bubach will become one of the standard sorts for both home and market. Warfield—(P) Its great beauty, firmness, earliness, good flavor, productiveness and vigor make it ex- ceedingly popular. Ripens with Crescent, and is superceding that variety for a reliable market sort. Price, except noted, 20c. per 10, 85c. per 100. Not less than 25 of a sort at hundred rates. Will do well on any soil that will produce a good corn crop. Land should be throughly prepared and well enriched; ground bone is one of the best fertilizers. Keep well cultivated and free from weeds and suckers. As soon as they have done bearing, cut out the old wood to give more vigor to the young canes. Plant in rows 5 feet apart, 3 feet apart in rows.
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BLACK. Black Diamond—A healthy, vigorous grower, makes strong, vigorous canes with numerous side branches all thickly set with fruit spurs. Berries about the size of Gregg, ripens early, the sweetest berry known, fine flavor, pulpy and with few seeds, yet firm enough to be an A No. 1 shipper. For drying and evaporation it excels all others, the dried fruit is jet black, retains the richness, fine flavor and sweetness of the fresh fruit. Cumberland—In size, the fruit is simply enormous, far surpassing any other sort. The berries run seven-eighths and fifteen-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and are of such handsome appearance that their fruit sold for 10c per quart, when other varieties were selling for 5c to 7c per quart. The quality is very similar and fully equal to Gregg. In spite of its unusual large size, the fruit is possessed of great firmness and is thus well adapted for standing long shipments. Midseason. The bush is exceedingly healthy and vigorous, throwing up stout stocky canes, well adapted for supporting their loads of large fruit. 15c; 12 for 60c; 100 for $2.50. Eureka—Ripens nearly with Palmer, fruit firm, of large size, equalling Gregg; superior quality, free from bloom, making it very attractive in fruit box; brings the highest market price. Strong grower, very hardy, healthy foliage, and in some localities stands at the head for productiveness. Hilborn—A fine second early sort, extremely hardy, vigorous and productive. Fruit good size, jet black, fine quality. Gregg—For many years the leading standard, best known market sort. Very productive, large size, firm, meaty berries, covered with heavy bloom. Older—Especially recommended for the north, and sections where other varieties do not succeed. Very hardy, vigorous and prolific; profitable for both home use and market. Berries sweet and rich, of large size, jet black; ripens before Gregg. Palmer's—The first to ripen; fruit good size and quality; canes wonderfully productive, vigorous and hardy; ripens its crops in short time. Kansas—Strong, vigorous grower, standing extremes of drought and cold, and bearing immense crops. Early, ripening just after Palmer. Berries size of Gregg, of better color; jet black, and almost free from bloom; firm, of best quality; presents a hand- some appearance and brings highest price in mar- ket. The best Black Cap on our grounds. RED. Cuthbert, or Queen of the Market—A remarkably strong^ hardy variety; stands the northern winter and southern summers equal to any. Berries very large, measuring three inches around, conical, rich crimson, very handsome, and so firm they can be shipped hundreds of miles by rail in good con- dition; flavor is sweet, rich and luscious. The lead- ing market variety for main crop.

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