The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-08

of Wales. This is described as being
far ahead of California. Space will
not permit a notice of the many i'm
portant novelties which are introduced
exclusively by this firm. From the
description and Illustration we would
select as the best of these among veg
etables, the Australian Brown Globe
onion, Fordhook Picking cucumber,
Kleckleyl Sweets watermelon, Aspara-
gus pea. Osaka radish "a large white
winter radish), and the new leafless
radish. The first leaves of this last
develop abnormally. the second leaves
not developing until the roots are al
most large enough to pull.
WILLIAM HENRY MAULE, PHILA-
DELPHIA, PA.
This highly embellished work of 100
pages treats it's readers to ten colored
/ plates. One of them shows La France:
THE most exquisite long stemmed
dahlia.' Another colored plate shows
Maule's up-to-date ever blooming roses.
Another novelty is in the way of YER
benas, nasturtiuns, etc. Mr.. Maule
says that the mortgage litter oats are
well named. A good deal of space is
devoted to the latest potatoes, the place
/ Of honor being given to Maule's early
thoroughbred. Perfection is at last
attained in this potato" is Mr.. Maule's
claim. Another colored plate shows the
Grand Rapids lettuce, evergreen Gu
cumber and cardinal beet. Maule's i'm
proved ruby-king pepper is described
as the largest of all, most productive
of all, and the best of ALL
D. NJ. FERRY, DETROIT, MICH.
! A seed annual of one of the largest
establishments in America. There is
colored plate of two sweet peas,
Katherine Tracy and Blanche Ferry.
| Other colored illustrations are Evan S
Triumph celery, Mammoth White Cory
sweet corn, and McCotter'c Pride
musk-melon. 1t is claimed that this
celery will keep longer than any other
kind. The stalks are very large and
| solid, crisp and tender, and of a really
nut-like flavor. The Mammoth Cory is
said to be among the earliest, and that
no other variety of extra early will
compare with it in size. This firm,
through many years, has given careful
| attention to the cultivation and i'm
| provement' of table peas, and is now
the largest grower in America. By
careful comparison, the firm is con-
WINGED that Ferry's First and Best is
| the earliest and most even stock of eX-
ira early peas in existence, maturing
so that single picking will secure the
| entire crop.
JOHN A. SALZER, LA CROSSE, WIS.
This catalogue has IA pages devoted
to seeds and plants for the garden
and farm. Eight pages are filed with
illustrations and accounts of potatoes,
| many of which originated with the
| firm. The catalogue claims that Sal
zer's Earliest Ripe fodder corn is the
| earliest and most perfect variety
known. A good deal of space is given
to fodder plants of all kinds. Salzer' S
Fffty-Day tomato was purchased from
a gardener for 500 seed. It is claimed
that this is the earliest tomato known.
The illustration shows the sOmato TO be
perfectly round without apparent lobes.
Four colored pages show in brilliant
colors some of this firms novelties.
GEORGE S. JOSSELYN, FREDONIA,
n. Y,
This is a special as well as a general
catalogue, special in that it celebrates
the Introduction of Campbell's Early
| grape, a very promising variety, a
great improvement over all other hardy
kinds now in the market. On the last
page, is an artistic picture of one of
the leaves and an ordinary bunch. The
list of grapes in general is as we'll Sc
lected as any which we know. Mr..
Josselyn's specialties are grapes and
small fruits.
LEONARD COATES. NAPA. CALI
FORNIA
A catalogue of deciduous fruit trees,
including all the leading California
varieties, and such as will, for the most
part, be suitable for orchard planting
in Utah. In general they cost about
one-half eastern prices. Mr.. Coates is
reliable, old-time nurseryman, and
! offers some of the latest novelties in
small fruits, grapes and plums. The
Splendor is claimed to be the coming
prune; it is as large as the Hungarian
and as sweet as the French Petite
d Agen, being a cross of these two
from Burbank's famous hybridizing
establishment. The original tree of the
Splendor netted the originator $4,000.
ROBERT DOUGLAS & SONS, WAU-
KEGAN, ILLS.
Wholesale catalogue of the Wauke-
gan nurseries. This well-known firm
make a speciality of growing evergreen
ties. among them, the Colorado ever
green's, which are everywhere attract
ing so much attention. So, too, forest
and ornamental trees are grown from
seeds in far larger quantities than
those raised by any other nurseries.
The prices are surprisingly low.
]. H. HALE, SOUTH GLASTONBURY,
CONN.
This catalogue of small fruits,
peaches, plums, ETC., delights one with
its originality and frankness. Mr.. Hale
claims for it a more careful and ac-
curate description of the small fruits,
taken as a whole, than is to be found
in the average catalogue. In the straw
berry talk, he has revised and boiled
down the best information as to straw
berry culture. He writes us that pages
six to nine contain more solid informa-
ton about strawberry culture than can
be found elsewhere. Among plums the
Hale is a speciality. This originated
with Luther Burbank, and is regarded
as one Of his best Japan seedlings. Mr..
Hale claims that the Clyde is the up
to-date strawberry. He praises this in,
what seems to be, extravagant Ian
guage We quote: My deliberate
judgment is that the Clyde strawberry
is so far ahead of any other strawberry
now known or ever known that, were
its merits at once fully understood, it
would be impossible to produce plants
fast enough to supply the demands of
planters
J. M THORBURN & CO., Is JOHN
STREET, NEW YORK.
A catalogue for the flower garden,
for the vegetable garden, for the lawn,
and for the farm and nurSery-120
pages This firm is nearing its one
hundredth anniversary. One of the
chief novelties offered is a new celery,
fifty, therefore, named Fin de Steele
We are told that it is not a sport or