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

berries in the dry season, possessing
the greatest drought-resisting quail
ties of any berry with which we are ac-
quainted. The flower is perfect, the
period of ripening second early"
S. L. WATKINS. GRIZZLY FLATS,
CAL
General catalogue of high grade
berry plants, nut, shade and orna-
mental trees, tree seeds, bulbs, ETC., of
80 pages, of which ten pages are de-
voted to strawberries, with a full page
illustration of the Hood River (Clark's
seedling), strawberry, claimed to be
unequalled for richness and high flavor,
a marvellous keeper and shipper.
r. NJ. KELLOGG. THREE RIVERS,
MICH.
Great crops of small fruits" and
how TO SrOw them, a text book for
progressive fruitgrowers, 80 pages, of
which Is are devoted to the planting,
care, culture and management of the
berry garden, marketing and shipping,
ETC. Then follows description of the
best varieties of small fruits suitable
for northern growers. This is, as
claimed, text book in every sense of
the word. No novice could fail of sue
cess who closely followed its minute
instructions.
G. R. CAUSE & CO., RICHMOND,
IND.
Catalogue of flowers, Sc pages, 80 of
which are devoted to roses, the lead
ing production of this firm their new
specialties being the crimson and
golden rambles.
T. J. DWYER, CORNWALL, ORANGE
CO.. N. Y.
An illustrated catalogue of small
fruits, large fruits, vegetable plants,
ornamental trees and shrubs. Special
81 lists are made up of strawberries.
blackberries, raspberries, currants and
grapes. So, too, plum, peach apple
and pear lists are offered at 3d. and the
lists are well selected. Among straw
berries, the best of the novelties, as
we'll as the best of the standards are
offered, and the, descriptions of them
are explicit.
IOWA SEED COMPANY, DIES
MONIES, IA
Twenty-seventh annual catalogue of
seeds, bulbs, plants and tools. Colored
illustrations showing varieties of sweet
corn, tomatoes, radishes, etc. Last
year this company offered a prize of
$500, in several amounts, for the best
yields of their Iowa Silver Mine corn.
The first prize was awarded to Mr..
Claus Jochimsem, who raised 215 bush
els of shelled corn on a measured acre.
They again offer $500 for the best yields
of this variety of corn,
D. HILL, DUNDEE, KANE CO., ILL.
A catalogue of evergreens. European
larches, nursery grown forest and
other trees and deciduous hedge plants.
Mr.. Hill is an evergreen specialist, and
we would be glad to have all who
think of planting evergreenS next sea-
son at an exceedingly low cost. ex-
anime this catalogue. Here are few
examples OF the cost of small ever
green trees: Norway spruce, eight to
ten inches, $3.50 per 100; white spruce,
so cents for ten trees; Hemlock
spruce, so cents for ten trees; Scotch
pine, 80 cents for ten trees; white
pines, SO per 100, and SO on through
the long lists. Besides this, special
collections are offered at much lower
prices, so much lower that it is mar
vel that the producer can raise them
and yet make profit.
GREEN'S NURSERY COMPANY,
ROCHESTER,, N. Y.
A catalogue of So pages of fruits, or
namental trees and Shrubs. There is
much of originality about this cata-
logue, and the fruit notes by Charles
A Green are interesting and instruc-
tive. A portrait is given in color OF
the new Red Cross currant, introduced
by this firm. The director of the &C.
neva experiment station describes it in
this way: Berries a shade darker
than Fay, very mild sub-acid. clus-
tiers longer than those of the cherry.
Mr.. Green regards the Fanny apple
as the handsomest of all late sum-
mer or early fall apples, and as the
finest in quality.
PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW
YORK.
We have before us the jubilee edi-
ton of the Manual of Everything for
the Garden, the firm having been eS-
tablished 80 years ago. 1t is, to our
way of thinking, one of the most at
tractiye catalogues that we have ever
looked through, as it is unquestionably
one of the most costly. One of the
six full page colored plates shows two
new potatoes which we predict will
earn a speedy popularity The first
is the Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr.. Car
mans latest production, and, as the
firm aptly puts it, the only seeding
of the we'll known Rural New Yorker
No. 2 that is better than its parent"
The second is the Bovee. The Bovee
is estimated to be at least ten days
CoI lACI l1AcAl tilC ~ OliiO, do well
as more prolific. It's shape is nearly
perfect and the quality excellent.
ELLWANGER & BARRY, ROCKIES
TER, N. Y.
General catalogue of fruit and orna-
mental trees, shrubs, roses. etc. We
have, for many years, regarded this
catalogue as a standard of accuracy
and general excellence. There are
$50 pages. A little brochure is sent
with the catalogue which our readers
should carefully examine. 1t tells of
many collections of hardy roses and
special offers of trees, shrubs and fruits
at greatly reduced prices.
F. BARTELDES & CO., LAWRENCE.
A catalogue of the kansas Seed
House. of SO pages, eight pages of
which are given to specialties among
vegetables and flowers. A picture ap-
pears showing what the catalogue des-
ignates as Black-Chaff Kaffir. corn,
showing what it will do in Kansas.
SOFA beans, Cow peas, Navy field beans
and many varieties of sorghum, are
offered. Several pages are given to
tree, shrub and fruit seeds.
Money for Farmers.
B. Y. Cadmus, of the Rock-Elm Farm,
Bay City, Mich. has this to say of the
poultry business for farmers:
In chicken raising, we claim the most
al no In q