Presented to the L. H. Bailey Hortorium by the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1972. — *"*■•*= — ■ '■ -■•■'■■'' 1889.-®*^ DEiPR'IPTIiV'E, -OF- V SMALL FRUITS, PLANTS, ETC. Grpwn and for Sale by fi.) CUf,p(K TUTThB, B5!^K.:?^K(0C9, Wia. •.siv SPRING AND FALL, k^- ** — .-.iiiH^iu — R5,PUBI.I0 PiJiNT, SARABOtf^ W|S. -4^ ii'sJi •\3niii.-'---' t19U o \ <-DII^EC’FIO]M^, JPEF^MS, t ETC.-^ P [,EASK order early, before any varieties are exhatisied and you will then get what you want. Tf you leave the selection of varieties to me I will use my best judgment in the choice. Tell me what your soil is; the location as to elevation, slope, protectlt^n^ etc. Also state your troubles in growing fruit and ! will aid you all-^I can. Please write your name plainly, giving the post office, express office, county and state. Also the name of the railway. Enclose the amount of the bill, and I will do my best to suit you. If any claim Ts made it should l>e sent inside ten days, to rc' ceive attention . VVe deliver all packages to the forwarders free, and then our control ceases and of course our responsibility also, t.ook to the forwarders for all damages occurring cu route. Packing is done in the best possible manner. We make it a. pomt to pack as light as pos- sible And at the same time insure the best condition of the stock, .All goxis are packed free and everything tied and labeled distinctly. Mistakes sometimes occur. We warrant our stock to be true to name with the express understanding tliat if any proves untrue, we will replace it with oth«*.r. but iii no case will we he liable for damages. This is a stationary institution and can be found. Its guarantee is worth something. Its reputation for furnishing **])edigrec’' slock adapted to the North-west cost toil and expense and is to he maintain- ed. When wc sell short we do not order .Alabama stock to fill orders. 'I'ry us. Remit by postoffice money o.*dcr on Haraboo, express money order, registered letter or draft, but no postage stamps, postal ffijtes or private checks. Address all letters to A. CLARK TUTTLE, Itaralioo. Wis. 7 6 INTRODUCTORY. ■MN this day of the world it is said to be nearly impossible to sell anything except by per- * sonal solicitation. The wholesale grocer of the larger cities has commercial solicitors trav- eling from one customer to another. The tree- grower must send out his agents to solicit the trade, or his competitor will get it. It has be- come almost impossible to get any mail orders. Do the people get any better goods? Do they find the prices better? Is the peddler any more reliable than the nurseryman? Is there any ad- vantage gained by giving the orders to the first smooth tongued traveler, instead of mailing it to the nearest nurseryman noted for honest deal and honest goods? I employ no agents or traveling men, but am obliged to wholesale to those who sell direct to the planter. I would much prefer to receive the orders from the planter, and he would be the gainer every time. I know of parties within two miles of this nur- sery, who have bought bills of trees several times of irresponsible traveling treemen, and they probably will again. They pay three times the prices that live trees of the same varieties would cost at this nursery, and they have the vacant orchard rows to show for the ducats expended. They are the people who are so loud in de- nouncing Wisconsin as totally incapable of pro- ducing fruit, now and forever. This catalogue is not for that class of persons. It is for those who would like to raise fruit, and buy intending to do their part towards making their purchases a suc- cess; who take a live, progressive, instructive. 2 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. _ high-toned horticultural journal like the “Popu- lar Oarclening” of Buffalo, N. Y., and read it and profit by its reliable teachings. We hope to prove to these parties that ouR stock is rei.ia- m.E. That our advice as to what is best to plant is valuable. That our way of doing busi- ness is not only pleasant but profitable to our customers. To our old customers we are grate- ful, and to the new ones, we will promise the strictest attention to their wants, hoping to add all their names to our long list of kind friends who buy of us because they have found it paid them to do so. Tkv us with a small order. On receipt of your trees if they appear to be dry, bury them tops and ai.i. in moist earth for a few days. If it has been freezing weather and you have reason to think there is frost in them, put the package, unopened, into a dark cellar, for a day or two, and let the frost come out gradually, and if the roots were well mossed in packing, they will he uninjured. When Straw- berries are received and you are not quite ready to plant them, be sure that the roots are kept moist, without moistening the foliage, and ])ut them on the cellar bottom. Kvergreens must be kept from drying the roots in the least. Heel them in as fast as unpacked and not allow the sun or wind to reach the bare roots for a moment. A good way is to prepare a clay pud- dle and immerse the roots, which will give them a coating that will exclude sun and air. Then heel them in. .After the sap of an evergreen once hardens it never (lows again. The tree is dead, though the foliage may not show it for many days. BURYING TREES. QKI-ECT a spot where the water does not ^ stand. Dig an open trench long enough to take the trees laid singly, side by side, with roots in the trench and tops along the ground, at right angles with the trench. Cut Roman numerals in the back of the labels, and mark the same against the name in your book record, as the moist earth will take out the pencil marks. Then open each variety and place them, driving a stake between each variety. After all are in, throw fine earth, free from all rubbish, among and on the roots, shaking and tramping enough to fill all interstices among the roots. Cover roots one foot and slant off to the tops, cover- ing the extreme tops about three inches. Put no straw or other rubbish on or near them to attract mice. In the Spring open carefully with a fork, not to gall the trunks or break the branches, and plant as soon as the frost is out sufficient!^. p COLLECTIONS. rpHE following collections will be selected from ^ the best stock, and will be nicely packed in moss and burlaps, each variety being tied sep- arately and labeled. We make no changes in the contents of any package. Please order bv the numbers. .\ny three $i.oo collections for $2.50. Any two S3 00 collections for $5. 00: No. I. j Transparent Apple, 4 6 feel 30 1 Switzer I Zolotorcf I Longfieid “ 30 $1.20 No. 2. 1 Anis •* “ I Hibernal ” * 30 1 I..ords •• •* 1 Kepka Malcnka Apple *• 30 $1.20 No. 3. I Blackwood Apple ‘ 1 Vargul •* •* 40 i Antooovka '• '• $I -25 No. 4. I Whitney No. 20 Crab I Osthcim Cherry * I DeSoto Plum SI.25 No. 5. 1 Early Victor Grape so t Moore’s Karly Grape I Concord Grape $1.25 No. 6. I Moore’s Early Grape 50 I Worden Grape ... 30 1 Brighton Grape $1.20 No. 7. 1 Early Victor Grape I Empire State Grape $1.25 k. TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 5 No. 8. 2 Fay Currant 50 2 White Grape Currant j2 2 Victoria (Currant 12 2 Cherry Currant , 12 2 La Versailes Currant 12 2 I.KJc's Prolific Currant 25 Sl .23 No. 9. 3 Downing Gooseberry 60 3 Smith's Improved Gooseberry 70 Si. 30 No. 10. 5 Lucrctia Dewberry 40 10 Ancient Hriton lilackberry 30 10 Stone’s H ardy ** 30 10 Snyder “ 30 Si 30 No. 11, 5 Hilborn ' Black Cap^ Raspberry 30 10 Tyler ■ Black Cap) Raspberry 25 10 Ohio 'Black ('ap- Raspberry 25 10 Turner Raspberry 25 loCuthbcrt Raspberry 25 Si. 30 No. 12, to Jessie Strawberry . ■ 40 to Hubach No, 5, Strawberry 30 10 Warfield No. 2. Strawberry 40 to Wilson (Pure 1 20 $1.30 ■\ny of the foregoing numbers forSsi.oo. Any of the following numbers for S3.00: No. I. 12 New Russian Apple ^Vees, 4 to 6 feet, of our selection of 4 sorts :$3.6o No, 2. 6 New Russian Apple 4 to 6 feet 1,80 2 English Morcllo Cherry. 60 1 VVragg Cherry 60 2 Whitney No 20, Crab 50 S3.50 No. 3. 2 VargulApples 4 to 6 feet 80 2 Antonovka 4 to 6 feet ... 1.00 2 DeSoto Plum. 4 to 6 feet i.oo 1 Forest Garden Plum. 4 to 6 feet ... 50 I English Mo’relloCherry 30 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. No. 4. 2 Moore’s Early Grape 1.00 2 Worden •* 60 2 Brighton • 80 2 l.ady .. ,.00 I Concord • 25 No. 5. 5 Fay Currant .. . 5 White (jrapc Currant 6 Lucreiia Dewberry \o Ancient Briton Blackberry 10 Stone’s Hardy *’ to 'I yler Raspberry 2 Downing Gooseberry 2 Smith’s Impntved Gooseberry 125 30 48 30 30 25 40 40 No. 6. 50 Jessie Strawberry 50 HaverJand Strawberry 25 Bubach No. 5 Strawberry . , S368 1 50 1.50 60 83 60 No 7. 8 Norway Spruce 2J4 feet, for S3. 00 No. 8. 8 BaLsam Fir, 3 feet, for $3.00 No. 9. 8 White Spruce. 2 feet, for 3.00 No. 10. 2 Norway Spruce, 2]/^ feet i.oo 2 Balsam Fir. 3 feet i ©o 2 W'hite Spruce. 2 feel 75 2 American Arbor Vitse. 2 feet 75 *3*50 No. 12. I Pyramidalis .Arbor Vita: 1.00 I Little Gem “ “ 100 I Mountain Pine 50 I (Jut-leaved Weeping Birch 1 00 ? 3-50 . , APPLES. T V\' ENTY-'l’VVO years ago we obtained our first scions from Russia, and for more than fifteen years have had the new Russians in or- chard. We planted at the same time ^ orchard of 300 Duchess. The per cent, of »^n this orchard is ten times greater than in an orchard of 80 varieties of new Russians growing near it. The only trees killed by the winter of 1884-5, of the new Russians, are two Crimean a])ples and one that came to us as Green Transparent, which proved to be White .\strachan. Some eight or ten varieties have proved worthless by blight. Of the 300 Duchess 20 were killed out- right by that winter, and many others more or less injured. In sending to Russia for scions, we hoped to get at least a dozen varieties as hardy as the Duchess, and fruit that would suc- cessfully compete in the markets with the old favorites of the East. The results of the tests we have made, abundantly prove that very many of the new Russians are hardier than the Duchess and equal in quality to any of the old .‘\merican sorts, giving us fruit in season from very early to very late. The only thing in the waj- of the general planting of the new Russian fruits, is the loss of confidence in them occa- sioned by the dissemination by some Wisconsin and Minnesota nurser) men, of trees purporting to be Russians, which were grown in Alabama. Before discarding the Russians we would ask the planters of Wisconsin to make a trial of, at least, a few of our trees. If you will leave + 8 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. the selection to us, we tliink vve can furnish you trees that will succeed. Our stock is grown here. The scions are taken from the" trees which have borne, and consequently must be true to name. Try a dozen. TRANSPARENT — Mr. ],ovett, of New Jersey, says: “It ripens fully ten davs in advance of the Flarly Harvest, and the past season I picked fully ripe specimens on the 30th of June. Size me- dium; light transparent lemon yellow, smooth wa.xen surface; flesh melting, juicy and of ex- cellent quality, and for an early apple, an ex- ceptionally good keeper and shipper — surpass- ing far in these important points Earlv Harvest, Primate and other early varieties. Tree a free upright grower, very prolific and a remarkably early bearer, frequently producing in the nursery row, ihe second year from the bud. YELLOW SWEET- Earlier than Transparent. Tree a fine grower and very hardy. Fruit yel- low with reddish bronze on the sun side; flesh firm and agreeably sweet, good for dessert and cooking. Keeps well for so early an apple. EARLY GLASS — Tree is extremely hardy and tree from blight — never loses a bud from severity’ of climate — is a fine and regular grower and good bearer. Fruit self colored, with little color on sun side. Good bearer an .l keeps well if picked before over-ripe. ENORMOUS— The largest of August ap|)les. Some specimens have been grown here measur- ing 14 inches in circumference. Almost covered with'deep red. it is very showy. Flesh a little . r ■ ^ TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE 9 coarse but a good sub-acid fiav'or. Season, August and September. PROLIFIC SWEETING — A yellow apple of me- dium to large size. Dr. Hoskins says the “best of the sweet apples for market purposes.” Tree, a very stocky grower and great bearer. Is hardy at St. Petersburg. CHARLAMGFF — A very large yellow ap|)le, mildly acid, ripens at the end of August. A good grower and productive. Season, September. SWITZER — Tree very hardy, handsome, up- right grower, and very productive. I'Vuit me- dium to large, entirely covered with red. Flesh white, line-grained, tender, sub-acid, with a de- lightful (juince-like flavor. An excellent keeper for its season, and one of the best fall apjdes. October. VASILIS LARGEST — This belongs to the same family as Green Streaked, and Zolotoref, a little more color ))erhaps and tree a little mere u])- right. October and November. ARABIAN— .As received from the department is of the Duchess type of apple, but a little bet- ter keeper. A remarkably free grower in the nursery, and makes a very sytnmetrical orchard tree. October. BEAUTIFUL ARCADE --Tree an upright, pretty grower in the nursery, in the orchard more spreading. Very hardy. Fruit above medium siz,e, delicately striped with pink on light green. Flesh white, tender, juicy, very pleasant sweet. Dessert and cooking. November. ' ' TT -O TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE. GREEN STREAKED-A very large showy apple, striped with red, somewhat coarse in texture, but a s liable apple, that keeps into winter. Distinct green veinings in the flesh are characteristic ami probably suggested the name. Season, October to lanuary. GLASS GREEN - -As received l>y me from the Department, is an improved Duchess. Is hard- ier and much better nursery grower, and the Iruit is a milder acid and keeps till November. RASPBERRY— A beautiful little bright red, dessert apple. .A very |deasant, fresh and sprightly sub-acid, with a nice aftertaste. F'lesh white with scarlet veins near the skin. 'I’ree, upright and vigorous, and stands the worst win- ters at St. Petersburg without injury. Its beauty and fine flavor, and the perlect hardiness of the tree, will command favor wherever jilanted. October to January. HEIDORNS STREAKED-A Very beautiful large sized apple, dull red splashed on yellow, very sw'eet and of delicate texture. Dr. Regel, of St. Petersbtirg, says: It bears a large amount of fruit every year, and stands the climate of St. Peters- burg. Please note that St. Petersburg is in 6o degrees north latitude, or 1,136 miles north of this place. Season, October to January. YELLOW ARCADE — -A yellow apple with a little red on the sun side. Flesh tender, juicy, slight sub-acid. Dessert and cooking. November. GOLDEN WHITE — Fruit is medium to large, w'ith no cavity. In color a dull green turning to yellow with some show of red striping on the TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE. 11 o- r siin side; basin bronzed and russeted. Flesh tender; flavor a mild acid. Tree rather slow in the nursery, but vigorous in the orchard, and a creat and annual bearer. Huds very wooly and prominent. Season, November and December BARLOFF — 01 the Alexander type a-' to size, shape an(J color. Flesh white and agreeably vinous-sweet. Is a nice grower and productive. Will undoubtedly become jiopular as an early winter sweet apple. Season, November and December. ZOLOTOREFF — Undoubtedly the best of the large fall apples. .■\ large, cylindrical, showy apple; deep red, with splashes of dark green in the basin. Flesh a little coarse, but juicy and spicy, with an agreeable after taste. Season, November to [anuarv. LITTLE HAT- Dr. Ke gel says: “A globular fruit of full medium size. On the sunny side a pale blifkh with a good deal of dark red in stripes and sjrlashes. Flesh greenish-white. Juicy and a little sweet. A good looking fruit which ripens in September, anil keeps through Decem- ber. For house use only.” Tree is a remark- ably fine grower in the nursery, and perfectly hardy. November. JUICY BURR A very hardy tree and nice grower. Fruit, resembles the Duchess in size, shape and color, but better qttality and keeps through November. WATERMELON — A very strong grower. Stands jierfectly the climate of St. Petersburg. Fruit one of the largest; somewhat oblong in shape, ('olor yellow with light and dark crimson stripes. ■+• TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. .. Flesh j^reenish white, with an agreeable acid taste. .A fine looking dessert and cooking apple. November. RED ANIS - When .Mr. (iibb (juestioned the people of Russia, as to which was the hardiest apple, they invariably replied: “Anis.” Fruit a medium sized, flat apple. Color, darjc carmine with some dingy yellow on the shady side, b'lesh greenish white, juicy and sour. Keeps until January. LONG ARCADE-A medium sized ajijile, much like Red Astrachan in form and cobjr. Flesh, white and fine grained; flavor, a mild pleasant acid. Tree good grower and very hardv, bear- ing quite young. Season, December and Jan- uary. CZAR’S THORN -A sweet apple, oblong, of large size. Color, red on yellow. Tree is very hardy and a profuse bearer. Decembty to Jan- uary. WHITE APPLE — Size medium. Greenish yel- low, all one color. P'lesh white, sub-acid, ten- der and Juicy, with an agreeable, vinous acid flavor. Good for kitchen and dessert. Tree endures, uninjured, the worst winters of St. Petersburg. December to January. SKROUT GERMAN-A very pretty, regular grower in the nursery and form *a beautiful or- chard tree. Very productive and does not blight much. Fruit above medium, regular in shape, pale yellow with considerable red on the sun-side, and light and dark carmine stripes. Flesh is fine grained, tender and juicy, an agree- TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 13 able, vinous acid. One of the best for dessert and kitchen, [anuary. ZUSOFF- I'ree a fine, upright grower in the nursery and more spreading in the orchard. Very productive. I'ruit medium, bright red, hangs well on the tree. Flesh crisp, juicy pleasant sub acid. Fine for dessert, showy on the table. Good shipper. January. KOURSK’S ANIS-One of the best of the Anis family. Tree a good grower and very hardy. Fruit above medium in size and keeps through January. Flesh yellowish white, jileasant acid. Good dessert apple. LONGFIELD — An early winter apple of fine quality and very attractive in ajipearance, hav- ing a bright carmine cheek, gradually fading in- to the most beautiful peach blush, and then in- to a delicate waxen lemon color, A fine basket fruit. Dr. Regel says: “Neither the cold, nor the winds, nor the storms of the intensely Stejipe climate of Serepia, have disturbed the growth of this tree. Of loo different varieties growing in the garden of Mr. Langerfieki — from whom the name — only this one bears fruit every year.” It is a jirodigious and very regular bearer, is a somewhat irregular grower in the nursery, but soon becomes a shapely tree in the orchard. Season January. WHITE PIGEON -An extra hardy tree and good bearer. F^rnit medium size, conic in form with wrinkled eye and no basin. Sweet, with peculiar but pleasant flavor, tender and juicy. January and February. L 14 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. HIBERNAL-A valuable early winter variety, large and showy, light yellow, striped and blotched with red. Quite acid and very good for cooking. Tree hardy and superb grower. Season January and February. BLACKWOOD -A favorite winter dessert ajj- ple on the Volga and commands an extra price on account of its fine (piality. Medium size, greenish yellow with a little red. Flesh white, tender, juicy, agreeably vinous acid, with a very pleasant aftertaste. A good dessert and kitch- en apple which keeps through February. BORSDORFER — Is an apple of German origin about as hardy as the Wealthy, but of such fine quality as to warrant a trial in favorable loca- tions. .Ask a German about the Borsdorfer and he will tell you ‘‘It is the best apple that ever was.” Fruit below medium in size, form and color resembles Ben Davis, flesh firm and of fine texture, sub-acid, rich and very good. Keeps through the winter. RED QUEEN lood grower and very hardy. Fruit medium to large, dark green with dull red on the sunside. Good shipping. March. VARGUL- -One of the most popular apples in Russia. When mature is a light yellow, with a reddish brown on the sunside, covering one- third the apjile. Is large, to quite large and ribbed. Flesh yellowish white, soft, juicy, rich sub acid and very nice after taste. Its fine size and excellent flavor recommends it among the best. Is extremely hardy and as yet no blight. March. 6 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 15 LORO’S APPLE — This is one of the best of the new Russians we )iave tested. Tree hardy and fine grower. Fruit large; shape, si/.e, color and bloom resembles the Blue Pearmain and keeps as well. .A clear, slrong but pleasant acid, hangs well on the tree and bears abundantly. Stands the most trying winters of St. Peters- burg. March and . 4 pril. REPKA MALENKA — One of the valuable new Russian apples Irom its keejiing qualities, as it has kept till the June of the second year, with ordinal ) care. .Mr. Webster, of Vermont, says, “It is an enormous biennial bearer. It is too hard to eat until warm weather in the spring, when it gradually ripens and becomes tender, spicy and of good quality and flavor.” Mr. Sias says of it at winter meeting of Minnesota Horticultural Society, in Feb., 1886: “It was the best keeper shown. It tasted fresh and tart as if fresh picked from the tree.” March and onward. ANTONOVKA — 'I'his is the “King apple of the Russian steppes.” Dr. Regel says, “This is one of the most highly prized and widely grown apples^ in Russia. It grows in.|thv‘northern part of the Province of St. Petersburg, at Valaam, along the Baltic Sea and in eastern Russia. It is sub- acid, with an agreeable after taste; firm and juicy. It keeps till July, and is a delicate des- sert fruit. This tree grows so readily in the far North, and has such a combination of good points, that many grow scarcely anything else. It is-very much liked by the peojile, and brings the highest (irices.” 16 TUTTLt’S catalogue. A A 'N ■O' Beside the foregoing new Russian apples, we have the WEALTHY — Minnesota’s well known seedling. Fruit medium to large, oblate, skin very smooth, whitish yellow, shaded with dee|) red in the sun, and spotted in the shade. Flesh white, firm, tender, juicy, lively sub-acid; very good. De- cember to February. DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG-So well known as to need no description. It is still the fruit from which points of liardiness are graded in the north-west. ORANGE WINTER— -\n apple which originated in this county. The original tree has now stood in quite sanely soil since 1850 and is perfecti)' healthy, bearing regular crops of fruit alternate years. Fruit is above medium in size, a light green and yellow, with red on one side. Flesh is yellowish white, rich, fine-grained, pleasant sub-acid and keeps through the winter. WHITNEY (No. 20) CRAB — The best of all the crab apples, but should be gathered as soon as the seeds are black. The finest grower in the nursery, and makes a very symmetrical orchard tree. Great and regular bearer. Fruit three times the size of Transcendent; carmine with darker stripes. Nice fruit to eat from the tree. s. ■O ❖ <7 - p-- ^ . CHERRIES. OSTHEIM - A new variety which is very gener- ally raised in Russia and endures the climate of Vladimir. It is above medium in size, sweet and rich, a good bearer and perfectly healthy. 4 to 6 feet, well branched. WRAGG — Is a valuable seedling originated in Iowa. It is proving to be valuable for the north-west, as it is hardy and healthy; bears well. Fruit good size and pleasant as a dessert fruit. English Morello, Early Richmond and Late Kentish are old sorts well known. PLUMS DE SOTO-Origi nated in Wisconsin, of native blood. Is very hardy, healthy and product- ive. Fruit nearly as large as the Lombard, free- stone, solid fleshed, rich and sweet. FOREST GARDEN — Ripens a little in advance of the De Soto, which it closely resembles in tree and is as hardy and healthy. Fruit some- thing like the Yellow Egg in appearance. WOLF — Originated in Iowa and is one of the best for the north-west. It is a dark red, solid fleshed fruit, and great bearer. Also the MINER, which is proving valuable where of sufficient age, as it does not bear young. ❖ GRAPES. o- EARLY VICTOR-S-^ason of the Janesville Init much better fruit. Black. Bunch and berry medium, cluster compact. 'Fender, sweet, rich and very good. MOORE’S EARLY — 'I’wo weeks earlier than the Concord. Shctdd be in every collection. BRIGHTON-Da rk red. One of the most de- sirable of the new grapes. Ripens with the Worden. EMPIRE STATE-A very strong grower. Best of the white gra]>es. Earlier than Concord. Keeps well. LADY A very choice white grape. Healthy but not as vigorous as the Em|)ire State- Fruit nice size and very fine quality. WORDEN — Black. Bunch and berry large. Quality much better than Concord and a week earlier. For home use it is one of the very best of the blacks. V CURRANTS. Currants require the best of cultivation and high feed. The fence corner theory of old times, is — we are glad to say — discarded. 'Fhe worms have weeded out the shiftless and care- less growers, and the enterprising ones soon found it paid to feed and cultivate this whole- some fruit. Plant your currants in rows six feet apart, and three feet in the row, keep clean from weeds, and top dress occasionally with rotten manure, TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 19 and when the worms appear, dust the foliage thoroughly with ])owdered White Hellebore while the dew is on, repeating it after three days. This if atlendeil to promptly, will exterminate the last worm. FAY’S PROLIFIC -This is truly a great ad- vance in currants. it is all the most enthusi- astic claim for it. Equals the cherry in size of berry, in bunch twice the size, better in flavor, with much less acid, and five times as product- ive and trom its peculiar stem, is less expensive to pick. The cherry curt ant has been sold very generally for the Fay’s, and it has damaged its character I get my stock direct from the in- troducer at Fredonia, N. V’., and know it is true. WHITE GRAPE — The best white currant. Bunches large and long, berry large and of the best quality, being less acid than others. Pro- lific and strong grower. VICTORIA- A valuable variety, ripening as it iloes after all others are gone. Hunches very long, berry of medium size, brilliant red and of excellent quality. Bushes good growers and pro- fuse bearers. No collection should be without it. IMPROVED RED DUTCH- -Is a great imjirove- ment over the well known Red Dutch, in size of beriy and bunch. LEE’S PROIIFIC-A black variety of recent introduction and one that marks a great advance in the Blacks. It is earlier than the Naples, with very large berries, longer and larger clus- ters, anti even more jirolific than that product- ive variety. BERRIES, GOOSEBERRIES. DOWNING — Fruit larger than Houghton: nice, upt ight, stocky (grower, almost entirely free from mildew. Roundish, light green, with distinct veins; skin smooth, flesh rather soft, juicy and very good. SMITH’S IMPROVED — h'rom Vermont. Large, oval, light green, with bloom; flesh moderately firm, sweet and good. Vigorous grower. BLACKBERRIES. One of tile most profitable fruits to grow for market. Plant in rows eight feet a)>art and three feet in the row. Give the best of cultiva- tion and high feed. Pinch back all new canes when they reach iS inches and the arms at 12 inches. Keep the crop as near the ground as possible. Treat all sprouts as weeds. Cover in the winter, after bearing down the canes carefully and jmtting on a spade or two of earth to hold them down, with evergreen boughs or corn stalks. SNYDER -Is too well known to need a de- scriiJtion, but is the earliest of the trio, viz: Snyder, .Ancient Briton and Stone’s Hardy. ANCIENT BRITON — Is probably the most prof- itable blackberry grown. In (juality, is first- class. Productiveness not excelled if equallel. Should plant three-fourths of this variety, one- TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 21 <"r- eighth Snyder for earl)’ and one-eighth Stone’s Hartiy for late. STONE’S HARDY— Keeps up well the character ot its predecessor in the season. The drupes arc not quite as large as those in the .Ancient Briton and hence more seeds. DEWBERRY. LUCRETIA-Th is promises to be a great ac- quisition. The flowers are very large and showy. The fruit, which, ripens with the Mammoth Cluster Raspberry, is often one and one-half inches long, l)y one inch in diameter, soft, sweet, and luscious throughout, without any hard center or core. RASPBERRIES. GOLDEN QUEEN — A deservedly praised nov- elty. Its large size, delicious flavor, beautiful appearance as a fruit, and its great vigor of growth and productiveness, place it in the front. HILLBORN (Cap)— Originated in Canada and is undoubtedly the best black cap. It is full larger than Gregg and jet black in color. Is hardier and more productive. TYLER — Best early cap. OHIO^f lood market cap. TURNER-V ery productive red, of good (piul- ity. CUTHBERT — Probably the best red raspberry in cultivation. TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE. STRAWBERRIES. JESSIE — Heads the list as it is the leading berrv lor Wisconsin. It is ouk berry; was es- pecially gotten 11]) by .Mr. London, ol Janesville, Wisconsin, for our climate. It does not rust. It is a vigorous grower. Its many fruit stems are strong and carry the fruit well out of the dirt, but not above the luxuriant foliage, to allow it to sun-scald. It produces runners abund- antly. The fruit is of ponderous size, and for so large a berry, very jiroductive. Quality bet- ter than Crescent, no jiithiness. but flesh solid and luscious throughout. It holds its size well to the 7th picking. Blossom perfect. Try it, every body. BUBACH’S (No. 5)- -Undoubtedly the next in value for our climate. Mr. Crawford says: “The plant is large, healthy, vigorous and very productive; leaves dark green and free from rust; runners strong and abundant; blossoms pistillate; (plant one row in five of Jessie); fruit very large and usually of good form.” Origi- natefl in Princeton, 111 . WARFIELD (No. 2)— We ])lace this next in value of the new varieties. Originated in Illi- nois in 1883. Mr. Crawford, of Ohio, says: “It fruited in 1884, and a bed containing five square feet yielded aipiartevery other day. The blos- som is |)istillate. Plant vigorous with long pen- etrating roots to resist drouth. It ripens with the Crescent, has tall leaves to protect from late spring frosts. Single plants have produced 195 berries. It etpials the Wilson as a shipper - — O TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 23 and is superior to it in every other respect. It has yielded one-half more than the Crescent with the same chance, and is far sii[)erior in every other way.” HAVERLAND — seeilling of the Crescenti originated in Ohio. Perfectly healthy plant, very vigorous, and wonderfully productive Berries very large, uniform in shape, and bright scarlet color. Quality not surpassed by any market berry. N'o rust: roots dee)r and fruit holds size well. GANDY- The great late berry for Wisconsin. Is a good shipper and long keeper. Productive: never rusts or sun-scalds the fruit no matter how hot or wet the weather; of mammoth size, regular, bright scarlet, anil perfect blossom. We have the Crescent, May King, Jewell, Henderson, Cumberland, Belmont,. Ontario, Gold, Monmouth, Logan, Bomba, Mammoth, Itasca, and twenty-five others that will fruit this coming season. We are intending to coni|)are and be able to advise as to the best to plant. I have fruited all but a few of the last mentioned varieties. Shall take great pains to furnish none but best plants, in fine condition. You will see by referring to the testimonials, that I under- stand packing. DWARF JUNEBERRY. This is becoming popular as a fruit for home growing, and I will have a limited supi»ly of the plants the coming s|)ring. I quote from Car- penter & Gage, of Nebraska: “For several years we have been watching the Juneberry, and ■<> 24 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. have come to the conclusion that it is one of the most valuable berries, anil it should be planted on every farm in the west. The wood is hard and firm and endures the extremes of our climate without injury. Its leaves are dark, glossy green, and very much resemble the pear. The plant propagates from suckers. The flowers apijear about the same time as those of the ajjple. 'I'ne petals are white and five in number. The fruit is borne in clusters like the currant, and ripens in June. Its size equals the wild gooseberry; shape, round; color, reddish pur- ple at first and becomes a bluish black when- fully ripened. Its flavor approaches the huckle- berry, a mild, very rich sub-acid. Most people like its quality, and pronounce it delicious. It may be served with sugar and cream or cooked sauce, and is splendid canned for winter use. The plant is about the height and form of the currant bush. It produces fruit in enormous quantities, and bears every year. It is also per- fectly hardy, not being injured by wet, cold or dry weather, and needs no special treatment. Rabbits do not injure it, and it will grow readily with only a scanty root.” To make a good Asparagus bed, the plants may be set in the fall or early spring. Prepare a place, by pulverizing the soil to a good depth and dress liberally with fine manure Select two-year, or strong one year plants, and for a garden, set in rows 1 8 to 20 inches apart, with ASPARAGUS, i TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE jilants lo to 12 inches in the row. Make a hole by pressing the spade down perpendicularly and weaving it forward and back, draw it out and s])read the roots with your fingers in fan shape and push down the spade two inches from where it went before and press towards the hole closing it. If in the fall, cover with several inches of coarse manure, and fork it in between the roots in the spring. MOORE’S NEW CROSS-BRED-This new As liaragus is the result of careful cross-breeding between the Giant Improved and another excel- lent variety. It retains the head closed till the stalks are quite long; is of uniform color, while for tenderness and quality it is unparalleled. The size large, and remarkably uniform; a speci- men bunch of twelve stalks weighed three pounds. CONOVER’S COLOSSAL-Lai •ge. rapid growth, productive and of fine ijuality. Ornamental Department. EVERGREENS. W F2 wish every farmer in the north-west could be made to see the benefit of a dense row of evergreens on the north and west sides of his farm and also a semi-circle extending from the south around westwardly to the north-east of his cattle and sheep yards, barns and all buildings. How few farms are thus protected. Let us look a moment at the benefits resulting from such wind-hreaks outside ot the idea of ornament. The belt of evergreens on the north and west boundaries of the farm will change the climate. You will find your Wisconsin or Min- nesota farm has the climate of central Illinois, without the winds of the latter section. Your orchards will be improved often when that of the neighboring exposed farm will be badly de- moralized. Why, do you say? .March used to be considered the best month in which to sea- son lumber because the winds iii.ow. Hard freezing tends to kiln dry wood, and frost will ]>enetrate further if driven by a high wind, and evaporation is much more rapid. Hence an apple tree protected from the winds, will en- dure a much lower degree of temperature than if exposed. Your grain will not lodge so badly and your corn will not be blown down. The saving in this item some years would )>ay the first cost of the evergreen belt. 'I'he semi-circle about the yards and buildings saves at least TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE one-fourth the feed of stock and at the same time is so much warmer and pleasanter for those who do the chores. Evergreens suitable for forming these belts, can be had for a small sum. They should be planted in a row, 6 feet apart in the row. 440 trees will |)lant 160 rods. For the lawn a few nice shaped evergreens are indisjjensable. NORWAY SPRUCE — lofty, elegant tree of periect pyramidal habit, and the lower limbs retain their vigor with age, becoming gracefully pendulous as they grow old. The finest known evergreen as a single lawn tree and one of the best for protection belts and hedges. WHITE SPRUCE -Our best native sjjruce. Is thought it will rival the popularity of the Nor- way. Ft is hardier and a lighter shade of green. Keeps its shape and lower branches as well as the Norway. HEMLOCK SPRUCE — Is well known in its tim- ber character where grown in dense masses, with no branches below 80 feet, but when grown in full sunlight as a single lawn tree, or in a group or ornamental hedges is truly unex- celled. BALSAM FIR— .A very regular, symmetrical tree, assuming the conical form when rpdte small. Spines dark, and silvery white under- neath. It is fine in the lawn. AMERICAN ARBOR VITAE-This is the best evergreen tree for ornamental hedges. Easilv trans])lanted. flourishing under the closest shearing, and forms a very flense and beautiful O- TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE, o hedge. P'ine for cemetery adornment. Of course it was never adapted to turn stock; but forms a most desirable and ornamental screen to divide the lawn from other parts of the grounds, or make the boundary between resi- dence lots in cities. PARSON’S COMPACTA ARBOR VITAE- Foliage light green, habit dwarfish and i|uite compact . Hard\ . HOVEII ARBOR VITAE — A small globular shaped variety, naturally compact and very regular. Hardy. PYRAMIOALIS ARBOR VITAE-' 'he most beau- tiful of all the Arbor ^'ita:s, having dark green foliage, compact and erect form naturally. It fdls the place of the Irish Juniper which is too tender here. LITTLE GEM ARBOR VITAE- A very neat little dwarf, with fine foliage anti compact, round heail. Nice for the lawn — and cemetery. WHITE PINE — This is without doubt one of the most valuable timber trees for the Northwest. It will do well on very light soils. It does not start as rapidly while young, but after ten years’ planting is one of the fastest growers known. Fine for wind breakers. MOUNTAIN PINE — ver\’ dwarf species, com- ])act. Foliage like the Scotch. Nice for lawn. COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE -I quote from R. Douglas & Sons: “The Blue Sjiruce of Col- orado, varies from dark green to light and dark blue in color. They are all beautiful, valuable and perfectly hardv, but the blue ones are the . 1 ^ ^ ^ 6 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 29 most admirerl. Specimen trees of the Blue Spruce, the Douglas Spruce of Colorado, and the White Spruce, from 20 to 30 feet high, in Massacliusetts, IH'nois, Iowa, Kansas and Ne- braska, convince us that they will stand extreme drouth in summer and extreme cold in winter better than the common, so-called, hardy ever greens.” We h.ive a few Blue S|)ruce, feet, extra selected. Also the Douglas Spruce, 3 feet. 'Fhey will fill EARi.iKsT orders. Deciduous Trees. WHITE ASH — Needs no description. Is one of the best trees for lawn or road line. PURPLE-LEAVED BIRCH— With the habit of the Birches, it has beautiful purple foliage. V'ery desirable novelt\ . CATALPA SPECIOSA— The hardy variety. A very ornamental and valuable tree. Seems to en(iure our worst winters. AMERICAN LINDEN OR BASSWOOD -A rapid growing, beautiful native tree, with very large leaves and fragrant flowers. It is fine‘' 7 TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE. 33 PERLE DELYON-^Reautifiil orange yellow with peach shading, sometimes coppery gold, stained with crimson, (diarming buds and large, full llowers. Delicately perhimed. HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES. BERNARD VARLET— A magnificent rose; large, full, globular form; color deep violet purple; free bloomer and very sweet. ELIZA BOELDE — Very full and double, and de- lightfully perfumed. Color pure ivor\’ white, sometimes clouded with blush and tinged with amber. Choice. GEN. JACQUEMINOT — Rich velvety scarlet, changing to brilliant crimson. Magnificent buds. PEONIE -0 ne of the finest old roses. Never goes out of fashion Not e.xcelled by any. Very large, full flowers. Clear bright red, very sweet. MAD. LOUIS C4RRIQUE Rich velvety crimson. I'.arge size, very tlouble, lull and sweet. 1 lave described a few representatives of the different colors, among the hundreds of fine sorts. TESTIMONIALS. From Hon. Samuel Wade, of Paonta. Colo.. Scveniy-five miles west of Leadville. .May 3. 1888. Dear Sir: — The 100 Jessie strawberry plants came to hand on the ist Inst, all right and I have them well set. 'I'he plants were good ones and in excellent condition. From j. Max Clark, one of the most active meml>ers of the original Greeley colonists, Colorado, Sept. 29. 1888. •'Friend Tuttle:— I have neglected to reply to your notice of ship- ment ofjessie plants, until I should be able to set them out aiul see how they turned out. There happened to be no water in the ditch when they arrived, and as they seemed in good condition. I thought they would do better in the package until I could get water than they would do set in the dry earth with what sprinkling I could give them. You will observe that we wait for water in this country instead of rain and it being very low and scarce at this time of the year, we have to take turns and wait until we can got it. I set them out yesterday morning, and ns I got the ground moistened around them I think they will do well. jThey were shipped in open basket, Sept. 18, therefore ten days in the package. A. C. T. 1 From Otto Wasserzieher, Deerwood. Minn.. Sspt. 1st. 1888. •’Dear Sir: — 'The Jessie strawberry plants received in excellent con- dition. I think it a wonderful idea to send plants raised in pots, with lumps of dirt, picke d in moss. because every plant is sure to grow.” From Hon. J. li. Dwinncll, Lodi, Columbia Co.. Wis. , Sept. 20, t888. •'Dear Sir:— The Jessie strawberry plants you sent me were receiveil last Monday in fine order. From H H. Russell. Roslyn. Day Co., Dakota, Sept. 6. 1888. Dear Sir:— The strawberry plants I got this morning and arc planted. I'hey were as fresh as if just taken onto! their bed— couhl not be better. ITom Mre. I S. Tripp, Prairie du Sac. W'is.. Sept, 3, 1888. •'Dear Sir:— 'The strawberry plants arrived in prime condition. Not the least particle of earth was jarred from the roots. They were all . without exception, just as you removed tliem from the pots.’* From F. Carpenter, Menominee. Wis.. Aug. 2s, 1888. "Dear Sir: —'I'he plants came through in No. I order,” From L. L. Inman. Havana. .Steel County. Minn.. .Aug. 30, 1888. ‘•Dear Sir:— The plants received all right. They were in nice shape. 'There are a number wanting plants, but I think they will imv wall till next spring. Express charges 3i. From F W. Wagner. Lansinc. Iowa. May a. i888, ‘•Dear Sir: — 'The trees arrived all right and am well pleased witli them.' ■ From Milo Rarnard. afterward Pres Ills. State Hort. Soc.. Matueno, Ills.. .Apr 30, 1888. •'Dear Sir:— 'The apple trees came to haml to-day in excellent con- dition. .\ccept thanks for high grade, etc, L. 4 ■€> 7 6 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 35 From J. U. Ellwon. Taylor Stalioii. Jackson Co., \V»s.. May 9.1888. I)earSir: "rht trees and berry bushes were duly received. I am very much obliged for the extras; they were ,ust what 1 wanted. From Dr. Flliott Brown, of Fond du Lac. Wis.. Sept. ao. 1888. Dear Sir;— The potted Jessie strawberry plants came in good time and fine condition. They look thrifty and healthy, and should all grow. The {>acking was well done and I could sec no reason why they shouhl not cross the continent in perfect order. T hanks, Most all the things are budding out and I think they all will. From (ico. VWighl, of Wrightsvillc. Wh . May 23, 1888. ‘•Dear Sir:— I received the trees and plants in splendid order and was well satisfied. You have done more than well by me. I set them all out in a favorable time and they seem to be doing well.” From (L F. McNair. Nurseryman. Dansvillc, N V. Aug 29. 1887. The apple buds were received in good condition, were budded promptly and have made a fine catch. * From Chas. LuedlofT. Carver Co , Minn., Nov. 12, 1887. “Dear Sir:— T he trees you sent came to hand in excellent condition, never got better trees, and packing was done in the best maimer. Many thanks. Your business shall have my recommendation to my neigh* bors.” From John Pool. .Avon, Ills,. Sept. 17, 1887. ■* Dear Sir:— Your retail price list at hand. I have noticed it some. I will send you a list of what 1 want and if you can send me as good stock as I received from you last year and at the same price, I will order. T his was a hard year; the drouth has been so hard on trees set last spring, everybody is discouraged. Your trees stood the best ol any in this country.” October 25, Mr. Pool says. *’My bill ol trees came to hand to day in good shape and I am well pleased with the stock.” From M. S. Fawcett, of Lyon Co.. .Minn ••Dear Sir*— I would say that the small bill of trees and shrubs 1 got from you last fall has done very well. .-U! the Uackbernes grew and arc nice But a few of the raspberries grew, the Fay currants arc very nice. I nursed the Moore s Karly Cniin; vine all summer and it finally sprouted about the first of .August and is new growing finely. When I want more trees, etc . I will send to you.” 7 AX n.LUSIRATKl) HORTICflltWnKE 0 FIt01^I(;UIiT«l?E. Is the Leading paper, in Its ticld. in America. Light llorticiiUnral Periodicals merged in this, at the marvelously low price of $100 PER YEAR, Address Popular (Jardening Pub. Co., 202 Main St., lluflalo, X. V., for a free specimen copy. 'Ihcn send 00 tome and get the paper for one year, and 10 choice plants of the Jessie Straw- berry. by mail postpaid, 1. tLlRli TUTl'LE, Baraboo, U is. o- Norway Spruce. •> M2M stock at Low Rates. ■ — — ■ 'I'he trees, plants, etc., described in this catalogue, 1 will furnish for this next spring’s delivery fMay,i ^*I)I1^K(!!FI()X,S. 4 5FERMS. 4- — >u;j» — i P LKASK order early. I»cf<)rc any variehes arc cxhausie ceive attention . W’c deliver all packages to the forwarders free, and then our control ceases and of course our responsibility also. Look to the forwarders for all damages i>ccurring en route. Packing is done in the best possible manner. We make it a point to pack as light as pos- sible and at the same time insure the best condition of the stock. .All goods are packed free and everything tied and labeled distinctly. Mistakes sometimes occur. We warrant our stock to l>e true to name with the express understanding that if any proves untrue, we will replace it with other, but in no case will we be lialile for damages This is a stationary institution and can be found. Its guarantee is worth something. Its reputation for furnishing ••pedigree’’ stock adapted to the North-west cost toil and expense and is to he maintain- ed. When wc sell short wc do not order .Mabama stm:k to fill orders. Try us. Remit by postoftice money order on Haraboo. express money order, registered letter or draft, but no postage stamps, postal notes or private checks. .Address all letters to A. G, TUTTLE, Haraboo. \S’is. •o- ■o 7 7 INTRODUCTORY. N this day of the world it is said to be nearly ^1 impossible to sell anything excej)t by per- ‘ sonal solicitation. The wholesale grocer of the larger cities has commercial solicitors trav- eling from one customer to another. The tree- grower must send out his agents to solicit the trade, or his competitor will get il. It has be- come almost impossible to get any mail orders. Do the people get any better goods? Do they find the prices better; Is the peddler any more reliable than the nurseryman? Is there any ad- vantage gained by giving the orders to the first smooth tongued traveler, instead of mailing it to the nearest nurseryman noted for honest deal and honest goods? I employ no agents or traveling men, but am obliged to wholesale to those who sell direct to the planter. I would much prefer to receive the orders from the planter, and he would be the gainer evhrv ti.me.* I know of parties within two miles of this nur- sery, who have bought bills of trees several times of irresponsible traveling treemen, and they probably will again. They pay three times the prices that live trees of t' esame varieties would cost at this nursery, and they have the vacant orchard rows to show for the ducats expended. They are the people who are so loud in de- .nouncing Wisconsin as totally incapable of pro- ducing fruit, now and forever. This catalogue is not for that class of persons. It is for those who would like to raise fruit, and buy intending to do their part towards making their purchases a suc- cess; who take a live, progressive, instructive, TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE. high-toned horticultural journal like the “Popu- lar (Jardening” of Buffalo, N. Y., and read it and profit by its reliable teachi-ngs. We hope to prove to these parties that our stock is reu.a- ui.E. That our advice as to what is best to plant is valuable. That our way of doing busi- ness is not only pleasant but profitable to our customers. To our old customers we are grate- ful, and to the new ones, we will promise the strictest attention to their wants, hoping to add all their names to our long list of kind friends who buy of us because tliey have found it paid them to do so. Try us with a small order. On receipt of your trees if they appear to be dry, bury them tops and ai.i. in moist earth for a few days. If it has been freezing weather and you have reason to think there is frost in them, put the package, unopened, into a dark cellar, for a day or two, and let the frost come out gradually, and if the roots were well mossed in 'packing, they will be uninjured. When Straw- berries are received and you are not quite ready to plant them, be sure that the roots are kept moist, without moistening the foliage, and put them on the cellar bottom. Kvergreens must he kept from drying the roots in the least. Heel them in as fast as unpacked and not allow the sun or wind to reach the bare roots for a moment. .A good way is to prepare a clay pud- dle and immerse the roots, which will give them a coating that will exclude sun and air. Then heel them in. After the sap of an evergreen once hardens it never flows again. The tree is dead, though the foliage may not show it for many days. ■€> o BURYING TREES. OKI.KCT a spot where the water does not ^ stand. Dig an open trench long enough to take the trees laid singly, side by side, with roots in the trench and tops along the ground, at right angles with the trench. Cut Roman numerals in the back of the labels, and mark the same against the name in your book record, as the moist earth will take out the pencil marks. Then open each variety and place them, driving a stake between each variety. After all are in, throw fine earth, free from all rubbish, among and on the roots, shaking and tramping enough to fill all interstices among the roots. Cover roots one foot and slant off to the tops, cover- ing the extreme tops about three inches. Put no straw or other rubbish on or near them to attract mice. In the Spring open carefully with a fork, not to gall the trunks or break the branches, and plant as soon as the frost is out sufficiently. COLLECTIONS. T H E; following collections will be selected from the best stock, and will be nicely packed in moss and burlaps, each variety being tied sep- arately and labeled. We make no changes in the contents of any package. Please order by the numbers. Any three Si.oo collections for . 1 ^ .50. Any two S3 00 collections for S5, .00: No. 1. I 'IVansparent Apple, 4 6 feet 1 Switzer ” *■ i iJolotorcf ‘‘ 1 Ix)ngfietd •• “ 30 30 30 30 Si. 20 No, 2. I Anis '• “ I Hibernal “■ “ 1 Lord’s ** •* 1 Repka Maicnka. Apple •• 30 30 30 30 5 1. 80 N 0. 3. I Blackwood .Apple ‘ 1 V'argul ‘‘ “ i Anionovka “ ** 35 40 50 Sr. 25 No. 4. i Whitney No. 20 Crab " 1 (.)sthcim Cherry * 1 DeSoto Plum '* 25 50 50 St.25 No. 5. I Early Victor Grape 1 Moore's Karly Grape 1 Concord Grape 50 50 25 Sr. 25 No. 6. I Moore’s Early Grape I Worden Grape 1 Brighton Grape . . 50 30 40 $1.20 No. 7. I Early Victor Grape I Empire State Grape 50 75 $1-25 r TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE. No. 8. 2 Fay Currant 50 2 White Grape Currant 12 2 V'ictoria (’urrant 12 2 Cherry Currant 12 2 La V'ersailes Currant 12 2 Lee’s Prolific Currant 25 $1.23 No. 9. 3 Downing Gooseberry 60 3 Smith’s Improved Gooseberry 70 S1.30 No. 10. 5 Lucrctia Dewberry 40 10 Ancient Briton lilackberry 30 10 Stone’s Hardy •* 30 10 Snyder “ • 30 Si 30 No. II, 5 Hilborn 'Black Cap' Raspberry 30 10 T yler > Black Cap) Raspberry 25 10 Ohio ' Black ( *ap • Raspberry 25 10 Turner Raspberry 25 10 Cuthberi Raspberry 25 $1.30 No. 12, to Jessie Strawberry 40 10 Bubach No, 5. Strawberry 30 JO Warfield No. 2, Strawberry 40 10 Wilson (Pure) 20 $1.30 ■\ny of the foregoing numbers for#iT.oo. .\ny of the following numbers for $3.00: No. 1. 12 New Russian Apple Trees, 4 to 6 feet, of our selection of 4 sorts 83.60 No. 2, 6 New Russian Apple 4 to 6 feet 1,80 2 English Morello Cherry 60 1 Wragg Cherry 60 2 Whitney No 20, Crab 50 S3.50 No. 3, 2 Vargul.Apples 4 106 feet 80 2 Antonovka 4 to 6 feet 1.00 2 De.Soto Plum. to 6 feet 1.00 I Forest Garden Plum. 4 to 6 feet 50 1 English .Morello Cherry 30 53.^0 -€> 7 7 n 6 TUTTLE'S catalogue. No. 4. a Moore’s Early Grape 2 Worden •• 2 Brighton * 2 Lady • I Concord " No. 5, sFay Currant 5 While (Jrape Currant ^^P^Tctia Dewberry . . . i^|Aicnt Briton Blackberry Hardy to Tylc«' Kaspberry. 2 Downing (iooseberry a Smith’s Improved Gooseberry 1. 00 60 80 1.00 25 S365 *25 30 48 30 3 ‘> 25 40 40 S3.68 No. 6. sojessie Strawberry i 50 50 Haverland Strawberry 1.50 25 Bubach No. 5 Strawberry 60 ^3 60 No 7. 8 Norway Spruce 2 % feet, for S3. 00 No. 8 8 Balsam Fir, 3 feet, for S3. 00 No. 9. 8 White Spruce. 2 feet, for 3.00 No. 10. 2 Norway Spruce. 2 % feet i.oo 2 Balsam Fir,-3 feet 1 00 2 White Spruce. 2 feet 75 2 American Arbor Vita;, 2 feet 75 No. 12. 1 Pyramidnlis Arbor Vita; 1.00 I Little Gem “ “ i 00 I Mountain Pine 50 X Cutdeaved Weeping Buch x.oa S35<> 4 -o ❖ ( APPLES. T WENTY-TWO years ago we obtained our first scions from Russia, and for more than fifteen years have had the new Russians in or- chard. We planted at the same time j^wchard of 300 Duchess. The per cent. in this orchard is ten times greater than in an orchard of 80 varieties of new Russians growing near it. The only trees killed by the winter of 1884-5, of the new Russians, are two Crimean apples and one that came to us as Green Transparent, which proved to be White Astrachan. Some eight or ten varieties have proved worthless by blight. Of the 300 Duchess 20 were killed out- right by that winter, and many (Jthers more or less injured. In sending to Russia for scions, we hoped to get at least a dozen varieties as hardy as the Duchess, and fruit that would suc- cessfully compete in the markets with the old favorites of the blast. The results of the tests we have made, abundantly prove that very many of the new Russians are hardier than the Duchess and equal in (juality to any of the old American sorts, giving us fruit in season from t'ery early to very late. The only thing in the way of the general planting of the new Russian fruits, is the loss of confidence in them occa- sioned by the dissemination by some Wisconsin and Minnesota nurserjmen, of trees purporting to be Russians, which were grown In Alabama. Before discarding the Russians we would ask the planters of Wisconsin to make a trial of, at least, a few of our trees. If you will leave 8 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. the selection to us, we tliink we can furnish you trees that will succeed. Our stock is grown here. The scions are taken from the trees which have borne, and consequently must be true to name. Try a dozen. TRANSPARENT — Mr. Lovett, of New Jersey, says: “.-fctripens fully ten days in advance of the Early Harvest, and the past season I picked fully ripe specimens on the 30th of June. Size me- dium; light transparent lemon yellow, smooth waxen surface; flesh melting, juicy and of ex- cellent quality, and for an early apple, an ex- ceptionally good keeper and shipper^sur|)ass- ing far in these important points Early Harvest, Primate and other early varieties. Tree a free upright grower, very prolific and a remarkably early bearer, frequently producing in the nursery- row, the second year from the bud. YELLOW SWEET — Earlier than 'I'ransparent. Tree a fine grower and very hardy. Fruit yel- low with reddish bronze on the sun side; flesh firm and agreeably sweet, good for dessert and cooking. Keeps well for so early an apple. EARLY GLASS — Tree is ;;xtremely hardy and free from blight — never loses a bud from severity ot climate — is a fine and regular grower and good bearer. Fruit self colored, with little color on sun side. Good bearer an .l keeps well if picked before over-ripe. ENORMOUS— The largest of August apples. Some specimens have been grown here measurr ing 14 inches in circumference. .Almost covered with deep red. it is very sho'wy. Flesh a little 6 TUTTLE'S CATALOGUE 9 coarse but a good sub-acid flavor. Season, .‘Vugust and September. PROLIFIC SWEETING — A yellow apple of me- dium to large size. Dr. Hoskins says the “best of the sweet ajiples for market purposes.” Tree, a very stocky grower and great bearer. Is hardy at St. Petersburg. CHARL.4MDFF-A very large yellow apple, mildly acid, ri]>ens at the end of August. A good grower and productive. Season, September. SWITZER- T ree very hardy, handsome, up- right grower, and very productive. Fruit me- dium to large, entirely covered with red. Flesh white, fine-grained, tender, sub acid, with a de- lightful (luince-hke flavor. .\n e.xcellent keeper for its season, and one of the best fall apples. October. VASILIS LARGEST — This belongs to the same family as Green Streaked, and Zolotoref, a little more color perhaps and tree a little mere up- right. October and November. ARABIAN — .\s received from the department is of the Duchess type of apple, but a little bet- ter keeper. A remarkably free grower in the nursery, and makes a very symmetrical orchard tree. October. BEAUTIFUL ARCADE --Tree an upright, pretty grower in the nursery, in the orchard more spreading. Very hardy. Fruit above medium size, delicately striped with pink on light green. Flesh white, tender, juicy, very pleasant sweet. Dessert and cooking. November. 10 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. •> GREEN STREAKED-A ve ry large showy apple, striped with red, somewhat coarse in texture, but a salable ap])le, that keeps into winter. Distinct green veinings in the flesh are characteristic and probably suggested the name. Season. October to [aniiary. GLASS GREEN — .\s received by me from the De])artment, is an improved Duchess. Is hard- ier and much better nursery grower, and the fruit is a milder acid and kee])s till November. RASPBERRY — A beautil'ul little bright red, dessert apple. A very pleasant, fresh and sprightly sul)-acid, with a nice after taste. Flesh w'hite with scarlet veins near the skin. Tree, upright and vigorous, and stands the worst win- ters at St. Petersburg without injury. Its beaut\ and fine flavor, and the jrertect hardiness of the tree, will command favor wherever planteil. October to January. HEIDORNS STREAKED — A very beautiful large sized apple, ditll red splashed on yellow, very sweet and of delicate texttire. Dr. Regel, of St. Petersburg, says: It bears a large amoitnt of fruit every year, and stands the climate of St. Peters- burg. Please note that St. Petersburg is in 6o degrees north latitude, or 1,136 miles north of this ])lace. Season, October to lanuarv. YELLOW ARCADE-A yellow apjde with a little red on the sun side. Flesh tender, juicy, slight sub-acid. Dessert and cooking. Novemlier. GOLDEN WHITE — Fruit is medium to large, w'ith no cavity. In color a dull green turning to yellow' with some show of red striping on the TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 1t siin side; basin broniied and russeted. Flesh tender; flavor a mild acid. Tree rather slow in the nursery, but vigorous in the orchard, and a creat and annual bearer. Huds very wooly and irrominent. .Season, November and December BARLOFF — Ol the Ale.xander type a'^ to size, shape and color. Flesh white and agreeably vinous-sweet. Is a nice grower and productive. Will undoubtedly become ])Oi)ular as an early winter sweet apple. Season, November and December. ZOLOTOREFF — Undoubtedly the best of the large fall apples. A large, cylindrical, showy apple; deep red, with splashes of dark green in the basin, hlesh a little coarse, but juicv and spicy, with an agreeable after taste. Season, November to [anuarv. LITTLE HAT- Dr. Hegel says: “A globular fruit of full medium size. On the sunny side a* pale blush with a good deal of dark red in stripes and splashes. Flesh greenish-white, juicy and a little sweet. .’V good looking fruit which rijiens in September, and keeps through Decem- ber. For house use only.” Tree is a remark- ably fine grower in the nursery, and jjerfectly hardy. November. JUICY BURR — A very hardy tree and nice grower. Fruit resembles the Duchess in size, shape and color, but better quality and keeps through November. WATERMELON-A very strong grower. Stands perfectly the climate of St. Petersburg. Fruit one of the largest, somewhat oblong in shape. Color yellow with light and dark crimson stripes. -O 7 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 12 Flesh greenish white, with an agreeable acid taste. A fine looking dessert and rooking apple. November. RED ANIS - When .Mr. (Jibb (piestioned the people of Russia, as to which was the hardiest apple, they invariably replied: “Anis.” Fruit a medium sized, flat apple. Color, dark carmine with some dingy yellow on the shady side. Flesh greenish white, juicy and sour. Keeps until January. LONG ARCADE— A medium sized ap])le, much like Red ,-\strachan in form and color. Flesh, white and fine grained; flavor, a mild pleasant acid. Tree good grower and very hardy, bear- ing quite young. Season, December and Jan- uary. CZAR’S THORN -A sweet apple, oblong, of large size. Color, red on yellow. Tree is very- hardy and a profuse bearer. December to Jan- uary. WHITE APPLE — Size medium. Greenish yel- low, all one color. Flesh white, sub-acid, ten- der and juicy, with an agreeable, vinous acid flavor. Good for kitchen and dessert. Tree endures, uninjured, the worst winters of St. Petersburg. December to January. SKROUT GERMAN-A very pretty, regular grower in the nursery and forms a beautiful or- chard tree. Very productive and does not blight much. FAuit above medium, regular m shape, pale yellow with considerable red on the sun-side, and light and dark carmine stripes. Flesh is fine grained, tender and juicy, an agree- TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 13 able, vinous acid. One of the best for dessert and kitchen, [anuary. ZUSOFF- Tree a fine, upright grower in the nursery and more spreading in the orchard. Very productive. Fruit medium, bright red, hangs well on the tree. Flesh crisp, juicy pleasant sub-acid. Fine for dessert, showy on the table. Good shipper. January. KOURSK’S ANIS — One of the best of the Anis family. Tree a good grower and very hardy. Fruit above medium in size and keeps through January. Flesh yellowish white, jileasant acid. Good dessert apple. LONGFIELD-An early winter apple of fine quality and very attractive in ajipearance, hav- ing a bright carmine cheek, gradually fading itr- to the most beautiful peach blush, and then in- to a delicate wa.xen lemon color. A fine basket fruit. Dr. Regel says: “Neither the cold, nor the winds, nor the storms of the intensely Steppe climate of Serepta, have disturbed the growth of this tree. Of too different varieties growing in the garden of Mr. Langerfield — from whom the name — only this one bears fruit every year.” It is a jirodigious and very regular bearer, is a somewhat irregular grower in the nursery, but soon becomes a shapely tree in the orchard. Season January. WHITE PIGEON — An extra hardy tree and good bearer. Fruit medium size, conic in form with wrinkled eye and no basin. Sweet, with peculiar but pleasant flavor, tender and juicy. January and February. -O 7 -€> 14 TUTTLE’S catalogue. HIBERNAL— A valuable earl\’ winter variety, large and showy, light yellow, striped and blotched with red. Quite acid and very good for cooking. Tree hardy and superb grower. Season January and February. ' BLACKWOOD — .A favorite winter dessert ap- ple on the Volga and commands an extra I'rice on account of its fine cpiality. Medium size, greenish yellow with a little red. Flesh white, tender, juicy, agreeably vinous acid, with a very ideasant aftertaste. \ good dessert and kitch- en ap])le which keejis through February. BORSDORFER-Is an apple of German origin about as hardy as the Wealthy, but of such fine quality as to warrant a trial in favorable loca- tions. Ask a German about the Borsdorfer and he will tell you “It is the best apple that ever was.” Fruit below medium in size, form and color resembles Ben Davis, flesh firm and of fine texture, sub-acid, rich and very good. Keeps through the winter. RED QUEEN-c 'rood grower and very hardy. Fruit medium to large, dark green with dull red on the sunside. Good shipping. March. VARGUL- -One of the most popular apples in Russia. When mature is a light yellow, with a reddish brown on the sunside, covering one- third the apjde. Is large, to quite large and ribbed. Flesh yellowish white, soft, juicy, rich sub- acid and very nice after taste. Its fine size and excellent flavor recommends it among the best. Is extremely hardy and as yet no blight. March. < < 1 r' TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE^ 15 LORD’S APPLE— This is one of the best of the new Russians we have tested. Tree hardy and fine grower. Fruit large; shape, size, color and bloom resembles the Blue Pearmain and keeps as well. .A clear, strong but pleasant acid, hangs well on the tree and bears abundantly. Stands the most trying winters of .St. Peters- burg. March and April. REPKA MALENKA — One of the valuable new Russian apples from its keejiing qualities, as it has kept till the June of the second year, with ordinary care. Mr. Webster, of \'ermont, says, “It is an enormous biennial bearer. It is too hard to eat until warm weather in the spring, when it gradually ripens and becomes tender, spicy and of good (juality and flavor.” Mr. .Sias says of it at winter meeting of Minnesota Horticultural Society, in Feb., 1886; “It was the best keeper shown. It tasted fresh and tart as if fresh jiicked from the tree.” March and •onward. ANTONOVKA — This is the “King apple of the Russian steppes.” Dr. Regel says, “This is one of the most highly jiri/.ed and widely grown apples in Russia. It grows in the northern part of the Province of St. Petersburg, at Valaam, along the Baltic Sea and in eastern Russia. It is sub- acid, with an agreeable after taste: firm and juicy. It keeps till July, and is a delicate des- sert fruit. This tree grows so readily in the far North, and has such a combination of good points, that many grow scarcely anything else. It is very much liked by the people, and brings the highest prices.” ^ . 1 1 16 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. (* o— - , I r: — C' N Beside the foregoing new Russian ap]des, we have the WEALTHY — Minnesota’s well known seedling. Fruit medium to large, ohlate, skin very smooth, whitish yellow, shaded with deej) red in the sun, and spotted in the shade. Flesh white, firm, tender, juicy, lively sub-acid; very good. De- cember to Februar\ . DUCHESS OF OLDENBURG — So well known as to need no description. It is still the fruit from which points of hardiness are graded in the north-west. ORANGE WINTER — .\n apple which originated in this county. The original tree has now stood in quite sanely soil since 1850 and is ]>erfectly healthy, bearing regular crops of fruit alternate years. Fruit is above medium in size, a light green and yellow, with red on one side. Flesh is yellowish white, rich, fine-grained, pleasant sub-acid and keeps through the winter. WHITNEY (No. 20) CRAB— The best of all the crab apples, but should be gathered as soon as the seeds are black. The finest grower in the nursery, and makes a very symmetrical orchard tree. Great and regular bearer. Fruit three times the size of Transcendent; carmine with darker stripes. Nice fruit to eat from the tree. '3— — -C- 7 CHERRIES. I . •> OSTHEIM -A new variel)- which is very gener- ally raised in Russia and endures the climate of \’ladimir. It is above medium in size, sweet and rich, a good bearer and perfectly healthy. 4 to 6 feet, well branched. WRAGG-Is a valuable seedling originated in Iowa. It is proving to be valuable for the north-west, as it is hardy and healthy; bears well. Fruit good size and pleasant as a dessert fruit. English Morello, Early Richmond and l^ate Kentish are old sorts well known. PLUMS DE SOTO —Originated in Wisconsin, of native blood. Is very hardy, healthy and product- ive. Fruit nearly as large as the Lombard, free- stone, solid fleshed, rich and sweet. FOREST GARDEN — Ripens a little in advance of the De Soto, which it closely resembles in tree and is as hardy and healthy. F'ruit some- thing like the Yellow Egg in appearance. WOLF — Originated in Iowa and is one of the best for the north-west. It is a dark red, solid fleshed fruit, and great bearer. -Vlso the MINER, which is proving valuable where of sufficient age, as it does not bear ^ young. GRAPES. EARLY VICTOR — Season of the Janesville but much better truit. Black. Bunch and berry medium, cluster compact. Tender, sweet, rich and very good. MOORE’S EARLY — d’wo weeks earlier than the Concord. Should he in every collection. BRIGHTON — Dark red. One of the most de- sirable of the new grapes. Ripens with the Worden. EMPIRE STATE-.A very strong grower. Best of the white grajres. Karlier than Conconi. Keeps well. LADY-.^ very choice white grape. Healthy but not as vigorous as the Kmpire State. Fruit nice size and very fine ciuality. WORDEN — Black. Bunch and berry large. (Quality much better than Concord and a week earlier. For home use it is one of the very best of the blacks. CURRANTS. Currants retjuire the best of cultivation and high feed. The fence corner theory of old times, is — we are glad to say — discarded. The worms have weeded out the shiftless and care- less growers, and the enterprising ones soon found it paid to feed and cultivate this whole- some fruit. Plant your currants in rows six feet apart, and three feet in the row, kee]) clean from weeds, and top dress occasionally with rotten manure, TUTTLE’S catalogue. 19 and when the worms appear, dust the foliage thoroughly with powdered White Hellebore while the dew is on, repeating it after three days. This if attended to promptly, will extermin.ite the last worm. FAY’S PROLIFIC — This is truly a great ad- vance in currants. It is all the most enthusi- astic claim for it. Equals the cherry in size of berry, in bunch twice the size, better in flavor, with much less acid, and five times as product- ive and from its peculiar stem, is less expensive to pick. The cherry cun ant has been sold very generally for the Fay’s, and it has damaged its character. I get my stock direct from the in- troducer at Fredonia, N. Y., and knotv it is true. WHITE GRAPE - I 'he best white currant. Bunches large and long, berry large and of the best quality, being less acid than others. Pro- lific and strong grower. VICTORIA-.^ va liable variety, ri|>ening as it does alter all others are gone. Hunches very long, berry of medium size, brilliant red and of excellent quality. Bushes good growers and pro- fuse bearers. No collection should be without it. IMPROVED RED DUTCH - Is a great improve- ment over the well known Red Dutch, in size of beny and bunch. LEE’S PROLIFIC — .\ black variety of recent introduction and one that marks a great advance in the Blacks. It is earlier than the Naples, with very large berries, longer and larger clus- ters, and even more prolific than that product- ive variety. + + A r -o BERRIES. GOOSEBERRIES. DOWNING — Fruit larger than Houghton: nice, upright, stocky grower, almost entirely free from mildew. Roundish, light green, with distinct veins; skin smooth, flesh rather soft, juicy and very good. SMITH’S IMPROVED-From Vermont. Large, oval, light green, with bloom; llesh moderately firm, sweet and good. V'igorous grower. BLACKBERRIES. One of the most ))rofitable fruits to grpearance as a fruit, and its great vigor of growth and ])roductiveness, place it in the front. HILLBORN (Cap)— Originated in Canada and is undoubtedly the best black cap. It is full larger than Gregg and jet black in color. Is hardier and more productive. TYLER -Best early cap. 0HI0-( lood market cap. TURNER V ery productive red, of good qual- ity. CUTHBERT — Probably the best red raspberry in cultivation. I 22 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. STRAWBERRIES. JESSIE— Heads the list as it is the leading berry lor Wisconsin. It is oui< berry; was es- pecially gotten 11]) by Mr. London, of Janesville. Wisconsin, for onr climate. It does not rust. It is a vigorous grower. Its many tniit stems are strong and carry the fruit well out of the dirt, but not above the luxuriant foliage, to allow it to sun-scald. It produces runners abund- antly. The fruit is of ponderous size, and for so large a berry, very jiroductive. Quality bet- ter than Crescent, no pithiness, but flesh solid and luscious throughout. It holds its size well to the 7th picking. Blossom perfect. Try it, every body. BUBACH’S (No. 5)— Undoubtedly the next in value for our climate. Mr. Crawford says: “The plant is large, healthy, vigorous and very jiroductive; leaves tiark green and Iree from rust; runners strong and abundant; blossoms pistillate; (plant one row in five of Jessie); fruit very large and usually of good form.” Origi- nated in Princeton, 111 . WARFIELD (No. 2)— We place this next in value of the new varieties. Originated in Illi- nois in 1883. Mr. Crawford, of Ohio, says: “It fruited in 1884, and a bed containing five square feet yielded a (juart every other day. The blos- som is ])istillate. Plant vigorous with long pen- etrating roots to resist drouth. It ripens with the Crescent, has tall leaves to protect from late spring frosts. Single plants have produced 195 berries. It equals the Wilson as a shijiper 4 “ 7 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 23 and is superior to it in every other respect. It has yielded one-half more than the Crescent with the same chance, and is far su|)erior in every other way.” HAVERLAND -A seedl ing of the Crescent, originated in Ohio. Perfectly healthy plant, very vigorous, and wonderfully productive Berries very large, uniform in shape, and bright scarlet color. Quality not surpassed by an\ market berry. No rust: roots deep and fruit holds size well. GANDY— The great late berry for Wisconsin. Is a good shipper and long keeper. Productive: never rusts or sun-scalds the fruit no matter how hot or wet the weather; of mammoth size, regular, bright scarlet, and perfect blossom. We have the Crescent, May King, Jewell, Henderson, Cumberland, Belmont, Ontario, Cold, Monmouth, I,ogan, Bomba, Mammoth, Itasca, and twenty-five others that will fruit this coming season. We are intending to com])are and be able to advise as to the best to plant. I have Iruited all but a few of the last mentioned varieties. Shall take great pains to furnish none but best plants, in fine condition. You will see by referring to the testimonials, that I under- stand packing. DWARF JUNEBERRY. This is becoming popular as a fruit for home growing, and I will have a limited su|)ply of the plants the coming s]>ring. I tpiote from Car- penter &: Gage, of Nebraska: “P'or several years we have been watching the Juneberry, and TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 24 have come to the conclusion that it is one of the most valuable berries, and it should be planted on every farm in the west. The wood is hard and firm and endures the extremes of our climate without injury. Its leaves are dark, glossy green, and very much resemble the pear. The plant propagates from suckers. The flowers appear about the same time as those of the a])ple. Tne petals are white and five in number. The fruit is borne in clusters like the currant, and ripens in June. Its size equals the wild gooseberry; shape, round; color, reddish pur- ple at first and becomes a bluish black when fully ripened. Its flavor approaches the huckle- berry, a mild, very rich sub-acid. Most people like its quality, and pronounce it delicious. It may be served with sugar and cream or cooked sauce, and is splendid canned for winter use. 'I'he plant is about the height and form of the currant bush. It produces fruit in enormous (juantities, and bears every year. It is also jier- fectly hardy, hot being injured by wet, cold or dry weather, and needs no special treatment. Rabbits do not injure it, and it will grow readily with only a scanty root.” ASPARAGUS. To make a good Asparagus bed, the plants may be set in the fall or early spring. Prepare a place, by pulverizing the soil to a good depth and dress liberally with fine manure Select two-year, or strong one year plants, and for a garden, set in rows i8 to 20 inches apart, with ■3— ^ = ^ - TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE 25 plants lo to t2 inches in the row. Make a hole l)y jjressing the spade down jrerpendicularly and weaving it forward and back, draw it out and spread the roots with your fingers in fan shape and push down the spade two inches from where it went before and press towards the hole closing it. If in the fall, cover with several inches of coarse manure, and fork it in between the roots in the spring. MOORE’S NEW CROSS-BRED-'lhis new As paragus is the result of careful cross-breeding between the Giant Improved and another excel- lent variety. It retains the head closed till the stalks are quite long; is of uniform color, while for tenderness and quality it is unparalleled. The size large, and remarkably uniform; a speci- men bunch of twelve stalks weighed three pounds. CONOVER’S COLOSSAL-I >arge. rajiid growth, productive and of fine (piality. 6 -o- Ornamental Department. EVERGREENS. W j; wish every farmer in the north-west could he made to see the benefit of a dense row of evergreens on the north and west sides of his farm and also a semi-circle extending from the south around westwardly to the north-east of his cattle and sheep yards, barns and all buildings. How few farms are thus protected. Let us look a moment at the benefits resulting from such wind-breaks outside ot the idea of ornament. The belt of evergreens on the north and west boundaries of the farm will change the climate. You will find your Wisconsin or Min- nesota farm has the climate of central Illinois, without the winds of the latter section. Your orchards will be improved often when that of the neighboring exjiosed farm will be badly de- moralized. Why, do you say? March used to be considered the best month in which to sea- son lumber because thk winds m.ow. Hard freezing tends to kiln-dry wood, and frost will penetrate further if driven by a high wind, and evaporaiion is much more rapid. Hence an apple tree protected from the winds, will en- dure a much lower degree of temperature than if exposed. Your grain will not lodge so badly and your corn will not be blown down. Ihe saving in this item some years would jiay the first cost of the evergreen belt. The semi-circle about the yards and buildings saves at least ■O ( I TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. one-fourth the feed of stock and at the same , time is so much warmer and pleasanter for those who do the chores. Evergreens suitable for forming these belts, can be had for a small sum. They should be planted in a row, 6 feet apart in the row. 440 trees will plant 160 rods. For the lawn a few nice shaped evergreens are indispensable. NORWAY SPRUCE-A lofty, elegant tree of pertect pyramidal habit, and the lower limbs retain their vigor with age, becoming gracefully pendulous as they grow old. 'I'he finest known evergreen as a single lawn tree and one of the best for protection belts and hedges. WHITE SPRUCE-(^ur best native spruce. Is thought it will rival the popularity of the Nor- way. It is hardier aVnl a lighter shade of green. Keeps its sha])e and lower branches as well as the Norway. HEMLOCK SPRUCE — Is well known in its tim- ber character where grown in dense masses, with no branches below 80 feet, but when grown in full sunlight as a single lawn tree, or in a grou[) or ornamental hedges is truly une.v- celled. BALSAM FIR —A very regular, symmetrical tree, assuming the conical form when (|uite small. Spines dark, and siUery white under- neath. It is fine in the lawn. AMERICAN ARBOR VITAE-This is the best evergreen tree for ornamental hedges. I'iasilv transplanted, flourishing under the closest shearing, and forms a very dense and beautifnl ■*> 28 TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. . hedge. Fine for cemetery adornment. Of course it was never adapted to turn stock; but forms a most desirable and ornamental screen to divide the lawn from other parts of the grounds, or make the boundary between resi- dence lots in cities. PARSON’S COMPACTA ARBOR VITAE-Foliage light green, liabit dwarfish and ypiite comi)act. Hardv. HOVEII ARBOR VITAE — A small globular shaped variety, naturally comi)act and very regular. Hardy. PYRAMIOALIS ARBOR VITAE- r le most beau- tiful of all the .Arbor Vitres, having dark green foliage, compact and erect form naturally. It fdls the ])lace of the Irish Juniper which is too tender here. LITTLE GEM ARBOR VITAE- .A very neat little dwarf, with fine foliage and compact, round head. Nice for the lawn — and cemetery. WHITE PINE-T his is without - ment ofjessie plants, until I should be able to set them out and see how they turned out. 'There happened to be no water in the ditch when they arrived, and as they seemed in good condition. I thought they would do belter in the package until I could get water than they would do set in the dry earth with what sprinkling I could give them. You will observe that we waitfor water in this country instead of rain and it being very low and scarce at this time of the year, we have to take turns and wait until we can gel it. I set them out yesterday morning, and as I got the ground moistened around them 1 think, they willdowell. jThey were shipped in open basket, Sepr. 18, therefore ten days in the package. A. C. 1 From Otto Wasserzieher, Deerwood. Minn., Sept, ist, 1888. '•fJear Sir: — 'J'hc Jessie strawberry plants received in excellent con- dition. 1 think it a wonderful idea to send plants raised in pots, with lumps of dirt, picked in moss, because every plant is sure to grow.” From Hon.J. IC Dwinncll, Ix>di. Columbia Co.. \V’is.,.^ept 20, 1888. ••Dear Sir: — The Jessie strawberry plants you sent me were rcccivcil last Monday in fine order. From H H. Russell. Roslyn, Day Co., Dakota, .Sept. 6. 1888. Dear Sir:— The strawl>erry plants I got this morning and are planted. 'They were as fresh as if just taken out of their bed— could not he better. From Mis. I S. Tripj), Prairie du Sac. Wis.. Sept. 3, 1888. "Dear Sir: —'The strawberry plants arrived in prime condition. Not the least particle of earth was jarred from the roots. They were all. without exception, just as you removed them from the jiots,” From N. F. Carpenter, Menominee. W’is .Aug. 25, 1888. •’Dear Sir: —'The plants came through in No. 1 order.” From L. I, Inman. Havana. .Steel County. Minn.. Aug. 30, 1888, “Dear Sir:— 'J'he plants received all right. They were in nice shape. There are a number wanting plants, but I think they will n >w w.ait till next spring. Express charges §i. From F W. Wagner. Lansing. Iowa. May 2. 1888. •'Dear Sir:— The trees arrived all right and am well pleased with them.” From Milo Harnard. afterward Pres Ills. State Hori. Soc.. .Manteno, Ills.. .Apr 30. 1888. •’Dear Sir: — I hc apple trees came to hand to-day in excellent con- dition. .Accept thanks for high grade, etc. r TUTTLE’S CATALOGUE. 36 From J. n -Kllisoi^. 'I'aylor Station. Jackson L'o.. Wis,. May 9. i88S. Dear Sir: “iht trees and berry bushes were duly received. lam very much obliged for the extras; they were ,ust whstt I wauled. From Dr. KlHott Brown, of Fond du Lac. Wis.. Sept. 20. 1888. Dear Sir: -The potted Jessie strawberry plants came in good time and fine condition. They look thrifty and healthy, and should all grow. The packing was well done and I could sec no reason why they should not cross the continent in perfect order. Thanks Most all the things are budding out and 1 think they all will. From (ieo. Wright, of Wrightsville, Wi.« . May 23, 1888. “Dear bir:— 1 received the trees and plants in splendid order and was well satisfied. You have done more than well by me. I set them all r>tit in a favorable time and they seem to be doing well.” From C. F. McNair. Nurseryman. DaesviUe. N Y. Aug 29. 1887, 1 he apple buds were received in good condition, were budded promptly and have made a fine catch. From Chas. I.uedloff. Carver (!o , Minn., Nov. 12. 1887. ••Dear Sir: — '1 he trees you sent came to hand in excellent condition, never got belter trees, and packing was done in the best manner. .Many thanks. Your business shall have my recommendation to my neigh* bors,” From John Pool, .Avon, Ills.. Sept. 17, 1887. •* Dear Sir: —Your retail price list at hand. 1 have noticed it some. 1 will scntl you a list of what 1 want and if you can send me as good stock as I received from you last year and at the same price. I will order. This was a hard year; the drouth has been so Isard on trees set last spring, everybody is discouraged. Your trees stood the best ol any in this country.’’ October 25. .Mr. Pool s:tys. *'.\ly bill ol trees c.ame to hand to day in good shape and I am well pleased with the stock.” From .M. S. Fawcett, of Lyon Co., .Minn • "Deal* Sir — I would say that the snuall bill of trees and shrubs I got from you last fall has done very well. All the Wackberries grew and arc nice But a few of the raspberries grew, the Fay currants arc very nice I nursed the Moore s Karly Crape vine all summer and it finally sprouted about the first of .August and is new growing finely. When I watit more trees, etc . I will send to yoii.” 7 7 AN Il.LUSrRATKl) jiORTioaM'ai^E ^ mmiauumnm. 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