Title: Benton County Nursery Co., Inc
Identifier: bentoncountynurs1947bent (find matches)
Year: 1947 (1940s)
Authors: Benton County Nursery Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Fruit trees, Catalogs; Perennials, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Shade trees, Catalogs
Publisher: Rogers, Ark. : Benton County Nursery Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Gooseberries GOOSEBERRIES Gooseberries should be planted in good, rich soil and well manured once a year. Prune regularly, thoroughly cutting out all dead wood and surplus branches. Plan! in rows 4 to 6 feet apart in row. It is well to mulch heavily in the fall. Plants are hardy, rugged and easily grown. OREGON CHAMPION GOOSEBERRY—Berries very large, brownish red color, very sweet and fine for table use and pies. Bush a strong grower, healthy, not very thorny and a prolific bearer. One of the best ber- ries for the market. HOUGHTON — A medium sized American variety which bears abundant and regular crops and never mildews; fruit smooth; red. tender, and very good; valuable- SEE PRICE LIST ATTACHE© TO THIS CATALOG v Black Varieties CUMBERLAND—The largest of all the black- caps; coal black berries; very firm and the quality of the very best; excellent shipper. Bush is a strong grower, stocky canes and unusually prolific. Mid-season. NEW LOGAN BLACKCAP—The best depend- able early black raspberry grown. In some localities where it has been grown for the past few years it has almost displaced the other standard varieties. Berries are as large as the Cumberland, bears as heavily and ripens a week ahead of Cumberland. This gives the grower a chance to make some really good money. One of the New Logan's outstanding characteristics is its resistance to mosaic and other raspberry diseases. We have a fine lot of thrifty plants to offer. Gentlemen: I recently purchased IS Chief Rasp- berry plants. I set them in new ground and have raised three hundred plants from them. We have picked 25 quarts of berries from them and the quality was excellent. I will remember the Benton County Nursery Company when I want more nursery stock. ARCH WOOD, Star Route Dorsey, 111. Red Varieties ST. REGIS EVERBEARING—The new everbeai ing variety. It gives a crop of fruit all summer and autumn, fruiting on the old canes in generous quantities until late in August. By this date berries begin to ripen on the young canes and continue until late autumn. Berries are a bright crimson ot large size and of surpassing quality, sugary with full raspberry flavor. It succeeds upon all soils, whether light and sandy, or cold, heavy clay and the canes are absolutely hardy. LATHAM (Minnesota No. 4)—A new introduc- tion from the Minnesota state breeding farm. A very firm, large and most prolific red raspberry yet introduced. It is extremely hardy and of the very best quality. It has been largely planted in Minnesota and has given the best results. It stands shipping well and tops the market. It is mosaic-free, a disease that attacks raspberries some- times. Plant some in your garden. You will never regret it. It is claimed that many fruit growers are averaging $1,000 per acre a year. CHIEF (The New Red Raspberry)—Here is a wonderful red raspberry that is forging ahead as fast as did its illustrious ancestor. Latham, and it has just as important a place to fill for it is ten days earlier than Latham, ripening at a time when red raspberries bring the most on all markets. Chief was originated at Minnesota State Fruit Breeding Farm and is a selection from 4,000 seedlings of Latham. It is immensely productive, even surpassing Latham in that respect; the ber- ries are of good size and excellent quality and the bushes are absolutely hardy and resistant to disease.
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Records Made with Red Raspberries One acre St. Regis produced 186 crates that sold for S630.0O, and the same acre produced 75 crates in the fall that sold for more than $200.00. Grown and sold by Austin Cline, Gar- field, Arkansas. Perfection Currants — 10 — CURRANTS The currant is one of the most valuable ol the small fruits. They mature just before raspberries and can be used either raw or cooked. Being very hardy, they do not winter kill and are easy of cultivation, requiring little care. They can be grown in any good garden soil. PERFECTION (Red)—This truly wonderful new currant has both large size and extra good quality. Perfectly healthy; a vigorous grow- er, and in fact an extra fine red currant in every way. Widely advertised all over the country. ENCLOSED PRICE LIST CANCELS ALL PREVIOUS QUOTATIONS

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