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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11797, 28 July 1900, Page 10

SOMETHING NEW AND CHOICE Is now offered in the following NEW EASPBEREY, " SUPERLATIVE."—The finest, most profitable, and ' heaviest cropping Raspberry grown. The " Superlative '' .has proved itself in Great Britain and America to be the heaviest cropping of all Raspberries. The fruits are large, handsome, conical-shaped, and of a deep rich red colour. Six good fruits weigh an ounce. The flesh is fiTm, juicy, and of very fine flavour. A first-class berry for preserving, and par excellence a dessert kind. The " Gardeners' Magazine," the leading horticultural journal of Great Britain, says" of the "Superlative" Raspberry.—"This is one of the finest Raspberries that has come under our notice. The fruit is very firm, and will travel well. It is one of the s.orts that we can recommend market gardeners to plant in quantity. Each, Is; • per Dozen, 10s 6d; per 100, 70s. Something EXTRA SPECIAL in Raspberries is offered in the two varieties described above, and in placing these fine sorts before the public, we do so confidently believing them to be STRIDES AHEAD of any of the sorts now offered in our colony. Raspberry-growing has hitherto proved one of the best paying of all kinds of fruit-grow-, ing, and the demand for this fruit in. our f colony greatly exceeds the supply. Recog- t nising this, we sent instructions to our Lon-; | don agent to select and send us the two FINEST and MOST PROFITABLE varieties of Raspberry he could secure at Home, regardless of cost, and we therefore have pleasure in recommending - SUPERLATIVE " and " HORNET " as such. As orders for the above Raspberries will be fulfilled strictly in the order received, early application is necessaTy NEW RASPBERRY, " HORNET."— This desirable variety has a great reputation among the raspberry-growers of Great Britain and France,' and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's First Class Certificate in open competition. The " Hornet " is famed for its size, beauty, highquality, hardiness, and productiveness, the essential points of a first-class raspberry. Each, Is; per Dozen, 10s 6d; per 100, 70s. "INDUSTRY" (WHINHAAI.R) GOOSEBERRY,; Proved by Actual Test in all Countries to be one of the MOST PROLIFIC, . . . MOST VIGOROUS, AND FINEST FLAVOURED OF ALL GOOSEBERRIES. ' Since we introduced this fine market variety threT years ago it has established itself in New Zealand, as elsewhere, one of the MOST PROFITABLE of all Gooseberries. The fruits are roundish oblong, of fine size; skin dark red and hairy; bush, erect, spreading, and large. A vigorous grower, and an IMMENSE YIELDER. To those who have not tried this fine Goosqberry, we confidently recommend it, either for Garden or Market. ' Each, Is; per Dozen, 9s; per 100, 60s. "LANCASHIRE LAD" GOOSEBERRY. Largely grown by the market gardeners of Great Britain, but little grown in New' Zealand. Fruits roundish, of large size and fine flavour, hairy and dark red in the skin.;bush erect, Spreading, and a very abundant bearer. Each, Is; per Dozen, 9s; per 100, 60s. . Obtainable only from 11110 ■■& BLAIR, SEED MERCHANTS, DUNEDIN. ,

A RARE DELICACY! STACHYS AFPIBHS. A New Chinese Artichoke of Enormous Productiveness, yielding a bushel of tubers to every 10 feet planted. Being perfectly hardy, they should be left in the gTound until'required, like parsnips or artichokes. The tubers may be cooked in a variety of ways: Boiled in water -with a pinch of salt, fried, or otherwise prepared for the table. The flavour is delicate, and the Chinese Artichoke provides a rare dish to epicures and others. Price: 2s Gd per lb; post free, 3s. SEED POTATOES.—Now is the time for planting potatoes. All the earliest and best sortf obtainable from SEED MERCHANTS,. DUNEDIN.