IS NOW OBJEKED IN THE FOLLOWING New Kaspfoerry " Superlative." — The finest, most profitable and heaviest cropping Raspberry grown. The " Superlative " has proved itself in Great Britain America to be the heaviest cropper 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 firm, 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 '*' -JJaspTjerry : — "This is one of the fineßt Raspberries that has come under our notice. The fruit is very firm, and will travel well. It is one of the sorts that we can recommend market gardeners to plant in quantity." Each,,-.ls -, per Bozen, 10s 6d ; per 100, 70s. / New Raspberry, " Hornet." — This de&irable variety has a great reputation among the rasp berry -growers of Great Britain and France, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's First Class Certificate in open competi- - bion. 3he V, Hornet "is famed for its size, beauty, high quality, hardiness, and '|roditctiveness, the , essential points of a first-class raspberry. .Each, Is; per Dozen, 10s 6d; per 100* 70s. (WHIKHAM'S) Proved by Actual Test in all Countries to be one of the ' MOST PROLIFIC, MOST YIGOROUSj'IAND FINEST FLAVOURED OF ALL GOOSEBERRIES. Since we introduced this fine market variety three years "ago it has established itself in JNew 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 vig<*ous grower, and an IMMEKSE- YIKLDEK.- To those who have not tried this fine Gooseberry, we confidently recommend it,. Either for Garden or Market. Each, Is ; per Dozen, •to; per 100,605. " : "LANCASHIRE LAD" CS-OOSSESIBJESX^X^ I^". '. 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 iri the skin ; bush erect, spreading, and a very abundant bearer. Each, Is ; per dozen, 9s ; per 100,-60s. SEED MERCHANTS.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2414, 14 June 1900, Page 6
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349Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 2414, 14 June 1900, Page 6
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