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Dorr's Iowa Seed Manual. ... 27

Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, Small Fruits, Etc.
By Mail, Post Paid.

To meet our many calls for small fruits etc., we are happy to announce that perfect arrangements have been made with one of the most extensive and in every way perfectly reliable nurseries in America, to supply the following very excellent list of out-door plants and fruits, which are to be sent by mail, postage paid, and safe arrival guarranteed [guaranteed].
Orders in this department must amount to one dollar. We cannot afford to give our attention to orders of less amount. The office work on a small order is the same as on a larger one, and it also requires nearly as much time and material to pack it, and takes almost as much postage.
The best time for forwarding plants is from the first of October to the first of June, as they are less liable to suffer from frost than from extreme heat.

Dollar Collections.
We make the following named dollar collections for the benefit of purchasers. It will be seen that where persons are not well acquainted with the different varieties, so as to enable them to make judicious selections, these sets offer great advantages for cheapness, and parties will generally get as good selections as they could make themselves, our aim being as far as possible to satisfy every customer that favors us with an order.
The choice of varieties in these sets must be left entirely to us, as we positively cannot afford, at these collection prices, to permit customers to name the plants. These collections are subject to the following conditions, that persons ordering are only to name the number designating the collection or collections wanted, as it takes too much time to read long letters giving detailed lists of plants in each colection [collection] desired. Simply the number of the collection or set is sufficient.

Set 41-8 Apple trees, 4 sorts for 1.00.
" 42-3 Pear trees, 3 sorts for 1.00.
" 43-3 Cherry trees, 3 sorts for 1.00.
" 44-2 Pear trees, 2 sorts, 2 Quince, 2 sorts for 1.00.
" 45-6 Peach trees, 3 sorts for 1.00.
" 46-1 Pear, 2 Peach, 2 Apple, for 1.00.
" 47-1 Apple, 1 Pear, 1 Cherry, 1 Quince for 1.00.
" 48-8 Grape Vines, 2 each of Concord, Hartford, Ives and Rogers' Hybrids for 1.00.
" 49-10 Grape Vines, 5 sorts, entirely our choice for 1.00.
" 50-20 Raspberries, 4 each of Mammoth Cluster, Doolittle's Improved, Brandywine, Philadelphia, and the Turner, for 1.00.
" 51- 25 Raspberries, 5 sorts, our choice for 1.00.
" 52-8 Currants, 2 Cherry, 3 La Varsailes and 3 White Grape for 1.00.

" 53-50 Strawberry plants, 10 Monarch of the West, 10 Crescent Seedling, 20 Wilson's Albany, and 10 Charles Downing for 1.00.
" 54-50 Strawberry plants, 20 Sharpless, 10 Col. Cheney, 10 Glendale, 10
President Wilder for 1.00.
" 55-40 Sharpless Strawberry plants, fruit immensely large, for 1.00.
" 56- 2 Grapes, 2 Currants, 4 Raspberry, and 20 Strawberry plants for 1.00.
" 57-5 Sweet Chestnut, 1 Spanish Chestnut, 1 Butternut, 1 Black Walnut and 1 Maderia Nut for 1.00.
" 58-100 Catalpa Speciosa, perfectly hardy and rapid grower ; very durable timber, for 1.00.
" 59-40 Sweet Chestnut trees for 1.00.
" 60-5 Norway Spruce, 3 to 4 inches, 1 American Arbor Vitae, 1 Pyramidal Arbor Vitae, 1 Irish Juniper, 1 Scotch Pine, and 1 Retinospora for 1.00.

We have frequent letters of inquiry similar to the following; "In your sets of ten grape vines for one dollar, please let me know what varieties you send, also in your sets of 25 raspberry plants for 1.00 what varieties do you send?" In reply to all such inquiries, we would say that we are only enabled to offer such large numbers for a dollar by retaining the privilege of selecting the varieties when we fill the order, and this excludes the possibility of naming in advance of filling the orders, what varieties will be used. But all sets will be filled with good sorts. In sets where the varieties are named, those of course will be sent.