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discoveretl by Mr. E.Williams of Montclair, New Jersey, at the foot of the 

 Kittatinny moimtain, in the town of Hope, Warren county, in that State, and 

 ■was by him brought under cultivation, and also farther tested by sending 

 plants for trial to several persons in distant localities, one of whom was the 

 writer. It was first offered for sale, if we mistake not, in the year 1863, and 

 soon became widely disseminated. A figure of the fruit appeared in the Hor- 

 ticulturist for that year, at page 271, with the following description by the 

 editor: " We find it to possess such good qualities that we give a portrait of 

 it. We selected for the purpose a medium-sized berry ; the size, however, is 

 very nniform. The outline of the fruit, it Avill be seen, is somewhat like that 

 of the Dorchester, but not so regular. It might very well be described as a 

 berry between the Dorchester and New Rochelle. The berry is longer than 

 the latter, but more irregular than the former. The pips are as large as in the 

 latter, with all the sweetness of the former. It has a delicious flavor. ' The 

 pips seem to ripen very uniformly, and the seeds are very small. It is very 

 productive, if we may judge from the bearing shoots we saw. One the whole, 

 we regard it as a large, handsome, and high-flavored fruit." 



When in season in 18G5, a party visited the locality in New Jersey, where it 

 originated and where it was yet principally grown, and the following account 

 of it was given by Mr. Downing, who was one of the party. He says: "We 

 visited several gardens where it was more or less grown — in one, I should 

 think, to the extent of half an acre ; but only one with good cultivation. As to 

 vigor and productiveness, I did not perceive any difference," — between this and 

 the New Rochelle, we suppose, — "except that the leaves were a little more ser- 

 rated, size of berry being fully equal but rather longer, decidedly sweeter, and 

 an acquisition to this class of fruits. In one of the gardens the Kittatinny and 

 Lawton were growing side by side and apparently of the same age, so that we 

 had a fair opportunity to compare and examine them fully; and I consider the 

 Kittatinny the best blackberry I have yet seen." 



This berry is now extensively grown, and the above early impressions as to its 

 value in comparison with the New Eochelle seem to have won well-nigh uni- 

 yersal approval and confirmation. In fact, so far as hardiness is concerned, it 

 is our impression that in most cases it will prove fully equal to our native wild 

 plants, which are known to be frequently killed in winter when standing un- 

 sheltered in the open ground. 



Within the last few years a more recent candidate for the favor of the mar- 

 ket planter seems threatening to eclipse the Kittatinny, and usurp its place in 

 the public estimation, even as a market fruit, and possibly the time has already 

 arrived when it should be the duty of the society to add it to the list recom- 

 mended for that purpose. We refer to the 



Wilson's early, 



a variety also orginating in New Jersey, it having been first brought to the 

 notice of planters by John Wilson of Burlington, in that State, some time 

 prior to the year 1866 ; although, at that date, it had been little disseminated 

 outside of that State. In April of that year the Magazine of Horticulture 

 Bpeaks of it as follows: *' This is a new variety which has been extensively 

 cultivated in New Jersey, and proved to possess considerable value. It has the 

 habit of ripening its crop mainly together, and is principally over in two weeks 

 and before the height of blackberries comes on. The price rules high, and it 

 does not come in competition with any other blackberry, but it is ahead of 



