74 THE BLACKBERRY. 
rich fruit, with specimens often an inch and a half 
long. We have several times imported this variety 
from New England, but never succeeded in making it 
grow, so that our attempts to prove it have failed. 
Neither have we been enabled to learn whether it suc- 
ceeds in the hands of ordimary cultivators. Rumor 
says, all these improved kinds from Massachusetts 
have a tendency to deteriorate under continued culti- 
vation. We hope this is not the case, but we have 
tried in vain to ascertain the facts. 
The White Blackberry grows wild in Western New 
York, but is usually small, and of no great value, save 
as a novelty. 
The blackberry rejoices in a moist, loamy soil, mo- 
derately rich, and will bear well a little shade, or a 
northern exposure. It grows very readily after being ~ 
once established; but we have always found it one of 
the most difficult plants to make live in transplanting, 
and we hear the same difficulty complained of from all 
quarters. It should therefore be well taken up, with 
great care, preserving as many of the fibrous roots as 
possible, and set out in a favorable time, and in the 
best manner, mulching and watering the plants well 
the first season. 
There is only one variety that we know enough 
about to strongly recommend for cultivation, and that 
is the “New RocHELLE, or LAWTON BLACKBERRY.” 
