THE BLACKBERRY. . 75 
The public are much indebted to Mr. Wiliam Law- 
ton, an old resident of New Rochelle, for its active intro- 
duction and dissemination, during the last two or three 
years. In the last Patent Office Report, just out, we 
find the following statement from him in regard to it. 
He says: “ For several years a new variety has been 
cultivated in small quantities in this town, which, for 
the want of a better name, I beg leave to introduce 
into notice as the ‘New Rochelle Blackberry.’ I have 
not been able to ascertain who first discovered the 
plant, and brought it into garden culture, but am in- 
formed that it was found on the road-side, and from 
thence introduced into the neighboring gardens.” He 
further adds: ‘The ‘New fochelle Blackberry’ sends 
up annually large and vigorous upright shoots, with 
lateral branches, all of which, under common cultiva- 
tion, will be crowded with fine fruit, a portion of them 
ripening daily, in moist seasons, for six weeks. They 
are perfectly hardy, always thrifty and productive, and 
I have not found them liable to blight, or injury by 
insects. Except that they are perfectly hardy, and need 
no protection in winter, the cultivation may be the same 
as the Antwerp raspberry; but to produce berries of 
the largest size, they should have a heavy, damp soil, 
and shade.” 
The American Agriculturist of the 2d August last, 
says, when speaking of Messrs. Seymour's plantation 
