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are good market berries, large and early, measure 

 4 inches around lengthwise, and 3% crosswise ; not 

 quite so large as Wilson Junior ; therefore we have 

 not disposed of or parted with any plants of Eureka, 

 as we do not approve of adding to the list of varie- 

 ties without gaming any new and valuable qualities. 



"In 1879 we extended the experiment by select- 

 ing the best berries from both plants, set the 

 seedlings in rows separately, and when they devel- 

 oped their fruits, we selected two from the Wilson 

 Early seedling, called Rioter and Farmer's Glory ; 

 also two from the Dorchester seedling, called Gold 

 Dust and Primordian. All the other seedlings were 

 destroyed. Those four new seedlings were satisfac- 

 tory last year (1884), bore abundantly of large 

 early fruit. The Gold Dust was remarkable for the 

 short time in which the whole crop was ripening. 

 The first picking was on 4th of July and the last 

 on 8th of July, yielding a full crop of fruit in that 

 short time. In 1880 we increased the number of 

 our experimental hills for breeders, by setting one 

 plant of Eureka and one of Wallace in same hill; 

 also one plant of Taylor's Prolific and one of Eureka 

 in another hill, and in 1883 gathered the best berries 

 from all four varieties, planted the seeds, and now 

 [1885] have the plants growing in nursery rows set 

 six feet apart and all marked with the name of both 

 parents, and date, for future reference." Of these 

 types of varieties, only the two Wilsons ever gained 

 much prominence. 



The Wilson Early and Wilson Junior blackberries 

 are still the leading varieties of the loose -clustered 

 type, but the latter is so nearly like the former, that 



