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Agawam. A new variety, of which little is known. 

 Larger than the Snyder, and Ancient Briton, but the 

 plants are not so hardy. 



Ancient Briton. A very small wild berry from Wis- 

 consin. Sweet, juicy, and of excellent quality, and the 

 plants are very productive. Valuable only where larger 

 and better sorts will not thrive. 



Barnard. A new variety, found in Iowa. Recom- 

 mended on account of the hardiness of the plants. 



Dodge's Thornless, From N. E. Dodge, Fredonia, N. 

 Y. This was tried and found wanting some ten years 

 ago. Plants feeble, and nearly destitute of both thorns 

 and fruit. 



Early Burnton. Very small ; sweet ; scarcely worth 

 cultivating. 



Hoosac Thornless. This is another wild sort, picked 

 up in the woods of New England. Not worth describing 

 or cultivating. 



Knox. New, and scarcely known among fruit growers, 

 except a small number in Central New York. 



Missouri Mammoth. This is a wild variety, or, I might 

 with truth say, several varieties, dug up from the fields 

 and woods of Missouri, and disseminated by one who had 

 good reasons for changing his name occasionally to avoid 

 unpleasant exposures. It cost me one hundred dollars 

 to get my first box of plants of these sorts, and to learn 

 that I had been cheated. If there is any true or genuine 

 Missouri Mammoth Blackberry in cultivation, it is un- 

 known to me. 



Sable Queen. Fruit large; oblong; glossy black; 

 grains quite large ; firm, sweet, and excellent ; canes very 

 vigorous ; harHy, and usually quite productive. Found 

 growing wild about thirty years ago, in Essex Co., Mass., 



