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White. A variety sent out several years 

 since, but it is unproductive, and not worth cultivating. 



Wilson's Early, Very large, oblong, oval, slightly 

 pointed, black, quite firm, sweet, rich and good ; canes 

 strong, roundish, not so deeply corrugated as the New 

 Rochelle or Dorchester. It is probably a sport of the 

 trailing Blackberry, or a cross between it and the high- 

 bush. Although the plant is naturally an erect grower, 

 still, occasionally, a cane will grow for several feet along 

 the ground, and the tip take root, as is usual with the com- 

 mon creeping Blackberry, or Dewberry, as it is generally 

 called. The fruit ripens very early, and the entire crop 

 matures in about two weeks. This peculiarity in ripening 

 gives the grower of it an opportunity of sending the en- 

 tire crop to market before other varieties are ripe. It is 

 but little known, except in the vicinity where it originated. 

 Mr. Wm. Parry, John S. Collins, Jas. S. Williams, and a 

 few other fruit growers near Philadelphia, have quite ex- 

 tensive plantations of this variety, and from an examina- 

 tion of the fruit the past season, I conclude that it will 

 prove to be one of the most valuable varieties yet intro- 

 duced ; although it would not be advisable for those who 

 intend to grow fruit for market to confine themselves en- 

 tirely to this one kind, because of its very limited period 

 of ripening. Discovered by John Wilson, of Burlington, 

 "NT. J., about 1854. 



The following kinds I have not fruited, neither have 1 

 my very reliable information in regard to their merits. 



Albion* Found growing wild at Albion, Edwards 

 County, Illinois. The fruit is said to be very large, of a 

 pink color. 



Claret, A new variety, found by D. L. Adais, of 

 Hawesville, Ky. Fruit large, of a glossy claret color. 



Col, Wilder, Fruit bright cream color. Raised by 

 John B. Orange, of Albion, Illinois, and named in honor 



