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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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This engraving is a good illustration of a spur 

 from a stein of the White Blackberry bush, handed 

 us by Mr. J. S. Neediiam, of Danvers, in this 

 State, the original cultivator, we believe, of the 

 plant. It is a luxuriant grower, running up vigor- 

 ously from six to ten feet. Buds are set on the 

 stem less than two inches from each other, and 

 each bud puts out two spurs, averaging about fifty 

 berries, while the common blackberry has but one 

 spur to a bud, and produces a much smaller num- 

 ber of berries. 



The fruit is large, amber-colored and very sweet 

 and rich. The plant is hardy, we understand, and 

 easy of propagation. The demand for it, so far, 

 has been considerably greater than the supply. 



It is to be hoped that not only this fruit, but 

 that the huckleberry and blackberry will be domes- 

 ticated and improved in size and flavor by careful 

 cultivation. The common high blackberry is al- 

 ready cultivated in our gardens to a considerable 

 extent. The wild berries are now selling in Bos- 

 ton for from ten to eighteen cents a quart, and the 

 demand hardly supplied even at these prices. Mr. 

 IIovey, in his Magazine, states that the liberal 

 premiums offered for the common blackberry "by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, have 

 had the good effect of producing very general com- 

 petition ; and so superior have been some of the 

 specimens — so much larger than when first exhi- 

 bited, evidently showing what care and attention 



