43 8 Blackberries. 



COVERING BLACKBERRIES. The following mode of covering is 

 described in the Country Gentleman, by Amos Fish, of Bethlehem, 

 N. Y., and is adapted to cold regions : 



" At the approach of winter remove the stakes and lay the bushes 

 at right angles from the rows, flat on the ground, and cover them 

 two or three inches deep with earth, as follows : Cut off the limbs 

 within one and a half inches of the canes, at the right and left hand 

 sides of the row, making flat bushes. ' Shorten-in' the remaining 

 limbs by cutting off the slender ends ; then, with a digging or dung 

 fork, loosen the earth about the roots, and remove some, laying the 

 roots loose on one side, so that in laying down the roots shall be 

 bent instead of the canes being broken. When laid down use 

 bricks to hold them down while covering, and remove the bricks 

 when in the way. The bushes should be raised up and the stakes 

 replaced as early in the spring as the frost is out of the ground, 

 which can be easily done with a fork if the rows are laid down singly 

 instead of lapping over one another." 



VARIETIES. 



Crystal White. Large, roundish-oval, a clear rich white when fully 

 ripe ; of a sweet, good flavor. Ripens early in August. Albion, 

 Illinois. 



DORCHESTER. Rather large, oblong, black. 

 Vigorous grower productive. Bears car- 

 riage well. Early August. Beverly, Mass. 



Holcomb. Large, oblong, black, sub-acid (sweet 

 for a blackberry), high flavored. Early, con- 

 tinues to ripen for a long time. Productive, 

 hardy. D. S. Dewey, Hartford, Conn. 



Kittatinny. Fruit quite large, oblong ovate, 

 black ; with a sweet, rich, high flavor. An 

 excellent new variety. New Jersey. 



Newman's Thornless. Fruit rather large, oval, 

 flavor very good. Canes of moderate growth, 

 nearly free from spines. Early August. 

 Ulster co., N. Y. 



Fig. 4 8i Kittatinny. NEW ROCHELLE. (Miscalled Lawton.) Quite 

 large, ovate, black, soft, sweet ; shining when 

 fully ripe ; acid before maturity. Ripens through August. Canes 

 tender in severe climates. Origin, New Rochelle, N. Y. 

 Wilson's Early. Large, quite early. Crop ripening nearly together 

 New. 



