214 FRUIT-GROWING 



Being a juicy fruit, blackberries are not 

 suited to long distance shipments, but must be 

 consumed within a comparatively short distance 

 from where they are grown. They are at their 

 best when allowed to become fully ripe on the 

 bush and then used as soon as possible. For 

 this reason, only the grower or one who goes to 

 the country and gathers his own fruit can know 

 the real goodness of the blackberry. Fully 

 ripened and made into a delicious cobbler and 

 with real cream, the native blackberry need 

 offer odds to few other fruits. It is a delicacy 

 from the Elysian fields in spite of what doc- 

 tors may tell us of its affinity for the human 

 appendix. 



It is natural that many varieties of this fruit 

 should have been introduced. It is also natural 

 that only a comparative few should remain 

 as standard sorts. Of these the Agawam, 

 Ancient Britton, Early Harvest, Eldorado and 

 Snyder have remained as standard sorts. 

 From this list we should perhaps take the 

 Early Harvest because of its tendency to win- 

 ter kill ; also because it is often badly attacked 

 by orange rust, a fungous disease of the foliage. 



Dewberries are simply trailing forms of the 

 blackberry which require some support for 

 their vine-like stems. The "Lucretia" is the 

 most popular variety. 



Blackberries are not subject to injury from 



