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THE BLACKBERRY. 



This is one of the best fruits for the table, and popular in all mar- 

 kets and among all classes of people ; and is certainly deserving of 

 much more attention than it has heretofore received as a garden fruit. 

 The remark of the farmer whose tields were overgrown with briers, 

 and who refused to -allow his neighbors to pick the berries, because, 

 as he alleged — " If they had not been so lazy, they might have had 

 blackberries of their own," will in time cease to be a joke; for they 

 will be obtained by industry and cultivation, instead of neglect and 

 waste. 



There are varieties to be found, no doubt, in many localities, 

 which, by careful and judicious culture and management, might 

 almost be made to rival the celebrated New Roehelle or Lawton 

 Blackberry. That, it is said, was originally transplanted from the 

 roadside to the garden — and high cultivation did the rest. 



The Blackberry is propagated by layers and by seeds. It is 

 rather hard to transplant, which may be mainly owing to the fact 

 that its habits have not jet become sufiBciently understood. It 

 abounds in a rich and mellow, and rather damp soil ; flourishes in 

 its wild state mostly by the side of old logs or stumps, or around 

 stone heaps, or in the corners of fences, or 'any place where large 

 quantities of leaves or other vegetable mold abounds. 



The two varieties most cultivated n the United States at the 

 present time are the 



Impeoved High Bush. — Introduced into notice by Capt. Lovett, 

 of Beverly, Mass. "The berry is long, egg-shaped, sliiiiing black, 

 juicy, and rich ; the plant erect, blossoms white ; ripens at a most 

 timely season — after the raspberry." Capt. li. has produced them 

 an inch and a half long. 



