THE BLACKBERRY 



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Fig. 28. — Improved High Bush. 



New Rochelle, or Lawton Blackberry. — This has been for 

 several yeare cultivated in and about New Rochelle, N. Y., and 



was first brought to public no- 

 tice by Mr. William Lawton, 



"^^^ ^ 1 X^")^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^* place. 



In a description of it in a 

 late Patent Office Report, he 

 I'A says : " The New Rocliclle 

 ^^ Blackberry sends up annual]}"- 

 large and vigorous upright 

 shoots, with lateral branches, 

 all of which, under common 

 cultivation, will be crowded 

 with fine fruit, a portion of 

 them ripening daily, in moist 

 seasons, for six weeks. They 



Fig. 29.— New Rochelle Blackberry. iire perfectly liurdy, always 



rbrifty and productive ; and I have not found them liable to blight 



