196 THE BLACKBERRY. 



vided extra plants are wanted for forming new beds ; but if plants 

 are not wanted for re-setting other beds, then more than two shoots 

 should never be permitted to grow from one stool at a time. Keep 

 the ground well stirred with plow or hoe from time to time, or better, 

 cover the entire surface with three to four inches deep of leaves or 

 chopped straw. 



Seedlings may be grown in the same way as Raspberries. 



There are, in its wild state, many varieties, but all answering the 

 same botanical description. They are known under the common 

 names of High Blackberry, Bush Blackberry, Low or Trailing Black- 

 berry, etc. ; the stems being tall and more or less branching. The 

 fruit ripens from 20th July to 10th August, and is highly esteemed 

 for making syrup, which is regarded valuable as a preventive as well 

 as a curative of diarrhoea, dysentery, etc. As a dessert fruit, and 

 for cooking, when well grown and ripened, it is esteemed, and often 

 advised by physicians, on account of its healthful character. 



There is a variety known as the White Blackberry, differing not 

 in habit, but with shoots and fruit of a greenish-white. 



Of the varieties named and offered for sale by dealers, we select 

 the following as most esteemed. 



CRYSTAL WHITE. 



Originated from seed, in Albion, 111. This is a new variety, and entirely 

 distinct from the old white blackberry, being free from spines. The canes 

 are a bright, clear, light green ; vigorous, strong growers ; hardy and very 

 productive. Fruit, very large, oval roundish ; when fully ripe, a clear, 

 rich white, juicy, tender, sweet, and high flavor. Ripens last July to 

 middle of August. 



DORCHESTER. 



Introduced to notice by the late Capt. Lovett, of Beverly, Mass. ; nearly 

 equal in size to New Rochelle, of a more elongated form, grains rather 

 smaller, somewhat sweeter, and producing large crops of high-flavored 

 fruit ; a vigorous grower. Fruit, large, oblong conic, sometimes measur- 

 ing an inch and a quarter in length, of a deep shining black. The berries 

 should be fully matured before they are gathered ; it bears carriage well. 

 Ripens about the first of August. 



Hiura BLACKBERRY. 



Bush Blackberry, | Bubus Villosus. 



This is an erect growing blackberry, the stems tall, and more or less 

 branching. The fruit is small, round, reddish-black, and good ; seldom 

 raicy or high-flavored. There is a variety cultivated with greenish white 

 fruit, that is unworthy. Not the Crystal White. 



NEW ROCHELLE. 



Seacor's Mammoth, | Lawtoa. 



Th'jf variety was found by Lewis A. Seacor, by the road-side in the town 

 ll New Rochelle, Westchester Co., N. Y. It is of very vigorous growth, 

 with strong spines which belong to the bramble ; is hardy and exceedingly 



