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pioperly say, of large size and good 

 quality. The Adne is witli us a free 

 grower. For home use we deem it a 

 desirable thing, but it is too soft to 

 ship. It did not suffer any from the 

 severity of ihe i)ast winter, although it 

 received no special care. 

 Geneva, jS. Y. 



FROM WILLIAM PARRY. 



The Lucretia Dewberry has been 

 cultivated here two or three years. It 

 is a strong, vigorous grower and hai'dy. 

 Fruit large, early and of good quality. 

 Its trailing habit I'enders support of 

 some kind necessary to hold up the 

 vines. The plan we have adopted is to 

 lift the vines occasionally over wire 

 extended along the whole length of the 

 row, supported by stakes driven into 

 the ground about one rod apart. To 

 increase the number of vines, in the 

 latter part of summer and early fall 

 with a trowel set the tips in the ground 

 pointing downward. They send up no 

 suckers. We have planted some hills 

 in the rows of Wilson Junior and other 

 high-bush blackberries, over which they 

 trail nicely, for the purpose of hybridiz- 

 ing or cross fertilizing the blossoms. 



Parry, N. J. 



FROM PUES. T. T. LYON. 



I have now fruited the Lucretia 

 Dewberry three years. Aside from 

 the trailing habit of the class, and the 

 consequent liability of the fruit to be- 

 come soiled or injured from contact 

 with the earth, I regard it as very 

 desirable, since the fruit is very large 

 — quite as large as that of the Kitta- 

 tinny Blackberry — and of very good 

 liavor. Besides, it ripens before the 

 early blackberries, nearly or quite as 

 early as the earliest black-caps. With 

 me it has so far been veiy productive, 

 yielding a fair crop this year, when 

 nearly all the blackberries fail to fruit 

 in consequence of injury from the 

 severe cold of last wintei-. 



South Haven, Mich. 



FROM J. S. COLLINS. 



The Lucretia Dewberry produces 

 large berries, of good quality and early; 

 but owing to its trailing habit, I do 

 not value it as much as several sorts of 

 blackberries we have; perhaps I do 

 not know how it should be treated to 

 secure the best I'esults. 



Moorestown, X. J. 



FROM J. T. LOVETT. 



I have fruited many Dewberries, 

 such as the Mammoth, Bartles, etc. All 

 bloomed freely but shed their blossoms, 

 proving unproductive and worthless. 

 For this reason the Lucretia Dewberry 

 is a pleasing surprise. I have now 

 fruited it two years, and find it both 

 hardy and productive, and of " mam- 

 moth " size in very truth. All who 

 do not plant it will make a mistake. I 

 am yet unable to recommend it for 

 mai'ket growing, having fruited it only 

 in my trial grounds. 



Little Silver, N. .J. 



FROM SEC. GEO. W. CAMPBELL. 



So far as I have knowledge of the 

 Lucretia Dewberry, my impressions are 

 favourable. I have not fruited it 

 sufhciently to give any personal ex- 

 perience ; but I have seen it in bearing 

 and found it enormously productive, 

 and ripening early — July 2Uth. When 

 fully ripe, I think it is as good as the 

 best blackberry I ever tasted ; but as 

 it colors some little time before it is 

 I'ipe, and while it is still too sour to be 

 good, that might be an objection. In 

 size I thought it averaged larger than 

 any blackberry I had ever seen. Its 

 trailing habit might or might not be an 

 objection in cultivation. It runs along 

 nearly recumbent, the weight of its 

 fruit causing much of it to lie upon the 

 ground, and requiring some kind of 

 mulch upon the su)face to keep it clean. 

 As grown in Miami County in this 

 State, it seems to be very successful, 

 and is certainly very large, very pro- 



