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Success with Small Fruits. 



given place to a more successful rival the Kittatinny discovered in 

 Warren county, N. J., growing in a forest, near the mountains, whose 

 Indian name has become a household word from association with this 

 most delicious fruit. Mr. Wolverton, in finding it, has done more for 

 the world than if he had opened a gold mine. Under good culture, the 



fruit is very large, as shown in the 

 engraving ; sweet, rich and melting, 

 when fully ripe, but rather sour 

 and hard when immature. It 

 reaches its best condition if allowed 

 to ripen fully on the /ines; but the 

 majority of pickers use their hands 

 only, and no more think of making 

 nice discriminations than of questioning nature according to the Baconian 

 method. They gather all that are black, or nearly so ; but if this half- ripe 

 fruit is allowed to stand in some cool, dry place for about twelve hours, 

 Kittatinny berries may be had possessing nearly all their luscious qualities. 

 The plant is an upright and very vigorous grower, exceedingly productive 

 if soil and culture are suitable. Its leaves are long-pointed, " finely and 



Kittatinny Blackberry. 



