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survive the process. Mulching and watering are often 

 useful and even necessary when transplanting. 



It is well to set the plants four or five feet apart in 

 rows that are eight to ten feet distant, and they will 

 soon cover the ground, and thus 500 plants will set an 

 acre. Some large growers in the vicinity of New 

 York have readily contracted their entire crop for the 

 season at 25 cents to 37 cents per quart. We have 

 given a large space to this variety, not only because it is 

 new, but because we believe it to be worthy of exten- 

 sive cultivation by the public, both as amateurs and for 

 the market. 



NEEDHAM'S IMPROVED WHITE BLACKBERRY 



Is a great bearer, not white, but with a blush cheek, 

 and not of good quality or size when compared with 

 the Lawton; sometimes it fails, but we are certified tc 

 instances of single canes producing eight, ten, and even 

 eleven quarts of fruit, such as it is. 



We have seen the wild white blackberry growing 

 in the woods, on the southern shore of Lake Ontario, 

 in the town of Ontario, Wayne County, but on culti- 

 vating them they have failed to produce a single per- 

 fect berry. This has been the case also with the best 

 specimens of black ones grown in the vicinity. 



