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Mass. Capt. Lovett had previously made unsuccessful attempts to 

 transplant the best of the wild bushes to his garden, but after obtain- 

 ing this variety, turned his best attention to it. Samuel Downer, of 

 Dorchester, Mass., also seems to have been connected with its in- 

 troduction. This variety is of special interest as being the advance 

 guard of all the blackberries now hi cultivation, since it was the first 

 cultivated variety. It is a very upright grower, vigorous, and vi- 

 ciously thorny. Fruit large, oblong, conic, deep, shining black, 

 nearly as large as Lawton, longer, with rather smaller drupelets. 



Duncan Falls. Introduced by J. C. Neff, Duncan's FaUs, Ohio. 

 Upright, vigorous; fruit large, black. Downing. 



Early Cluster. The original plant of this variety was dis- 

 covered about 1872, among Missouri Mammoth, on the farm of 

 Charles W. Starn, in Southern New Jersey, where it attracted at- 

 tention from its early and profuse bearing, and was transplanted 

 and propagated for market. It is a moderate, erect, healthy grower, 

 hardy and extremely productive. The fruit is medium sized, short- 

 oblong, shining black, sweet and of fine quality, without hard or 

 bitter core.. The entire crop ripens within a few days, making it a 

 desirable early market berry. Yet the variety never became popular. 

 Either spurious stock was sent out or it thrives only in special 

 localities. I have never seen a more satisfactory blackberry, nor 

 tasted one of finer quality, than the Early Cluster as I have known it. 



Early Harvest. An early variety, found growing wild in Illinois. 

 Moderately vigorous, upright, often tender. Canes greenish, with 

 comparatively few thorns. Fruit small, roundish to oblong, greenish 

 black, soft, juicy, mild and pleasant. Very early. 



Egypt. Mentioned. Proc. N. J. Hort. Soc. 1900 : 192. 



Eldorado. Originated as an accidental seedling in Preble Co., 

 Ohio, near a village of that name, and first placed under cultivation 

 about 1882. Hardy and free from attacks of orange rust. Fruit 

 large, glossy black, holding its color well, juicy and of excellent 

 flavor. A popular variety both for the home-garden and for market 

 in many localities. 



Colossal (D). A sort offered by L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, Minn. 



Erie (Uncle Tom). Found on lands of L. B. Pierce, of Tallmage, 

 Ohio, in 1876. Probably a seedling of the Lawton. The variety was 



