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Stone, o£ Fori Atkinson, Wis., and Son. B. F. 

 Adams, of Madison, Wis., the only persons, probably, 

 as Mr. Stone writes me, "who had sufficient confi- 

 dence in il to give it a fair trial." Mr. Stone bas 

 made a marked Buccess of it- culture, and .-ill the 

 plants sel in recent years appear to have come directly 

 or indirectly from him. 



The first good accounl of the Bartel was published 

 in "Garden and Forest," in 1891, by Professor Goff. 

 "In th<- summer of l s >'.»." Professor < i • > tt" writes, 

 "I saw a small plantation of Bartel on the grounds of 

 Mr. II. C. Adams, of Madison, Wis., th.it at once 

 established my faith in the possibilities of this fruit 

 [dewberry], I was informed that tin- most productive 

 season had passed at the time of m\ visit, and that 

 the berries which I saw were inferior in size to those 

 gathered i few days earlier. But ;it this time the 

 vines were fairly well loaded with fruil of larger si/..- 

 and more attractive appearance than the finest black- 

 berries, and, to ni\ taste, altogether superior in quality. 

 There is a juicy, melting quality in the dewberry that 

 larcely equaled bj any other fruit of mj acquaint- 

 ance. The fact that the dewberrj is prostrate in its 

 habit of growth i> a decided objection to it in climates 

 where winter protection is unnecessary. Bui in regions 

 of severe winters, the ease with which the plants may 

 be covered is a partial recompense for this fault. It 

 i- said that a plantation once Btarted is eradicated 



from the soil with isiderable difficulty, which, if 



true, is ,-m additional objection to the plant in culti- 

 vation. I consider Bartel dewberrj worthj of trial by 

 all who are interested in testing new fruits. Mr, 

 Adams, who \» an extensive grower of blackberries, 



