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that it has already assumed a high, if not a leading position among market 

 varieties. — Michigan Experiment Station. 



This promises to be a most valuable variety. The plant is vigorous, having 

 large finely-formed berries, it is very productive and as yet entirely free from 

 rust. Quality only medium, but far better than Crescent, Wilson or Warfield. — 

 Hatch Experiment Station, Mass. 



Parker Earle, a bisexual variety, received from northern Texas too late in 

 the autumn of 1888 to gain more than a slight hold upon the soil in advance of 

 winter. With only a slight mulch, the plants came out the spring uninjured, and 

 formed a well-matted row during the growing season. This was left wholly un- 

 protected during the past winter and has now very considerably excelled all 

 others in the amount of fruit produced. Unless it shall, in the future, betray 

 weaknesses not yet discovered, its bisexual character, together with its fine size, 

 bright appearance and fair quality, must infallibly command the attention of 

 planters, whether for the family or for the market. — Michigan Expe* intent Station. 



A GOOD LIST OF BLACKBERRIES. 



Mr. Lyon also gives the following list of blackberries, viz. : for family use, 

 Lucretia (dewberry), Early Harvest, Kittatinny, Snyder and Taylor. For market. 

 Early Harvest, Wilson, Snyder and Taylor. 



We cannot understand his leaving out the Kittatinny for market, except on 

 account of the rust. We have made it our chief market blackberry at Maple- 

 hurst for the past fifteen years, and on suitable soil have had large crops of im- 

 mense sized berries. We prefer it to the Wilson, for, although the latter ripens early 

 the season, it does not equal it in yield. It has of late been very subject to the 

 Orange Rust, and we fear this will soon root out our plantation. On light sandy 

 soils the Snyder grows very small, and is almost unsalable, unless in a very wet 

 season, we therefore do not think much of it where the Kittatinny succeeds. Of 

 course the great fault with both the latter and the Wilson is their tenderness, for 

 they will not endure a climate which is too severe for the peach tree. 



