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Brunton's Early.— The earliest sort we have grown. Medium size, good bearer; 

 valuable as an early hardy market sort. ____ 



Dorchester High Bush. — Yields fine crops of fruit. Large size; long, glossy 

 black; very sweet and delicious as soon as it turns black. Valuable for marketing, 

 on account of being so early and all picked in a few days' time. (See page 48.) 



New Rochelle, or Lawton. — A well-known popular sort ; yields enormous crops 

 oC the largest sized fruit. We have picked from rows containing forty plants five to 

 eight bushels of fruit, or on an average of two hundred bushels per acre. It com- 

 mences to ripen a week later than the above, and keeps in bearing four to six weeks, 

 and always sells readily at the highest quotations, on account of its very large and 

 fine appearance. For table use it is indispensable on account of its long continued 

 bearing. i 



Crystal White. — This variety originated in Kentucky. Beautiful transparent 

 white ; very juicy, and has a peculiar and delicious flavor. The bush is very distinct 

 from any of the black sorts— the stalk being a pale, yellowish white, and leaf pointed,- 

 yellow and small." Winter-kills with us badly . 



Kittatinny. — Large to very large ; deep, glossy black; sweet, rich and excellent; 

 plant strong, vigorous ana very productive; the fruit begius to ripen before the 

 Lawton, and continues four or five weeks ; of recent introduction. Exceedingly 

 valuable. In many localities where the Lawton has Winter-killed, this variety has not 

 Jieen damaged. (See cut on page 48.) 



Wilson's Early. — Very large, oblong, black ; quite firm, sweet, rich and good ; fruit 

 ripens very early, and crop matures within two weeks, rendering it of the highest 

 value as an early market variety. 



Knox.— Splendid fruit, no core, delicious and melting ; very hardy and enormously 

 productive. It suckers the least of any, thereby making it one of the most desirable 

 for gardens and marketing purposes. 



Missouri Mammoth. — Very sweet as soon as black, with no core, and perfectly 

 hardy— never having been Winter-killed. Very large. 



- The Snyder.— A marvel for productiveness ; fruit medium size, sweet and melting 

 to the core Because of its smaller size it does not sell as well as the Dorchester, 

 Kittatinny 'or Lawtoii, but its value of course, is its extreme hardiness standing the 

 winters in those sections where the Kittatinny, Lawton and Dorchester kill down. 



The following statement is from Mr. Gaston of McClean County, Illinois: "July 

 1-4 we picked our first 12 quarts of berries of this season from our he Id of seven 

 awes of Snyders. Each day following this the number of quarts picked increased, 

 until the Mfc we picked 6,200 quarts, employing over 100 pickers to gather them. To 

 s«l t Ano-nst 16 ) we picked 96 quarts and are not through picking yet The whole 

 W ( wf>f nuarts kicked up to date is 43,425, equal to 1,357 bushels and 1 quart, and 

 nX^a^SfW 1»3 bu^ta P 8 '^,, Oar field was planted- in the fall of 

 1873! thTplants being set in rows nine and one-half feet apart.' 



[This distance is unnecessarily too far. Seven feet is plenty.] 



t l r '* Prolific— A large fruit, melting, without core, and very productive, and 

 equaUy as hardy and productive as Snyder 



«/ + -n TriumDh.— A new seedling, originating in Illinois. The best testimony 



Western > r , hardy withstanding the most severe winter without 



goes to show that it i pe ^ Kit tatinny and other sorts that have killed down. 



WSSS^S^ p roductive and very excellent 



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