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ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



* II BLACKBERRIES II stf^l 



We grow our blackberry plants from root-cuttings, and in this way get plants 

 with plenty of fibrous roots, which make sure the growing of the plant. In fruiting 

 patches of blackberries there will spring up many plants from the root, and these 

 are the plants that are usually dug up and sent out to the trade. They have but few, 

 if any, fibrous roots, and are much more apt to die when planted, and will not make 

 the growth after planting that the plants will when grown from root-cuttings. 



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Blower Blac&pesries 



Blower — Claimed to be the hardiest, most 

 productive, the finest quality and for mar- 

 ket to bring- the highest price of all black- 

 berries. Large size, jet black, good ship- 

 per, best quality and unexcelled productive- 

 ness are the main characteristics of this 

 splendid new sort. 



Early Harvest — Good quality; firm; ex- 

 tremely productive; attractive on the mar- 

 ket; an early sort. 



Eldorado — Large; black and do not turn 

 red on exposure to sun; sweet and melting 

 having no hard cores, and a good keeper. 

 Vines hardy and vigorous. 



Mersereau — Large, jet black; extra qual- 

 ity, very sweet; without core; unsurpassed 

 as a shipper and keeper. Remarkably strong 

 grower, claimed to be the hardiest black- 

 berry. 



Snyder — Medium size, sweet, melting; ex- 

 tremely hardy and wonderfully productive; 

 no hard, sour core; half as many thorns as 

 Lawton or Kittatinny, and nearly straight 

 and short. A good market berry and ship- 

 per. Always dependable. Early. 



Stone — Medium size, juicy, sweet, fine 

 flavor, good quality. This variety should 

 receive cultivation and be thoroughly prun- 

 ed; it sets more fruit than can mature 

 properly under ordinary cultivation; par- 

 ticularly adapted to northern Minnesota 

 and similar latitudes. 



LOGANBERRY 



log'an — The Loganberry is a hybrid be- 

 tween the raspberry and blackberry. The 

 color is clear dark red. It partakes of the 

 flavor of both the blackberry and the rasp- 

 berry; very delicious; seeds small, soft and 

 few. Ripens early, just after strawberries. 

 Largely planted West. 



DEWBERRIES 



A variety of blackberry that trails on 

 the ground. 



lucretia — Large, jet black, highly fla- 

 vored and hardy; berries ripen before 

 raspberries are gone, sweet and luscious 

 throughout with no core. The best, most 

 dependable and profitable of all Dewber- 

 ries grown. The Lucretia Dewberrv has 

 received the highest praise from the best 

 horticulturists in the country. 



M GOOSEBERRIES m 



Gooseberries should be planted in good, 

 rich soil and well manured once a year. 

 Pick regularly, thoroughly cutting out 

 all dead-wood and surplus branches. 

 Plant in rows 4 feet to 6 feet apart in 

 row. It is well to mulch heavily in the 

 fall. Plants are hardy, rugged and easily 

 grown. 



Chautauqua — Very large; greenish-white: 

 thin skinned, sweet and of the very best 

 quality for kitchen and market. Bush vig- 

 orous, hardy and free from mildew. Mid- 

 season. 



Downing- Gooseberries 



