18 LEAMON G. TINGLE, PITTSVILLE, MD. 

Blackberries, continued 
Star. The berry is of medium size, 
compact in structure and of the finest 
flavor. It grows in clusters, something 
like grapes. Thirty eight quarts have 
been picked from a two year old plant 
and greater yields have been reported. 
It ean be grown upon an arbor as grapes 
are grown, producing a pleasing appear- 
ance and yielding enormous crops when 
thus treated, but a much more conven- 
ient and equally successful method is to 
plant six feet apart each way and tie 
the canes to stout eight foot stakes 
which should be driven in the ground 
two feet. Its quality is very rich and 
delicious and it is an enormous yielder 
Please donot confound it with the Hima- 
laya berry. It will yield bushels of fruit 
to quarts of the Himalaya, says one 
grower, and the berries are more than 
twice the size and are far superior in 
quality—though the quality of the 
Himalaya is good. Having succeeded 
in securing a good stock of plants of the 
true variety, I am pleased to offer them 
to my customers this season. Try it. 
Eldorado. Possibly the best known 
of all Blackberries the country over, 
and perfectly reliable in every way. It 
is a good grower and hardy everywhere. 
The berries are of good size, glossy 
black, and very sweet and tender; they 
retain their luster a long time after 
being picked. This variety was discov- 
STAR Oneshall NataralSce ered by an Ohio grower several years 
ago. Itisone of the best berries grown. 

Dewberries 
Dewberries prefer a light, sandy soil, but will succeed upon any except wet 
land. The vines should be staked or mulched to prevent the berries from becom- 
ing spattered with earth and sand. If to be staked, plant in rows four feet apart 
each way; if to be mulched, have rows six feet apart and plants three feet apart. 
LUCRETIA. The most largely grown of all the Dewberries for market. It 
is earlier than the earliest Blackberry and as large as the largest of them. The 
canes are very hardy and exceedingly prolific, thriving almost everywhere; of 
slender, trailing habits and entirely free from disease and insect attacks. The 
fruit is superb, large and handsome, jet black, rich and melting. It is probably 
the best shipping variety af all the Dewberries in cultivation. : 
Austins (Mayes). An early Dewberry of excellent quality. It produces 
large crops, but the berries lack firmness for long shipment, hence valuable chiefly 
for home use or local market. If however, they are kept picked close as soon as 
ripe and not allowed to stand too long on the vines, they may beshipped a reason- 
able distance, and prices will usually compare very favorably with other varieties, 
as you get extra early fruit, which is in better demand. The berries are large and 
thick, canes vigorous, hardy and productive. Ripens about a week earlier than 
Lucretia, and for this reason is valuable to grow in connection with that variety. 
It is very hardy and seldom fails to give a good crop. 
