/6 Leamon G. Tingle, Pittsville, Maryland 



A Cluster of Dewberries 



Blackberries, continued. 



Star or Wonder The berry is 



of medium size, compact in struc- 

 ture 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 can be grown upon 

 an arbor as grapes are grown, 

 producing a pleasing appearance 

 and yielding enormous crops when 

 thus treated but a much more 

 convenient 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, sweet and 

 delicious and it is an enormous 

 yielder. Please do not confound 

 it with the Himalaya Berry! It 

 will yield bushels of fruit to quarts 

 of the Himalaya; says Mr. Lovett, 

 and the berries are more than 

 twice the size and are far superi- 

 or in quality— though the quality 

 of the Himalaya is good. Having 

 succeeded in securing a good 

 stock of plants of the true varie- 

 ty, I am pleased to offer them to 

 my customers this season. Trv it. 



Dewberries 



Austin's (Mayes). An early dewberry 

 of excellent quality. It produces large 

 crops, but the berries lack firmness for 

 long shipment, hence valuable chiefiy 

 for home use or local market. If how- 

 ever, they are kept picked close as scon 

 as ripe and not allowed to stand too 

 long on the vines, they may be shipped 

 a reasonable 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 vig- 

 orous, 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. 



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 of all the 

 dewberries in cultivation. 



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a'K/T A list of names of some of your neighbors who are 

 1^1 e going to plant Strawberries this spring so I may 



send them one of my new catalogs, a postal will 



hold several names. If you will send a list of these names on the order blank in 

 the back part of catalog with an order for plants, trees, etc., I will send you some 

 of a new kind for trial. 



A Certificate of Inspection attached to each Shipment 



