Many kinds of blackberries will succeed, not only on good fruit land, but eVen on the most sandy porous soils. 

 They require the same treatment as recommended for raspberries, but in field culture should be planted in rows 

 from five to seven feet apart (according to the strength of the variety), and three feet distant in the rows; in 

 garden culture plant rows five feet apart and plant three feet distant in the rows. The pruning should be gov- 

 erned by the growth and should be severe. Pinch back in summer, causing them to throw out laterals. 



By mail at dozen rates if desired. If ordered at 100 rates to go by mail add 50c. per hundred for postage. 

 The plants we offer are grown from root cuttings which are far superior to the ordinary sucker plant*. 



RATHBUN. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



ELDORADO. 



Large size and fine quality are the merits that stand 

 out prominently in this berry, and it is undoubtedly a 

 very fine sort all round, both in cane and fruit. The for- 

 mer are strong, vigorous, hardy and productive, pro- 

 ducing handsome large berries, glossy jet black, sweet, 

 melting, rich and pleasant. It is of great value, decid- 

 edly one of the best of the more recently introduced 

 blackberries, and has now won hosts of enthusiastic 

 admirers. Ripens about second early. Ea., 15c; 3 for 

 35c; doz., $1.00; 100, 16.00; 1000, $50.00. 



CHILDS' EVERBEARING TREE. 



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A new aspirant for honors, introduced last year for 

 the first time, and which differs greatly from all other 

 varieties. It is not very often that a fruit of high qual- 

 ity has also all the characteristics that go to make it 

 promment as a market bei-ry, large size and handsome 

 appearance generally being sufficient; but this, as a 

 fruit of very great excellence, is said to surpass any 

 blackberry that has yet been produced; and with its 

 high quality it combines other most desirable points. 

 The berries are large, larger than Kittatinny, of an 

 intense jet black, very glossy, and of permanent color, 

 never turns red, without any hard core, small seeds, 

 extra fine quality with a peculiarly rich aroma, and 

 sufficiently firm to carry well to market. It is in habit 

 ot plant, however, that this variety differs from others. 

 The plant suckers very little; it makes a strong, up- 

 right, main stem from which the branches start out, 

 long and drooping, and the ends of which root readily 

 in the ground, like blackcap raspberries, if covered 

 lightly with soil. It is not a Dewberry, as one might 

 suppose from this description, but simply a Blackberry 

 with the ti ^-rooting habit; its central stem is as erect 

 and stout as that of any other Blackberry. It forms a 

 compact bush of four to five feet high with canes much 

 less thorny than other varieties, and yields abundantly. 

 In the matter of hardiness it has been well tested at its 

 home where it has safely endured a temperature of fif- 

 teen to eighteen degrees below zero without injury. It 

 ripens early— about with the Wilson. All who want a 

 large Blackberry of the highest quality should certainly 

 try this. Ea., 25c; 3 for 60c; doz., $3.00; 100, $10.00. 



"It is the largest, finest flavored, and most prolific, 

 fruiting for two months, and requires no stakes. This 

 fine novelty * * * is surely one of the most de- 

 sirable new things we ever offered, and what we say of 

 it we speak of what we have seen and what we have 

 tested, and not from what others say. It grows from 

 five to seven feet high, branching freely into tree form 

 * * * straight and erect, requiring no stakes. The 

 berries are of enormous size, equalled only by the Erie; 

 borne in great clusters which commence to ripen early 

 in July and continue into September, making ite fruit- 

 ing period fully two months or more. The finest black- 

 berries we ever ate we picked about September 1st from 

 some of these plants which had been ripening fruit 

 since July 8th. They are exceedingly sweet, juicy and 

 delicious, melting in the mouth, without a particle of 

 hard core. Its delicate fiavor, great productiveness, 

 enormous size, long season of bearing and perfect hard- 

 iness in the coldest part of the country, make it the 

 most valuable of all berries for family use." Childs' 

 Catalogue. Ea., 10c; 3 for 25c; doz., 75c, 100, $5.00. 



