Blackberries 



If to be sent by mail add 50c per 100. Mailed 

 postpaid at dozen rates if desired. 

 Many kinds of blackberries will succeed, not 

 onl}' on good fruit land, but even upon the 

 most sandy, porous soil. They require the 

 same treatment as recommended for rasp- 

 berries. In field culture, plant in rows from 

 five to seven feet apart (acocrding to the 

 strength of the variety), and three feet dis- 

 tant in rows; in garden culture, plant in rows 

 five feet apart, and plant three feet distant 

 in rows. The pruning should be governed 

 by the growth of the cane, and severe. The 

 canes should be headed back in summer when 

 three feet high, by pinching off the tops, thus causing t'nem to throw out 

 side branches; but when this has been neglected cut back in winter or 

 early spring, the bearing canes one-third or more, according to the 

 growth the plants have made, and cut back the side branches to twelve or 

 fifteen inches. 



Root cutting plants (those grown from pieces of the roots in nursery rows) are so far superior to the ordinary 

 or "sucker" plants, that those who have used them will not plant the last named at any price. The two accom- 

 panying cuts show the difference. Owing to the vigor and excellent root system of "root cutting" plants, they 

 not only live when planted for fruiting, almost to a plant, (the failures of suckers are usually great), but the 

 growth is so much stronger that a whole year is gained in getting the field into full bearing. 



Root cutting blackberry plants are grown in very large quantities at the Monmouth Nursery. 



Sucker Plants. 



Root-cutting Plants. 



HIMALAYA GIANT BERRY 



Picking Himalaya Giant Berries, upcn the Disseminator's grounds. 



It is quite puzzling to know where to class this, as it is neither a true Blackberry nor Raspberry. The canes 

 are somewhat like some Raspberries (rooting at the tips after the manner of black caps), but the fruit is black and 

 resembles in appearance large Blackberries. It is said to have been discovered in the Himalaya Mountains, 6,000 fFet 

 above sea level, and to be of ironclad hardihood. The introducers state the berries are of great size and are pro- 

 duced in enormous clusters, all summer; rendering it the most productive of all known berries; that they are rich 

 and sweet in flavor, with no core, and literally melt in the mouth. The canes are extremely vigorous and hardy, 

 making a growth of twenty to thirty feet in a year. They do not die back to the root after fruiting, as do rasp- 

 berries and blackberries, but fruit upon the same wood from year to year, like the grape. They also say it is 

 such a mar^-elous fruit that "the truth is hard to believe." 



I have much faith in this prodigy, and if half that is claimed for it is realized when fully tested, it is indeed 

 a berry of untold value. 



Fine plants, each 10c.; dozen, $1,00; 100, $4.00; 1000, $35.00. 

 Transplanted plants, each 15c; dozen, $1.50. (Too large to mail.) 



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