62 / r. LOVETT, UTILE SILVER AND RED BANK, N J. 



RATHBURN. 



It is seldom that a berry of high quality 

 possesses also all the properties that go to 

 make it valuable as a market fruit. The 

 berries of Rathburn are an intense jet 

 black, very glossy and of permanent color 

 — never turning red — very large, are with- 

 out core, having small seeds, extra fine in 

 flavor, with a peculiar rich aroma and firm 

 enough to stand shipment well. In habit 

 this variety differs from other varieties. 

 The plants sucker but little, make a strong, 

 upright main cane from which are pro- 

 duced numerous long, drooping branches, 

 which reach to the ground and root read- 

 ily after the manner of blackcap raspberry 

 plants. It is not, however, a Dewberry, as 

 might be inferred, but purely a Blackberry 

 of tip-rooting habit, its central canes being as strong and erect as those of any other variety of the Blackberry 

 in cultivation. The canes form a compact bush four to five feet high, and are less thorny than other varieties, 

 jielding heavy crops of berries every year. In hardiness it has been fully tested and proved to have few equals, 

 having endured a temperature of fifteen degrees below zero without injmy at its place of origin in Chautauqua 

 County, New York. Its season of ripening is very early, with the Wilson and Wilsox, Jr. The plants I offer 

 were grown direct from the original stock, and are strong root-cutting plants. Doz., 50c ; 100, $3.00 ; 1^00, $25.00. 



ICEBERG. Child's Everbearing Tree. The most robust of all the 



A new white Blackberry ! The so-called white 

 Blackberries heretofore introduced have generally 

 proved so unsatisfactory the impression seems to pre- 

 vail that no xi-hito Blackberry can be valuable. The 

 advent of the Iceberg will disprove this belief, for 

 from ii can be produced berries as abundant, large, 

 handsome and delicious as the best black ones. It is a 

 well bred variety, being descended on one side from 

 the well-known Lawton, and was produced by the cel- 

 ebrated Calif ornian hybridist, Luther Burbank. The 

 first generation of seedings when crossed with Crystal 

 White produced black fruit only ; the second also, 

 though varying much in other respects : but the third 

 generation produc ed a variety bearing the purest and 

 snowiest crystal white berries ever seen, and is the 

 one nosv known as Iceberg. The clusters are larger 

 than those of Lawton ; berries quite large ; earlier, 

 sweet'^r and more lender and melting throughout than 

 its black parent, though as firm as Lawton when ripe. 

 They are not onlv of snowy-white color, but are so 

 transparent that the seeds, which are unusually small, 

 may be seen in the berries when ripe. The canes are 

 exceedingly productive, fairly bending down in various 

 directions under their load of handsome, delicious 

 berries ; are of vigorous growth and are hardy. Ea., 

 10c ; doz., ^1.00 ; 100, $5.00. 



blackberries, the canes growing straight and erect and 

 branching into tree form. The berries are very large, 

 borne in heavy clusters, clear shining black and ex- 

 ceedingly sweet and delicious. The canes are unusually 

 hardj^ and of great productiveness, beginniiig to bear 

 k fruit in July, and continuing for a long time. Fine 

 for family use. Doz., 50c : 100, $1.00 ; 1000, $8.00. 



Early Harvest. Especially valuable for its extreme 

 earliness and immense productiveness. Berries medium 

 in size, bright glossy black, of excellent quality, sweet 

 and tender. It succeeds admirably at the South, and 

 is profitable everywhere. Ripens at Monmouth by the 

 4th of July. Doz., 30c ; 100, $1.00 ; 1000, $6.00. 



Eldorado. Especially valuable for its fine quality 

 which renders it one of the 

 best for table use. It has 

 other desirable properties, 

 however, both in cane and 

 and fruit. The former are 

 strong, hardy and produc- 

 tive, while the berries are 

 medium to large, glossy jet 

 black, sweet, melting, rich 

 and pleasant. It grows so 

 well, produces so heavily, 

 and the fruit is so good and 

 handsome that it is sure to 

 give satisfaction. I am re- 

 ceiving favorable reports 

 of it from many states. at> 

 testing its hardiness and 

 other valuable pi operties. 

 Ripens about second earlv. 

 Doz , 40c : 100. $1.:25 ; 1000. $10.00 



New London Co., Conn., August 4th, 1898. 

 The Terrace Grass Seed proved all that you claimed for It, setting remarkably well, and is now the only green thing in 

 sight, all else of the surroundings being of a pronounced brown, apparently devoid of life. h. A. Boarduan. 



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