Culture.— Many kinds of blackberries will succeed, not only on good fruit land, but even on the most 

 sandy, porous soil. They require the same treatment as recommended for raspberries, but In fleld culture 

 should be planted in rows five to seven feet apart (according to tlie 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 governed by the growth of cane and should be severe. Pinch back the canes in sum- 

 mer when three feat high, causing them to throw out laterals. While we exercise every care in digging 

 and assorting ordinary plants, known as "Suckers," putting in none without side roots, yet we desire to im- 

 press upon the minds of planters the superior value of plants grown from pieces of roots termed "Root Cut- 

 ting Plants" which, having to depend on their own roots for support, make much better and more numerous 

 laterals and fibrous ones. Root-cutting plants are so vastly superior, and the difference in cost is so slight, 

 that fruit growers who have once planted them will not use suckers at any price when others can be had. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



(If to he sent hy mail, add 10 cents per dozen; 50 cents per 100.) 



As the "old reliables" have of recent years proved so unreliable, the Kittatinny, Lawton, etc., being so 

 generally effected by "orange rust" and the Wilson by double or "rose blossom" we have for quite a long 

 time been In search of a blackberry to fill the place made vacant by their failures and also sufficiently hardy 

 as to endure severe weather without injury. After testing a score or more varieties, all of which were 

 claimed by their originators to possess the desired properties, we are happy to be able to announce the ad- 

 vent of Lovett's Best, which we have full confidence will prove a success throughout America wherever a 

 blackberry of any kind can be made to grow. Like the Kittatinny and the Wilson it is a chance seedling of 

 New Jersey origin and, after watching it for several years and fruiting it two seasons we are convinced 

 that as a general purpose berry it will "fill the entire bill." Its strong points are: enormous yield, great 

 hardiness of cane and freedom from disease (we have had it growing by the side of and surrounding plants 

 badly affected with "orange rust" and it has never taken the disease nor been attacked by any other malady). 

 Its other merits are earliness in ripening, large size, uniform size and shape, jet black color (never turning 

 red after gathered), fine appearance and exquisite quality. Its season of ripening is second early, giving its 

 first picking with the second picking of the Wilson and in advance of Kittatinny, Lawton, etc. 



It has been subjected to a field test by the originator and some of his neighbors, by the side of Wilson 

 and other popular sorts, for the past six years, surpassing in yield and profit by far all others, each and ev- 

 ery season. It has been exposed to a temperature of several degrees below zero and has never had even its 

 terminal buds injured in the least. 



All things considered it is the best variety upon our grounds and approaches more closely the ideal 

 blackberry than any other we have seen. 



Price, root-cutting plants, eacli, 50c; doz., $5.00; lOO, $35.00, 



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