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J. T. LOVETT, Little Silver, N. J. 



DEWBERRIES 



If to go by mail, add 40c per 100. Postpaid at dozen rates. 



The Dewberry, or Trailing Blackberry, is rapidly attaining a prominent place as a market 

 fruit. In fact, many growers find it the most profitable of the whole berry family; for the 

 reasons that the yield is invariably large and the fruit is so attractive and luscious it is 

 eagerly sought after by everybody, as soon as they have become acquainted with it, hence, com- 

 mands good prices. All varieties prefer a light — even sandy — soil. As the vines trail upon 

 the ground, it is necessary to stake them or to use a mulch to prevent the fruit from becom- 

 ing sandy and unmarketable. If to be staked, plant in rows four feet apart each way; if to be 

 mulched, plant in rows six feet apart and the plants three feet apart in the rows. After plant- 

 ing, no further cultivation is necessary the first year, beyond keeping the earth free from weeds. 

 Before staking, trim the vines to three feet and tie them to stakes driven eighteen inches into 

 the ground and standing three to four feet above it. If grown in matted-row cut back the 

 vines one-half their length as best one can, then open up every other space between the rows 

 by throwing the vines back and leaving the earth bare. Mulch the ground with oat-straw, salt- 

 meadow hay or other similar material, and return the vines to their original position. Follow 

 up the work by treating the remaining spaces in the same manner. The work of trimming, 

 staking or mulching should be done in early spring, before the buds have made any growth. 



LUCRETLA. DEWBERRY 

 large, short and thick; canes vigorous, hardy and productive. 

 Lncretia. Doz., 30c.; 100, $1.25; 1000, $7.00. 



LUCRETIA. 



The standard 

 dewberry, earlier 

 than the earliest 

 blackberry and as 

 large as the larg- 

 est of them. The 

 canes are hardy 

 and exceedingly 

 prolific, thriving 

 everywhere ; o f 

 slender, trailing 

 habit, and entirely 

 free from disease 

 and insect attacks. 

 The fruit is su- 

 perb, large and 

 handsome, jet 

 black, rich and 

 melting, and ships 

 and keeps well. 

 Doz., 30c; 100, 

 $1.25; 1000, $6.00. 



Austin's Im- 

 proved. — An early 

 dewberry of ex- 

 c e 1 1 e n t quality 

 and large yield, 

 but the berries 

 lack firmness for 

 long shipment; 

 hence valuable 

 chiefly for home 

 use and local mar- 

 kets. Berries 

 Eipens fully a week earlier than 



Whitman Co., Wash., June 12, 1907. 

 ^ The Dewberry plants arrived just about an hour ahead 

 of a snow storm and cold wave which lasted two weeks. 

 Notwithstanding the unfavorable conditions, the plants 

 are all growing nicely. I ordered a thousand plants this 

 last spring of several different nurseries, but your plants, 

 after travelling over 2,500 miles, reached me as fresh as if 

 they hadn't been dug five hours. They arrived in better 

 condition than plants I ordered within fifty miles of me. 



MASON BROWN. 



Chelan Co., Wash.. May 27, 1907. 

 The Strawberry plants got from you one year ago are now 

 turning off some of the finest berries that are in the valley 

 here and the admiration of all. CHAS. BIERY. 



Pike Co., Ala. 



A year ago the 10th of last month, I received 1,300 straw- 

 berry plants from you, which was rather late for this far 

 south ; but I planted them at once and I never had finer 

 success with any plants than I did with them. They start- 

 ed to grow at once, and I picked fine large ripe berries in 

 one month and five days from the day I set the plants. All 

 the people on this street say they never saw finer berries 

 and sweeter ones in their lives. They think I am the boss 

 berry grower, but I tell them it is the stock that I plant, 

 that I get from you, and not so much in the way I cultivate 

 them. 



A. E. SMITH. 



