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



KENOYER 



in this Kansas variety we have what has 

 long been wanted; namely, a good, very early 



Blackberry, It is ripe by the fourth of July, 

 at Monmouth, and the berries are of good size 

 and superb quality. The canes are of stocky 

 habit, ironclad hardihood and yield enormous 

 crops. 



The following extract is from the report 

 of the transactions of the annual session of 

 the Peninsula Horticultural Society, held at 

 Dover, Del., in Jan., 1907: 



**Mr. Paskey. Who knows of a Blackberry 

 that is equal to the Lucretia Dewberry, ripen- 

 ing at the same time and not requiring 

 stakes. ' ' 



''Mr. Slaymaker. I have fruited the 

 Kenoyer Blackberry. It is as early as the 

 Lucretia, same size and better quality. It 

 is a heavy bearer, the bushes are black with 

 fruif 



I might add the variety is free from orange 

 rust and all other diseases and is not affected 

 by drought, no matter how severe. Strong 

 root cutting plants. Doz,, 40c; 100, $2.00; 

 1000, $15.00. 



WARD 



This I believe to be the best and most 

 profitable blackberry for midseason or main 

 crop up to date, as yet fully tested. All ad- 

 mirers of the once popular Kittatinny will be 

 especially delighted with it. It is believed to 

 be a seedling of the Kittatinny, and pos- 

 sesses in an equal degree the desirable proper- 

 ties of that famous variety in its palmy days, 

 with added hardiness. It is a strong, vigor- 

 ous grower, hardy, free from rust, and bears 

 annually enormous crops of large, handsome 

 berries of the finest quality, which always 

 command the highest price in market. The 

 past three summers I have fruited the Ward 

 and Mersereau in adjoining rows, side by side. 

 The two varieties are almost identical in 

 foliage, habit of growth and vigor, both 

 entirely hardy, and the fruit is very similar 

 in size and appearance. The Ward was won- 

 derfully prolific, but the fruit was not of so 

 high a quality as the Mersereau. Ward origi- 

 nated in Monmouth County, New Jersey, has 

 now been fully tested in field culture, and 



highly recommended by many members of 

 the State Horticultural Society at the annual 



meeting of the past three or four years. It 

 is, beyond question, a variety of very great 

 value. 



Mr. J. H. Hale, Ex- President of the Amer- 

 ican Pomological Society, says: "Of large 

 size, jet black color, firm for shipment, yet 

 tender and melting all through, without core 

 and of highest quality. I thought I had seen 

 Blackberries before, but Ward caps the cli- 

 max. Those rows of strong, thrifty, well- 

 branched plants, so literally covered with 

 fruit that it actually blotted out nearly all 

 the foliage, seemed almost like too much of 

 a good thing.'' 



Strong, handsome root cutting plants, Doz., 

 35c; 100, $1.50; 1000, $12.00. (Large lots at 

 special rates.) 



Early Harvest. — Extremely early and pro- 

 ductive, rendering it profitable and popu- 

 lar. Berries medium in size, bright glossy 

 black, sweet and tender. 

 It succeeds admirably at 

 the South and is a fav- 

 orite on the Pacific 

 Coast; but is not entire- 

 ly hardy north of New 

 Jersey. Doz,, 35c; 100, 

 $1,50; 1000, $8.00. 



E 1 d r a d o.— Especially 

 valuable for its fine qual- 

 ity and hardinefis. but in 

 addition the berries are 

 of good size, glopsy jet 

 black, sweet and melting. 

 Early Harvest Its canes are strong, 

 hardv and productive. Doz., 35c; 100, $1,50; 

 1000, $10,00. 



