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FALL PLANTING SUGGESTIONS FROM 



JOY BLACKBERRIES 



BIGGER, BETTER r 

 BLACKBERRIES 



When requested, plants will be 

 sent by mail, provided cash is 

 sent for postage as per table. 



In field culture, plant in rows 

 from five to seven feet apart 

 (according to the vigor of the 

 variety) and three feet apart in 

 the rows. In the garden, plant 

 in rows five feet apart and the 

 plants three feet apart in the : i 

 rows. 1 

 Our blackberry plants are either i 1 

 root-cutting plants that have * 

 been grown from pieces of roots jj 

 in nursery rows, or they are m 

 heavily rooted transplanted I 

 plants. Both are far superior to jjj 

 ordinary or sucker plants. S 



We believe we have this sea- * 

 son the finest and largest supply 

 of root-cutting and transplanted 

 blackberry plants of any con- 

 cern in the United States. 



JOY BLACKBERRY 



Unites superlative quality, iron- 

 clad hardiness and great 

 productiveness. 



This "best of all" variety was 

 introduced by us ten years ago 

 and is rapidly superseding all 

 other sorts. Joy may be briefly 

 described as follows: Canes of 

 stocky, vigorous habit (so stout 

 and strong it needs no staking), I 

 with abundant large five-fingered 

 leafage; yields very heavily 

 every year and all the canes are 

 loaded with fruit. We have never known any 

 other variety, either Blackberry or Raspberry, 

 with such an inherent propensity to bear fruit 

 as the Joy Blackberry. 



It has endured a temperature of twenty-four 

 degrees below zero unharmed; and is apparent- 

 ly immune to "Orange Rust," "Double Blos- 

 som" and all other diseases of the Blackberry. 



The berries are large and almost as thick 

 through as they are long — a characteristic of 

 the variety — and are coal black. In rich, lus- 

 cious flavor, it surpasses almost all other Black- 

 berries. It is not an early variety, ripening in 

 midseason; with Ward and Blowers. 



Joy has more than "made good," as it has 

 proved beyond a shadow of a doubt to be the 

 finest and the best Blackberry for American 

 growers as yet offered, both for commercial 

 growers and for the home garden. 



Selected root-cutting plants, dozen, $1.50; 

 100, $7.50. Transplanted plants, dozen, $2.00; 

 100, $10.00. 



Blowers. — A variety which possesses the 

 quadruple valuable qualities of large size, pro- 

 ductiveness, absolute hardiness and very pro- 

 longed season of fruiting. Under high culture 

 on fertile soil, the canes often attain a growth 

 of from ten to twelve feet if kept untrimmed. 

 It yields very heavily for a long season begin- 

 ning in midseason. The fruit is not only large 

 and attractive, but of superb quality. Twenty 



degrees below zero has not harmed it and it 

 has yielded at the rate of 280 bushels per acre. 



R. C. plants, dozen, $1.00; 100, $5.00; 1,000, 

 $45.00. Transplanted, dozen, $1.50; 100, $7.50. 



BUSHEL BERRY.— In growth it resembles 

 Star or Wonder, but it appears to be somewhat 

 more vigorous, hence, in common with that 

 variety, needs stakes or trellises for support. 

 Though a record of a bushel of fruit per plant 

 may seem phenomenal, we know this variety 

 to hold this record, on an acre patch. R. C. 

 plants, dozen, $1.50; 100, $7.50. Transplanted, 

 dozen, $2.00; 100, $10.00. 



EARLY HARVEST.— An old variety and a 

 favorite especially with western and south- 

 western growers. The mild, sweet berries are 

 rather small but firm and symmetrical. Ripens 

 very early; sometimes suffers from winter in- 

 jury in the North. R. C. plants, dozen, $1.00; 

 100, $4.50; 1,000, $40.00. 



Eldorado. — The excellent flavor and extreme 

 hardiness of this variety are notable. Because 

 of both of these qualities it is extremely popu- 

 lar, especially throughout the North and North- 

 west. Among its other good points might be 

 mentioned its early and rather long season of 

 fruiting; its healthy and vigorous growth and 

 the attractiveness of its fruit, which, though 

 of but medium size, is jet black, of good regu- 

 lar form and is mild, sweet and melting. 



R. C. plants, dozen, $1.00; 100, $4.50; 1,000, 

 $40.00. Transplanted, dozen, $1.25; 100, $6.00. 



