Blackberries 



SUCKER PLANTS 



ROOT-CUTTING PLANTS 



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 Many kinds of blackberries will suc- 

 ceed, not only on good fruit land, but 

 even upon the most sandy, porous soil. 

 They require the same treatment as rec- 

 ommended for raspberries. In field cul- 

 ture, plant in rows from five to seven 

 feet apart (according to the strength of 

 the variety ) , and three feet distant in 

 rows; in garden culture, plant in rows 

 five feet apart, and plant' three feet dis- 

 tant in rows. The pruning should be 

 governed by the growth of the cane, and 

 severe. The canes should be headed back 

 in summer when three feet high, by pinching off the tops, thus 

 causing them to throw out side branches ; but when this has been 

 neglected cut back in winter or early spring, the bearing canes 

 one-third or more, according to the growth the plants have made, 

 and cut back the side branches to twelve or fifteen inches. 



Root-cutting plants (those grown from pieces of the roots in nursery rows) are so far superior 

 to the ordinary or "sucker" plants, that those who have used them will not plant the last named at 

 any price. The two accompanying cuts show the difference. Owing to the vigor and excellent root 

 system of ''root-cutting" plants, they not only live when planted for fruiting, almost to a plant (tlie 

 failures of suckers are usually great), but the growth is so much stronger that a whole year is gained 

 in getting the field into full bearing. 



Eoot-cutting blackberry plants are grown in very large quantities at the Monmouth Nursery. 



/THE JOY BLACKBERRY 



BRINGS JOY TO ALL WHO GROW, 



SELL OR EAT IT 



Unites superlative quality, ironclad hardi- 

 ness and great productiveness 



A business berry, and, like a good business 

 man, may be depended upon every time. 



Its history is as interesting as fiction; 

 how :\Ir. Jacob :\Iiehl,of Atlantic County, Xew 

 Jersey, a Blackberry grower for over fifty 

 years, found it growing in a secluded spot; 

 how he planted it' in his garden and for 

 many years watched it develop as a father 

 watches his child; how he tested its hardi- 

 ness and its productiveness in every way 

 he could thmk of, and so on to the end of 

 the chapter. But space will not permit me 

 to give it here; sufhce it to say the Joy 

 Blackberry has always brought joy to every- 

 body who' has had anything to do with it- 

 joy, indeed, to Mr. Mielil, when its pur- 

 chase by me, at a large sum, relieved him of 

 pressing demands and joy to the writer in 

 securing such a prize at any price; con- 

 stant joy and nothing but joy during the 

 years I have been testing it. That is why 

 I have named it Joy, and 1 firmly believe it 

 will continue to bring joy to everybody who 

 has anything to do with it; to the market 

 gi-ower"^ in large crops and large returns; 

 to the commission merchant who sells the 

 fruit ; to the shopkeeper who retails it ; and 

 last, but not least, to the amateur and gar- 

 dener ip the home garden. Xo one who 

 partakes of its delicious, health imparting 

 fruit can fail to enjoy it. Veritably "A 

 thing of beauty and a joy forever.'' 



It may be briefly described as follows: 

 The canes are of stocky, vigorous habit- 

 so stout and strong it needs no staking— with abundant large five-fingered leafage; yields very 

 heavily every year and all the canes are loaded with fruit. (See illustration of plant in bearing.) 

 The canes are of ironclad hardihood, never to my knowledge having been injured by cold (m the 



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