/. T. L0VET7, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



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BLAGKBIfRRIES. 



If to be sent by mail, add 50c. per 100. At woo rates by express or freight only. Mailed 

 postpaid at dozen rates. 



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

 porous soils. They require the same treatment as recommended for Raspberries, but in field culture 

 should be planted in rows from five to seven feet apart (according to the strength of the variety) , and 

 three feet distant in the rows; in garden culture plant in rows five feet apart, and plant three feet dis- 

 tant in the rows. The pruning should be governed by the growth of cane, and should be severe. The 

 canes should be headed back in Summer by pinching off the top when three feet high, causing them 

 to throw out side branches, but when this has been neglected cut back the bearing canes one-third or 

 more according to the strength of the growth and cut back the side branches to one foot or eighteen inches. 



RATHBUN. 



An extra large 

 Blackberry o f 

 great value, sur- 

 passing all 

 others with the 

 single excep- 

 tion of Merser- 

 eau. It possesses 

 those properties 

 in a marked de- 

 gree which 

 make it valua- 

 ble as a market 

 sort; being early 

 large, beautiful, 

 a good shipper 

 and productive; 

 but its quality 

 is not good 

 enough for the 

 home garden. I 

 have fruited 

 several acres of 

 it for some years 

 and am greatly 

 pleased with it. 

 The berries are 

 very large, 

 closely resemb- 

 ling the Wilson, 

 jet shining 



black, firm, solid texture but acid iintil very ripe. The berries never turn red after picking. It yields 

 so abundantly that its canes bend under the weight of fruit and the entire crop ripens perfectlv. " It is 

 entirely free from double blossom and orange rust, the foliage being entirely healthy and tough. It 

 ripens with the Wilson immediately after early har^-est, and matures its entire crop quickly, but un- 

 fortunately the canes are sometimes injured in Winter at the North if not protected. The plants I 

 offer are strictly true having been grown from the original stock and I speak of this because, from its 

 resemblance to the Wilson, many spurious plants are being sold for Rathbun. Doz., oOc; 100,^2.00; 

 1000, -SlS.fX). 



EARLY HARVEST. Its extreme earliness 

 and great productiveness 

 combined to make this 

 variety popular and prof- 

 itable. Some growers 

 have made fortunes from 

 it and it offers the same 

 inducement to others. 

 The berries are not of 

 the largest size but are 

 verv' uniform, of a spark- 

 ling glossy black, mild 

 quality and so firm that 

 the}- invariably reach the 

 market in prime condi- 

 tion. Canes are good 

 gro\yers, of moderate 

 size and marvelously productive. Succeeds finely 

 at the South and on the Pacific coast, but not en- 

 tirelv hardv at the North. Doz., Soc. ; 100, $1.00 ; 

 KXXJ, $6.00; 



ICEBERG. A white 



that is reliable 

 100, $2.00. 



blackberry ! delicious 

 in quality and beauti- 

 ful in appearance. 

 Berries of large size, 

 snowy, transluce nt 

 white , firm , sweet, 

 tender and melting, 

 in large sho^y clus- 

 ters. Canes are very 

 productive, hard}- and 

 vigorous. Well wor- 

 thy of a place in the 

 fruit garden for its 

 novel, delicious and 

 beautiful berries. 

 The only white fruited 

 or albino blackberry- 

 thus far introduced. Doz., 50c. ; 



