THE BLACKBERRY. 



The production of this fruit lias heretofore been 

 mostly confined to the woods and new lands of our 

 country. In our former residence, Palmyra, Western 

 New York, from time immemorial, almost, the market- 

 women have made their appearance every two or three 

 days during the season, with wagon-loads of from 

 fifteen to thirty bushels of blackberries, which they 

 sold at the prices of three, four, to five cents per quart. 

 The fruit was often small, hard, and unripe, similar to 

 much that is sold in the New York markets. Some 

 of this fruit is larger and finer than others, and for 

 many years persons have been trying to cultivate and 

 improve upon the best specimens of field blackberries. 

 Our agricultural friends in Massachusetts — particularly 

 the late Captain Lovett, of Beverly — have been among 

 the most enterprising and successful in this direction. 

 The' Improved High Bush Blackberry''^ of Captain 

 Lovett has often been noticed with marked favor by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society^ as being a long, 

 egg-shaped, shining, black, juicy, and rich fruit, with 

 specimens often an inch and a half long. We have 



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