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Nanticoke. Nothing I have seen will surpass it 

 BLACKBERRIES, continued 



The plant is literally loaded with fruit, nothing I 

 have seen will surpass it; in fact, but few if any 

 will equal it. What seems to me to be the most 

 valuable characteristic of this Blackberry is its 

 season of ripening, starting in with its first berries 

 about the time all other blackberries are gone, and 

 then giving immense quantities of delicious fruit 

 for five or six weeks. For the market-gardener who 

 has customers that appreciate good things in season 

 and out, for the small grower who ships to not 

 too distant market, it is a most valuable addition 

 to his Blackberry list. On account of the very 

 small stock at present I am only enabled to offer 

 this by the piece, at Si each. I wish to add, how- 

 ever, that any one buying one or more plants of 

 the Nanticoke Blackberry at Si each, who is not 

 entirely satisfied with it after the second- fruiting 

 season, can have his money back by agreeing not to 

 propagate, plant or dispose of any more of the 

 plants. This is not the Himalayan berry, and is 

 not in any way related to it, but as grown here 

 there is no comparison, the Nanticoke is many 

 times superior. 



Ward. Is a variety of great merit. It has now 

 been fruited for a number of years and bears large 

 crops annually. It was found growing wild in New 

 Jersey. Its fine fruit, strong canes, clean, healthy 

 foliage, loaded with enormous crops of large ber- 

 ries, always attract attention. Free from rust, 

 vigorous and hardy. A seedling of the Kittatinny 

 and closely resembles it in color. 



Watt. I am offering this fine new Blackberry' to 

 my customers for the first time, and since I have 

 not fruited it I am borrowing the following de- 

 scription from M. Crawford, of Ohio: "The plant 

 is an excellent grower, much better than Eldorado, 

 which was beside it, and fully equal to the Blowers 

 which came next. The wood of the Watt is of very 

 fine texture and so tough that the branches rarely 

 if ever split down with its load of fruit. In fact, 

 its habit of growth and productiveness are such as 

 to commend it to all who cultivate Blackberries. 

 Its period of ripening extends over a long season, 

 beginning soon after the earliest and continuing 

 until October. Our last picking for market last 

 year was on the September 25, but there were 

 berries after October I. The fruit is all that could 

 be reasonably expected. Large, jet-black, glossy 

 and attractive; the quality is excellent. We do not 

 warrant it to be proof against insects or diseases of 

 the Blackberry, but we believe that it will resist 

 their attacks as well as any and better than some." 

 With me plants and root cuttings put in last 

 spring have made the strongest, healthiest growth 

 of any variety on the place. I am very much 

 impressed with it and highly recommend it for 

 trial. 



These Plants Are Winners 

 The Chesapeake Strawberry plants ordered of you 

 a couple of years ago beat anything in this section of 

 the state. — Wh. McCutchax. Hennepin Co.. May 27. 

 1911. 



Watt. I highly recommend it tor trial 



Berries Paid Well 

 I want to speak a good word for those Chesapeakes; 

 they certainly are the finest berry I ever saw. I got 

 S4 per case for my fancy berries. 25 cts. a quart for 

 some special orders. Every one that saw them said 

 they were the finest berries they ever saw. Will set 

 more Chesapeakes this spring. — Jas. W. Giffin. Coles 

 Co., 111., Jan. 28,1911. 



A Dozen Plants Missing, and Satisfied 

 I want to let you know by these lines that I received 

 the Strawberry plants which I ordered of you in a good 

 condition, and am very well pleased with them. The 

 plants are growing nicely, only a dozen plants missing 

 out of the 2.500. I thought I would let you know that 

 I am well satisfied. — Abraham Strouse, Bucks Co., 

 Pa.. May 22. 191 1. 



