W. F. Allen's Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Aid. 



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AUSTIN'S IMPROVED (MAYES) DEWBERRY, 



AUSTIN'S IMPROVED, — (Mayes.) — An early PREMO. — This remarkable dewberry is a sport 



dewberry of excel- from the grand old Lucretia. The great 



lent quality and large yield, but the berries lack firm- profitableness of the Lucretia with many growers has 



ness for long shipment, hence vali-ble chiefly for home been because it was the earliest of the blackberry fam- 



use and local markets. Berries large, short and thick, u t , Now we have Pr stn , earller and 



™t^T/,°?h«« ?.?££?, PJE Z Zl ~£™ ulji.f »««« ; that means extra money in the market and an 



week earlier than Lucretia, and for this reason Is valu- "L ' . , . . .. . , , m r . . _ .. *„„n_ 



able to grow in connection with that variety. I have ?f lllex „ tast . e of delicious dewberries for the family, 



shipped many thousands of quarts of this variety to p J emo ha 5 imperfect flowers and so In planting every 



Philadelphia, 125 miles, and New York, over 200 miles, tnlld or fourth row should be of Lucretia ; or, better 



and received good prices, having marketed over one yet, where one is equally fond of both varieties, they 



half of the crop before other varieties are in the way. can be planted in alternate rows. Remember that 



I always plant about one-third of my field in this va- Premo is a delicious", great blackberry, that begins to 



rlety. It is very hardy and never fails to give a full ripen when the raspberry season is half over, 

 crop. 



DEWBERRY PLANTS. 



By Mail. By Express or Freight, 



, Postpaid — • N r- Charges Not Paid >, 



12 50 lOO 25 lOO 500 lOOO 



Austin's or Mayes $0.40 $0.75 $1.50 $0.30 $1.00 $8.00 $6.00 



Lucretia 40 .75 1.50 .30 1.00 3.00 6.00 



Premo 40 .75 1.50 .30 1.00 3.00 6.00 



Chestnut 60 1.30 2.50 .60 2.00 



Dewberry plants this season are unusually scarce, able to fill late orders. Plants will be ready to ship 



which has compelled me to make a slight advance In any time after you get this catalogue, and I strongly 



the price of plants. By comparison, however, you will urge that you get In your orders early. Dewberries 



even now find my prices considerably lower than most start to grow very early, and the sooner you get them 



growers, and it is exceedingly doubtful If I shall be planted the better your chances of success. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



ANCIENT BRITAIN. — A vigorous, healthy and quality and good size, much larger than the Early 



productive variety ; ber- Harvest ; in color is a rich, glossy black, and has small 



rles good size and fine quality. seeds ; clings well to the stem, and is very productive, 



hardy and free from disease." It is claimed to be so 



ELDORADO. — Especially valuable for Its fine drouth-resisting that it will mature Its crop perfect 



quality and hardiness ; berries when others become shriveled and dried on the canes ; 



good size, jet black, sweet and melting ; its canes are canes stalky with but few short thorns. I have a few 



strong, hardy and productive. hundred extra nice plants of these. 



ICEBERG. — The best white blackberry yet Intro- MERCEREA5. — Large size, luscious flavor and 



duced. The berries are very attract- very hardy. The berries are 



lve when fully ripe, pure white, and so transparent sparkling black, pnd, what adds greatly to their market 



that you can plainly see the seeds. A great curiosity. value, they remain black after being gathered. The 



These white berries mingled with black ones present a canes are exceedingly strong and upright in habit of 



very beautiful appearance on the dish. growth : foliage large, abundant and entirely free from 



rust. Season early to midseason. 



KENOYER. — Said to be the earliest of blackber- 

 ries, and remarkable in its ability 

 to resist drouth, heat and cold. It originated In Kan- LAWTON, — An old favorite, esteemed for Its pro- 



sas, a section where the conditions are so destructive to ductlveness and large size. It Is of 



blackberries that but few varieties survive. It Is be- stalky and erect growth and free from rust. The ber- 



lieved to be a cross between the Early Harvest and rles are large and delicious when full ripe, but turn 



Kittariny. Its valuable properties may be summarized black before full ripe, and are then hard and sour. It 



as follows : "Earliest of all blackberries, ripens sev- succeeds over a wide range of country and is one of th« 



eral days in advance of Early Harvest, of excellent best standard sorts. Midseason to late. 



