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W. F. ALLEN, SALISBURY, MARYLAND 



ICEBERG. Berries white to 

 cream in color and translucent 

 enough to see the seed. The fruit 

 is of good quality and, when 

 served with black ones for des- 

 sert, it makes a very un'que and 

 attractive dish. The plants are 

 upright in growth, free from rust, 

 bear early and quite profusely. 

 It is not recommended commer- 

 cially. (See illustration, p. 25.) 



JOY. Originated in Atlantic 

 County, New Jersey, by Jacob 

 Miehl, whose place I visited the 

 past summer in order to see this 

 new variety in fruit. I found it 

 making a vigorous growth and 

 exceedingly productive of large, 

 luscious berries that apparently 

 were firm enough to make a good 

 market variety. I was so well 

 impressed with what I saw of it 

 on the originator's grounds that 

 I immediately made arrange- 

 ments with the introducer to 

 offer it in my catalogue this 



Mercereau Blackberries are large, sweet, and without hard core 



season. Since I have not fruited it on my own grounds, I will quote the description from the introducer, 

 which is as follows: "The canes are of a stalky, vigorous habit, so stout and strong that it needs no stak- 

 ing; it has an abundance of large foliage and yields very heavily every year, when all the canes and all 

 the branches on every cane are loaded with fruit. The canes are of iron-clad hardiness, never to my knowl- 

 edge having been injured by cold; in the winter of 1911-12 every Blackberry on my trial -grounds was 

 damaged except the Joy; it came through with every bud and terminal; its canes have never been affected, 

 even a little bit, by orange rust or fungous diseases, and I believe it to be immune to them. The berries 

 are large and rich, almost as thick through as they are long, and are coal-black, with a rich, luscious flavor 

 unsurpassed. It ripens in midseason, and I believe it is destined to become a very popular variety. 



MERCEREAU. Fruit is exceptionally sweet, luscious, almost without core and unsurpassed in color. 



The plant is a very strong grower, of upright habit and 

 is strongly resistant to disease. My stock of this large, 

 early Blackberry is exceptionally fine. The fruit ripens 

 with Snyder, being a little later than Early Harvest 

 and a little earlier than most other varieties. It has 

 never been known to winter-kill, as it originated in 

 northwestern New York, where it has been grown and 

 appreciated for years. 



NANTICOKE. The berries are about the size of 

 Eldorado, very sweet and juicy. It is tender enough 

 to make it an unsurpassed table berry. For short 

 shipments also it is a very desirable variety, for, 

 although it has all the qualities that make it a valu- 

 able table berry, it is not firm enough to withstand 

 long hauls. The season in the latitude of Washington 

 is about August i to September i or later, when 

 practically nothing else is on the market. This makes 



The Joy Blackberry is a new variety of great merit 



