FRUIT DEPARTMENT. 
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BLACKBERRIES. 
Dewberry. The plant is hardy, healthy, and productive . The fruit ripens with 
the Mammoth Cluster raspberry ; large size, soft, sweet, and luscious throughout. It 
can be trained to a trellis, fence, or stake like a grape vine. 
Early Harvest. The earliest ripening blackberry ; medium size, symmetrical ; 
deep, glossy black. Bush hardy and exceedingly prolific. Requires pretty close 
pruning and high culture. 
Erie. This i,s a new hardy blackberry that originated near Lake Erie. The bush 
is healthy and very productive, as well as hardy ; fruit large, round, jet black, and 
good quality. Ripens very early, and is a decided acquisition. 
Kittatinny. Very large, slightly conical ; deep, shining black ; moderately 
firm ; sweet, rich, and excellent ; canes strong ; very productive and hardy. 
Snyder. Medium size ; one of the most productive varieties ; perfectly hardy ; 
strong grower ; nearly thornless ; delicious quality. Desirable for home use or the 
market. 
Taylor's Proliflc. A suitable companion lor Snyder, for it is also a variety of 
great hardiness and productiveness, but ripens somewhat later. Berries are very much 
larger and of fine flavor. Canes of strong growth and iron-clad hardiness. 
Wilson's Early. Very large size, oblong, oval, black ; quite firm ; rich, sweet, 
and good ; ripens early and matures all its fruit rapidly. Bush tender. 
Wilson, Jr. A seedling of Wilson's Early, ripening a week earlier than that 
variety ; fruit of the largest size ; bush vigorous and healtliy. 
Wachusett Thornless. Fruit medium to large, oblong, oval, moderately 
firm, sweet, and good, and less acid than any blackberry we have seen. The plant 
requires fair soil and good culture. The bearing canes have few or no thorns. Ripens 
with Kittatinny. 
RASPBERRIES. 
Raspberries are divided into two classes— Red varieties and Black Caps. The 
former are reproduced by suckers and root cuttings ; the latter from the tips. The Red 
varieties succeed on almost all kinds of soils, but do not do as well on heavy clay as on 
lighter ground, while the Black Caps do better on heavy than on sandy soil. 
Alden (Ohio). This Black Cap variety is e-xtensively grown in Western New 
York, under the Name of Ohio. Owing to its great value as an evaporating fruit, its 
name, on the recommendation of the American Pomological Society, has been changed 
to Alden. The growers have found the bush to be hardy, vigorous, and productive ; 
berry of good size, bright black color, and remarkably firm. When dried it retains its 
form perfectly. 
Cuthbert (Queen of the Market). Plant a vigorous grower, attaining a height 
of five or six feet ; very productive and perfectly hardy. Foliage luxuriant and tough, 
never burning. Berry of largest size and good quality. Ripens late. 
