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Blackberries 
Blackberries may be successfully grown wherever raspberries can be cultivated to advantage. 
They are an excellent and profitable plant. For garden culture, plant about 4 feet apart, rows 5 
feet apart. For field culture, to supply market demands, plant s feet apart, rows 6 feet apart. 
Early Harvest. Medium; deep glossy black. 
The earliest Blackberry to ripen. Requires 
close pruning and high culture. 
Erie. Large; jet-black; quality good. Ripen 
early. Healthy, productive and hardy. 
Eldorado. Medium; black; melting, sweet 
and rich. Plant hardy and very productive. 
Lucretia Dewberry. A trailing form of the 
Blackberry. Fruit of good size; carries well. 
Ripens between the raspberry and blackberry. 
Bush hardy, vigorous and productive. In many 
sections it is extensively planted for market. 
Mercereau. Very large; brilliant black, 
holding its color under all conditions; is espe- 
cially sweet, rich, melting and luscious. Strong, 
vigorous, and an enormous yieldcr. The har- 
diest of all Blackberries. 
Rathbun. Extra large; jet-black; quality 
good; juicy, sweet and delicious. A strong, 
erect grower, and very hardy. Carries well. 
Snyder. Medium; sweet and melting to the 
core. Very hardy and wonderfully productive. 
Taylor's Prolific. Large; of fine flavor. 
Canes of strong growth and iron-clad hardiness. 
Wilson's Early. Large; very black; firm, 
rich, sweet and good. Ripens early and ma- 
tures all its fruit rapidly. Bush tender. 
Early Harvest Blackberries 
Wilson, Jr. Large; luscious and sweet as 
soon as colored. Plant hardy, vigorous and 
healthy. Ripens early. 
Wachusett. Medium; moderately firm, 
sweet and good. Likes fair soil and good cul- 
ture. 
Currants 
Perfection Currants 
A well-kept plantation of Currants will yield 4,000 
pounds of fruit to the acre. Currants may be planted to 
advantage between the fruit trees in the orchard, and a 
large yield secured at small cost. Currants are perfectly 
hardy, and can be successfully planted in fall or spring. 
To destroy the currant worm, dust the plants with 
hellebore, when they are wet with dew. 
Cherry. Large; dark red; acid and not very rich; 
bunches short. Plant vigorous and productive. 
Fay's Prolific. Large; red; long bunches. Exceeding- 
ly productive. The fruit is of fine quality. 
Lee's Prolific. Large; black; fine quality; productive. 
Perfection. Large; bright red; rich, melting, subacid, 
plenty of pulp, with few seeds. Very productive. 
White Grape. Large; yellowish white; very mild 
acid. The best table variety. 
White Imperial. Large; white. Noted for its excel- 
lence as a table fruit. Bush vigorous and productive. 
Wilder. Large; red; rich and juicy. Bush very up- 
right and remarkably productive. Very profitable for 
market. Ripens late. 
Mulching is just as important in successful small fruit culture as in growing fruit trees. For suggestions, 
see page 9 
