We stated last year that we had been so unfortunate as to get a few 
Spurious plants among the first Blowers we purchased from the introducer. As 
soon as we became aware of this fact we began a vigorous campaign of exter- 
mination, marking and destroying every plant that showed signs of being other 
than genuine, and for the last year we have considered our stock pure. 
Eldorado. — This excellent variety has been in cultivation a dozen years or 
more and has a high reputation, well established. It is a strong grower, and 
perfectly hardy, even in the extreme cold of the far northwest. It is immensely 
productive, and the berries are borne in clusters. They are of good size, glossy 
jet black, sweet and melting, and keep long after being picked. 
A large part of our stock is already spoken for, and no doubt we could sell 
it all without mentioning it in our catalog, but we price it in small quantities in 
order to give our customers who like blackberries a chance to get a start in 
this fine variety. 
Ward. — This was discovered several years ago, growing in a fence row in 
New Jersey. It attracted much attention at the time, and later on, and has been 
steadily growing in favor ever since. It is a vigorous grower, a wonderful 
yielder, and perfectly hardy wherever it has been tried, so far. After an ex- 
tremely cold winter in New England some years ago, it was alive to the tips. 
The fruit is large, handsome, and good. J. H. Hale says: "Of large size, jet 
black color, firm foi shipment, yet tender and melting all through, without core, 
and of highest quality." He also says, alluding to its productiveness: "I thought 
I had seen blackberries before, but your field of Ward caps the climax. Those 
rows of strong, thrifty, well-branched plants, so literally covered with fruit that 
it actually blotted out nearly all the foliage, seemed almost like too much of a 
good thing." 
The Rural New Yorker speaks as follows, in 1905: "The Ward Blackberry.— 
Plants set in April, 1904, fruited this year with considerable freedom. The canes 
made a short and sturdy growth, and were not in the least injured by the very 
severe winter. The berries are large, jet black and of best quality, with small, 
tender core. The market value of the berries has been demonstrated in this 
county by several years' experience. They carry well, not changing color after 
picking, and always bring top prices. We like the sturdy growth, healthy 
foliage and freedom from suckers. If the plants are able to resist disease, 
of which they have shown no trace, there is little doubt Ward will take place 
among our best commercial blackberries. — W. V. F." 
PRICES. 
Blowers, Eldorado, Ward. — By express, not prepaid, 40 cents per dozen; 
$2.00 per hundred. 
Six of one kind at dozen rates; fifty of one kind at hundred rates. 
If wanted by mail, add ten cents for each dozen. 
Root cuttings, by mail or express, 10 cents per dozen; 40 cents per hundred; 
$3.00 per thousand. 
These cuttings are of good size, and in perfect condition. They may be used 
instead of plants, — four by eight feet, and two inches deep. 
None for sale after May first. 
CURRANTS. 
The currant was a popular fruit in the days of our grandparents, and every 
garden had its row, generally along the fence. Then the worms came, and grad- 
ually the old rows disappeared, but after awhile the virtues of hellebore were 
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