lo North Main Street Nursery. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
Next to the strawberry in value comes tlie Blackberry, ripouiiig 
from July 20 until September. The culture of this most healthful 
and delicious fruit has been hampered by its tenderness and liability 
to be winter-killed, which destroys the next season's crop. Happily 
now we have two or three most excellent varieties, which are hardy 
and wonderfully prolific. They do not require rich soil or any expen- 
sive preparations. 
The following varieties have been tried, and can be recommended 
as the best in cultivation: 
Ohmer. "As larjje as the large.st, very productive, sweet and ex- 
cellent," says the introducer of Gregg raspberry. $1 perdoz. $3 for 50. 
Snyder. Medium to large size, very early, exceedingly productive, 
entirely hardy, and fruit is of good quality, without any hard core. 
75 cts. per doz. $2 for 50. 
Minnewaskl. Very large, glossy black, tender, juicy, sweet, aro- 
matic and delicious, .f I per doz. 
Rathbun. This new variety is said to be very productive; fruit 
lai-ge, juicy, sweet and delicioi'is. Seeds so small as to be scarcely 
noticeable. $1.. 50 per doz. $:i tor 30. 45 berries filled a quart basket. 
*3" Our Riithbuus cost 25 cents each, and are true to name. 
Mersereau. A larger and improved Snyder. $2 per doz. 
Note.— Aaiiwiun, Erie, Early Harvest, W.-ifhuset, Wilison, Cluster, and 
many otlier sorts are too tender or unproductive to be grown in New England. 
Blackberry plants sent by mail at tie dozen price. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
Soil and Situation. Land which will produce paying crops ot corn can be 
relied upon to give good returns if planted to Strawberries. 
Preparation. Deep and tlmrough cultiviitinn nowhere rewards the fruit 
grower so bouldifully anil ininieiliately as witli tliis most delicious Iruit. It 
should be our ambition to grow the gicatest jiossil.le quantities, as well as the 
largest :,nd finest berries. Very large Strawberries sell in market nmeh 
more re:idilv .lud for a much higher price, than hemes of ordinary size. 
Land in sod shuuld he enltivateil i>ue yein- or more with corn or garden 
vegetables, to destroy the grubs which often in great numbers subsist upon 
the roots of gr;iss, hut do luil vi inaiu in laiul wiiieli is kept clean of weeds. 
Hoeing: and weeding is, atler all, tlie gr<'iit seerel to success, or tlie reason 
why one prospers while half a dozen neighbors eQually well situated fail. 
Hoeing should be done early and often. . 
Season for planting. If the plants are not grown on the premises, but are 
brought from a dist:iui-e, as early in the spring as the ground can be made 
ready is tlie most favorable lime; but Strawberry plants can be safely trans- 
planted at any season when there is no frost in the ground. We are accus- 
touiod to this way of reiiewiiig our lieils, with very forlunate results. 
Early autumn planting, if c^ircfully set out at that season, they wdl 
produce a good erop iu li'ss tluiii 111 mouths' time. 
Setting plants in August, even in ihy and sandy soil, can lie suecesstully 
done l>ig holes the size of a tumbler, ami then hll llieui with water. Set 
the plants am] <tover each with a largo leaf, which may remain for a week, 
when it must be removed. ... » , c. » v. i » i 
Potted plants. These we furnish m August and September, hut only to 
customers who order 111 days or iiioia- before they desire to receive them. Such 
plants set out at that season, give iiayiuK crops the next summer, .and there 
is no risk ; but potted plants are never sent out in the spring. 
Our Strawberry Catalogue, prinlcil smiu after miihsummer, gives the re- 
sults of llic latest trials ami tlie comparative merit of the dilleient varieties, 
with sucli informatiiiu as will aid our customers in this departnieiit. We mail 
it free to ail who write for it. 
Distances to plant in gardens: la inches square, it kept in hills; set in 
that manner 4 or 5 rows, tlien leave a path 3 feet wide. 
