The chase NURSERIES. 
NE W BL^ CKBERRIES, 
Early Harvest. — Parker Earle, Pres. Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society, 
says: I have fruited the Early Harvest three seasons, and I find it a berry of many 
merits. It is the earliest to ripen of all Blackberries. With us it ripens a week or more 
before the Wilson; others report even more difference. It ripens vpith the red rasp- 
berries. This one quality gives it unrivalled advantages for market growing wherever 
early ripening is desirable, and for all growers for home use. The fruit is only medium 
in size, but it is a very symmetrical and uniform berry, making a handsome dish on the 
table, and a fine appearance in the market. It carries three hundred miles to market 
with us in excellent condition and pleases buyers. The plant is healthy, of sturdy but 
not rampant growth. It is so far perfectly hardy in South and South Central Illinois, 
and has with us endured fifteen degrees below zero, and further north twenty below 
without material harm. It is exceedingly prolific, and in all respects, so' far as I have 
yet seen, excepting its rather inferior size, it is a perfect Blackberry. But though it is 
no bigger than Snyder, yet it is so early, and It bears so well, and eats so well, and 
ships so well, and sells so well, that it has very notable value. 
Karly Cluster. — This new candidate for public favor, a native of New Jersey, is 
said to ripen between Early Harvest and Wilson. The bush is claimed to be hardy and 
unusually productive. We regard it as a promising variety and well worthy a trial. 
The diseases that are ruining the Wilson and Kittatinny, (rust and false blossom,) render 
it imperative that some other sorts shov Id be planted, and we trust both Early Harvest and 
Early Cluster have come to stay. 
Wachnsett Thornless. — This is the leading market Blackberry in Massachusetts, 
and it is rapidly approaching that position in the Middle and Southern States. The 
health and productiveness of the bush, fine form and excellent quality of the fruit, render 
it desirable for every purpose. A leading small fruit grower of New Jersey, says: "I 
have fruited Wachusett Thornless Blackberry for several years. It is very distinct in 
foliage and other ways from all other varieties of the blackberry that I have grown. 
With me it has always been entirely hardy, healthy and vigorous, (free from rust, scald 
or double-blossom), productive, of good to large size, and of a superior quality. As a 
dessert fruit it is without an equal among blackberries, being rich and luscious, and 
without the hard sour core present in most cases." 
DOWNING'S MAMMOTH DEWBERRY. 
This variety of the Dewberry is a native of West Virginia. It has been grown in 
Central Ohio with very satisfactory results. The plant has proved hardy, healthy and 
productive. When in bloom it is very ornamental, as the flowers are large and shovvy. 
The fruit, which ripens with the Mammoth Cluster raspberry, is often one and a half 
inches long, by one inch in diameter, soft, sweet, and luscious throughout, no hard 
centre or core. As the Devvberry roots only from the tips and does not sprout or sucker 
like blackberries, it is desirable for garden culture. It can be trained to a trellis or fence 
like a grape vine. 
