KELLOGG'S GREAT CROPS OF 
VARIETIES OF BI^ACKBERRIES. 
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Our stock of blackberry plants is large and they 
are the finest plants I have ever seen. They are 
strictly thoroughbreds and propagators will find 
them first class for their purposes. The cost of 
growing them, renewing them rapidly as we do 
from the ideal canes as already explained, is so 
much we can only furnish them at dozen and 
hundred rates. You can have as many hundred as 
you want at prices stated. 
They are large, root cutting plants, thoroughly 
re-caloused and'under treatment commended, and 
on good soil will last many years longer than com- 
mon plants and produce double the fruit of a very 
superior quality. This preparation of roots by cal- 
lusing.them is a great horticultural triumph. In 
varieties we place the 
MESSEREAU 
at the head of the list. It is beyond all question 
the king of blackberries for commercial purposes, 
Its hardiness is fully proven and it will succeed 
anywhere a blackberry grows. The canes grow to 
a very large size and it is very prolific; berries of 
large size and high quality. They do not turn red 
in the box and will hang on the bushes till they 
are fully ripe. They are shiny black and so beau- 
tiful they will command the highest price. 
Xhe Western Trinmpli. On ray farm at Ionia it has 
Ijeen the leading berry for twenty years, and has never 
failed to yield a large and profitable crop. I have never 
given it winter protection, and have never known of a fail- 
ure if properly cultivated. It is of good size, free from core 
and has a delicious flavor. Season early. 
Taylor Prolific. Follows the Western Triumph in 
season. It is regarded as very hardy. In quality it is prob- 
ably the richest berry grown, having that sweet aromatic 
flavor oecuUar to wild berries. It prolongs the season to 
the early grapes. 
Snyder. That old iron clad, which succeeds anywhere 
a blackberry can be grown. If properly pruned and culti- 
vated the berries are good size and fine. Like all other 
blackberries under neglect and not pruned, it overbears and 
berries are small. 
Ancient Briton. The leading berry in the northwest, 
where it grows to great perfection. Its canes and flexible 
roots render it easy to lay down for winter protection. Its 
berries are fine; season medium early. 
Eldorado. Has now been thoroughly tested and is 
meeting with much favor. The demand for plants will ex- 
ceed the supply. Canes are strong and entirely hardy; ber- 
ries good size, sweet and rich. 
Early Harvest. The earliest blackberry grown, rip- 
ening with first raspberries. The berries are not large but 
so very even in size and beautiful they sell fast. It comes 
in long in advance of other varieties. It is not classed as 
hardy hut its long slender growth makes it easily laid 
down for winter protection. 
Erie. A large sweet berry, hardy and vigorous and one 
of the leading and popular varieties. It is generally culti- 
vated and a success in all particulars. Hemes are large, 
roundish, glossy black and of excellent quality. 
Kittatinny. An extra large vigorous and productive 
variety. The canes are extra large and berries long, black 
and sweet. 
Ohmer The latest berry on the list, and one of the 
best Berries are extra large for its season and should be 
planted largely. Extreme late berries always sell at a high 
price. 
Ae-avyam. Ranks highest in quality. Prof. Bailey pro- 
nounces it as the best and it is probably the niost popular 
berrv in New Vork where it originated. It has been proven 
to be entirely hardy and especially valuable for family use 
where quality is the first consideraiion. 
DEWBERRIES. 
I wish all our horticultural friends could have 
seen our field of dewberries the past season. The 
vines were literally black with the great luscious 
beauties. There were many bushels in which every 
quart contained .specimens two inches long. Peo- 
ple on the market went wild over them. 
Thev are especially valuable for canning as they 
keep tlieir shape and color and look so tempting 
on the table that they are coming to be generally 
preferred to the high bush berry. 
They begin ripening soon after strawberries and 
are gone before blackberries come on the market. 
If they are started rightand kept properly pruned 
they will fruit heavily for many years without re- 
newal but you cannot keep up their fruiting vigor 
by taking from old plants. 
We have given them special attention, renewing 
often to get the best variations and throw out 
weaklings and bad variations. These plants are 
thoroughbreds and the best rooted I have ever seen. 
Prepare the ground as for strawberries. 
Make rows five feet apart, plow a furrow about 
three inches deep and set plants three feet apart 
and firm the soil well around the roots, taking 
great care not to break off the white buds you will 
notice in center of plant. They renew themselves 
every year the same as raspTierries. 
In fertilizing use plenty of bone meal and wood 
ashes and barn yard manure sparingly. Do not 
pinch in the terminal bud. We do not want any 
laterals. The best buds are on the main cane near 
the ground. It will do no harm if the vines run a 
rod in length. 
Early in the fall select not more than five of 
the strongest canes and cut them off about thirty 
inches from the root; cut all others off close to the 
ground. Then lay the remaining canes on the 
ground and throw the cuttings and any rubbish or 
straw you may have on them so as to hold the 
canes close to the ground. This is all the winter 
protection they need. In the spring raise the canes 
and put the rubbish under them to keep the berries 
clean. Lay the canes straight with the row to 
permit cultivating which should be frequent up to 
the first of August, when oats are sown the same 
as in the blackberries. 
Many put up a two wire trellis, the first wire 
about eighteen inches from the ground and the 
second about a foot higher and tie the canes to 
these the same as for grapes. This makes it easy 
to cultivate and gather the fruit. Pickers are glad 
to get a cent a quart and they make big wages at 
it. If wires are used prune in the fall and lay 
canes on the ground and tie them up in the spring. 
Don't gather the fruit more often than twice per 
week. The berries are not sweet and at their best 
till they have been fully black tliree days. 
I^acretla is the standard variety. That is the one we 
have been talking about. Thev often exceed two inches in 
length and an inch in diameter. If yours do not grow that 
large it is because you have not managed them right or the 
plants have been neglected and have "run out" which is 
only another name for barrenness. 
Austin's Imi)roved is a good berry and closely re- 
sembles the I.ucrelia. It is very popular in Texas, where 
it originated. 
HARDINESS OF RASPBERRIES AND 
BI,ACKBERRIES. 
The hardiness of all berry bushes can be greatly 
increased liy proper cultivation. The term "winter 
killing" is a misnomer. It should be called iwrn- 
mer Aillhi^ for while the killing is actually done 
in the winter it is made possible l)y the lack of 
proper cultivation during the summer. 
The ground is allowed to dry out in mid- 
summer and the plants stop growing and proceed 
to ripen their wood and buds and prepare tor win- 
ter. Later in the fall rains come and a late growth 
sets in which does not ripen before the leaves are 
killed by frost and then the whole proce.ss of 
growth of wood and buds is stopped and the plants 
reach heavy freezing weather full of sap and are 
injured or destroyed the first cold snap. 
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